'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [‎76v] (159/483)

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Inland Telegrams.
Delivery” “Late Fees’’ etc. and if any refund of telegraph charges is
due to the depositor it should be credited through this account.
(c) A fee for the upkeep of accounts will be levied at the rate of
Rs. 2/- for every 25 telegrams or fraction thereof despatched by the
depositor during each quarter, subject to a minimum of Rs, 20f-per
annum.
301—Prepayment of Replies.
The cost of a reply, not exceeding forty eight words, may he pre
paid. A reply form will then be delivered, to the addressee, who
will be at liberty to use it for any inland message at any time
within two months. If the Form be not used, its value will be refund
ed from Headquarters to the sender of the original telegram if he ap
plies and sends the Form within two months to the Director General of
Posts and Telegraphs, Baghdad.
302. —Addressees.
^ The address of a telegram should he sufficiently full to enable it to
he delivered without difficulty, and without reference to Directories or
other sources of information; and the Director General of Posts and
Telegraphs cannot accept responsibility for the delay or failure of a
telegram of which.the address does not comply with these requirements.
In telegrams for towns the name of the street and the number of the
house should be given, and when there are two or more streets of the
same name in a town the name of the locality should be added. Telegraph
Delivery Offices do not always correspond with Post Delivery Offices,
An address ordinarily used for letters is not necessarily correct
or sufficient for telegrams.
303. Registered Abbreviated Addresses.
Any person mag register an abbreviated or arbitrary address
on payment of a registration fee of Rs, 2oj ■ in English or Arabic only
oi A .s'. 80\- a year both in English and Arabic, and Rs. 12/- in English
oi Arabic only or Rs. isj- half yearly both in English and Arabic
dating from the day of registrat ion.
u ac jdress must consist of two words, one of which is to be the name
o e town or place of delivery ; the other must be a word containing
not more than ten letters which is easy to pronounce. Telegrams intended
o >e e n ered to the care of a person who has registered an abbreviated
at ress, must have care of or “c/o’’ written before the abbreviated
actaress, thus : Mohammed care of Hercules, Baghdad’’. The symbol
c/o counts as one word. Abbreviated addresses should be written with
Note. The fee for the Registration of abbreviated addresses of Govern
ment Departments and Offices is Re. 1/- per address, per annum.
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