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only be joined by the connection of several trunk lines, the rate 

 levied is the sum of the charges ordinarily made for the use of 

 each trunk separately, provided the total does not exceed 25. 6d., 

 which is the maximum. 



Urgent conversations, i.e. talks which take precedence of all 

 others, are allowed at triple the usual charge. Annual sub- 

 scriptions are not admitted in connection with trunks. Users of 

 trunks must keep a deposit of 2/. is. Sd. with the State. 



3. Rates for international trunk communication. Time 

 unit, three minutes. 



s. d. 

 Vienna Berlin . . . . . . .26 



Vienna Buda-Pesth and the other Hungarian towns i 8 

 Bregenz Bavaria . . . . . . .10 



Bregenz Wtirtemberg . . . . . .10 



Bregenz Switzerland . . . . .10 



Express or urgent talks are admitted on all lines except to 

 Switzerland, at triple unit rates. 



4. Rates for the telephoning of telegrams. For each 

 telegram received or delivered through the telephone exchange 

 the charge is id. plus 'id. per word, fractions of a kreuzer (2d.) 

 being inadmissible in the total. A ten-word message consequently 

 costs to telephone, id. + 10 x -1 = 2^.; and an eleven- word, 

 id. + 11 x 'i = 2-i + 'i = 2'2d. Charges on telegrams must be 

 covered by deposit. 



5. Rates for messages telephoned for local delivery. The 

 rates for this service, as defined on page 37, are the same as for 

 the telephoning of long-distance telegrams, viz., id. per message 

 plus 'id. per word, fractions of '2d. being inadmissible. This 

 service is restricted to subscribers who keep deposits with the 

 State. When the message is posted as a letter an extra charge of 

 '2d. is made for the paper and envelope. 



6. Rates levied at public telephone stations. Talks with 

 local subscribers, per three minutes, 2d. Trunk talks, forwarding 

 of telegrams and of telephonograms, are charged as in the pre- 

 ceding sections. 



Alarms of fire or flood or notices of accidents may be tele- 

 phoned from any public station without charge. 



