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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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89. When messages have been forwarded to the General Post Office a search fee of 2s. 6d., reducible to 1s. if full particulars are supplied, is chargeable.
90. As all telegrams are destroyed periodically, certified copies of telegrams more than twelve months old cannot be supplied.

UNDELIVERED TELEGRAMS—RECTIFICATION OF ADDRESS.

91. When a telegram cannot be delivered the delivery office advises the sending office of the cause of non-delivery, which advice, if practicable, is communicated to the sender. The latter can only complete, rectify, or confirm the address by means of a paid telegram.

REFUNDS.

92. Reimbursement is made, if a claim be made, of the following charges to those who have paid them :—
    (a.) All charges erroneously collected in excess.
    (b.) The full cost of every telegram which has failed to reach its destination through the fault of the telegraph service.
    (c.) The full cost of every telegram stopped in transmission owing to interruption of a route, and for that reason cancelled by the sender.
    (d.) The full cost of every telegram which, owing to the fault of the telegraph service, is received later than it would have been delivered by post or has not been delivered to the addressee until after a delay of twenty-four hours in the case of an Australian message, and seventy-two hours in the case of an international message.
    (e.) The full cost of every collated telegram in secret language, or of every telegram in plain language which has manifestly been unable to fulfil its object in consequence of errors made in its transmission, unless the errors have been rectified by paid service advice.
    (f.) The supplementary charge for special services not rendered.
    (g.) The full cost of every telegraphic or postal paid service advice, the sending of which has been necessitated by service error.
    (h.) The amount deposited for a reply when the addressee has not been able to make use of the voucher or has refused it, and when such voucher remains in the hands of or has been returned to the office from which it was issued, within three months from the date of issue.
    (i.) The charge in respect of the telegraph section not traversed by the message when, owing to interruption of a telegraph route, the telegram has been forwarded to its destination by postal or other means. The expense of replacing the original telegraphic route by any other means of transport may, however, be deducted from the amount to be refunded.
    (j.) The cost of every word omitted in the transmission of a telegram, unless corrected by paid service advice.
    (k.) The difference between the amount of a reply voucher and the charge for the telegram prepaid by means of such voucher.
    (l.) The charge for every telegram stopped on the ground that it is considered dangerous to the security of the State or contrary to the laws of the country or to public order or decency, or owing to the suspension of the telegraph service.

93. In the cases provided for in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), (i), (j), and (l), the refund only applies to the tariff of the actual telegrams lost, cancelled, delayed, or mutilated, including any supplementary charges not used, but not to telegrams necessitated or rendered useless by non-delivery, delay, or mutilation.

94. In case of a partial refund on account of a multiple telegram the total charge received shall be divided by the number of copies, and the quotient shall represent the amount of refund for each copy, the telegram itself counting as one copy.

95. When errors of the telegraphic service have been corrected by paid service advices, reimbursement shall only apply to the charges for such service advices. No refund shall be made in respect of telegrams to which such advices relate.

96. No refund shall be made for rectifying telegrams which, instead of being exchanged between office and office as paid service advices, have been exchanged direct between sender and addressee.