328 Telephone Systems of the Continent of Europe 



may be sure that Cheap Jack will rule the roast wherever possible. 

 The concessionary system cannot produce the best, or even 

 passably good, results with the bogle of confiscation growing 

 bigger and more imminent every year. 



SERVICES AND TARIFFS 



i. Rates for local exchange connections : 



CLASS i. Connection to a private residence for the use of the 

 subscriber, his family, and servants only. 



CLASS 2. Connection to a place of business for the use of the 

 subscriber, his partners, and employees only. 



CLASS 3. Connection used by several occupants of the same 

 building. 



CLASS 4. Connection to a casino, club, place of amusement, 

 cafe, theatre, or railway station, where it may be used by customers 

 or visitors. 



These rates apply to subscribers located within three kilometers 

 of the central exchange or of a branch switch-room. Beyond that 

 distance an excess rate of 2s. $d. per 100 meters must be paid. 

 An extra set of instruments connected to the same line by a 

 switch is supplied for i6s. per annum. The Government and 

 provincial and municipal authorities enjoy a reduction of 40 per 

 cent, on all local rates. A subscriber is entitled to deduct from 

 his next payment in advance the proportion of his subscription 

 proper to the number of days (if any) on which his line has been 

 interrupted during the preceding quarter. On the other hand, he 



