Page 38 - Jamaica PO Guide 1928

POST O~'FICI•: OUfi>E.
-condition• or tran•it, ~Iima Lie: C<?nditiou~, <l:c.; n.!J., cardboard or ordinary bro" 11 p 11 per
is noL in ((cnernl sufficocnt pnckmg for parcels scut to places nbrond. Li~:ht and
bulky o\rLiclcs shout~ be p~ckcd i~ strong wooden cases.- Jn some cases seals may
be round necessary; 1f wax os used •L should be or the speconl quality which will with-
stnnd a hot climate. Parcels to U.S.A. may not be scaled.
PMccls containin~ coin, 1\n~·thin~: mnde of gold or sih·er or other precious 11rliclc CAOIIOL
he forwarded to.a _countrr participating in the insumncc scheme rrupt the parccl 1tintur~.
P11rccls coutatnm(( ar!Jcles of 1111 a.~~tregate ,·aluc exceeding £50 will not be accepted for
trnnsmiR~ion. This do~G uot apply to insured parcels (for the limit of the value of which
sec p~tges 3() to 45, col. :;!).
ParcciH received nt .)nmnica from plnecs over sea arc, in terms of the Post Office lAw
51 of 190'!, opened at the Head Otlicc, J(inm;ton, for I be purpose of assessing the duty
on the contents.
Parcel• nre delivered in Kingston if nddresscd to n place within the house delivery
limit by totter ctmibr; if beyond such limit, at the J>arcel Post Ollicc; in the country
a.cro<s l.bo Post Ollice counter.
The 1111\ount of dut.y a'<Sesscd on nny such parcel must be paid before delivery or before
the delh•ery of t.be parcel from t.hc custody of the Post Office. '
.\.11 complaints relating to Customs duty on parcels should be addrc..osed to the Collec
or of Cu•torns, Kingston, ns the Post Office hns no control in the matter of duty.
Applications for refund of duty mu~t be accompnnicd by that portion of the cover which
bcMs the address, the duty label nnd dt.he declaration.
Par ceLs we ig hing over 11 lbs.
Parcel post parcels weighing up to 22 lbs. may now be exchnngcd "; tb Great Urit.Ain,
Trinidad, Antigua, Grenada, and St. Yincent. The r11te of postngl' for Grent Dritian is
6/6: for Trinidad, etc., 5/ . In case of the West India hlnnds named, such parcels m11yonJy
be sent by boats calling direct at Trinidad- not via New York.
Parcels wci((hing up to 151bs. may be exchanged with the Dominion of Canada. The
rate of postage is 6d. per lb.
Cu,toms Dutic, ,
An all valorem duty is levied on the majority of articles imported into the island by
the medium of the parcel post. The general rate or ad valorem duty is 20o/o, nnd the
preferential rate is 15o/o. The preference of 5o/O is given to goods which are the produce
&nd manufacture of the following countries of the British Empire: United I<ingdom,
Irish l?rcc State, Canada, Newfoundland, Jllew Zcalnnd, Cyprus, Fiji, Bahamas, Barbados,
British Guiana, Trinidad, Leeward Islands, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent nnd Turks,
Caicos and Cayman Islands.
Goods imported from the above named countries must be accomtJanied by a certificate
of origin and of B_ritish manufacture. in or.der to secure t be preferential ;ate of duty. JI
desired, the certificate may be enclosed m the parcel, and a not c to thiS effect made on
the Customs dechuation. It must be distinctly understood that ~:oods mailed by parcel
post in any of the above named countries, which Rrc not accompanied by the ncces..<&ry
certificate or British manufacture, ";11 be assessed at tbe genernl (20o!o) and not the
preferential rate (15o/o) of duty.
J n nddition to this tariff there is a specific or rated tariff which is levied on certain
articles and also a list on which no duty is collected if the goods arc fr.om the countries
named ~bovc and on which Sola duty is levied if otherwise; and nn unreserl'ed free lists.
For further inJormation eonccr11in~ rated, partially free, nnd wholly free articles references
should be made to a schedule of Customs Tariffs.
Duty Payable on Qcpai r~, Etc.
Article of any description may be sent away from the island and re admitted on
payment of the duty Oil the cost, if any, of repairs, dycio~ or cleaning, or other alteration
or adjustment, Oil the followintr conditions bcin!( complied with.
1. The exporter shall furnish the chief officer of Customs with notice, and ~;th a suffi
eient description in \\Titinp: of the articles it is intended to send away, and if tbe chief
officer of Customs shall think it expedient, the article shall then be inspected by and
shipped under the supervision of the proper officer of Customs.
2. On the return of the article so exported, or on the return of an article not so exported,
but in respect of which it shall be established to the ~ntisfaction of the chlef officer that it,
is an article which had been exported from this island, such article may be delivered upon
the passi n~ of the necessary entries, nnd payment of duty, on the cost of rep:~ir, etc.,
if any, which must be verified by tbc produclion of an account or in some other way to
the satisfaction of tbe chief officer provided in every case that the identity of the article
io P.St~<hlished to the satisfaction of the chief officer.