Page 111 - Jamaica PO Guide 1952

POS'l' OF~'ICE OUIDE
A telephone number and the name of the cxrhonge, togethrr with the indicator
- TF"', is counted in the address as one word, for example = TF Pauv li074 ... counts
as one word. Similarly, a tele.' number together with the indicntor -TELEX= is
countcJ io the address as one word, for example =TELEX= 20 074 = counts as ooe
word ·
The name of the office of destination is chorgccl for os one word whatever its length.
Wlten the name of the country or district is nec(;ssnry to distinguish the office from
others of tho Slime name it is not chu1'&ed for. Similarly in telegrams for lar~;e towns
a district indicator added to the name of the town is not charged for.
Groups of inilinls in common use mny he comiJiucd inn !).roup without ll1e stops ancl
are counteu ns livll letters to the woru. lf, howevet· the sender desires that thl• letters
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should be trnnsllliUed 11:1 isolated letters each letter IS counted as one word.
In 1111 telegrams words compri~ing the 1tum!' nnd ncldress of the sender, if lo IJe trnns-
mitt~>cl scp:lmlcly from the te..xt, ure oount.-d at 1 he rate o r fiflef>n letters tCI the word,
but a n r1rhih1ry expreS:!ion which is not a registered addre!'S is counted nl the rate of
five h:tters to the word. T e/Pgr .Jfll8 without I ut are 1wt admilltd.
PLAIN LANGUAGE
Definition
Plain ltUlguage is that which presents nu intcllit~ihle meanin~t, each word and onclt
exprcs11iou havin~ the meaning normally aEsil\ned to 1t in the language to which iL holonbS
Plainluuguugl' tele~;rnms may be drawn up 1n most hlllb'IIUI;,eB but they must uc written.
in letter:~ of the En~::lish alphabet.
Counting
Each pluin la nguage word up to 15 letters mnkP as one chargeable word, any letters
in CX<'CSS uf 15 !win~:: charged at the rnte of 15 letter:~ to the word. EX<:!ptir nally,
however, Lllf' frllluwin~ are counted at 15 lcLters to a word if written without break:
OrJinary c tmpound words;
N:un.:s uf wwns, provinces, c'>untries and 80 on;
l•'a1uily u:uncs :llld names of ships;
Dc:li.;m\U<lllS ••f aircm ft, railway trains and so on;
Only :ipplic:.blc in adJre.~s as ' llll.' word;
\\'ltlllc nu1nbcr~, frarli,ms, decimals or frnctional numbers v.Tillen in words.
Tltc f,,1J.,wing muy al~ .. be included in a plain language telegram but arc charged at
the rate of five churacters to the word, any ex cess (where permitted ) being charged at
Lhc sam(; rute:
A sin;,:lc check word or check numbe1· not exceeding five lellers or five fibrures placed
ut the IJCJ::inning or the text;
Gruups .tf letters and figure~ forming ordinal numbers, such as 17th;
Conu111:rcinl t:.'(prcssi.) nS or commercinl murks;
Gr .ups uf letlt>rs, of figures or of signs provided they have no secret meaning.
(Oblique Rtrokes, docimal points, and ~tops used in the formation of such groups
arc e<lunted as fi6rure~).
Ex<'t:PL in the case of groups of figures, si,;,rns of punctuation are tmnsmitted only at
the special request of the sender and they ure I hen charged for ns SCJ>:Irnte worJs.
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However, an oblique stroke in the numiJcr of a house, for example, 30 ...1, 30BI S, is not
counted for the purpose of charging. If compound words, joined by a hyphen or
separated hy nn apostrophe, appear in a standard dictiorury, tlwy are normally charged
and trausmittecl as a single word (that is, wilh hyphens or apostrophes deleted). If
they do not nppear in a sl:lndnrd dictionary, tltt'y are treated nR separnte words.
Every i~lntcd letter and fi:;ure is c:hurgcd for as a word, but groups of initials in
common use Auc:h us HMS, RAF, BOAC, YMCA, YTVCA, PAA, are counted as five
letters to n word if slops are omiUed.
Words incorrl'ctly spelt so as lo hriug the number of letters within the maximum,
or incorrectly i•line•l togPtl1er contrary to the use of ilic language are not pennittcd
in plain l:mgun£,e lPirgr::~ms.
Figures may be ueed in the te."\1., but thCI'hargcahle number of such fi~;ures or groups
of figures must not C.X<'.eed one-third of the chargeable nlimbcr of words in tl1e tclcgrom
exclusive of the address.