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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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PAYMENT OF CHARGES.

61. All charges for telegrams must be prepaid, except those for transmission beyond the first destination of “to follow” =FS= telegrams, or for express delivery, or respecting alterations or illegal combinations of words discovered by the delivering office, which shall be claimed from the addressee before delivery of the telegram. In the event of non-payment by the addressee the sender shall be required to pay the amount due.

62. A receipt for the charges collected for any cablegram handed in for transmission may be obtained by the sender on payment of 1d.

63. Charges erroneously collected in excess are refunded to the persons concerned.

PREPAID REPLIES.

64. The sender of a telegram can prepay the reply which he requests from his correspondent; writing before the address the instruction “Reply paid,” or = RP = and adding the number of words paid for the reply: “Reply paid x” or = RPx =. The charge for the reply is calculated on the supposition that it will follow the same route as the original telegram.

65. The sender who wishes to prepay an urgent reply must write before the address the instruction “Reply paid urgent x,” or = RPDx =, and pay the corresponding charge.

66. At the place of destination, the delivery office delivers to the addressee a voucher which entitles him to send free of charge, within the limit of the amount prepaid, a telegram to any destination whatever, from any office of the Administration whose office has issued the voucher.

67. When the proper charge for a telegram prepaid by a voucher exceeds the value of the voucher, the excess charge must be paid in cash by the sender of the reply. In the contrary case the difference between the value of the voucher and the amount of the charge actually due is refunded to the sender of the original telegram when application is made. This reimbursement is only made on the authority of the Administration of destination of the original telegram.

68. The voucher may only be used in payment for a telegram during a period of forty-two days following the date of its issue.

69. When the addressee has not made use of the voucher for any reason whatever, or has refused it, the amount thereof is refunded under the conditions fixed by clause 70.

70. When the voucher remains in possession of the Administration, the latter, after expiry of the period of validity, officially initiates the refund. The amount of the voucher is nevertheless reimbursed to the sender if he apply for it before the expiration of this period. In this case the delivery office cancels the voucher, and the telegram, annotated accordingly, is preserved during the prescribed period. (Clause 90.)

REPEATED OR COLLATED TELEGRAMS.

71. The sender may have his telegram repeated from station to station on payment of an additional charge equal to a quarter of the ordinary rate. The words “Repetition paid,” or the abbreviated signal = TC =, must be written before the address and charged for.

72. Government telegrams expressed in secret language are collated officially and gratuitously.

73. The collation, which consists of the entire repetition of the telegram (including the preamble) is given immediately after the transmission of the telegram.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT.

74. The sender of any telegram may request that a notice of the date and time of its delivery to the addressee be transmitted to him as soon as possible after such delivery. When the telegram is forwarded to its final destination by post this notification shall indicate the date and hour of posting.

75. If notification by telegraph be required, the sender must write before the address the instruction “Acknowledgment of Receipt,” or = PC = and pay the cost of