Page 35 - Jamaica_PO-Guide-1919

:2G POST OFFICE HANDllOOI\.
The following tnble gives the rates uf pa~scngcr fares bctw••en the se\'cral stations.
SAYANNA·LA·MAit ANI> MONTrELICR.

Passengers Fnres.
- To
From
. Snv.-ln-l\br. Pctersficlu. Ha mule. I l\lontpclier .
--
nvaunn-la-1\-far I .. 2/6 5/ 6/
ctcrsfield 2/6 .. 4/ 5/
Rnmule •• 1 5/ 4/ .. 2/6
{ontpclicr . . i 6/ 5/ 2/6 ..

Pnsst"I!(<'TS nre nlso cnrric'l on t.he ;\l:dl Vans ld.w~rn Lin~;Lrn·l. Guys Hill nnd
·Gay le.
MAll, COACH nEGUI.ATIONS.
P ASSF:NGEns-A t intr.rrncclinte stntionR 11 pMs<:n~cr rnust t.nke his chl\nr.c of finding
n vacnnt sent in the conch. and mu!it. if there he a vnc:mcy. thcu pny his fnre to the local
Postmn~tcr. or Contrnctor's Agent.
In either cnse t.h\' nrnount for such ticket mu5t he pnid in cnsh. and the ticket must be
bnmled to the uri\'cr or ~u:ml or th<.> conch before the pnsscnscr takes his sent.
In all cnsrs if a pnssenJ;!cr intends to leJwe the coach between stations he must pny the
far~ to the next station beyond.
The PERSONAL LUGGAGE of each passenge: islimited t.o201bs. by weight or 2.000 cubic
inches by size. Any exr.e'$ rnnst he paid for as freight, and such excess may not exceed
IOlbs. in ll'eight, or 1.000 cubic inchea in si~e.
DoGs are not nlloll'ed to be carried· by coach.

OVERSEA MAILS.
There is now no regular contrnct mail bet.wccu Great Drit..,.in 11.nd Jnmnica. !lhils ar~
·exchanged by every nvailuble opportunity Yia ihc U.S. ·\. and by direct stcnmers.
l\Iail com!lluuicnt.ion bet.wecn the U.S.A. and Jnmaicn is maintained by the Stenmcrs
of the United Fruit Company and the Atlantic Fruit Company.
J\~ imporl::\nt ch:tll~CI; in the sc•locdulcs of :tll Rhippilll( (~OtnpaniCS 1\re likely to tai<O
·pbce ns a result of the ccssntinn of host.ilities, it is <·onsidcrcu best not to make nny an-
nouncement conrerning irequcnry of sen·ice, etc., etc.,
LcttP.r mrul; to and from Cnnnda are s~nt and received via New York, but Parce!
Post mnils are conveyed only by the Pickford and Dlnck bont which trades between
Halifax and .J:unaic:l.. Pnrccl Post mail for the West Indin Islnnds is :l.lso sent from
Jamaica vi:l. Hnlifax by this boat.
I' A fairly rc~tular mail service is mnintaincd with Cuba by means of schooners. A less
rc::ubr service ismnintaiued with the Turks and Ca.ym:m Islands also by means of schooners
and.sloops.
Communication wit.h Ccntrnl nnd South Amcricn (via Colon) i5 tempornrily suspended
<»wing to present shipping conditions.
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An A~:rccmcnt for the <lircct cschnm·c llf Parcel Pr,c.t. M:lil between the Ticpublic o
l'nn!lllll\ nud Jumlli~a is ue:ug framed at tl•e time or going to press.