8. Rule account form and on it make out the following account and find the balance: Sept. 1, 1913, B. F. Heistand & Sons, bought of J. W. Williams, Dayton, Ohio, 250 bu. wheat @ $0.92 per bushel; 160 bu. oats @ $0.48 per bushel; 6 T. of hay @ $21 per ton; 375 bu. corn @ $0.78 per bushel. At the same time J. W. Williams bought from B. F. Heistand & Sons 2000 ft. of boards @ $40 per 1000 ft.; 600 posts @ $ 28 per 100; 800 rails @ $12 per 100. PARCEL POST 121. The parcel post law which became effective Jan. 1, 1913, provides: "That hereafter fourth-class mail matter shall embrace all other matter, including farm and factory products, not now embraced by law in either the first, second, or third class, not exceeding eleven pounds in weight, nor greater in size than seventy-two inches in length and girth combined, nor in form or kind likely to injure the person of any postal employee or damage the mail equipment or other mail matter and not of a character perishable within a period reasonably required for transportation and delivery." For the purpose of carrying this law into effect the United States is divided into zones with different rates of postage applicable to each, except in the case of parcels weighing four ounces or less, which are mailable at the rate of one cent for each ounce, or fraction of an ounce, regardless of distance. Parcels weighing more than four ounces are mailable at the pound rate, as shown in the following table: 1 pound Rate Rate Rate Rate Rate Rate $0.05 $0.05 $0.06 $0.07 $0.08 $0.09 $0.10 $0.11 $0.12 The local rate is applicable to parcels intended for delivery at the office of mailing or on a rural route starting therefrom. NOTE. Except as provided for in Section 121, a fraction of a pound is considered a full pound. Exercise 38 From the table, state at sight the postage on the fol 9. What is the postage on a parcel weighing 4 pounds, mailed for delivery at the local office? IO. What is the postage on a parcel weighing 11 pounds, mailed for delivery at the local office? II. What is the postage on a parcel weighing 6 pounds, mailed for delivery on a rural route, starting from the office of mailing? 12. What is the postage on a parcel weighing 10 pounds, mailed for delivery on a rural route, starting from the office of mailing? MESSAGES Telegram 122. Find the cost of sending the following telegram, the day rate from Boston to Washington being 40¢ for ten words or less, and 34 for each word over ten (address and one signature free): Have sold property here. Expect to arrive in Washington noon to-morrow. Meet me at the Willard. William Browne NOTE. The night rate for telegrams is usually lower than the day rate. Cablegram 123. Find the cost of sending the following cablegram, the rate from New York to London being 25¢ per word, all words except those of the date to be counted and charged for. In the address the name of "place to" and the name of the territorial division of the country in which the "place to" is situated are each counted as one word without regard to number of letters they contain. The following are applicable to cable messages: 1. In messages in plain language the maximum length of a word is fixed at fifteen letters. 2. Punctuation marks, hyphens, apostrophes, and pound sterling marks are counted as one word each. WESTERN Cable Message Form 11 WESTERN THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT INCORPORATED BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER THE LARGEST TELEGRAPH AND CABLE SYSTEM IN EXISTENCE. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD 26,000 OFFICES AND 35,000 ADDITIONAL TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS IN NORTH AMERICA DIRECT AMERICAN CABLES NEW YORK TO GREAT BRITAIN CONNECTS ALSO WITH ANGLO-AMERICAN AND DIRECT U. S. ATLANTIC CABLES DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH GERMANY AND FRANCE, CUBA, WEST INDIES, MEXICO AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA WITH PACIFIC CABLES TO ALASKA, HONOLULU, AUSTRALIA, GUAM, THE PHILIPPINES, JAPAN, ETC. MONEY TRANSFERRED BY TELEGRAPH AND CABLE TO ALL THE WORLD BRANCH OFFICES IN PRINCIPAL CITIES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT. ALL FOREIGN TELEGRAPH STATIONS ACCEPT MESSAGES TO BE SENT "Via Western UNION" SEND THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE, SUBJECT TO TERMS ON BACK HEREOF, WHICH ARE HEREBY AGREED TO Night Letter 124. Telegraph companies will receive not later than midnight night letters for delivery only on the morning of the next ensuing business day, at rates lower than their standard night message rates, and usually stated as follows: "The standard day rate for ten words shall be charged for the transmission of fifty words or less, and one fifth of the standard day rate for ten words shall be charged for each additional ten words or less." Find the cost of sending the following night letter, the day rate from Albany, N.Y., to Elizabeth, N.J., being 30 for ten words or less and 2 for each word over ten (address and one signature free). We We have just sold for you four greenhouses to be ship J. M. Thompson & Co. We |