Page 3 - Jamaica_PO-Guide-1919

POST OffiCE HANDDOOK. 3

nEG\Jl.ATION~.
I. 1-cl/r.r$.--No letter for ddit·cry itl Jnmait:a may exceed, IS inches in length, 9 inches
in width or G inches in depth, exccP.t iL ~c Sent to or front n (l'OI'Crnmcnt Office.
l,"l/tTS ·"·,;I iu •171r.11 cm·rlnJ>r,• nrr. '"'' aJimi!/.r.tl af rate ,fnr "Pri>tlc<l l'<tpcrs."
T~l.l ~·r~. n<'w~papcr~. prier.~ currr.nt. :tnd book p:tt·lwl,s whi<:lt nrc wholly u.npqirJ "'ill
hr lia'•l" In :t :<:m:h:trl!" <'IJU:tl to <.luul.>lt' the prt•ptid mt~; nud, if they be insullicienUy
prcp:aid. to n surch:trgc ~fJual to tiou~!c thr tidccirn~y.
:H the Geuernt Post Office, J<in.~;ston, circulars, nccounts, &c .. (but not newspapers)
mny be prc-p:~ic.l in money instc~d of postn~e sl:\lnps; provided thnt the articles nre
ch:trJ:cablc with nn uniform mic or posl.1;:e, that. the amount. paid is in no cnse less
th:m Jt)s. :wd that the;.- arc Lied in bundles representing :t postnge of 2s. Gd. each, v.ith
the nddrcsscs nmmged in the &:~me direction. Su~h mail matter must be pres~nt.ed at
a time pre-arranged with the Geoerall'ost Office.
I I. l'o.~t Card•.-Pri\'Rie Post-cnrds prepnid br means of h:tlf-pcnoy postnge stamps
may Le ~cut by the Inland Post. on the it111owing conditions:-They must not e~ceed
5! hy ;g inchns nor he le~~ thnn 3} b~· 2) inche.~. The rit:ht. hnnd h:tlf of the !nee IS re-
~cn·c·tl for I he pu.~t.:al dircdicms anc.l :Hldr<'-<.s; the left. hauu h.1lf is :wnilaLic for the purposes
·of t.lw sender, subject to the following restrictions:-Iu nddition to stamps for prepay-
ment pn<t c:ar<ls tn~y he.~~ smn\1 labels showing the na111e and nddress of the seoder and
the atltlr"~•et·: :mc.l cn!!r:t\·inj:s :o.nd photo!lr:tphs on I'Cry thin pnper may be affixed to the
b:\ck and loft. hnnd hnlr of the addre~~ side, pro,·ided that t-hey :~ore completel!l adherent.
N'ew~pnpcr cuttings m:~y :~lso be att:tcbed to the b:tck and left hnnu b:~lf of the nddress
side.
C:~.r<l~ bc.'lring the titic "Pos: Cnrd." or i.ts equi,·alent, nre admitted at. the rate for
printed matter, prol'ided t-h:~t they conform to the gcoeral regulations respecting print-ed
papers: ii fi1cy do no: conform ~itber to these regulations or to the rules applicable to
po~t card; they arc treated a.s lcllcrs.
Canis must Le manu!a~tured of c.~rdboard or pnper of such consistency as not to bin-
der. m:mipulat~on.
I Il. floq/; l'ock<i~.-A book p:~cke: tMy not exceed 3 pounds in weight, nor 2 feet in
'len:;th, nor 1 foot in width or depth, except it be intended for transmission as a parcel.
IT'. Priut~tl l'nper.;.-The nrticlcs ~~hich arc cntitlcdtn bP sent at the rate nppliCllble to
l'>·i•tlr.tl l'!!/Jr.•·• ~re mns:.ly impressions or r:opies oh · ~.inc•cl IIJHHI pap~r, parchtn~nt, or
·cnrdbn:~rd. b.l' rucaus o; printing, li:ho:;r:!Jlh.l', en;rat·ing, photo;;mphy, or any other
medtanic:ll pmCt!SS easy 1:> recognise.
This ckscripf.ion inclucl~s the Hntlcrmcnti')ne)U article'! wholly printcd:-Ncwspapers,
books (st.it~hcd or bound), pcrioc.licat works, pnmphlets, sheets of music, visiting cards,
address c:mls, proofs oi printing. pl:tns, m~ps, c:~.t:\logues, prospectuses, annouocements,
circuhrs. uoticcs, cngra,;n;s, photographs, :tnd designs.
Besides these nrticles, there :~ore some others which, though not prinb:!d matter, are
admitt~d. o.s, for instance, manuscript intended for the press, papers impressed for
the use of the bliud, albums containing photogr:tphs, nnd cardboard drawin~ models
stamped in relief.

Anything, not being of gL'ISS, usunlly attached or belongiog to any of the before-men-
tioned articles, in the -n-ay of bindiog, mouoting, or otherwise, :md anything conveneint
for their &:~fe transmission by p:>st, nla,· also pass at the rate applicable to such articles,
provided it is contained in the s:une pa~ket.
The products o£ the copying press and type·I\Titer are not adcnitted -nt the rate for
printed p:~pers; nor, as a rule, arc printed papers the text of which has been modified after
printing, either by hnnd or .by mc.'ns of a mecbanicnl process. The lollo1ving imporl:lut
crccptums to this rule :~re allo1red:-