Page 7 - Jamaica PO Guide 1924

POS'r OFFICE HANDBOOK.
·pa.rtly by hnnd (except lcUer8 or conununic<ltiom in the ooture of letter•, Ol'JotLer pa,pers or
·documents bnring the character of an act.ual and personal correspondence), doe~unents Ill'
1egal procedure, deeds drawn up by public functionaries, copies of or extracts from deells
-under private seal written on stamped or unst.amped psper, way bills, bills of lading,
invoicllS, receipts for goods or money, nnd other documents of n mercantile character,
·documents of i11surance nnd other public companies, nil kinds of manuscript music, the
manuscript of books nnd other :iterary works, letters and post-cards of old d1te which
·bave already sc•·•ed their original purpose, and pupils' exercises either in original or with
corrections, but without any comment on the work, and other pa,pers of n similar descriptjon.
For fuller details c "'cerning this class of m:lil (Ill 3nd IV) reference should b~
made to the J, ndon Posld Gui.le, pp. 19 to .'H.
A local packet of "Printed' or ''Com.nercinl'' Pnpers may not exceed 3 pounds in
weight, nor 2 feet in lcngt.h, nor 1 foot in width Ol' depth, oxcep~ it be intended for trans-
'miesion as a 1mrcel.
The LOCAL rate of postage on "Printed" nnd on "Commercial'' Papers is the same, {viz.,
id. for each 2oz.) but for FOREIG>I 1na·il the rate dif!cra. See p. 38.
V. Parcel$.- Under scale ( l) n parcel may not exceed I lb. in weight, 2 feet in length
nor 1 foot in ··idth or depth (Under this scale the postngc is ld. for each 2 oz.)
Under •calc (2) & parcel mny not exceed l llbs. in wci~ht n'H 1.000 cubic inches in
size, three feet in length and 1 foot in width or depth. (Under this scale the postage
ds 4d. per lb.)
Rules for t!Je mode of pnckini(, &c. of iul~••d parcels nnd s~mples nre identic~! with
those rel .. f.i.ng to foreign parcels and samples. (See ptge; 28 and 31)
Newspapers, prices current, hook packets and parcels must be posted without a cover,
-or in a cover open at the ends or sides so as to admit of the content! being easily with·
'tlrawn for exami11ation. The mere clipping of the corners or of the sides of an envelope
- or other cover is inmfficient. They must not contain nny letter or communication of
~he nature of a letter, nor anything thttt may mjl<re the officers of tho PQst Offi~e o•· the con-
tents of the mail f1ags.
If any letter or communication of the nature 0f a letter be found in a newspaper, prices
current, book p.ocket or pMcel the entire packe~ wm be surcharged at the unpaid letter
-rate of postage.
REGI.STRATION (Inland).*
Any letter or other mail matter may be register~d on pre-payment of the registra-
tion fee and postage. Packets containing money, jewellery, or other value, mtt$t be
4'egistered and must be prepaid at the letter rate of postage. Any packet found to
contain value. but not registered, will be liable to a surcbarg• equal to double the
·registration fee.
I.-FEES.
The fees payable over nnd above the postage, and the respective limits of compen-
.-sation, are as foltows:-
Fee . . 2d., 3d., 4d., 5d., 6d., id., Sd., 9d., !Od., lld.. ls.
Limit of compe•H:ttion £2, £!0, £20, £30, £40, £50, £60, £70, £80, £\JO, £100.
These fees include the ordinary registration fee 2d. The highest amount ot com-
·pensation obtainable for any one packet is £!00.
!I. COMPENSATIO>! FOR LOSS.
1. The Postmaster for Jamaica is not legally liable for any loss or inconvenience which
·may arise from the loss, damage, delay, non-delivery, or mis-delivery of anything sent by
-post, and he does not, in any circumstances, pay compcnsat;on in res;>ect of unregistered
letters, post-cards, printed matter, packets, newspapers or local parcels. But subject
-to the rules sta_teu below, he pays compensation voluntarily and M 1\n act of grace in
-those caees and 1n those cases only in which there has been a total loss of the contents of
·correspondence of the following descriptions not being loss due to breakage or damage.
2. No compell~ation is given in respect of correspondence compulsorily registered.
3. Compensatwn in respect of money of any kind (coin, notes, orders, cheques, st.ampa,
-&:c.) will only be given in those cases in which the money is enclosed in one of the regis-
-tered letter envelopes sold by the Post Office and the packet is tendered for transmission
:by registered letter post. The compens&tion given in respect of coin, which should
'he packed in such a way that it cannot move about, will in no case exceed £2.
• Couditiona governing rf"ghttration oC inland correspondence dUI or from thoH rovernina fortig•
=eorr.espondence. See Jl. 29.