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Rates for Toll Service. The rates for urgent calls taking precedence of ordinary calls are thrice the ordinary rates, which are as follows :— For a call of three minutes (day service) — • s. d. For distance up to 31 miles .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 6| „ 124 „ 1 l\ „ 248 „ 2 3 over 248 „ .. .. .. .. .. ..3 4 Plus ground rate of 6Jd. TRANCE. Paris— Rates for Unlimited Local Service. £ s. d. Ordinary lines .. .. .. .. .. .. 27 15 0 Immeubles* .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 39 13 0 Hotels, cafes, &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 47 12 0 Lyons— Ordinary lines .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20 16 0 Immeubles* .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 29 15 0 Hotels, cafes, &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 35 14 0 Other towns with more than 25,000 inhabitants .. .. .. .. £13 18s. to £23 16s. Towns with 25,000 inhabitants or under .. .. .. .. .. £10 Bs. to £17 17s. Message Rate for Local Service. (Applies only to towns with a population of 80,000 or less.) Annual subscription — £ s. d. First year .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 18 0 Second year .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..7190 Each subsequent year .. .. .. .. .. .. ..4190 Charge for each originated call, 2Jd. Extra Charges. —Unlimited-service subscribers contribute towards the cost of erecting their line. Message-rate subscribers only contribute towards the cost of that section of their line which is outside, a radius of one mile and a quarter from the exchange. Unlimited-service subscribers have to provide their own telephone apparatus. GERMANY. Unlimited-service Rate. In areas with over 20,000 inhabitants, £17 13s. ; in areas with 5,000 to 20,000 inhabitants £16 13s. ; down to £7 17s. for areas with not more than 50 subscribers. Message Rates. In areas of 20,000 subscribers and over, £11 15s. ; in areas with 5,000 to 20,000 subscribers, £10 16s. ; in areas with 1,000 to 5,000 subscribers, £9 6s. ; and in areas with 1,000 subscribers or less, £7 17s. The rates include a minimum of 400 calls. Local calls, l|d. A capital charge of £49 is now levied on subscribers in the form of a loan repayable when the service is discontinued, and as from the Ist July, 1920, these rates will be again doubled. Rates for Toll Service. The rates for urgent calls taking precedence over ordinary calls are three times the ordinary rates, which are as follows : — For a call of three minutes — . s. d. For distance up to 15| miles .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 9| „ 31 „ 10 „ 62 „ 2 0 „ 186 „ 3 0 „ 310 „ 4 0 „ 465 „ 5 0 „ 621 „ 6 0 over 621 „ .. .. .. .. .. ..8 0 SWEDEN. Annual Charges. £ s. d. Including up to 1,200 calls (private houses only) .. .. .. .. .. 480 ' „'■ „ 2,500 „ .. .. .. .. .. .. ..730 „ 5,000 ~ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 11 0 over 5,000 „ .. .. .. .. .. 16 10 0 * Houses where the proprietor subscribes for the benefit of a number of his tenants (flats, &c).