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entitles him to originate conversations with one town exchange, 

 situated either in his own county or near its boundary. For all 

 other connections (except trunk ones, which are denied him under 

 any circumstances) he must pay per five minutes' talk according 

 to the public telephone station scale, but speaking from his own 

 instrument. Town subscribers who would call through the 

 county village exchanges must pay i/. per annum in addition to 

 the town subscription. 



4. Internal trunk line communication. A uniform trunk rate 

 of is. M. per three minutes has been fixed for the whole country. 

 Express or urgent talks are admitted at double rates. 



5. International trunk line communication. These actually 

 exist only with Austria, the rates being the same as for the interior 

 of Hungary. 



6. Telephoning of telegrams. The Buda-Pesth subscribers 

 may forward and receive their telegrams by telephone at a charge 

 of 2d. per message, irrespective of length. A similar facility is 

 accorded to some of the provincial towns, and even to some of 

 the villages, at id. per message. 



7. Public telephone stations. These exist in the towns and 

 departmental districts, but not in the rural. The time unit is five 

 minutes. A town subscriber or non-subscriber pays 2d. for a 

 local talk. In the departments the charge is id. for speaking 

 within the same ward ; 6d. for a call to other wards of the same or 

 adjoining department ; and lod. for communicating through a 

 town exchange of the same department, or of a neighbouring 

 department if situated near the boundary. 



WORK 



No information of importance can be given on this head, 

 promised details not having arrived in time for inclusion. The 

 Buda-Pesth exchange is worked with two double-cord, single-wire, 

 series multiples supplied by the Western Electric Company. The 

 Hungarian system is, with the exception of the trunks, single wire 

 throughout. It is, for the most part, aerial ; but some under- 

 ground work, with cable supplied by Messrs. Felten & Guilleaume, 

 exists in the capital. 



