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 4. Telegraph tariff to any part of Europe to be one penny per word.

5. Halfpenny post cards to all parts of the world.

6. Rearrangement of time-tables for mails to and from Australia and India, whereby sufficient time be allowed for replies to be written.

7. Telephone charges to the Continent to be substantially reduced.

8. Parcel post to foreign countries and the Empire generally.

9. Telegraphy money order extended to all parts of the civilized world.

10. The cables owned by British companies to be acquired (and all gaps bridged) by the British, Indian, and Colonial Governments, and worked at the lowest remunerative rates.

11. Telegrams to all parts of the British Empire to cost one penny per word, with a minimum total charge of one shilling.

12. A cheap agricultural parcel post with special provision, by motor-car or otherwise, for rapid collection throughout Great Britain and Ireland.

13. Introduction of the cash on delivery system.

14. Minimum charges for samples to be reduced to one halfpenny.

15. Post cards to be sold at their face value.

16. Quality of post cards to be improved.

17. Permission given to stick a newspaper paragraph on a card.

18. All charges for printing halfpenny stamp on private post cards to be abolished.

19. All anomalies and contradictory regulations to be put right.

20. An imperial exchange or clearing-house for postal orders to be arranged.

21. No confiscation of reply-telegrams if unused for any length of time.

22. Stamps to be sold on Sundays at all telegraph