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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 3

79. The address of a multiple telegram, if it contains any supplementary instructions, is written in accordance with the prescriptions of clause 14.

80. For multiple telegrams, in addition to the charge per word, a charge of 5d. is collected for each copy not containing more than 100 words. The number of copies is equal to the number of addresses less one.

81. For copies containing over 100 words the charge is 5d. per 100 words or fraction of 100 words. The charge for each copy is calculated separately, taking into account the number of words which it will contain.

82. For urgent telegrams the charge of 5d. per copy of 100 words is increased to 10d.

83. In the first case provided for by clause 78, each copy of the telegram must bear only its own address, unless the sender has requested the contrary. This request must be included in the number of words charged for, must be written before the addresses, and formulated as follows; “Communicate all addresses.”

84. Multiple telegrams are not accepted for America.

TELEGRAMS TO PLACES BEYOND THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM.

85. Telegrams addressed to places not connected by telegraph, may, if the sender so desires, be despatched to destination either by post or express; their despatch by express can, however, only be required when they are for States that have organized means of delivery of telegrams more rapid than the post.

86. The address of telegrams to be delivered beyond the telegraph system must be preceded by the indication denoting the method of transport to be employed whether post or express

BY POST.

87. Telegrams to be sent by post to a country other than that of the terminal telegraph-station are subject to a charge of 2½d. or 5d., according to whether the address contains the paid instruction “Post,” or “Registered Post,” = PR =. The charges for transmission by express are as a rule collected from the addressee.

CERTIFIED COPIES OF FOREIGN TELEGRAMS.

88. The sender or addressee of a telegram, or his duly authorised agent, may, on proof of identity, and on furnishing full particulars of the telegram, obtain a certified copy of the message as originally handed in, or as delivered at destination, on payment of a copying-fee of 5d. for every 100 words or portion of 100 words.

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 is 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. The period during which offices are closed, when it is the cause of delay, the time occupied in delivery by special messenger, the time occupied in the maritime transmission of maritime telegrams, as well as the time during which these telegrams remain at a semaphore or coast station or on board a ship, are not included in the periods indicated above.

(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 accessory charge for a special service not rendered as well as the charge for the corresponding supplementary instruction.

(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.