Denmark 117 



5. Rates for written messages accepted, telephoned, and 

 delivered by the company. Within the limits of Copenhagen : 

 a first charge of *66^., with '133^. per word ; minimum charge, 



Within the suburbs : a first charge of '66</., with '266d. per 

 word ; minimum charge, 3'3^/. 



A town telephonogram containing ten words therefore costs 

 66 + -133 x 10= 1-99^ 



And a suburban, '66 + '266 x 10 = 3-32^. 



Subscribers may telephone similar messages from their own 

 offices at the same rates. Accounts for these are rendered 

 monthly ; no deposits. 



Were it not for the Spanish rate for a corresponding service in 

 Madrid, &c. (Spanish section, p. 329), of i'g2d. for twenty words, 

 the country of the Dane would have been fairly entitled to a 

 record in this matter. 



6. Rates levied at public telephone stations : 



s. d. 

 Five minutes' local talk . . . . . . .002 



Five minutes' talk with any town in Zealand connected 



by trunk . . . . . . . .00 4-6 



Books containing ten 2d. tickets are sold for . . . o I i^ 

 Annual rate, covering free use of all public stations for 



local talks ........ 245 



The police are entitled to use the public stations gratis. 



Subscribers are allowed to use a number of the public stations 

 without charge. These free stations include the Bourse, where 

 there are eight sound-proof compartments containing instruments, 

 and the Custom House, where there are three instruments. At 

 these last two stations messengers are kept who fetch (without 

 charge) non-subscribers wanted by subscribers to the instruments. 

 From eight of the public stations the international line to Sweden 

 may be used at the usual rates (p. 116). 



7. Messenger service. This is performed by the company 

 gratis. 



