RULES OF THE EUROPEAN TELEGRAPHS.
The minimum charge is for a message of twenty words, including the address and signature, and half price is charged for each ten or fraction of ten words above twenty.
Words of seven or less syllables count as one word. In words containing more than seven, the overplus counts as one word; each word underlined counts as three words.
Messages containing the same subject-matter addressed to different stations are charged as separate messages.
Secret or cipher messages can be sent by government only.
Replies at full rates can be prepaid; but should the reply contain more than the number of words specified and paid for, the sender of the reply must pay for the excess as a fresh message.
Messages can be repeated by payment of double charge at the time they are sent, the words “Repetition paid” being inserted after receiver’s address, and charged for.
All complaints respecting irregularity in the transmission or delivery of messages must be made by THE SENDER, and in cases of delay or error the complaint must invariably be accompanied by the RECEIVER’S COPY of the message. Complaints from the receivers of messages will not be entertained.