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EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL TARIFF. 785
is to be one half of the price for a dispatch of 25 words. If the
receiver of the dispatch wishes to collate the message, he will
be charged the full price of a dispatch of 25 words.
5th. Answers may be paid for in advance, such answers not
exceeding ten words (the five words for the address not to be
counted), the charge to be half the tariff for a single dispatch.
If the answer does not arrive within five days succeeding its
demand, the charge made for it, less 25 per cent., is refunded.
6th. Dispatches to be forwarded to any number of intermediate stations, are to be considered as separate dispatches to
each station, and charged in full.
7th. Dispatches, of which several copies are to be delivered
in the town of the office to which they are sent,-full charge to
be made for the first, and nine tenths of a franc for each additional copy.
8th. When any one, sending a message, wishes to prove his
identity to the place to which his dispatch is sent, he must
pay -1} francs additional.
9th. Night dispatches are charged double in all places where
night service is not permanent. No night dispatch is to be
accepted unless notice thereof be given during the preceding
day. A portion, not less than one half of the charge on a single dispatch, must be paid when the notice is given. If the
dispatch is not presented in due time according to previous
notice, the money paid is not to be refunded.
10th. The expenses of the delivery of dispatches are to be paid
in advance. For the delivery by postal registration the charge
is to be uniformly 15 centimes in the country in which the
destination office is located, and one and a half francs for localities out of the country on the continent of Europe. Messages
delivered within the circle of the locality of the destination
office, a charge of two and a half francs is to be made, and to
be paid in advance. Beyond the circle of the locality, where
it is possible to employ horse express, the charge is be 4 francs
for each myriameter.
The second convention was concluded between France, Belgium, Spain, Sardinia, and Switzerland. The following table
represents the tariff scale adopted, viz.:
NUMBER OF WORDS.
DISTANCES. For each additional 5 words
From 1 to 15 words. or fractions over 15 words.
1st zone, from 1 to 100 kilometers. 1I francs. - franc.
2d " 100 to 2)0 " 3 1 I
3d " 250 to 450 " 41 " 1} "
4th " 460 to 700' 6 "'2 "
5th " 700 to 1000 " 7-''