The statutes provide that telegrams between the several Departments of the Government and their officers and agents, in their transmission over the lines 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.

H. C. PAYNE,
Postmaster 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 Postmaster General fixing Government Rates.

The following is a list of telegraph companies that have filed acceptance of the provisions of the Act of July 24, 1866, up to the present date

1. The American Submarine Telegraph Company of New York, N. Y. Received and filed July 24, 1866.

2. The National Telegraph Company of New York, N. Y. Received and filed July 30, 1866.

3. The Globe Insulated Lines Telegraph Company of New York, N. Y. Received and filed July 31, 1866.

4. International Telegraph Company of Portland, Me. Received and filed October 6, 1866.

5. The Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company of New York, N. Y. Received and filed March 19, 1867.

6. The Franco-American Land and Ocean Telegraph Company of New York, N. Y. Received and filed April 6, 1867.

7. The Globe Telegraph Company of New York. Received and filed May 30, 1867. 8. Mississippi Valley National Telegraph Company of St. Louis, Mo. Received and filed June 4, 1867.

9. Western Union Telegraph Company of New York. Received and filed June 8,

1867.

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10. Northwestern Telegraph Company of Kenosha, Wis. 30, 1867.

11. Great Western Telegraph Company of New York. Received and filed January 17, 1868.

12. The Franklin Telegraph Company of Boston, Mass. 17, 1868.

13. The Insulated Lines Telegraph Company of Boston, Mass. April 13, 1868.

14. Pacific and Atlantic Telegraph Company of Pittsburg, Pa. Received and filed July 22, 1868.

15. The Atlantic and Pacific States Telegraph Company of Sacramento, Cal. Received and filed September 7, 1868.

16. The Eastern Telegraph Company of Philadelphia, Pa. Received and filed October 5, 1868.

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17. The Delaware River Telegraph Company of Philadelphia, Pa. Received and filed October 23, 1868.

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18. Cape May and Shore Telegraph Company of New York City. Received and filed April 2, 1869.

19. Peninsula Telegraph Company of New York City. Received and filed May 9, 1869.

20. Ocean Telegraph Company of Boston, Mass. Received and filed July 15, 1869. 21. The American Cable Company of New York. Received and filed April 15,

1870.

22. Southern and Atlantic Telegraph Company of Philadelphia, Pa. Received and filed July 22, 1870.

23. International Ocean Telegraph Company of New York City. Received and filed January 20, 1871.

24. Missouri River Telegraph Company of Sioux City, Iowa. Received and filed May 3, 1871.

25. The Marine and Inland Telegraph Company of New Jersey, 715 Locust street, Philadelphia, Pa. Received and filed November 27, 1872.

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26. Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company of Missouri. Broadway, New York City. Received and filed May 8, 1877. 27. New Jersey and New England Telegraph Company. Received and filed November 21, 1878. Address A. L. Worthington, No. 10 Green street, Trenton, N. J.

28. The American Rapid Telegraph Company, 41 Wall street, New York. Received and filed April 12, 1879. Special rates received and filed April 1, 1881.

29. Central Union Telegraph Company, 145 Broadway, New York. Received and filed May 9, 1879.

30. New York Land and Ocean Telegraph Company. Received and filed May 10, 1879.

31. Deseret Telegraph Company, Salt Lake City, Utah. Received and filed May 19, 1879.

32. American Union Telegraph Company of New York, 145 Broadway, New York. Received and filed July 1, 1879.

33. The American Union Telegraph Company of Missouri, Chas. S. Greeley, president, St. Louis, Mo. Received and filed July 9, 1879.

34. Wabash Railway Company, Cyrus W. Field, president, New York. Received and filed July 11, 1879.

35. The American Union Telegraph Company of New Jersey, D. H. Bates, president, Jersey City, N. J. Received and filed July 17, 1879.

36. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company of Maryland, John W. Garrett, president, Baltimore, Md. Received and filed July 18, 1879.

37. The American Union Telegraph Company of Baltimore City, Md. Received and filed July 31, 1879.

38. The Deer Lodge Telegraph Company of Butte City, Mont. Received and filed August 30, 1879.

39. The American Union Telegraph Company of Pennsylvania, D. H. Bates, president, Philadelphia. Received and filed September 4, 1879.

43. The American Union Telegraph Company of Louisiana, Ed. Leloup, secretary, New Orleans, La. Received and filed March 1, 1880.

44. Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company of Ohio, Geo. Hoadley, president, Cincinnati, Ohio. Received and filed September 3, 1880.

45. The Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway Company of St. Louis, Mo., Solon Humphreys, president, No. 80 Broadway, New York. Received and filed September 13, 1880.

46. Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company of Illinois, C. H. Hudson, president No. 81 South Clark street, Chicago, Ill. Received and filed September 23, 1880. 47. Frontier Telegraph Company of Texas, G. O. Appleby, president, Lampasas, Tex. Received and filed October 25, 1880.

48. Bankers and Merchants' Telegraph Company of New Jersey, J. Heron Crosman, president, No. 58,Broadway, New York, N. Y. Received and filed April 21, 1881. 49. Bankers and Merchants' Telegraph Company of New York, Wm. W. Maris, president, No. 58 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Received and filed June 8, 1881.

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65. National Telegraph Company of New York, Calvin S. Brice, president, New York, N. Y.; F. E. Worcester, secretary. Received and filed January 31, 1884.

66. Philadelphia and Seaboard Telegraph Company of New Jersey, Milton Cowperthwaite, secretary, Camden, N. J. Received and filed February 23, 1884.

67. Providence and Pascoag Telegraph Company of Rhode Island, D. H. Bates, president, New York; F. Jessen, secretary. Received and filed July 10, 1884.

68. Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company of Missouri, Geo. P. Frick, president, Baltimore, Md. Received and filed July 18, 1884.

69. Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company of Louisiana, D. H. Bates, president, Baltimore, Md. Received and filed July 25, 1884.

70. The New England Telegraph Company, F. A. McKeone, president, New York. Received and filed July 26, 1884.

71. The Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company of Texas, D. H. Bates, president, New York. Received and filed August 13, 1884.

72. The New England Telegraph Company of Massachusetts, Dan. S. Robeson, New York, vice-president. Received and filed September 5, 1884.

73. The Chesapeake and Ohio Telegraph Lines, C. W. Smith, general manager, Richmond, Va. Received and filed September 29, 1884.

74. The Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company of Massachusetts, D. H. Bates, president, Boston, Mass. Received and filed December 15, 1884.

75. The Postal Telegraph and Cable Company, Henry Rosener, 2d vice-president, New York. Received and filed January 29, 1885.

76. The Pacific Telegraph Company, Geo. H. Myers, secretary, Kansas City, Mo. Received and filed July 27, 1885.

and Spokane Falls. W. S. Norman, Spokane, Wash. Received and filed October 13, 1887.

90. The Wyoming Inland Telegraph Company, F. B. Proctor, secretary, Buffalo, Wyo. Received and filed October 19, 1887.

91. The Chicago Postal Telegraph Company, Marcus Pollasky, president, Chicago, Ill. Received and filed January 3, 1888.

92. The Western Union Telegraph Company of Baltimore City, Richard J. Bloxham, president, Baltimore, Md. Received and filed January 7, 1889.

93. The Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, D. I. Carson, secretary, 195 Broadway, New York. Received and filed February 18, 1889.

94. The Washington and Idaho Telegraph Company, E. B. Spencer, secretary, Spokane, Wash. Received and filed May 11, 1889.

95. The Continental Telegraph Company, E. L. Martin, president, Kansas City, Mo. Received and filed May 27, 1889.

96. The Maryland Central Railway Company, C.F. Kerchner, secretary, Baltimore, Md. Received and filed September 6, 1889.

97. The Edison Mutual Telegraph Company, Titus Sheared, president, Van Wert, Ohio. Received and filed November 11, 1889.

98. The Atlantic Postal Telegraph-Cable Company, A. B. Chandler, president, I Broadway, New York, N. Y. Received and filed August 2, 1890.

99. The New York Submarine Cable and Telegraph Company, S. F. Austin, secretary, Brooklyn, N. Y. Received and filed September 2, 1892.

100. New England Printing Telegraph Company, Charles O. Billings, president, Boston, Mass. Received and filed December 5, 1892.

101. Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company, Geo. Y. Wallace, president, Salt Lake City, Utah. Received and filed June 12, 1893.

102. Oregon Telegraph and Telephone Company, W. B. King, president, Portland, Oreg. Received and filed September 1, 1893.

103. Cie Française du Telegraphe du Paris à New York, M. LeFaivre, president. Received and filed October 11, 1893.

104. U. S. Postal Printing Telegraph Company, J. W. Rogers, president, Washington, D. C. Received and filed December 21, 1894.

105. The Board of Trade Telegraph Company, A. B⚫ Chandler, president, New York, N. Y. Received and filed April 2, 1895.

106. The Electric News and Money Transfer Company, Allan Macdonell, president, Jersey City, N. J. Received and filed July 16, 1895.

107. The Western Telephone and Telegraph Company, Geo. W. Beers, president, Lima, Ohio. Received and filed November 25, 1895.

108. The Standard Telegraph and Telephone Company, James S. Clarkson, president, New York, N. Y. Received and filed January 4, 1896.

109. The New England Printing Telegraph Company of Massachusetts, J. R. Clark, secretary, Boston, Mass. Received and filed February 12, 1896.

110. The Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of Texas, Geo. B. Perham, secretary' and treasurer, Lowell, Mass. Received and filed May 18, 1896.

111. The Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of Arkansas, James Thorpe, acting secretary and treasurer, Lowell, Mass. Received and filed May 28, 1896.