29 2 Telephone Systems of the Continent of Europe 



a subscriber or a public telephone station, or telephoned from the 

 State telegraph office to a subscriber : 



If not exceeding 20 words ...... 2-6d. 



For each additional 10 words ..... -66</. 



Telegrams may likewise be telephoned to a public telephone 

 station in the neighbourhood of which there is no telegraph office 

 and delivered by messenger on payment by the sender of 2'6d. per 

 telegram, without regard to the number of words ; if the addressee 

 is not a telephone subscriber, a similar amount is collected from 

 him also. 



Subscribers who telegraph often, obtain a decided advantage 

 by paying annually as follows : 



J r J J Per annum 



s. d. 



For 100 telegrams . . . . . . . o 1 1 i 



,, 101 to 300 . . . . . . . o 16 8 



301 600 123 



,, 601 ,, 1,000 . . . . . . . i 7 10 



,, each additional 5 C 5 7 



Messages containing over twenty but under forty words are 

 counted as two ; over forty but under sixty words, as three tele- 

 grams ; and so on. 



Deposits to cover the cost of despatched telegrams are not 

 obligatory, but the company can demand them if not satisfied 

 with the standing of subscribers ; usually the company pays for 

 the messages, and charges the subscribers 2 per cent, on the cost 

 for the accommodation. Accounts are rendered once a month to 

 subscribers of acknowledged position, or oftener, at the company's 

 discretion. Accounts for telegrams emanating from hotels are 

 rendered the same day. 



The foregoing particulars apply to Christiania only ; in the 

 provinces the charges for telephoning telegrams vary very much 

 between limits of 2d. to 6 '$d. per message. 



5. Rates for messages telephoned for delivery by the 

 company : 



If addressee is located within i kilometer of central station . 4</. 

 ,, ,, ,, 2 kilometers ,, ,, . 5 '3^. 



> ?> >> 3 >> 5> 6'5</. 



