Chief Secretary's Office
Melbourne, 2nd April 1895.
Sir,
I have the honour to inform you that the Honorable the Premier has directed that instructions be issued to the various Government Officers for the greatest care to be exercised in future in the use of the Frank Stamp.
With regard to the practice of sending Telegrams on Her Majesty's service, I beg to inform you that it has been decided by the Honorable the Premier that each Department is to pay the cost of all Telegrams despatched, accounts being rendered to this Office quarterly by the Postal Department; and I have therefore to request that the Telegraph may be used only when absolutely necessary, and that the utmost brevity consistent with clearness may be used when framing any requisite message.1
I have further to request that you will retain a copy of each Telegram despatched by you on Her Majesty's service, and furnish me with a return, in the form below, of Telegrams sent during each month as early as practicable after the close of the month, in order to facilitate the examination of the account when rendered by the Postal Department.
Telegrams sent O.H.M.S. during month ended ...
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Date. |
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Telegram. |
Number of words. |
Cost. |
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your obedient servant,
Charles A. Topp,
Under-Secretary.
Please cite as “FVM-95-04-02,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on