Nov. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3297

H.M. Ships.

8. (1) The charge for the transmission of an ordinary radio-telegram to any of His Majesty’s ships within wireless range of a New Zealand coast station shall be 3d. a word.
   (2) The charge for the transmission of private radio-telegrams sent by any of the officers or men on board any of His Majesty’s ships within wireless range of a New Zealand coast station to any telegraph office in New Zealand shall be 1d. a word with a minimum of 6d. a message.

Radio-telegrams for Delivery by Post.

9. Radio-telegrams (except press radio-telegrams) may be accepted for transmission to a ship station to be posted as letters at a port of call of the receiving ship. Such radio-telegrams do not include any radio-telegraphic retransmission.
   The address of these radio-telegrams shall contain—
   (1) The chargeable indicator “Post,” followed by the name of the port at which the radio-telegram is to be posted:
   (2) The full name and address of the addressee:
   (3) The name of the ship station which is to carry out the posting:
   (4) When necessary the name of the coast station.
   A charge of 4d. shall be made for postage in addition to the radio-telegram charges.
10. Radio-telegrams (except press radio-telegrams) to New Zealand offices of destination may be accepted from those ships at sea with which traffic is exchanged at the rate of 6d. a word for posting from New Zealand coast stations. The charge for these messages, including the postage fee, shall be 3d. a word, with a minimum of 2s. 6d., equal to a message of ten words.

Transmission of Radio-telegrams beyond New Zealand.

11. For radio-telegrams transmitted from a ship station to a New Zealand coast station for a place beyond the Dominion the charges are as stated in Regulation 4, and, in addition thereto, for the onward transmission the charges otherwise indicated.

Press Radio-telegrams.

12. The New Zealand “coast station and inland” charge for the transmission from a ship station of a press radio-telegram shall be 2s. 6d. for every 100 words or portion thereof. The ship-station charge is at the reduced rate of 50 per cent. of the full ordinary rate.
13. For a press radio-telegram transmitted from a ship station to a New Zealand coast station for a place beyond the Dominion, the rate shall be 2s. 6d. for every 100 words or portion thereof, plus the ship-station charge, and, in addition thereto, for the onward transmission the relative cable press rate.

Relaying.

14. When it is anticipated that it will be necessary to utilize the services of a relaying station or stations for the purpose of effecting transmission of a telegram, the following additional charges shall be made:—
    For relaying through one or two ship stations.. .. 4d. a word.
    For relaying through Chatham Islands Radio only .. 4d. a word.
    For relaying through Chatham Islands Radio and one
    or two ship stations .. .. .. 8d. a word.
    Not more than two ship stations may participate in the relaying of a radio-telegram. When the services of two ship stations are utilized, only one relaying fee of 4d. a word is charged and is divided equally between them.
    If the relaying charge is unexpended, the amount deposited for the service shall be refunded.
    Radio-telegrams when required to be relayed by ship stations shall bear before the address the paid-service indicator=RM=(retransmission).

Collection of Charges.

15. The total charge for radio-telegrams shall be collected from the sender with the exception of express charges to be collected on delivery, and charges applicable to irregular combinations or alterations of words detected by the office or ship station of destination, which charges shall be collected from the addressee.

Weather Radio-telegrams for Shipping.

16. Masters of vessels may, by means of a paid message addressed to Wellington Radio, obtain information as to the state of the weather at any of the important points on the coast. The charge for such a message (including the reply from the coast station) shall be 2s. for twenty words, and 1d. for each additional word.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Address.

17. (1) The sender of a radio-telegram shall be responsible for the sufficiency and accuracy of the address of his radio-telegram. The address of a radio-telegram shall be as complete as possible, and shall contain not less than—
    (a) The name or rank of the addressee, with supplementary particulars, if necessary:
    (b) The name of the ship station, or, in the case of other mobile stations, the call-sign as it appears in the appropriate List of Stations:
    (c) The name of the land station through which the message is to be forwarded as it appears in the List of Stations.
    (2) (a) In the address the name of the mobile station and that of the land station, written as they appear in the List of Stations, shall each be counted as one word irrespective of their length.
    (b) A radio-telegram drawn up by means of the International Signal Code will be forwarded to its destination without being decoded.