§ Mr. LESLIE SCOTTasked what Continental countries have adopted a system 9 of giving precedence to urgent telegrams for extra remuneration; and what is in each case the approximate ratio of the urgent to the ordinary rate of charge?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELAll countries on the Continent have adopted the system under which precedence is given to urgent telegrams for extra remuneration, the rate in each ease being three times that charged for ordinary telegrams.