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I'OST OFFICE HANDBOOK. 31.
Parcels containing articles of an aggregate ,·alue exceeding £50 will not be accepted
!or transmission. This does not nJ:ply to insured parcels (for t.he limit of the nlue of
which .•cc page~ 3!l to 45)
Pnrcels recciv<'d nt Jamnica from plnces over sea under the Parcel I'ost nrrnngemcnts.
with the Imperial Post Office nre, in terms of the Post Office Lnw Amendment Law,
1886, opened nt the Head Ollicc, Eingston, for the purpose of the amount of import .
duty on the COIIlCIItS being U.SSCIISed. · ·
After such ass~~~Sment the parcels are delivered as 110uer, and the amount of duty
collected in the same mauner as the post.age on unpaid or insufficiently prepaid Mail
matter.
In Kingst.ou if addressed to a plnce within the house delivery limit, by letter carrier; .·
if beyond such limit, nt the l'nrccl Post Office.
In the country, nr.rosR the Post Oflice counter
The amount of dut:-· assessed on nny such parcel mmt be pnid before delivery, or before·
the deli l'ery of tl11• pnrcel from the custody of the Post Office.
All complnints relating to Customs duty on parcels shotJid be addressed to the Collec-
tor of Customs, Kingston, as the Post Office has no control in the mnttcr of dut.y.
SI'I~CJ.\ L H!'':G t: 1,\'I'JIJ):~ :-J. U:-J JTED 1\l:\ G DOi\1.
A. CASt! ON DELIVERY SYSTEM .
A Cnsh on Delivery S_,·stc:>rn of l'nrcciR is in existence between this Colony and tbe
UI(J'J't:v 1\Jl'C':J>CJM, nnd thcpul>lir. c~n order goodR of n mnximum ,·aiuc of £20 from a mer-
chant in the Unit<:d . 1\iu~:u(•m. The vnlnc of the parcel, plus the fc~s char~,:ed for the·
een·ice, on bein!! paid t.o the Post Ollicc, is rr.mitt.cd direct t.o t.lw mcrchnnt in the {jnitcd ·
Kin~;dom. ln likll lll:tlll)(:r un oni<:r from t.hc linit.(•tl 1\iu!(<iOin on Jnmnicn CIUI u~ exe-
cuted, ami the value <>f the parcel collected in the Unit.cd Eingdom und nm1itt~d direct
to the merchant in Jnmaicn. ·
Any further information, inclu<ling fees to be chnrgcd, cnn he obtnincd from the Pnrcel'
Post Ollicc, 1\:inJ;ston, to which ollicc the scn·ice, at present, is lirnil<'d.
B.-PREPAYMENT OF CUSTOMS DUTIES.
And olltfr charges 011 Parcels l'ost Parcels to the U11ited Kingdom.
Persons scndin~ p:trc<'ls to tin: llnit!!d J\in!!dom may if they ~n d<•sirr., t.nkn nron
thcJDScl\'CS the JlT<'Jla.vnwnt of tht• C ustoms dut.y nnd other charges which in ordinnry
c:1scs arc lc\'iahh: on the addn .. sscn. The sender will be toltl at th<! lime of pustin~: what
the approximate amount of thc.~c <:hnr:;es will he, nml n deposit will l>c taken uf t.lre esti-
mated amount. A settlement will snhsequ(mtly be m:•de " ·hen n ~<lnu~mcnt of thr. totnl·
amount of the char;:cs h:~s uccn received from the British l.'ost Ulli<·c. Th<' following
· arc tue couui tions:-
I. }'arcels t.o be sent under this nrmngement must be hnmlcd iu ut the l'nrccle.
I'ost Tirnnch at Kingston, or :lt any district post ollicc:.
I I. The CO\'l'r must. be marked l>y the scntlcr "To b<: dt•lil·.:rc<lfrcc nf ehnr.;e."
III. The S{~nuer must fill up n.nd ~ign a formal umlerl.:d;in;: l.o pa,\' un d<·mnnd tho
amount of the char~es due. Forms for t his dcdaratinn mny uc luul on nppli-
c:'ltion to t.hc Pnrccls l'nst. Brnuch nt. Kinp:RLnn
IV. Parcels for free delivery will only be ncccpted fwm p~rsrms whose settled resi-
dence is in .)ntn:dcn.. If the S<'mlcr is rl'Sidin~ nnl~· t~:utpornrily in .Jnrnaicn n
p:1rcd c:u111ot be accepted for ddi\'cry free of ehaq;c.
V. A ice of lid. per parcel is charged for the cost of the service in addition to tho
posln~e and depcsit for d11ty. This fee must he paid by a stnmp or st.:r.mps·
allixed by the sender to his form of untlertnkinp; in the ph1cc indir.ated.
VI. A f,·c of 2<.!. for delivery chnrg<•s must be added tu amount tlnpn,i t"d for duty.
VII. The sender must make such deposit on account of the chnrp;ce for which he·
desires to provide a.s the clerk in chnr!(e of the P!irccls Post llrnnch nt Kingston
or the district postmaster may, in ench C.'lse, dccitle. This dt~posit will, for the
present, be the amount of the est.imo.tc<l duty nnd must be puid by s~amps.
n.ffixcd to the form of undertaking in the plncc indicated. .
VIII. When a deposit has been collected the clerk in clu\rgc of the Parcels Post Branch.
at Kingston will fill up and sign the receipt o.t the foot of the form of under-
taking. He will hand it to the sender, 'if the parcel is despatched from King-·
ston, or send it to the district post10aster to hand it to the sender, if the parcel·
is despntchcd from any other post office.