Page 30 - Jamaica PO Guide 1924

2 POS'r OFFICE HAli."DBOOK.
-obarges. The gross weight of nny s.,mple packet containing wine or spirits must not
-exceed 12 ounces.
Samples of Tea not cxcc.::ding S oz. in gross weight may IJo sont to U. K .. provided
that t' o packets are plninl~· mnrkcd as containing tea. F ach pacl<ot, exreeding 3 oz.
in weig'•t, i~ !'able t.o 1\ chno·go 'lf 2d. Customs Duty. PncketR of tc1\ exc ·eding 8 oz.
in gro>s wcil(ht and sent by Rumple Post nre liable to forfeiture> by the Cus1om~.
Sample pnckets containing li9uids and urcasy subslai!CM cnn bo sent to counkies in the
Postal Union: also lire bet$ {except when prohibited by the special regulations of tho
-country of destination). They must be made up &a that they can be easily opened for
purposes of inspection, with the exception of packets containing live bees, which must be
enclosed in boxes so constructed ns to allow the contents to bo ascertained without opening.
The bottles used for enclosing liquids must be of glass, and all articles of glaf$ must be
securely packed in boxe3 of metal or wood.
Li1uida, oils, and sub&l~ncra cw•ily liquefied must be enrlo•ed in ~:Inss bott Ics, her me·
tically sealed. E:~cb bott !~ mu' t I~ plnct•d in a wooden box furni>hcd with sawdust.
cotton, or spongy material in ~ufficirn· quantity to absorb the liquid in the event of the
bottle b~coming broken. Fin:llly the box itself must be enclo~cd in a oa~c of metal with
dghtly fitting lid. of wood with a scrPwtop,or of stron11;and thick leflt her; bu. when per-
forated wooden block i n~c u 1ed havin!( a thickue~> ofnt lens! 2~ millimetres (about nn
eighth of an inch) in the 1 hinnelt pari, ~ufficiently provided in~ide with nbsorbcn~ material
a nd supplied with n lid, it is uot nece«.9nry for the blocks to be enclosed in n second case.
FallySubslallccs which arc not eas ily liquefied, such ns ointments, soft sMp, resin, etc.,
must be enclosed in an inner cover (box, b.1gof linen or pMchmout , etc.) which mus t itself
be placed in a scc"nd box of 1\'0od, m 'tnl, or strong and thick l!•nthcr. Dry colouring
powders must b2 placed ir1 b.\g< ofi~At hcr, rubber-dre33cd linen, orst mt oiled paper; but
uon-cllouriog powders m1y b • pe~ckcd in boxes of wood, m~tal, or cnrdbo~rd . It is essen-
tial th:u in b )ih C:\SC3 the b:~,;J or boxes of plwd~r sb.11I be tbemsdv. s ~ ncl:>sed in bags of
linen or parchment .
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• r, ic!rs of all kind i wh:cb might ~p >il if packed so ~~~ to be easy .::f in~pPc ion. may,
as an ~~ception, b~ accep •d for mailing even when berm •tic:~lly FC::Icd. I n this cn~e
1h~ Jl)s nl administ r.~tioos concerned llllly requir~> that. t he send•rs or the addressees
iac:Ji .nt~ the examiM!ion of th~ con tcn•s of the sealt d nrticlcs, eitlt"r by op' uing which-
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ever of the nrticles thRt mt1y be design111ed for exa mination or provide for an examina-
tion of rontents in any other s:•ti~fnctory m11nner.
Any nrticle of glass mlL~t be securely plcked in a box. Exccp in the ca~c of a glass bottle
containing liquid, &c. (sec nbovc), the hox may be either of metal or wood.
D 1ngu otl! llr' ic!e~. $UCh LIS Roiqqors, knives, r11zors, fork~, scccl p~ns, nt~ila, keys, watch
m .\chinery, m}lal tu bin~, pieces of rn~tal or ore, are eligibl•' for tr~nsmi -sion by Sample
Po~t, provided thnt th~y are bona-fide samples without s3l<:nblc v.1lue, nnd are packed and
guarded in S? szcurc a manner as to t~ITord complete pro tee' ion to the contents of the
mail b:1~~ and to the officer>~ of the Post Office, while nt the same lime they may 1-e easily
~xamine.J.
All pack<~ges of printed and commercial papers and samples may be opened and
examined by !be Post Office without reference to the addresace.
E.tplosivu arc abso!llltly prohibited.
(f) P uul Post P~rc t.. Sec pp. 30 to 36.
I r £3 FORBID DE~ to s~nd in :~.ny l::.ter, pAcket of printed or com mercial pap~ra,
o r sr~mple to a country of the Postal Union-
1. Gold or silver, bullion, pieces of money, jewellery or precious arl.icles (except to
Great Britain nnd count.rics 1!1!\med in foot note.)•
2. Any packet (other than a parcel post parcel) containing t~rticles liablo to customs duty
in the country of dcs•ination. The special letter-mail p rohibitions to each country of
the Union are shewn in col. 9 pp. 528 to 577, London Post Office Guide, July, 1923 Ed.
3. lUly article of a nature likely to stain or in any way injure the contents of the mail
b>~gs or the persoru. of those engaged in the postal service.
The insertion in an,,• letter, packet of printed or commercial papers, or sample of opium,
morphine, cocair.e, or oth<.!r nurcotic is strictly forbidden.
"'Coin. gold. sil\•er, &c., may be ~t~nt b_y R'f:CIST&R&D LETTBR M-Att. to the (oUo~~in~t places: Ascension,
Austria, Australia~ Barbados, Canada. C3nal Zone Cape of Good Hop..:, Cub3, C·z.eebo-Siovakta-, Den·
.-nark, Fraoce. Germany, Gibu.hacr.. Hnllaad, auO,ar-y, Malta. ~ew Zeabnd, Panama, South Africa

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