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The wording of the address and the signature of deferred telegrams shall be governed by the rules in force for ordinary telegrams. Counting of Words. 5. The words in the address, in the text, and in the signature shall be counted according to the rules in force for ordinary telegrams. Begirne. 6. Deferred telegrams shall be accepted for transmission from New Zealand to any country in the European Regime. Deferred telegrams may only be accepted for transmission from New Zealand to any country in the Extra-European Regime (including Senegal) if the charge for ordinary telegrams is not less than 9Jd. per word, unless special arrangements have been made for acceptance at a lower rate. Telegraph money-orders and maritime telegrams shall not be admitted as deferred telegrams. Bates, 7. The terminal and land and submarine cable transit rates for deferred telegrams shall be respectively one-half the rates charged for ordinary telegrams. When a deferred telegram is diverted in consequence of an interruption of route, the rates which are shared pro rata shall be half those which would accrue to the different administrations for a telegram charged for at the full rate if it were similarly diverted. Application of Full Ordinary Bate to Irregular Telegrams. 8. The Telegraph administrations reserve the right to refuse to accept at the reduced rate any telegram which, in their opinion, is not in accordance with the foregoing conditions. When the delivery office observes that a telegram bearing one of the supplementary instructions " LCF" or "LCD" does not comply with these conditions, the telegram shall be charged for at the ordinary rate. Order of Transmission. 9. Except as hereinafter in this regulation provided, deferred telegrams shall be transmitted only after non-urgent private telegrams and Press telegrams. Those which have not reached their destination within twenty-four hours from the time of handing in shall be transmitted in turn with ordinary telegrams. Delivery. 10. Deferred telegrams shall be delivered in turn with ordinary telegrams. % Special Services. 11. Deferred telegrams may bear any of the supplementary instructions applicable to ordinary telegrams except that relating to urgency. The rates applicable to the various special services (if any) desired by the sender of a deferred telegram shall be the same as for ordinary telegrams. The corresponding supplementary instructions shall be charged for at the reduced rate. Beimbursem ent. 12. If, owing to the fault of the telegraph service, any deferred telegram is not delivered within seventy-two hours from the time of acceptance, the full cost of that telegram may be refunded in accordance with Regulation 92 of the regulations hereinbefore recited relating to the transmission of telegrams beyond New Zealand. Accounts. 13. Accounts for deferred telegrams shall be drawn up in accordance with the conditions set forth in Regulation LXXVI of the Internationa] Telegraph Convention and Service Regulations, each word being counted as half a word. General Conditions. 14. Except as otherwise expressly provided in these regulations, deferred telegrams shall be subject to all the conditions of the International Telegraph Convention and Service Regulations. DEFERRED PRESS TELEGRAMS. 15. If the sender of a Press telegram addressed to Vancouver or to Great Britain agrees that it shall be withheld from transmission as hereinafter set forth, the charge for the said telegram shall be reduced in the manner following. Press telegrams so withheld from transmission shall be called " deferred Press telegrams." 16. The sender of a deferred Press telegram shall insert before the address the word " deferred," which shall be counted in the number of words charged for. 17. Deferred Press telegrams shall be subject to all the conditions of the International Telegraph Convention and Service Regulations relating to the acceptance of Press telegrams. 18. Deferred Press telegrams shall be transmitted only after non-urgent private telegrams and ordinary Press telegrams. Those which have not reached their destination within a period of eighteen hours from the time of handing in shall be transmitted in turn with telegrams charged for at the full rate. 19. The charge for deferred Press telegrams exchanged between New Zealand and Great Britain shall be reduced to one-half the charge at the ordinary Press rate, and the charge for such telegrams exchanged between New Zealand and Vancouver shall be reduced to lfd. per word. J. F. Andrews, ■ Clerk of the Executive Council,