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'26 POS1' OFFICE GU!Oll:.
t 1 • 311 n d leltet'>l will have all tlae ssfcgu:nds of the R<·gistl'ntion sysleru, and ;r
1 •·ro otkat•· ot JJOStiug must Always be obtairu:d by the sender of un insure<! letter. .An.
nrl;nowi'K.lgmcnt of receipt of the dPli1•e•·.v 1t1uy alt;o be obtained uuder the suwe
·~ondil iow• a;! thuse uppliMble to registered let.ters, i.e., on payment of a further fee of 2d.
OlntJ)IliiBatioo for t.he loss ur thuuage in the pi'ISt of 110 insured letter, or its contents-
will uol exceed the amount of I be 11etu:~lloso or Ul\tnuge. and will nor be paid at all fors.
p!l.('k<•t ''ontaining any prohibited ~•·tic le, fnr at\J packet. which h~ been delivered with-
w
out e.xt~r·OAL trace of injury nnd has been !lt'Ctlptet.! without remark. or for c.la.ma.ge cu.used
by the fault or uegligeoue ()( the :!Cndf'r or urising from the n!ltum of the art.iclc; nor
does it. follow m; n rn,_tter of cnut·se tha( compensution will be paid when loss ur~es from
tempest, shipwreck, enrthqWI.kc, w•1r, or other C!\uses beyoorl control. Indirect loss or
toss of profits is nnt taken tul.u <:onsideratiou. No cornprnsution will be puid for any loss
or damage real.liUng from Mts of t.be T<iDg's enemies. Nu cl11im for compensation will be
admitted if mnde more tban a. year after the packet was posted. The sender or a parcel
may waive his cluirn in favour of the addressee.
Legal liability lo give compensution in rl.'spect of nay lett.er for which an ia~urs.noe·
fee hru~ been pnid will not llltl\Cil to the Posrma.ster for J s.mJ\ic.a either 'Persoon.lly, or in
his official capacity. The tinnl decision upon t~ll que-stions o£ compellBation rests with.
the postnl administration of the country in which t.he loss hns taken place.
Insured letters will only be forwa1·ded by stewners going direct to a .Brilish port.
PARCEL POST.
A Parcel Post o•xuh»uge exi>1ts between Jamaica und t.he countries ll.g!linst. which parcel
pogt rates of postage arc shown in cols. 9 to l2, pnges 35 to .fi. Pl!.n;el post businr:ss is
tran.sacted at all Post Offices.
The parcel mail for the Ouited Kina:dom 1111tl Iri~h Free State, l'nited ~tatcs o[ America,
Canal Zooe, Canada, Cost~ Hica. Ps.nnrna., Honduras. a.ud Turks, Cayman !\nd Bahama
Islands is forwarded by !'-acb avail~hle diteat opportw1ity. That Ior the majority of the-
West India. Islands is st'nt and received via New York, and also by &ny direct opportunity-
offering.
The ptl.rcel mail f'or P,cuudor, Nioarngun and Venezuela is forwardeu via Panamn.
P!lrcel~ for the mujoritJ of other countries :.re fonvnrrlcd via the United Kingdom.
P••stuge, Dimc118io11.9 rwd Wei(IM-No pal'<"o•l rua.y e:'iceeol eleven pounds in weight.
For post.agc, m:t--.imum llimens ious, and other particulars. see Table of Rates of Postage,
&c., pages 35 to -!1.
fi'nreiq11 (excq11 to U.S.)"' flwl Cu/qnial f1<11'Cel.~ ~~~ntl•ll l1tt n'jii;tered, but they may b&
in .. urfd to cett:•in countries unller the couditious specilied on PttiCe 2!)
General llcg'l! lation~.
Ouetom.! DeclanJ.l-iOnt~~lll Dispatch-JLuiG.
Parcelt are tSid)./l!cl lu Customn regukrtion6. The sender of each pru~el i3 re~lu.i.red t.o
muke, for Cust.oms purposes-upon 11. special form ot forms, whio•b con he obtained at any
Post. Oflice-nn llccurate st~tement of tile nat11re 1\Dd value of tbe contcnta and otbe ...
p~t•·tiuul&rs. The sender's m~me mJ.dfull addrP$ must nlso be filled in. The forms should
be tilled io, in ink. Two forms of Customs declaration a.re in u!!e:-(1) A yellow form
(No. 741), intended to be a.ffixrd to the covers of parcels fo1· British Colonies a.od Possessions
and for a Cew fol'l'ign countries; a.nd (2) .'l. white form, which is used for parcel.s for all uther
foreign countrie~. Several icit'ntica.l copies of the lilt! er fom1 must. in mnny c.'ISes be m~td~
out. The number of 1\'}uf.e forms requir~d is iuuicated by the figure ufter I he letttlr W
in col. 14, Tuble of Rat.es, pp. 35 to H . JVhenawhitefonn i~ u.sedlltllsen<ler tmul also
Jilt up a dispatciHliJ/8. Under valuallon of the contents or failure to describe thom fully may
result in a soizuro of the parcels. and in tbec11.se or p11n:el811drlr~8Sed to the United States of
Amedct~ in the imposition of benvy fines, which will uot be remitted. eveo if the ps.r~c!s
Are returned to the senders. The net w~ht ,.,. qu.a.nliliJ of the diJferent 'kiTll./.4 of arliicles
~onlllitled in a parcel ~lwu/d be l!trparalely xial~. Any othoJr pl\rticultu"S should be given
which would facilitate tbe a.sses8ment of Customs duty. such as the rna.terllil of whicll
olothing is composed, and whether iL is new o) r not.. Io the case of :.1rticles returned to
the country wbere they originated, the faot sllouJd be str1tfld. CWitoms Dec~ra.tions,
instead of bearing eot,ries of "Groceries..'' "Presents." etc .. should bear entries giving a
description and the weight of the following articles, when inclosed, viz : Sugar, sweets