Page 39 - Jamaica PO Guide 1924

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a. At the rnte of (ld. per mile (ono way) counting from boundary or free delivery.
b If delivery by horse messenger is required at the rate of 1/- per mile (one way) count-
ing from the offtce.
The above rates aro maintained wh~never practicable. If messengers cannot be obtained
nt these rates !be Postmistress is authorized to m,1kc the most reasonable arrangement
possible.
The charges for the trnnMmission and tor porterage of telegrams must be pre-paid by
means of ndhesivo slumps.
Persons resident Rt a place to which the Island Telegraph Lino has not yet been ex-
tended can benefit by its use on the following condit.ions:-
1. If the words" By Post ' with the name of a telegraph station bo written on a message
it will be wired to such stati.>u and forwarded from thence to its postal nddresg by first post.
2. If a letter marked "On Post Office Telegraph Business" be sent by post to the Tele-
~raph Clerk at any station lhe m~ssage enclosed will be promptly forwarded by tuire
from such stnlion. In thi$ case the le~ter by post must be registered and the cost of the
message enclosed iu stamp~ or coin. Telegrams may also be handed to a mail
courier on his way to a telegraph office, but the department doeR not take any liahil;ty
for m'senrriage.
3 No chnrge will be made :n either ~asn for postage or registration.
4 Te!egrama may be sent to certain ports for outward tmnsmission as letters. The
senders mu~t. u:rito " by post" before t·hc addressee's name. aud the name of tbe terminal
Telegraph Office at the end of the address.
For example·-
" By Post," Brown, 12 Fifth Avenue, l\ew York. l{ingston."
In addition t{) the ordinary telegraph charge the sender must also pay the postage
fee.
In such cases registered :~ddresses cannot be u..<:ed.
6. The office hours are from 7 n.m. to 5 p.m., daily-sundays nod Bank Holidays ex·
cepted.
::-<igbt. Sunday and bolicl.'\y sJrvices may be obtained nt the following ratcs:-
Between o a. m. and 8 p.m., double ra te for telegram, plus a fee of 1/ to each clerk handling
the telegram and 6d. for the messenger.
Between 8 p.m. and fia.m. double rate for Lbe telegrams plus a fee of 2/ to each clerk
bandlinf! the telegrnm nnd 1/ for the messenger.
The charges of 6d. n.nd l: respectively for messengers refer only tu celegrnms for delivery
up to oue mile from the office.
On Public Holidays all offices are open from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. nnd telegrams are accepted
at the ordinary week day rate> during these hours.
6. Full ratecablegramsfor any part of the world may be handed in !\t any Telegraph Otfice
on payment of the inland rate in addition to the amount chnrgcd by the c~ble coy.
"Deferred" telegrams at present nr• being accepted for Canadn, 'I' ewfouudland, Great
Britain and I reland France and certain other countries. The cable companies announce
from time to time c~tensions to or curtailments of the "dPfcrred" n1te.
The inland rate for radio telegrams is, minimum 5d. for 10 words aod; penny for
every extra word. T he rates for foreign telegrams, per word, aro as follows:-
(11~ "Via Bermuda" or "via Wcs~ Iodin s ud P anama Telegraph CO."-Austria, 3s.;
Bclg1um, 2s. 8}d.; Denmark, 2s. 93tl.; ~hone, 2s. Sd.; Germany, 2s. 9!d.; Grea t Britain,
2s. 4rl.; Greece, 3s. 2~d.; Holland, 2c'. 9d.; I taly, 2s. l Od.; Norway, 3s. 2d.; Portugal,
3s. 2~d.; Spain, 3s. ltd.; Sweueu. 2!>. lOd.; Switzerland, 2s. 10}d.
lb) '• Via Marconi."- The rnlcs are 2d. a word less tha n !·he nbove in ('arh case.
" D~ferred cable teler.ramA MC accepted at half the above rntes, and mu.t bear the prefix
"L. C. F." (Language Country French),·' L. C. U." (Langu 1ge C.>untry Destination), or
L. C. 0." (Language Country Origin). One of lhes~ prcfi~es m1~st b~ placed before
the addre~s in defPrred cnblcgrnms nnd will be ccunted "~ one word. Code wort:!s are
not permitted in deferred me,.3ges.
Public telephone call offices have been established at Cross Roads and Halfway Tree
post offices. The fee is 2d. for n conversation not exceeding three minutes.
Local telegrams sent bY authorized Government officials, :\!embers of tbe Legisialive
<:houncil nnd certain other authorized persons on public business are tratllll?itted free of
< arge.