The telegraph manual: a complete history and description of the semaphoric, electric and magnetic telegraphs of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, ancient and modern.

246 INTERIOR OF THE ENGLISH TELEGRAPH STATIONS.
BUSINESS FORMS OF THE ENGLISH TELEGRAPHS.
I annex a series of blank forms used by the respective telegraph companies in Great Britain. They are herein presented
in their adopted form, and about the same size, as those in use
by the lines in England. I also give the blank receipts and
account forms.
Document A is a blank form, which is used by the public in
the presentation of a message, to be transmitted by the telegraph company. The two pages represent the face of the blank
form in which the message is written, and the heading is to be
filled by the company's clerk. The. patron signs the message.
Documents B and C are printed on the back of the sheet on
which the message is written, represented by document A.
These forms present the tariff of insurance and assumed responsibility. Document D is the head or caption of a message
as sent to the public. The face of the sheet is about the size
of the usual letter paper, only half of the blank being represented by document D.
Document E is a blank used by the companies for messages
received from a distant office, and which is to be transmitted
further by another line. The size of this blank is the same as
document A, only half of the sheet being represented. The
forms at the bottom of the page are to be filled, and then sent
to the next line. In order to prevent confusion, the blanks are
printed in different colored inks.
Document F is the form of an account sent out with the
messenger, accompanying a message for collection.
Document G is the form of a receipt given the customer, on
the reception of his message for transmission, at the counter of
the comDany by the cashier.