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of any such company, shall have priority over all other business. All officers of the United States sending such telegrams should indorse thereon the words "Official Business," and should report to the Postmaster-General any failure to transmit them in such priority, and any charge made in excess of the rates above prescribed.

Each company will be allowed to charge for messages received from another line at the same rate as if received from the Government direct, at the point of transfer for transmission over its own line.

F. H. HITCHCOCK.
Post master-General,

Telegraph companies which have accepted the conditions of the act of July 24, 1866, and which are subject to the provisions of the order of the PostmasterGeneral fixing government rates.

International Telegraph Company of Portland, Me.
Western Union Telegraph Company of New York.
Northwestern Telegraph Company of Kenosha, Wis.

International Ocean Telegraph Company of New York City.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company of Maryland.

American Union Telegraph Company of Ohio.

The Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company in Pennsylvania.

Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company of Indiana.

The Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company of the State of New York.

Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company of Missouri.

Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company of Louisiana.

The National Telephone and Telegraph Company.

The Southwestern Telephone and Telegraph Company of Arkansas.
Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Company.

Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company.
United Telegraph, Telephone and Electric Company.

The Inland Telephone and Telegraph Company.

Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of Indiana.

American District Telegraph Company of Indiana.

The American District Telegraph Company of Columbus, Ohio.
Commercial Cable and Telegraph Company.

Postal Telegraph Company.

Postal Telegraph and Cable Company No. 1.

Postal Telegraph and Cable Company No. 2.

Postal Telegraph and Cable Company No. 3.

The Union Telephone and Telegraph Company.

The Boston and New York Telephone and Telegraph Company.

The Massachusetts Telephone and Telegraph Company.

Commercial Cable Company of Cuba.

Old Kentucky Telephone and Telegraph Company.

The American District Telegraph Company of Ohio.

The Ohio Postal Telegraph-Cable Company.

Boston and New York Telephone and Telegraph Company.

Pacific Mutual Telegraph Company of Missouri.

Illinois District Telegraph Company.

Postal Telegraph and Cable Company.

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The Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company of Baltimore County, Md.

Postal Telegraph-Cable Company.

The North American Telegraph Company.

Pacific Postal Telegraph-Cable Company.

The Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company of Pennsylvania.

Manhattan Railway Company.

Empire and Bay State Telegraph Company.

The Spokane Falls and Wardner Telephone-Telegraph Lines.

Rocky Mountain Telegraph Company.

W. S. Norman's U. S. Military Telegraph Line.

Chicago Postal Telegraph Company.

The Western Union Telegraph Company of Baltimore City.
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Continental Telegraph Company.
Maryland Central Railway Company.

Atlantic Postal Telegraph-Cable Company.
Oregon Telegraph and Telephone Company.
The Western Telephone and Telegraph Company.
The Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of Arkansas.
The Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of Texas.
Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of Louisiana.
Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of Massachusetts.

The Postal Telegraph Company of Illinois.

The Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company of New York.
The Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company of Texas.
Spokane and B. C. Telegraph and Telephone Company.

Empire Telephone and Telegraph Company.
American District Telegraph Company of Iowa.
Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of Wyoming.
The Colorado Postal Telegraph-Cable Company.
Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of Utah.
Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of Montana.
American District Telegraph Company of Wisconsin.
The American District Telegraph Company of Minnesota.
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company of New Jersey.
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company of Rhode Island.
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company of Connecticut.
Commercial Union Telegraph Company of Massachusetts.
The Atlantic Postal Telegraph Company of New Jersey.
Commercial Union Telegraph Company of Maine.
Commercial Union Telegraph Company of New York.

American District Telegraph Company of Kentucky.

The American District Telegraph Company of Michigan (Limited).
American District Telegraph Company of Pennsylvania.

The Colorado District Telegraph Company.

County Telephone and Telegraph System.

Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of New Mexico.

Moravia Telephone Company.

New State Telephone and Telegraph Company.

Chicago and Milwaukee Telegraph Company.

Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of Iowa.

American District Telegraph Company.

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American District Telegraph Company of Dakota.
The New York Mutual Telegraph Company.

Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company of Oregon.
American District Telegraph Company of Montana.

National District Telegraph Company of Louisiana (Limited).
American District Telegraph Company of Washington, D. C.
American District Telegraph Company of Arkansas.
Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of Tennessee.
The Mountain Telegraph Company.

Marthas Vineyard Telegraph Company.

Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of Kentucky.

Commercial Telegraph and Cable Company of Louisiana.
American District Telegraph Company of Texas.

The American District Telegraph Company of Cleveland.
Southern Telegraph Association.

Missouri District Telegraph Company.

American District Telegraph Company of Missouri.
The Kansas Postal Telegraph-Cable Company.

Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of New Jersey.

The National District Telegraph Company of Michigan (Limited). Atlantic Telephone Company of the City and State of New York. United Telephone and Telegraph Company of Minnesota.

Michigan Postal Telegraph Company of Michigan.

The Champlain Telegraph Company of New York.

Texas Telegraph Company.

Southern Atlantic Telegraph Company of Baltimore City.

New Jersey Postal Telegraph Company.

Commercial Pacific Cable Company.

American District Telegraph Company of New Jersey.

Lehigh Telegraph Company.

National Telegraph News Company.

The Arizona, California, and Nevada Telephone Company.

Atlantic and Ohio Telegraph Company.

Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of Nebraska.

State Line Telephone Company.

State Line Construction Company.

The Buffalo Hump Telephone Company.

The Hanamo Telegraph and Telephone Company.

The Union Telephone and Telegraph Company of Abilene, Kans.

Postal Telegraph-Cable Company (of Oregon).

The Colorado Telephone Company.

Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of Washington.
New York and Montauk Telegraph Company.

The Delta County Telephone Company.

The Tri-State Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of West Virginia.
Maryland Telegraph Company.

Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of Illinois.
Home Telegraph Company of Nashville.

Long Distance Telephone and Telegraph Company.
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Atlantic Telegraph Company.

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Telepost Company.

American District Telegraph Company of Philadelphia. Telepost Company of New York.

Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of California.

Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of Delaware.
Telepost Company of Maine.

Peoples Mutual Telegraph Company.
Illinois Telegraph News Company.

Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of Nevada.

Southwestern Improvement Company, Arizona.

RATES OF PAY FOR COMMUNICATIONS OVER THE COMMERCIAL PACIFIC CABLE.

Post to the authonty vested in the Postmager-fien-ta, by the preamble and resolution adipted at a theer og of the board of directors of the Commerial Parfa Kutak kompany, held in the city of New York on the 20th day of November. 192 a en badge of said preamble and resolutions being on file in this office, paragraph 4. wbt reads as fluJOWE

4. That the Government of the United States, any defumtment thereof, is

st such rates at the Postmaster-General shall annuaŞ ÜX.

I hereby fix the rates for the transmission of government communications over the Commercial Pacift Cable Company's line during the form year beginning Jirl 1911 an i terminat ng June 30, 1912, sad rates beinget 125e of place from and late, as follows

Between has Frasso, Cal., and Honolulu, Hawali..

Between San Francis v. Cal., and Midway...

Between San Francis 19, Cal and Sumaye, 6, zam

Between was Francisco, Cal., and Manila, Luzon....

Between Hibis, Howall and Midway.

Between Hooda 1. Hawat, and Sumaye, Gun

Letween Hitha. Hawaii, and Mata, Luzon.

Between. Midway and Sumaye, Guam.
Between M.iway and Manila. Luzon.
Between Sumaye, Guam, and Manila, Luzon..

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F. H. HITCHCOCK,

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Postmaster-General.