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Appendix


APPENDIX
Regarding the following tariff per word for cables, you are advised to consult the latest charges as these fluctuate considerably and it is impossible to give the exact figures.


TELEGRAPH RATES, LETTER RATES, PARCEL POST RATES, TIMES OF TRANSMISSION, &c.
FOR LATEST TARIFFS AND DEFERRED RATES, SEE POST OFFICE GUIDE.
Name of Port
or Place
Tariff
per
Word
Telegraphic
Difference
in Time from
Greenwich
Letter
Rate
per
1 oz
Time of
Transmission
Parcel Post
Rate
Limit of
Weight, &c.
Distance
from
London
  s.   d. h.     m.
d.
Days  Hours
    Naut.Mls.
Accra 3   0 0     0
16       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 3,916
Adelaide 1   6 9     30 more
30       0
1 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 6/- 10,748 (b)
Aden 1   6 2     0 more
10       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 4,606 (b)
Aix-les-Bains 0   3½ 0     10 more
0       20
3 lbs. 1/4 11 lbs. 2/2 ...
Alexandria 1   0 2     0 more
5       12
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 3,097
Algiers 0   4 0     10 more
2       4
3 lbs. 1/9 11 lbs. 2/7 1,711
Ambriz 5   5 0     53 more
28       0
3 lbs. 2/6 11 lbs. 3/6 4,856
Amsterdam 0   2½ 0     0
0       11
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 2/- 205
Antigua 2   2 4     19 less
18       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 3,697
Antwerp 0   2½ 0     0
0       9½
3 lbs. 1/3 11 lbs. 2/2½ 186
Arica 2   9 4     46
35       0
3 lbs. 2/- 11 lbs. 4/- 9,654
Ascension 2   6 0     57 less
14       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 3,882
Athens 0   5½ 1     35 more
4       0
3 lbs. 2/3 11 lbs. 3/3 2,774
Auckland 2   3 11    23 more
30       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 12,600 (b)
Baden-Baden 0   3½ 0     0
0       21
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 2/- ...
Baghdad 0   6 4     19 less
24       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- ...
Bahamas 2   5 4     19 less
12       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 4,000
Bahia 2   7 2     52 less
15       0
3 lbs. 3/6 6½ lbs. 4/- 4,640
Bâle 0   2½ 1     0 more
0       19½
3 lbs. 1/6 11 lbs. 2/6 ...
Balearic Islands 0   5 1     0 more
3       0
6½ lbs. 2/- 6½ lbs. 2/- 1,580
Barbados 2   2 3     50 less
1       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 3,805
Barcelona 0   3 0     0
1       10
6½ lbs. 2/- 6½ lbs. 2/- 1,814
Batavia 5   10 7     7 more
27       0
3 lbs. 3/- 11 lbs. 4/- 8,516 (b)
Bathurst 3   0 1     6 less
15       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 2,605
Belgrade 0   6 2     0 more
2       9
3 lbs. 2/6 11 lbs. 3/6 ...
Belize (a) .. 5     54 less
17       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 4,745
Benin 5   2 0     28 more
21       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 4200
Bergen 0   2½ 1     0 more
2       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 2/- 605
Berlin 0   3 0     0
0       23
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 2/- 743 (g
Bermudas 2   6 4     19
13       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 3,160
Berne 0   2½ 1     0 more
1       0
3 lbs. 1/6 11 lbs. 2/6 646 (g)
Beyrout .. ...
..
6       0
3 lbs. 1/- to 2/3 11 lbs. 3/- 3,317
Biarritz 0   2½ 0     10 more
1       1
3 lbs. 1/4 11 lbs. 2/2 ...
Bloemfontein 2   6 1     30 more
19       0
1 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 11/- 6,700
Bombay 1   8 5     21 more
14       14
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 6,254
Bordeaux 0   2½ 0     10 more
0       21
3 lbs. 1/4 11 lbs. 2/2 683
Boston, U.S.A. 1   0 4     44 less
9       0
3 lbs. 2/- 11 lbs. 4/- 3,092
Bremen 0   3 1     0 more
0       19
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 2/- 410
Brindisi 0   2½ 1     0 more
2       13
3 lbs. 1/6 11 lbs. 2/6 2,596
Brisbane 2   6 10     0 more
33       0
1 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 6/- 12,012 (b)
Brussels 0   2½ 0     0
0       7½
3 lbs. 1/3 11 lbs. 2/2½ 224
Bucharest 0   6 1     0 more
2       15
3 lbs. 1/6 11 lbs. 2/6 ...
Buda-Pesth 0   3 1     0 more
1       17½
3 lbs. 1/6 11 lbs. 2/6 ...
(a) Telegrams sent by post from New Orleans (b) Via Suez (g) Geographical miles



TELEGRAPH RATES, &C. - Continued.
Name of Port
or Place
Tariff
per
Word
Telegraphic
Difference
in Time from
Greenwich
Letter
Rate
per
1 oz
Time of
Transmission
Parcel Post
Rate
Limit of
Weight, &c.
Distance
from
London
  s.   d. h.     m.
d.
Days  Hours
    Naut.Mls.
Buenos Ayres 2   9 4     16 less
22       0
3 lbs. 2/4 11 lbs. 4/10 6,291
Cadiz (a) 0   3 0     0
3       0
6½ lbs. 2/- 6½ lbs. 2/- 1,254
Cairo 0   6 2     0 more
6       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 2,520
Calabar 1   8 0     0
20       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 4,200
Calcutta 1   8 5     21 more
17       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 7,900
Callao 3   2 5     8 more
30       0
3 lbs. 2/3 11 lbs. 5/6 10,013
Cameroons 4   4 0     0
24       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 4/- 4,478
Cape Coast Castle 1   8 0     0
16       0
3 lbs. 2/- 11 lbs. 4/- 3,850
Cape Palmas (b) 1   8 0     53 less
25       0
3 lbs. 2/- 11 lbs. 4/- 3,416
Cape Town 2   6 1     30 more
17       0
1 lbs. -/9 11 lbs. 7/3 6,121
Carthagena (a) 0   3 0     0
2       0
6½ lbs. 2/- 6½ lbs. 2/- 1,540
Chicago 1   3 5     50 less
9       12
3 lbs. 2/- 11 lbs. 4/- ...
Christiania 0   2½ 1     0 more
2       10
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 2/- 650
Cologne 0   3 0     10 more
0       14
3 lbs. 1/4 11 lbs. 2/2 ...
Colombo 3   5 5     21 more
16       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 6,698
Colon 2   9 5     18 more
18       0
3 lbs. 2/- 11 lbs. 4/- 4,738
Congo 1   8 0     0
20       0
3 lbs. 2/6 11 lbs. 3/6 4,760
Constantinople 0   6 2     0 more
3       2
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 3,090
Copenhagen 0   3 1     0 more
1       9
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 2/- 683
Coquimbo 2   9 4     45 less
34       0
3 lbs. 2/- 11 lbs. 4/- 8,963
Corfu 0   5½ 1     35 more
3       0
3 lbs. 2/3 11 lbs. 3/3 2,954
Cyprus 1   0 2     0 more
8       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 3,030
Delagoa Bay 2   7 2     2 more
21       0
3 lbs. 3/6 11 lbs. 4/6 7,193
Demerara 2   6 3     54 less
16       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 4,075
Dominica 2   6 ...
17       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 3,800
Dresden 0   3 1     0 more
1       1
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 2/- ...
Falkland Islands (c) 3   11 3     45 more
25       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 8,130
Fiji 2   3 ...
30       0
1 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 7/8 12,698(e) 11,000 (f)
Florence 0   2½ 1     0 more
1       17
3 lbs. 1/6 11 lbs. 2/6 ...
Frankfort on Main 0   3 1     0 more
0       16½
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 2/- 700
Geneva 0   2½ 1     0 more
0       23
3 lbs. 1/6 11 lbs. 2/6 660
Genoa 0   2½ 1     0 more
1       7
3 lbs. 1/6 11 lbs. 2/6 2,148
Gibraltar 0   3 0     0
3       15
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 1,313
Gothenburg 0   3 1     0 more
1       18
3 lbs. 1/6 11 lbs. 2/6 583
Grand Bassam 1   8 0     20
23       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- ...
Grand Canary 0   5 0     43 less
5       0
3 lbs. 1/6 11 lbs. 2/6 1,790
Grenada 2   6 ...
15       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 3,935
Greytown 2   6 2     0 more
23       0
3 lbs. -/9 11 lbs. 7/5 4,083
Guadeloupe 4   6 ...
17       0
3 lbs. 3/- 11 lbs. 4/- 3,820
Guayaquil 2   9 5     13 less
24       0
3 lbs. 4/6 11 lbs. 5/6 10,668
Hague, The 0   3 0     0
0       10
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 2/- 171
Hamburg 0   3 1     0 more
0       20½
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 2/- 426/td>
Hanover 0   3 1     0 more
0       18½
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 2/- ...
Havana 1   8 5     29 less
12       0
3 lbs. 4/- 11 lbs. 6/- 4,238
Heidelberg 0   3 1     0 more
0       20
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 2/- ...
Hobart 2   6 10     0 more
       
1 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 6/- 11,207
Hong-Kong 6   6 8     5 more
29       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 9,681 (g)
(a) Spain. Railway stations only for parcel post. (b) Telegrams sent by post from Sierra Leone.
(c) Telegrams sent by post from Montevideo.
(e) Viâ Magellan. (f) ViâSan Francisco. (g) Viâ Suez.



TELEGRAPH RATES, &C. - Continued.
Name of Port
or Place
Tariff
per
Word
Telegraphic
Difference
in Time from
Greenwich
Letter
Rate
per
1 oz
Time of
Transmission
Parcel Post
Rate
Limit of
Weight, &c.
Distance
from
London
  s.   d. h.     m.
d.
Days  Hours
    Naut.Mls.
Honolulu 2   7 10     31 less
18       0
3 lbs. 5/6 11 lbs. 6/6 13,723(d)
Iceland (a) 0   4 0     0
6       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 2/- ...
Iquique 2   9 4     41 less
35       0
3 lbs. 2/- 11 lbs. 4/- 9,555
Jamaica 2   2 5     7 less
13       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 4,253
Johannesburg 2   0 2     0 more
19       12
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 11/- 7,000
Kurrachee 1   8 5     21 more
17       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 10,778
Lagos 3   0 0     53 less
19       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 4,140
Lima 3   7 5     8 less
30       0
3 lbs. 4/6 11 lbs. 5/6 10,030
Limon 3   4 6     36 less
15       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/6 ...
Lisbon 0   3 0     36
2       4
3 lbs. 1/6 11 lbs. 2/6 1,041
Lucerne 0   2½ 1     0 more
0       22
3 lbs. 1/6 11 lbs. 2/6 ...
Lyons 0   2½ 0     10 more
0       20
3 lbs. 1/4 11 lbs. 2/2 ...
Madeira 1   0 1     7
4       0
3 lbs. 1/6 11 lbs. 2/6 1,493
Madrid 0   3 0     0
1       22
6½ lbs. 2/- 6½ lbs. 2/- 1,300
Malaga 0   3 0     0
3       0
6½ lbs. 2/- 6½ lbs. 2/- 1,307
Malta 0   4 0     58 more
3       18
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 2,279
Mandalay 2   0 5     21 more
21       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 7,900
Manila 3   7 8     5 more
32       0
3 lbs. 4/- 11 lbs. 6/- 9,584
Marseilles 0   2½ 0     10 more
0       23
3 lbs. 1/4 11 lbs. 2/2 1,991
Mauritius 2   0 3     50 more
28       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 6,942 (e)
Melbourne 2   6 10     0 more
33       0
1 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 6/- 11,057 (e)
Mexico (b) 1   9 6     36 less
12       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/6 5,033*
Milan 0   2½ 0     0
1       9
6½ lbs. 2/- 6½ lbs. 2/- ...
Mombasa 2   6 2     37 more
20       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 6,200
Monrovia (c) 3   6 0     0
22       0
3 lbs. 2/- 11 lbs. 4/- 3,200
Montevideo 2   9 3     45 less
21       0
3 lbs. 2/- 11 lbs. 4/- 6,173
Montreal 0   9 5     54 less
9       0
1 lbs. -/8 11 lbs. 5/8 3,087
Montserrat 2   8 4     16 less
17       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 3,780
Moscow 0   5½ 2     30 more
2       19
3 lbs. 2/- 11 lbs. 3/- 1,700
Mozambique 2   1 2     2 more
30       0
3 lbs. 3/6 11 lbs. 4/6 6,739
Munich 0   3 1     0 more
1       1
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 2/- ...
Muscat 2   0 5     21 more
2½ (?)
20       0
3 lbs. 2/- 11 lbs. 4/- 5,086
Naples 0   2½ 1     0 more
2       5
3 lbs. 1/6 11 lbs. 2/6 2,261
Nevis, W.I. 2   2 4     11 less
18       0
3 lbs. 1/6 11 lbs. 3/- 3,789
Newfoundland 0   9 3     34 less
9       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 2,104
New York 0   9 4     56 less
8       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 5/- 3,273
Nice 0   2½ 0     10 more
1       5
3 lbs. 1/4 11 lbs. 2/2 1,900
Nova Scotia 0   9 4     15 less
9       0
3 lbs. -/8 11 lbs. 5/8 2,721
Odessa 0   4½ 2     2 more
2       21
3 lbs. 2/- 11 lbs. 3/- 3,435
Oporto 0   3 0     0
2       10
6½ lbs. 2/- 6½ lbs. 2/- 881
Ottawa 0   9      54 less
9       6
3 lbs. -/8 11 lbs. 5/8 3,540
Palermo 0   2½ 1     0 more
2       22
3 lbs. 1/6 11 lbs. 2/6 2,211
Panama 3   6 5     18 less
19       0
3 lbs. 2/- 11 lbs. 4/- 11,293
Paris 0   2½ 0     10 more
0       8
3 lbs. 1/4 11 lbs. 2/2 287
Payta 3   7 5     8 less
26       0
3 lbs. 4/6 11 lbs. 5/6 10,450 (d)
Penang 2   10 6     55 more
22       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 7,941
Pernambuco 2   7 2     20 less
14       0
3 lbs. 3/6 6½ lbs. 4/- 4,124
Perth W.A. 2   6 8     0 more
26       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 6/- 9,529
Petermaritzburg 2   6 2     0 more
21       0
1 lbs. -/9 11 lbs. 7/5 6,800
(a) New cable, 1906. (b) Mexico City, 2/-; other places, 1/6; must be packed for opening by Customs.
(c) Telegrams sent by post from Sierra Leone. (d) Viâ Magellan. (e) Viâ Suez. (*) Viâ Vera Cruz.



TELEGRAPH RATES, &C. - Continued.
Subject to Alteration without Notice.
Name of Port
or Place
Tariff
per
Word
Telegraphic
Difference
in Time from
Greenwich
Letter
Rate
per
1 oz
Time of
Transmission
Parcel Post
Rate
Limit of
Weight, &c.
Distance
from
London
Port au Prince 4   11 ...
15       0
3 lbs. 2/- 11 lbs. 4/- 5,930
Port Said 1   0 2     0 more
5       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 3,209
Prague 0   3 1     0 more
1       10
3 lbs. 1/6 11 lbs. 2/6 ...
Pretoria 2   6 1     58 more
19       12
1 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 11/- 7,200
Quebec 0   9 4     42 less
9       0
1 lbs. -/8 11 lbs. 5/8 2,951
Rangoon 1   8 5     21 more
21       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 7,910 (c)
Rio Janeiro 2   7 2     52 less
17       0
3 lbs. 3/6 6½ lbs. 4/- 5,197
Rotterdam 0   2½ 0     0
0       10
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 2/- 186
St. Helena 2   6 0     27 less
16       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 4,487
St. Kitts 2   2 4     11 less
18       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 3,789
St. Lucia 2   2 4     19 less
16       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 3,880
St. Paul de Loanda 5   5 0     53 more
20       0
3 lbs. 2/6 11 lbs. 3/6 4,905
St. Thomas, W.I. 2   9 4     19 less
19       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 3,771
St. Vincent, W.I. 2   2 3     53 less
15       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 3,930
St. Vincent, C.V. 2   2 1     40 less
9       0
3 lbs. 2/6 11 lbs. 3/6 2,510
Salonica 0   6 1     0 more
3       8
3 lbs. 1/- to 2/- 11 lbs. 2/- to 3/- 2,978
Samoa (a) 3   8 ...
25       0
3 lbs. 3/- 11 lbs. 4/- ...
San Francisco 1   6 8     8 less
12       0
3 lbs. 2/- 11 lbs. 4/- 13,548
Santander 0   3 0     0
2       12
6½ lbs. 2/- 6½ lbs. 2/- 707
Seychelles 2   6 3     40 more
19       0
3 lbs. 2/- 11 lbs. 4/- 6,040 (c)
Shanghai 6   11 8     5 more
32       16
1 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 10,426
Sierra Leone 2   9 0     53 less
12       0
1 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 3,013
Singapore 6   0 6     55 more
22       0
1 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 8,241
Smyrna 0   6 2     0 more
6       0
3 lbs. 1/- to 2/2 11 lbs. 2/-to 3/- 2,932
Stockholm 0   2½ 1     0 more
2       0
1 lbs. 1/6 11 lbs. 2/6 1,091
Suez 1   0 2     0 more
5       12
1 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 3,296
Sydney 2   6 10     0 more
32       0
1 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 6/- 11,542 (c)
Syracuse 0   3 (?) 1     0 more
3       7
3 lbs. 1/6 11 lbs. 2/6 2,318
Tamatave 2   8 3     17 more
21       0
3 lbs. 3/- 11 lbs. 4/- 6,696 (c)
Talcahuano 2   9 4     46 less
31       0
1 lbs. 2/- 11 lbs. 4/- 8,560
Teneriffe 0   9 0     43 less
5       0
... ... 1,690
Tobago 2   9 4     6 less
15       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 3,990
Trieste 0   3 1     0 more
1       22
3 lbs. 1/6 11 lbs. 2/6 2,976
Trinidad 5   1 4     6 less
12       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 4,055
Valparaiso 2   9 4     46 less
33       0
3 lbs. 2/- 11 lbs. 4/- 8,777
Vancouver 1   6 8     14 less
15       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 14,345
Vigo 0   3 0     0
3       0
6½ lbs. 2/- 6½ lbs. 2/- 830
Vladivostock (b) 7   11 9     0 more
29       0
... ... 11,255
Wellington, N.Z. 2   9 11     39 more
31       0
3 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 12,447
Yokohama 5   4 8     40 more
32       0
3 lbs. 1/10 11 lbs. 5/2 11,146
Zanzibar 2   6 3     37 more
22       0
1 lbs. 1/- 11 lbs. 3/- 6,316
(a) By post from Fiji 5d. per message extra. (b) Viâ Odessa. (a) Viâ Suez.

  Letters can now sent to all British Possessions, to Egypt, and the United States of America at the rate of 1d. per ounce.
  To other countries at present the rate is 2½d. per ounce, but a movement is on foot to reduce the price of Postage to the Continent of Europe.


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