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Postmaster-General, Adelaide, wrote in reply : " South Australian practice as follows :— Persons, firms, &c. in Adelaide or any provincial town can hare code address entered! in Adelaide; thus— Phillipson & Co., Mount Gambier, can be entered on Adelaide register, say— Bonus, Adelaide. And we transmit messages on receipt to Phillipson & Co., Mount Gambier, without any additional charge. If, however, Phillipson & Co. have offices in several towns, they must register a code toeach address. Thus— Phillipson & Co., Mount Gambier, Bonus, Adelaide, Phillipson & Co., Gawler, Beatrice, Adelaide, Phillipson & Co., Adelaide, Burnham, Adelaide, paying usual fee for each code , or they may register code at each place, in which case the messages would bear proper names of places. Th usBonus, Mount Gambier Beatrice, Gawler. Burnham, Adelaide. The reason why in most eases persons register in Adelaide is because Mount Gambier, Gawler,. &c. may not for messages put in at London, or in France, &c, be sufficiently explicit, unless the words ' South Australia' are added, which increases the cost. The London Office adopts similar practice. Thus—■ Newton & Co., Birmingham, can be registered in London, say — Portia, London. While on the subject of code addresses, it may be mentioned that we do not regard the proper or surname of any individual as a sufficient address, and require it to be registered, as there may be other persons of the same name. Thus— Thomson, Adelaide, must be registered. People complain of this until the reason is explained, when our rule is generally admitted to be a proper one for the protection of the public." The South Australian rule is the one practically followed in the other Colonies, although we favour the Melbourne modification, which provides that visitors passing through Victoria may register for a month on payment of a fee of os. No. 53.— Telegraph Code, Alteration of It is recommended the following alterations in the Telegraph Code be made, viz.:— L, for substitute X, for — substitute — — V, for .. .. substitute —■ 9, for — — substitute Sig No. 54. — Rate on Telegraph Messages to and from Nevj Caledonia. We recommend that messages to and from New Caledonia and New Zealand be treated asInternational Messages, and charged accordingly No. 55.— Fire Alarms — Regulations, Sfc. We recommend that the Laws and Regulations of the various Colonies with regard to Fire Alarms should be uniform, and advise that a code of Regulations be drafted by the Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide offices and considered at next Conference, and that the Regulations should embrace the whole question of the erection of wires of private persons erected by the Department.