Page 4 - Jamaica_PO-Guide-1919

POST OFFlCE HANDDOOK.

rrintcd circulnrs mny be c.lntcd in manuscript or by n. mcchnnicnl proccs.~,· nnd t.he nnme
nod mldrcss of the sender and of the rer.ipient, a.s well as an indicntion of his trnde or pro-
fession, may be ndded. Corrections and insertions mny be mnde in mo.uuscript or by a
mccho.nicnl process in rcbt.ion t.o nnmcs 'of commcrcinl travellers, c.lntes of their journey,
lliiU thC.JiJnCC.S they intend to' visit; the lllllhd tllld'dtllCS Of nrri\•:iJ aiuJ dcpnrture or shi'ps,
nnmcs or persons imited to meetings, and the pbce, date, and object of the meetings·
nnd the dnt~ of despatch may be inserted in ndvices of despatch of goods. '
On printed visiting cnrds nnd Christrnns nnd New Yt:nr cards the ndJrr.ss nnd t.itlc of
the sender mny be written, nnd com·cnt.ioual initials, $Uch as" p.p.c., "as well as good wishes
congratulntions, thanks, condolences, or ot-her formulas of courtesy, in ench case expressed
in not more than fixe words.
Pnckets of Christmlls and New Year cards mny r.ontain the relative invoices. This
provision applies to books, newspapers, music, photographs and cngmvings, which may
nlso bear a presentation inscription.
PT!I\'TERS"' PT!OOF.:; mny be corrected in manuscript; additions which rel::lt.e to
accuracy, form, nod printing run.y be mnc.le, nnd in enscof want of space a.ddit.ionnl sheets
mny be used; the nuthor's mnnuscript m:ty be enclosed; printers' errors in other printed
documents mny nl~o be corrected, nnd fi~urcs may be inserted or corrected in prices
current, tenders for nd\'erLiscuwnt., t.rndc circulnrs, prnRpccl.n~c~, and st.uc:k and ~;hare list.s.
In forms of order or subscription for books, the works requircc.l. or o!Tered runy be indi-
cnted . in .manuscript.
To cuttin~::s from n('wsp:tpers nnd periodicnl publicntions mny be ndded in manuscript
or b~· n mech:lllicnl proc('S~ the title, dntc, number and o.ddrcss of the publicntiou from.
'1\•hieh the article is extracted.
CIT!C.ULATIS '1\'hich are in other respects admissible, but which are printed or litho-
grnphcd in characters rcscm?ling tho.~e of the typr.wriicr, ar arc produced by means of any
mechanica! woce.~s from. typc-rcriltcn originaL~, 'l'oill be ndrnit.ted nt the mte for printed
papers. proYidcd t.hnt. they are handed in ~t. the Post. Office, t.hnt special attention is drawn
to the fnct that th<.>r are printed or reproduced in type-written characters, and that at
)enst. trce/lllf copic.~ are posted at the same time.
The undermentioned :~rticles !lre c.uludca. from transmission at the rate applicable to
printed papers:-
l'osl:lge stnmps, whct.hcr oblitcrntcd or not, nnJ in general nil printed nrticles con-
stituting the sign of a monetary Yalue.
Blnnk paper, note p:~pcr or em·elopcs (with or without print-ed address), nod all other
:ITtidcR.of .stnt.iuurr.'·. pure .nnd.simple.
V. Cnmmcrcial Papers comprise nil papers or docurnenfs writ.Len or drnwn wholly or
partly by hand (crcrpt. letters or communicatio1~S i11 the nttturc of lclicr~, or ot.hcr papers or
documents ha,·inJ!: the c'Jaracter of an act.ual and personal correspondence) , documents of
lc;:al·procedurc, Deeds drawn up by public funct.ion:lrics. copies of or extracts from Deeds
under private seal '1\·ri~tcn on stamped or uustnrupcd paper, Way Bills, Bills of Lading,
Invvic(•S, receipts for ;:oods or mon~~·. nnd other documents of n mercantile chnractcr,
documents of lnsuranc·c nud ,,;her public Companies, nll kiuds of l\bnuscript 1\lusic, t.be
Mariirscript. of 13ool;s and other literary works, letters nnd post-cards oi old date which
have already scn·ed th~ir ori2'inal purpose, and pupils' exercises either in original or with
corrections, but without any comment ou the work, and other papers of a simibr descrip-
tion.
The lncnl rMc of pu~!:Lr:c on" Pr!utctl" "ncl on" Cllnuncrcinl" Pnpers is the same. but !or
foreign rnail the rate diiTcrs. See p. 3S.
VI. Parccls.-Thc postage on a parcel must be fully prepaid or it cannot be for-
warded.
Under Scnle (1) n Pnrcel may not exceed lib. in weight, 2 feet in length nor 1 foot in
width or depth.
Unc.ler Scnlc (2) a pnrcel inr~y not excPed lllbs. in weight nor 1,000 cubic inches in
size, !,hrcc feet iu length and 1 foot in width or dcpt.h.