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RECEIVING AND TRANSTMITTING DISPATCHES. 771
A. August 11, 1858. B.
No. 4625. No. 4625.
Paid the sum of eight francs and sev- August 11, 1858.
enty centimes, for the transmission of
h. m. a telegraphic dispatch from Paris to Received of Mr. Bernard
Marseilles. Distance, 67 myriameters. nine francs and twenty cenDeposited.. 3 00 No. of words, 15. times, for a dispatch adSent.. 3 05 f. c. dressed to Mr. Lefever, at
Received..3 15 Charge ( French lines... 8 70 Marseilles. Distance, 67
Delivery... 3 45 C Foreign lines.. myriameters. Number of
Messenger....... 0 50 words, 15.
Express........ f. c.
Extra express...... Charge {French lines 8 70
-- Foreign lines
f.9 20 Messenger..... 0 50
(Signed.) Express......
BERNARD. Extra express....
f.9 20
On the back of the receipt B, held by the sender, is written the following as an instruction, viz.:
"No reimbursement can be made, except on the return of this paper,
receipted. The demands for reimbursements must designate the number
of the register.'"
3. The register and cash-book are arranged to serve as day-books, and
every day, after business hours, the moneys received must be added up,
and the reimbursements must be then deducted.
4. The expenses incurred for travel, postage, and all other payments,
are to be advanced by the station-master, and not to be taken from the
money-drawer.
5. A list of all the dispatches sent or received, and all moneys received
therefor, must be transmitted every succeeding day to the administration
of telegraphs, for registration.
6. On the first of every month, or when the receipts amount to one
thousand francs, payments are to be made to the finance receiver of the
government, at which time a full settlement is made.
7. At the end of each month, the director of the station must submit
a report of his receipts, and the sums refunded, also the expenses incurred
for travel, express, postage. &c. All reports are to be made to the central administration, to be audited, after which settlements are made by
the inspectors of the line.
8. Reimbursements of charges on dispatches, in consequence of delays
or errors in transmission, cannot be made except by the administration.
9. The directors of the stations may reimburse on answers to messages
paid in advance.
10. When a dispatch is withdrawn by the forwarder, before or during
its transmission, the expense of delivery only can. be refunded.
11. In all cases, no reimbursement can be made except on the return
of the check receipt (B), signed by the sender. "rhe check is then to be
pasted in the place from which it was origins 1 taken.
12. The financial affairs of the telegraph ific 4s are under the control of
the inspectors of the finances of the line. Thb directors of the stations
must keep their books, conformably to the rules governing accountants.
13. The administration of the telegraph is alone responsible for the
secrecy of dispatches.
14. The charge for a single dispatch, not exceeding fifteen words, from
one part of France to another, is 2 francs and plus 10 centimes for each
myriameter of distance to be sent.
15. The charge on messages from one part of the city of Paris to an