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Telegrams—(Overseas), contd.

(b) lie is prepared lo pay the normal transmission charges including
porterage where necessary, on all telegrams sent to the Post
Office Telegraph Centre for onward transmission to inland desti­
nations.

The Post Office docs not handle Overseas Telex calls. This service is provided
by Jamaica International Telecommunications Ltd.
The Telex dial number of the Post Office Telegraph Centre is 33 and its
Answer Back Code is “ potei.s Kingston".

TELEGRAMS WHICH ARE TO BE CALLED FOR
The address of telegrams to b; retained until called for at a telegraph or post
offic • should be preceded by one of the followng indications according to the
facility rcquirc.1:
TR=Tclcgrar.i to be called for at a telegraph office: =GP=Tclcgram to be
called for at a Paste Rest ante: =GPR=Tclcgram to be called for at a post
office, registered. The supplementary charge for the service G PR= is 6c. These
services arc not available on Commonwealth Social Telegrams.

Telegrams follow the Addressee
When the sender of a telegram is not certain that the addressee will be found at
the address given and desire the telegram to be sent on, the indicator =FS =
should be inserted before the address. This service is not available on Common­
wealth Social Telegrams. It is charged for as one word.
Sender’s Name and Address
The name and address of the send r must be written on the back of the form in
the space provided and it is desirable that the sender’s telephone number should
be added.

COUNTING FOR CHARGING
Addresses
Words in the address of a telegram, other than the name of the office of desti­
nation, are counted at the rate of 15 letters to a word.
Subject to this limit: (1) personal names, names of ships and so on may be
combined by the sender to form single expressions, for example, "Delarue.” and
(2) the names of s:rccts, squares, boulevards and other public thoroughfares may
be combined to form single expressions and are counted as single words if w ritten
without a break. House numbers for example 30/A or 301 BIS arc counted at the
rate of live characters to the word, but the oblique stroke is not charged for.
A telephone number and the name of the exchange, together with the indicator
1 F = , is counted in the address as one word, for example "=T F Passv 5074=”
counts as one word. Similarly, a telex number together with the indicator=
TLLEX= is counted in the address as one word, for example "—TELEX=
20074” =counts as one w ord.
The name of the office of destination is charged for as one word whatever its
length. When the name of the country or district is necessary to distinguish the
office from others of the same name it is not charged for. Similarly in telegrams for
large towns a district indicator added to the name of the town is not charged for.