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Telegrams—(Inland) (Overseas,) could.

General: A receipt for a telegram may be obtained on the prescribed form on
payment of lc for each receipt.
A certified copy of a telegram may be obtained on application to the Postmaster
General on payment of a fee of 5c. if special search is necessary the cost incurred
will be charged in addition.
Inland telegrams arc retained on file for 3 months. On Jamaica Government
Service (O.J.G.S.) for 4 months, and foreign telegrams for 6 months.
Abbreviated telegraphic addresses (inland) for use at any office, may be regis­
tered with the Postmaster General at a cost of $8 per annum.

Persons resident at a place to which the island telegraph line has not been exten­
ded can benefit by its use on the following conditions—
(a) If the words “By Post” wi h name of a telegraph station be written on a
message it will be telegraphed to such station and forwarded from
thence to its postal address by first post.
(b) If a letter marked “On Post Office Telegraph Business” be sent by post
to the telegraph clerk at any station the message enclosed will be prompt­
ly forwarded by telegraph from such station. In this ease the letter may
be registered and the cost of the message enclosed in stamps or coin.
Telegrams may also be handed to a mail courier on his way to a tele­
graph office, but the Department docs not take any liability for miscar­
riage.
(c) No charge will be made in either case for postage or registration.

TELEGRAMS—(OVER * EAS)
Cablegrams: Cablegrams for all parts of the world may be handed in at any
Telegraph Office on payment of the inland charge in addition to the amount
charged by Jamaica International Telecommunications (JAMINTEL), in
accordance with their Tariff. No inland rale is charged for telegrams for the
British Commonwealth and the U.S.A.
For table of rates apply to any Telegraph Office or at the Office of Jamaica
International Telecommunications, 15 North Street, Kingston.
The various classes of message available are:—
Ordinary Telegrams
Ordinary telegrams may be written in plain or secret (code or cipher) language
or any combination of these.
The text of an ordinary telegram may contain a mixture of plain and secret
code and/or cipher) language and the total charge is arrived at by adding the
charge for each individual word reckoned in accordance with the rules for
counting.
The minimum charge is as for seven words.

Urgent Telegrams
The urgent telegram provides a specially accelerated service to most countries.
Such telegrams have priority in transmission and the rates are double the
ordinary rates. The word “Urgent” must be included as the first w ord in the add­
ress and charged for. The minimum charge is as for seven w ords.