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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 15

47. Cable messages which come to hand bearing lapsed code addresses must not be delivered unless a fresh registration fee is paid.

48. Officers in charge must at once report to the Chief Telegraph Engineer and the District Telegraph Engineer the existence of any wireless installation in their locality which they have reason to believe has not been licensed in accordance with the regulations. No such installation, however apparently rough or inefficient, is to be neglected.

49. “Collect” telegrams addressed to a post-office are to be retained at the receiving telegraph-office, and a notice posted to the addressee intimating that such a telegram awaits delivery on payment of its cost. Should delivery of any “collect” telegram not be effected within twenty-four hours, or the addressee refuse to pay the charge, the forwarding office must be directed to make the telegram prepaid, except in the case of cable messages.

50. The accepting officer may demand a deposit from the sender of the amount to be collected on the delivery of a telegram. When the sender of a “collect” telegram for which no deposit is made pays for it after it has been sent to the Chief Accountant, the value is to be affixed in stamps to a separate form, on which the particulars of the telegram must be stated, and the form sent in with the next parcel of telegrams. The charges collected for any other telegram after it has been sent in must be similarly accounted for.

51. The sender of a “collect” telegram may direct that delivery shall be conditional on the addressee first paying the charges. In such cases the words “Delivery conditional” must be inserted in the instructions and charged for.

52. Telegrams to be repeated must bear in the instructions “Repetition paid.” The fee for repetition of a telegram must in every case be prepaid by the sender, and affixed to the form in stamps.

53. When a “reply-paid” telegram is presented for transmission the sender should be requested to insert the words “Reply paid” in the instructions, and these words must invariably be signalled and written in full.

54. The prepaid-reply form of a “reply-paid” message may be used by the holder of it for not more than one telegram of any code, whether a reply or not, at any time within six weeks. No prepaid-reply form which has not been date-stamped by the issuing office may be accepted. If the telegram exceeds the number of words stated in the reply voucher the difference is to be paid by the sender and affixed in stamps to the form.

55. The refund of money prepaid for a reply can only be made on an application to the Chief Accountant, giving full particulars of the RP telegram—i.e., of the telegram authorizing the reply—and on production of the unused reply voucher.

56. Money-order telegrams addressed to racing clubs, or to secretaries or other officers of racing clubs, relating to investments on the totalizator are to be refused, whether addressed to racecourses or not.

57. When a telegram is presented for transmission applying for the transfer or repayment of a money-order telegram, the signature of the applicant, who must be either the remitter or the payee, must be obtained upon the message form, and the word “Verified” written in the instructions and signalled.

58. A Press telegram must not be addressed to any person by name, and must consist of news of general public interest for immediate publication in a registered newspaper; and may not