Sixpenny Telegrams in British Guiana. 
By N. Darnell Davis. 
i. The charge for Telegrams throughout British Guiana is 12 cents 
for the first ten words, and 6 cents for each additional five words or 
part of that number. The names and addresses of the sender and 
receiver are not counted. 
2. Telegrams are delivered free within half-a-mile of the terminal 
Telegraph Office. 
3. When the addressee resides beyond the free delivery boun- 
dary a charge of 6d. a mile, or part of a mile, is made to the 
sender. 
REMISING that a cent and a half-penny are, in 
British Guiana, convertible terms, the foregoing 
paragraphs, taken from the British Guiana 
Post Office Guide, will be found to state clearly enough 
the cost of sending a telegram from one part of the 
colony to another ; and. now that the Sixpenny Rate 
has been in operation for four years, let us see how it 
has worked. 
It was in 1876 that the Government of British Guiana 
opened a few stations for the transmission of local 
telegrams. The Demerara Railway Company had al- 
ready provided a telegraphic service for the East Coast 
of Demerara, and the West India and Panama Company 
had established communication between Georgetown 
and New Amsterdam. In 1878 the Colonial Government 
purchased the latter line from the Panama Company, 
