Page 34 - Jamaica PO Guide 1924

32 PO!;T OF' FIC.E HA"'DOOOIC
All complflints rela ting to Customs duty on pflrcels should be addressed to the Collec-
t or of Customs, Kingston, a.s the Post OfHce has no COJ\trol in the matter of duty.
Special llc gu lati on~ - 1. Unite d Ki ngd om.
:
A .-Cash M Delivery 8•tslem. A Cash on Deli•rery System of parcels is in existence
between this Colony and t.he United lGngdom.
Parcels up t.o the value of £ ·10 each ma~· be sent either way. and the value together with
the lees attendant on the exportation collected from the addressee, and remitted to the
sender.
A Cash on Delivery parcel may only be retained at the office of destination for 15 days
from the d>~te of arrival, after Nhich if uuclaimcd it iP. :ort.bwith returned to origin.
Any further informntiou inrludint; fees ch~rp:eu ca.n be obtnined from t.hc Parcel Pust
Office, T<inj!stoo, to which oftic• at pr<P~JJt. the SPPice is limited.
8 .-Prepa]tment. of Customs Drllies and olher charges on Pc reels Post Parcels to the
United Kingdom . Persons sending parcels to the United Kingdom .. ne! e~rtain other
countri~s, may if they so desire, take upon themselvca the prepayment of the Custom~J
duty and other · charges which in ordinary cases are leviable on the nddressee. The
sender will be told at the time of postinp: what the approximate amount of these charges
will be, and a deposit will be taken of the estimated amount. A settlement will sub-
sequently be made when a statement of the total amount of the charges has been
received from the Brit.ish Post Office. Th~ following are the conditions:-
!. Parcels to be sent under this arrangement must be banded in at the Parcels
Post Branch at Kingston, or at any district post office.
II. T he cover must be marked by the sender" T o be delivered free of charge. "
H I. The sender must fill up and sign a formal undertaking to pay on demand the
amount < f tbe charges due. Forms for this declarntion may be bad on appli-
cation to t.he Parcels Post Branch at Kingston
l\' . Parcels for free delivery will only be accepted from persons whose settled resi·
drnce is in Jamaica. If the sender is residing only temporarily in Jamaica a ·
parcel cannot be accepte<l for delivm·y free of charge
V A fee of 6d. per parcel is chaq~ed for the cost of the service in addition to the
postage and deposit for duty. This fee must be paid by a stamp or stamps
affixed by the sender to his form of undertaking in the place indicated.
VI. .\ fee of 2d. ford livcr.v charges must be added to nmount de];osited for duty.
V I I. The sender must make such deposit on account o( the charges for which be-
desires to provide as the clerk in charge cf the Parcels Post Branch nt Kingston
or the district postmaster may, in each case, decide. '!'his deposit will, for the
present, be the amount of t he estimated duty and must be paid by stamps
affixed to the form of uoderta.king in the place indicated.
VIII One form of undertaking will suffice ·for two or three (but not more) parcels
posted together by the same sender to the same addressee. In such cases the
fee will be 6d. for each parcel.
IX The following are the articles liable to duty under the United Kingdom Tariff
which are likely to be despatched from .Jamaica by parcels post, together with
the rates of duty, (and in the case of tobacco, of certain fines) thereon. These-
rates are subject to con.~i<krable chan{le and should be read m; approximate:-
£ s. d.
Co!Iee, kiln dried, roasted or ground ner lb. 0 0 6
Tea. per lb. 0 1 0
Tobacco, manufactured, ,r;z.:
Cigars 0 16 1
Cigarettea 0 12 7
Cavendisb or Negrobead 0 11 10i
Other manufactured tobacco 0 10 4!
Tobacco, unmanufactured, rontaining 10% or more of moisture :
If stemmed or stripped 0 8 2t
1f unstemmed or unstripped . . . . e 8 2
Tobacco, unmanufactured containing less than 10% of moisture:
If stemmed or stripped 0 9 1
If unstemmed or unstripped 0 9 Ot