✨ Telegram Word Count Rules
Dec. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 3233
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Number
of Words.
Saint James Street .. .. .. .. .. 3 words
Saintjames Street .. .. .. .. .. 2 words
Rue de la Paix .. .. .. .. .. 4 words
Rue delapaix .. .. .. .. .. 2 words
Responsabilité (14 characters) .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
Kriegsgeschichten (15 characters) .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
Inconstitutionnalité (20 characters) .. .. .. .. .. 2 words
Wie geht’s (“instead of “Wie geht es”) .. .. .. .. .. 3 words
A-t il .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 words
C’est-à-dire .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 words
Aujourd’ hui .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 words
Aujourd’hui .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
Porte-monnaie .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 words
Portemonnaie .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
Prince of Wales (ship) .. .. .. .. .. 3 words
Princeofwales (ship) .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
44½ (5 characters) .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
444½ (6 characters) .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 words
444. 5 (5 characters) .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
444. 55 (6 characters) .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 words
44/2 (4 characters) .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
44/ (3 characters) .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
2% (4 characters) .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
2 p % .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 words
2 %o (5 characters) .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
2 p %o .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 words
54-58 (5 characters) .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
17me (4 characters) .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
Le 1529me (1 word and a group of 6 characters) .. .. .. 3 words
10 francs 50 centimes (or 10 fr. 50 c.) .. .. .. 4 words
dixcinquante .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
10 fr. 50 .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 words
fr. 10. 50 .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 words
11 h 30 .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 words
11.30 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
huit /10 .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 words
5/ douzièmes .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 words
5 bis (number of dwellinghouse) .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
15a (number of dwellinghouse) .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
30a† .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 words
15 x 6† .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 words
Two hundred and thirty four .. .. .. .. .. 5 words
Twohundredandthirtyfour (23 characters) .. .. .. 2 words
Troisdeuxtiers .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
Unneufdixièmes .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
Deux mille cent quatre-vingt-quatorze .. .. .. 6 words
Duexmillecentquatrevingtquatorze (32 characters) .. .. .. 3 words
E .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
Emvthf (6 characters) .. .. .. .. .. 2 words
Emvchf (6 characters) .. .. .. .. .. 2 words
Ch23 (commercial mark) .. .. .. .. .. 2 words
197a/199a (commercial mark) .. .. .. .. .. 4 words
AP/M (commercial mark) .. .. .. .. .. 1 word
3/M (commercial mark) .. .. .. .. .. 2 words
L’affaire est urgente, partir sans retard (7 words and underlines) .. 9 words
Reçu de vos nouvelles indirectes (assez mauvaises) télégraphiez directement (9 words and 1 passage between parentheses) .. .. 10 words
- In plain and code language “ch” is counted as one Morse character, and in cipher language as two.
† Telegraph instruments cannot reproduce such expressions as 30a, 15 × 6, &c. Senders must be asked to substitute for them the explicit meanings, “30 to the power a” “15 multiplied by 6,” &c.
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