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graphs which in turn distributes it to all the telegraph and railroad 

 stations of the kingdom. 



The precise time is sent also to the various civic departments as 

 well as to certain private institutions to which it is essential. The 

 transmission of the time is made as follows: As soon as the one in 

 charge of the station is in telephonic communication with some one 

 wishing the time, he states the time he is going to indicate, to the 

 exact minute generally, then, 10 seconds before that time he calls, 

 "attention," and then accurately at the minute he says, "tip." His 

 "tip" is rarely out by two-tenths of a second. 



