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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 15

name, but the addressee may have the full signature telegraphed
by paying for the necessary telegrams, or at the originating
station may be shown the original. A signature written thus,
“(John D.) Brown,” where the surname only is intended to
be telegraphed, may be accepted. The signature must be in
the usual handwriting of the sender, or in that of his authorized
agent; but when written by the agent the latter must add
his or her name or initials, not for transmission, but for the
information of the Department. When the sender is unknown
to the accepting officer he should be requested to endorse his
address on the telegram.

8. A fee of 1d. each is to be charged for receipts for amounts
   paid for telegrams or cable messages. This fee, however, must
   not be collected if the special telegram forms provided with
   receipt foils are used.

9. When the sender of a telegram wishes to pay for carriage,
   and the amount required is not known, a deposit should be
   obtained.

10. If the sender guarantees that carriage will be paid for by the
    addressee, “Carriage guaranteed” must be written on the back
    of the telegram, and signed by the sender, whose address should
    be added. The instructions “Collect carriage” must be inserted;
    but should the addressee refuse to pay, the amount due must
    be recovered from the sender. When the sender declines to
    pay for carriage, or to give a guarantee, the word “Post”
    should be inserted in the instructions.

11. All charges for transmission, carriage, postage, &c., must
    be accounted for by means of postage-stamps firmly affixed to
    the forms, or by impressions of automatic stamping-machines or
    cash-registers, and in every case the smallest number of stamps
    that will denote the charge must be used.

12. Stamps in prepayment of inland telegrams must be affixed
    by the senders themselves.

13. Discount and postage-due stamps must not be accepted
    in payment of telegraph charges.

14. Stamps must not be affixed or impressions of the auto-
    matic stamping-machine be made one over another. Surcharges
    will be made on insufficiently or irregularly stamped messages.
    No telegram is to be accepted for transmission if the form has
    been mutilated by the removal of an automatic stamping-machine
    impression therefrom.

15. Automatic stamp impressions inadvertently affixed to tele-
    graph forms may be refunded upon, providing the upper portion
    of the form, consisting of not less than one-third of the whole,
    is produced, and the number shown in the impression corresponds
    with the number of the machine owned by the person claiming
    the refund. The usual 5-per-cent. commission collected from the
    public on stamps repurchased will be charged. The impressions
    must be quite legible, and the whole documents on which the
    impressions are made must be attached to the receipt taken
    for the refunds. Cut-out or indistinct impressions will not be
    refunded on.

16. Telegrams, except for well-known addressees, must not be
    accepted when the surname of an individual only is offered as
    the address unless the address is otherwise amplified to make
    it quite clear to the receiving office. An address should consist
    of at least three words (registered code addresses excepted),
    and only in the case of persons or companies well known
    throughout the Dominion shall a bare surname or title be
    accepted without demur. While it is not imperative that tele-
    grams for well-known firms should be fully addressed, telegrams