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(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, to public order or decency, or owing to the suspension of
the telegraph service.
(m.) The full charge for every telegram with prepaid reply which has mani-
festly been unable to fulfil its object owing to a service irregularity
which warrants the return of the charges for the reply; also the full
charge for every prepaid reply which has manifestly been unable to fulfil
its object owing to a service irregularity which warrants the return of
the charge for the original telegram.

93. In the cases provided for in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), (i), (j), and (l), the re-
    fund only applies to the tariff of the actual telegrams lost, cancelled, delayed, or muti-
    lated, 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 within periods fixed by the application of clause (d), paragraph 92, reimburse-
    ment 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.

97. Every claim for refund must be made under penalty of rejection within five
    months from the date of deposit of the telegram. Claims on account of messages
    addressed to America must be made promptly, as the American offices do not retain
    records for more than six months after transmission.

98. Every claim must be made to the original sending Administration, and be
    accompanied by documentary evidence—i.e., a written statement from the terminal
    office or addressee if the telegram has been delayed or not been delivered; the copy
    delivered to the addressee if the question is one of alteration or omission.

99. The claim may, however, be presented by the addressee to the office of destina-
    tion, which shall decide whether it will deal with it or whether it must be forwarded
    to the sending Administration.

100. The right to reimbursement lapses after a period of six months from the date
     of the letter by which the sender is informed that reimbursement has been granted.

REGISTRATION OF ABBREVIATED TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESSES.

NEW ZEALAND.

1. A register is kept at every telegraph-office in New Zealand for the registration of
   code or abbreviated addresses of two or more words. (See under “Code Ad-
   dresses” in the Post and Telegraph Guide.)
2. Sell’s Directory of Telegraphic Code Addresses registered in the United
   Kingdom may be seen at the principal telegraph-offices in New Zealand.

UNITED KINGDOM.

1. Application for the registration of an abbreviated telegraphic address in London
   should be made to the Secretary, General Post Office. In the provinces application
   should be made to the Postmaster of the town in which it is proposed to register an
   address. The British Department cannot arrange for the registration of an address
   at any place abroad.

2. No address may consist of more than one word in addition to the name of the
   town where registration is effected.

3. The word should contain not more than ten letters, and should be easy to read
   and easy to telegraph. Proper names can only in rare cases be accepted, and in no
   case can a proper name be registered for a person of a different name.

4. The names of professions, trades, countries, States, towns, telegraph-stations,
   well-known streets, and registered newspapers may not be registered.

5. Numbers may not be registered.

6. To prevent inconvenience to the public, the Department has to reject words
   which, either in writing or in telegraph symbols, so closely resemble other registered
   words as to be liable to be mistaken for them. It is desirable, therefore, that any
   application should not merely offer one word for acceptance, but should give several
   words, from which a selection may be made.

7. All addresses registered for delivery within the London postal area must contain
   the name “London.” The name of a district in the postal area of a town cannot be
   substituted for the name of the town.

8. No address may be registered in one town for the delivery of telegrams in
   another town.

9. A registered address is available for telegrams from abroad as well as for inland
   telegrams.

10. The Department reserves to itself the right to cancel an address. In such a
    case a part of the registration fee proportionate to the unexpired period is returned, or
    a new address may be substituted for the one cancelled.

11. In the event of a change in the title of a firm for which an address is recorded,
    the consent, in writing, of all the partners of the firm must be produced before the
    records can be altered.

12. If it be desired that a registered address should be published in Sell’s
    Directory of Registered Telegraphic Addresses, that fact should be clearly intimated
    to the Department at the time of registration. No charge is made for publication in
    this Directory.