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SERVICES RENDERED AND TARIFFS 



i. Local exchange intercommunication between the sub- 

 scribers in Lisbon and Oporto and their respective suburbs. 



The tariff depends on the length of line and nature of the 

 connection, as follows : 



Distance 



j I kilometer, per annum . 



When private houses are joined as an extension from a 

 business place considerable reductions are made, as follow : 



Extension Instrument s. d. 



In the same building, per annum . . ..259 



500 meters distant ,, . . . .3150 



1 kilometer ,, ,, . . . . 4 10 o 

 1 1 kilometers ,, ,, . . . . 5 12 6 



2 ,, ,, ,, ....600 

 2| .... 6 7 2 



3 .... 7 4 6 



In considering these tariffs it must be borne in mind that in 

 the terms of its concession the company pays three per cent, of 

 its gross revenue to the State, and that they are considerably 

 below the maximum permitted to the company by the terms of 

 its concession. 



WAY-LEAVES 



Considerable difficulty was at first experienced in obtaining 

 attachments, but this has now in great measure been happily 

 overcome. The company possesses no exceptional privileges, 

 and is wholly dependent on the good will of the proprietors. 



