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

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THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
CONDITIONS A'S TO UNINSURED MESSAGES.
The Public are informed that, in order to provide against Mistakes in the transmission of MESSAGES by the ELECTRIC a
TELEGRAPH, every Message of consequence ought to be REPEATED by being sent back from the Station at which it is to be re-
ceived, to the Station from which it is originally sent. Half the usual price for transmission will be charged for repeating the Message.
> The Company will not be responsible for Mistakes in the transmission of unrepeated Messages, from whatever cause they may arise. r
Nor will the Company be responsible for Mistakes in the transmission of a repeated Message, nor for delay in the transmission or de- H
livery, nor for non-transmission or non-delivery of any Message, whether repeated or unrepeated, to any extent above ~5, unless it be 0Z
insured.
Correctness in the transmission of Messages can be Insured at the following rates in addition to the usual charge for repetition -
~ s. d. ~s. d. s. d.
For any Sum up to ~100.......... 1 0 0 Above ~400 to ~500.5.00... Above ~700 to ~ 800.......... 800
Above ~100 to ~200..........200 ~500 to ~600............. 600 ~800 to ~ 900..... 900 0
~200 to ~300.0........ 0 600 to ~700............. 7 0 0 900 to 1000.......... 10 0 0
~300 to ~400........400
and 20s. for every ~100, or fraction of ~100 above that sum; and the Company will not be responsible for any amount beyond the
sum for which the Message is insured and the rates paid.-The Company will not be responsible in any case for delays arising from
interruptions in the working of their Telegraphs.
J. L. RICARDO, Chairman.