The woman's book : contains everything a woman ought to know / edited by Florence B. Jack and Rita Strauss, assisted by many expert contributors.

Date:
1911
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Credit: The woman's book : contains everything a woman ought to know / edited by Florence B. Jack and Rita Strauss, assisted by many expert contributors. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    TELEGRAPH MONEY ORDERS, INLAND Money may be transmitted by Telegraph Money Order from any Money Order Office in the United Kingdom, which is also a despatching office for telegrams, and may be made payable at any Money Order Office which is also an office for the delivery of telegrams. The charges for Telegraph Money Orders are a Money Order poundage at the ordinary rate for inland Money Orders, with an additional fee of 2d. for each Order and the cost of the official telegram of advice. POSTAL ORDERS Postal Orders are issued and paid at all Money Order Offices in the United Kingdom during the ordinary hours of business on week-days, and in certain British Colonies and places at which British Postal Agencies are maintained. Orders may be had for every 6d. up to 19s. 6d.; and for 20s. and 21s. Those for 6d. up to 2s. 6d. cost Jd. each ; after that, up to 15s. the charge is Id. ; after that, to 21s. the charge is ljd. By affixing stamps (perforated ones not allowed), not exceeding 5d. in value nor three in number, to the face of any one Postal Order, odd amounts may be made up, but not fractions of a penny. An Order not cashed within three months from the last day of the month of issue will be charged a fresh commission. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL MONEY ORDERS For sums not exceeding— £1 £2 £4 £6 £8 £10 3d. 6d. 9d. Is. Is. 3d. Is. 6d. and for countries on which Orders may be issued for a larger sum than £10 the charge is 3d. for every additional £2 or portion of £2. TELEGRAPH MONEY ORDERS Foreign and Colonial Telegraph Money Orders may be sent to or from certain places. The charges for those issued in the United Kingdom are the ordinary foreign and colonial Money Order poundage, with the addition of a fee of 6d. and cost of official telegram of advice. TELEGRAMS Inland For the first twelve words, 6d.; for every additional word, |d. Figures are counted at the rate of five to a word. Stamps in payment must be affixed by the sender. The address of the receiver is charged for, but not that of the sender, if written on the back of the telegraph form. The charge includes delivery, provided the address be within the Town Postal limits, or within three miles of a head office. When the address is beyond the free delivery limit, a charge of 3d. for each mile is made, reckoned from the office door. This charge to be prepaid by the sender. Replies not exceeding forty- eight words in length may be prepaid by the sender. Telegraph forms are of two kinds, the A form (given gratis) with no stamp ; and the A1 form embossed with a stamp, which may be purchased singly, or in a book of twenty, price 10s. 2d. Any one may register an abbreviated address on payment of a fee of 21s. per year. Telegrams re-directed by wire to a second address are liable to an additional charge. The usual hours of attendance at Telegraph Offices on week-days are from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The usual Sunday attendance in England is from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. ; in Scotland from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., and in Ireland from 8.25 a.m. to 10.25 A.M. A few special offices are always open. CANCELLING TELEGRAMS The sender may have his telegram cancelled, and if it be cancelled before the commencement of transmission the sum paid will be returned at the time, less a fee of 2d. for cancelling it; but if transmission has commenced, the sum will not be returned. If transmission has been com- pleted, an official telegram, prepaid by the sender, will be sent to the Postmaster at the Terminal Office. If the official telegram should arrive too late, the sender will be informed that the attempt to cancel his telegram has failed, but the sums paid will not be refunded. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL TELEGRAMS The following are a few of the charges for the transmission of telegrams abroad. [Where more than one price is given, the charge varies according to the route, or to the part of the country to which the telegram is sent.] Rate per word, s. d. Aden ..... 2 0 Algeria 0 ZJ Argentine Republic 3s. 3d. and 3 7 Australia 2s. 9d. and 3 0 Austria 0 2} Belgium .... 0 2 Brazil . . » 3s. to 6 5 British Central Africa 2 11 British East Africa 2s. 6d. and 2 9 Canada . . , is. to 3 2 Cape Colony ... 2 6 Ceylon . Is. lid. and 2 1 China . . 4s. 2d. to 4 7 Costa Rica .... 4 2 Denmark .... 0 3 Egypt . . . Is. to 1 4 France 0 2 Germany .... 0 2 Gibraltar .... 0 3 Holland .... 0 2 Hungary ....02} India . Is. lOd. to 2 0 Rate per word. s. d. Italy ...... 0 2} Jamaica .... 3 0 Japan . 4s. 7d. and 4 10 Madeira 10 Malay Peninsula 3s. 3d. and 3 6 Malta 04 Morocco . . 3d. to 0 4 Natal 2 6 New South Wales . 3 0 New Zealand 2s. 9d. and 3 0 Norway 0 2} Orange River Colony 2 6 Portugal .... 0 3 Rhodesia 2s. 8d. and 2 11 Roumania .... 0 3 Russia 0 4} Spain . . 3d. and 0 5 Sweden ..... 0 3 Switzerland ... 0 2} Transvaal .... 2 6 Turkey ..... 0 6 United States . Is. to 2 9 Special forms are provided for Foreign and Colonial Telegrams.