34 2 Telephone Systems of the Continent of Europe 



Ship-owners who have their vessels fitted with telephones, so that 

 they can connect with the exchange on coming alongside the 

 quay at their usual berth, are charged 2/. 155-. ^d. per annum in 

 addition to the cost of the ship and shore connections. Con- 

 tracts are for five years. 



Communication with the General Company's subscribers, 

 i'3*/. per talk, no time limit, within the town; i'3^. per five 

 minutes beyond. 



2. State exchange. ^Q-kilometer radius. The local charges 

 named above cover communication with any State subscriber 

 within seventy kilometers of Stockholm. 



3. State exchange. Internal trunk rates. 



Per 3 minutes or 

 fraction thereof 



Up to 100 kilometers ...... 2d. 



100 ,, 250 ,, ...... ^d. 



250 ,, 600 ,, 6-6cL 



600 ,, 900 ,, ...... 9'9</. 



Over 900 . . . . . . . . 13-25^. 



Talks may be extended indefinitely so long as the line is not 

 wanted by others. There are no ' express ' or ' urgent ' connec- 

 tions, and the tariff is not reduced at night. Unless a caller's 

 request can be met and satisfied, he is not charged anything, 

 notwithstanding that the operators and wires are sometimes 

 engaged a considerable time in vainly trying to arrange the con- 

 nection ; but a subscriber who engages a trunk for a certain time 

 and fails from any reason to use it, is debited with the cost of a 

 conversation. 



4. State exchange. International trunk rates. 



Per 3 minutes 



.s-. d. 

 Stockholm to Christiania . . . . . . .18 



,, ,, Drammen, Drobak, Lillestrommen, &c. . i 10 



,, ,, Copenhagen 2 2\ 



Malmo ,, ,, . . . . . . .18 



5. State exchange. Rates for telephoning of telegrams. The 

 charge for a telephoned telegram is '66d., irrespective of the number 

 of words. Subscribers are not required to make a preliminary 

 deposit, but the State charges 2 per cent, on the amount of 

 accounts to cover the cost of keeping them. 



