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OPERATOR'S NOTATIONS, POSTAL TELEGRAPH-COMMERCIAL - CABLES TIME SENT, ETO. 20 ALASKA ENGLAND CANADA 2NEWFOUNDLAND VANCOUVER CHINA PACIFIC JAPAN OCEAN UNITED BAN FRANCISCOLI YOKOHAMA STATES AZORES YORK MIDWAY BERMUDA HAVANA CUBA ATLANTIC OCEAN AFRICA NONOLULU [MANILA 80 VINCENT GUAM PANAMA SOUTH AMERICA THE GREATEST TELEGRAPH AND CABLE SYSTEM IN THE WORLD. EXTENDS OVER TWO-THIRDS OF THE WAY AROUND THE EARTH. THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH- - CABLE COMPANY (INCORPORATED) RANSMITS AND DELIVERS THE WITHIN TELEGRAM SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS: To guard against mistakes or delays, the sender of a telegram should order it REPEATED: that is, telegraphed back to the originating office for comparison. For this, one-half the unrepeated telegram rate is charged in addition. Unless otherwise indicated on its face, THIS IS AN UNREPEATED ELEGRAM AND PAID FOR AS SUCH, in consideration whereof it is agreed between the sender of the telegram and this Company as follows: 1. The Company shall not be liable for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery, of any UNREPEATED telegram, beyond the mount received for sending the same: nor for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery, of any REPEATED telegram, beyond fifty ames the sum received for sending the same. UN LESS SPECIALLY VALUED: nor in any case for delays arising from unavoidable interruption in the working its lines: NOR FOR ERRORS IN CIPHER OR OBSCURE TELEGRAMS. 6. In any event the Company shall not be liable for damages for any mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for the non-delivery of this telegram, whether caused by the negligence of its servants or otherwise, beyond fifty times the REPEATED telegram rate, at which amount this telegram, if sent as a REPEATED telegram, is hereby valued, unless a greater value is stated in writing hereon at the time the telegram is offered to the Company for transmission, and an additional sum paid or agreed to be paid based on such value equal to one-tenth of one per cent. thereof. 5. The Company is hereby made the agent of the sender, without liability, to forward this telegram over the lines of any other company when necessary to each its destination. 9. Messages will be delivered free within the established free delivery limits of the terminal office. For delivery at a greater distance a special charge will made to cover the cost of such delivery. No responsibility regarding messages attaches to this Company until the same are presented and accepted at one of its transmitting offices: and if any message is sent to such office by one of this Company's messengers, he acts as the agent of the sender for the purpose of delivering the message and any notice or extractions regarding it to the Company's agent in its said office. Messages sent to the Company's office by private wire or telephone are sent at the sender's risk it errors or failures in such service and all of the terms and conditions herein shall apply to the message throughout. 5. The Company shall not be liable for damages OF statutory penalties in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the elegram is filed with the Company for transmission. The above terms and conditions shall be binding upon the receiver as well as the sender of this telegram. 5. Special terms governing the transmission of messages under the classes of messages enumerated below shall apply to messages in each of such respective asses in addition to all-foregoing terms. NO EMPLOYEE OF THIS COMPANY IS AUTHORIZED TO VARY THE FOREGOING. CLARENCE H. MACKAY, PRESIDENT. HARLES C. ADAMS, EDWARD REYNOLDS, WCE-PREST. AND GENERAL MANAGER. CHARLES P. BRUCH, VICE-PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT. CLASSES OF SERVICE AST DAY TELEGRAMS. A full rate expedited service. SPECIAL TERMS APPLYING TO NIGHT LETTERGRAMS. In further consideration GHT TELEGRAMS. Accepted to be sent during the night and delivered not earlier than of the reduced rate for this special "Night Lettergram" service, the following special terms Ace next ensuing business day, at reduced rates but in no case for less than twenty cents in addition to those enumerated above are hereby agreed to: kills for a single message. (a) Night Lettergrams may at the option of the Telegraph Company be mailed at destina- SPECIAL TERMS APPLYING TO NIGHT MESSAGES. The Company shall not be tion to the addressees, and the Company shall be deemed to have discharged its obligation table for damages or statutory penalties in any case where the claim is not presented in in such cases with respect to delivery by-mailing such Night Lettergrams at destination, writing within thirty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. postage prepaid. NIGHT LETTERGRAMS. Accepted up to midnight, for delivery on the morning of the next (b) Night Lettergrams shall be written in plain English. Code language isnot permitted. business day at rates still lower than standard nig message rates, as follows: The standard day fatefor a 10-word day message shall be charged for the transmission of a night (c) The Company shallno be liable for damagesor statutory penalties in any case where attergram containing 50 words or less, and one-fifth of the standard day rate for a 10-word the claim is not presented in writing within thirty days after the message is filed with the day message shall be charged for each additional 10 words or less in such night lettergram. Company for transmission. THE FASTEST TELEGRAPH SERVICE IN THE WORLD

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