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3. The parcel post being in the m11jority of C>lses the nlcdium through which articles
are returned to the island, Collectors tit, out ports must fumish to the Collector of Customs
at Kingston a list of articles sent away to be returned as well as the del>Cript.ion of any
articles which have undergone examination before being sent away in order that such
description may bo recorded in a t·egister kept at the Post Office with a view to the iden.
ti6cation and admission duty f1·ee, or on payment of the duty on the cost of rcptlirs, etc.,
if auy, on their return to this island.
Rdu nd of Duty.
Goods, wares and merch:1ndise upon which any duty tinder Law 4 of 1925, shall have
been paid, on its bein~; proved to the satisfaction of the proper officer of Customs that
a mistake has been made and that such goods are not the goods ordered by the importer
11nd that such goods have been ret,urned to Lbe exporter, if duly exported "~thin three
months of t heir first importation, shall receive a drawback of the full duties paid on
importa tion. ApplicatioT\ I or refund of duty should be made on the form provided for
the purpose, which may be had from the Postmast.er or Collector.
5pecial lkgulations :- 1. United Kingdom.
A .-Ga$h on Delivery S ?!Slam. A Ca.sh on Delivery System of parcels is in existence
between this Colony nnd the United Kingdom.
Parcels up to the value of £40 each may be sent either way, and the value collected from
the addressee, and remitted to the sender.
In addition to t.he 6d. Customs clearance fee, a further service fee of 3d. is collected
on each C. 0. D . parcel.
A Cash on Delivery parcel rrt'ay only be l'e!ained at the office of destination for 15 days
from the date of arrival, after which if unclaimed it is forthwith returned to origin.
This ftlCt is emphasized because certain firms abroad represent that C.O.D. parcels are
retained for a lonl(er period before being returned. Requests for longer detentiou.s will
not be entertained, not· will pal'! tlayment be accepted from the addressee; the tull amount
of duty, trade charges, and all other fees must be remitted Lo the head office before the
p~rcel can be forwarded.
8.- P•·epayment of Gustom11 Dut~es and other charges on Parcels Post Parcels to the
U111ted K~ngdom. Persons sending parcels to the United Kingdom and cert~in other
countries, may if they so desire, take upon themseh'es the prepayment of the Customs
duty and other charges which in ordinary cases arc leviable on the addressee. The sender
will be told at the time of posting what the approxim!lte amount of these charges will be
and a deposit will be taken of the estimated ~tmount. A. settlement will subsequently
be made when a sta-tement of the total amount of the charges has been received from
the British Post Office. The following are the conditions:-
Parcels to be sent under this arrangement must be handed in at the ParcelB Post
Branch at Kingston, or at any district post office.
The cover must be marked by the sendeJ "To be delivered free of charge."
The sender must fill up and sign a for·mal undertaking to pay on demand the amount
·of the charges due. Forms for this declaration may be had on application to the Parcels
Post Branch at Kingston.
Parcels for free delivery will only be accepted from persons whose settled residence is in
Jamaica. If the sender is residing only temporarily in Jamaica a parcel cannot be
accepted for delivery free of charge .
.\.fee of 6d. per parcel is charged for the cost of the service in addition to the postage
and deposit for duty. This fee rnust be paid by a stamp or stamps affixed by the sender
to his form of undertaking in the place indicated.
A fee of 2d. for delivery c~arges must be added to amount deposited for duty.
The sender must make such deposit on account of the charges for which he desi~es .to
provide as the clerk in charge of the Parcel Post Branch at IGngston or the d1str rct
postmaster may, in each case, decide. T his deposit Will, for the present, be the a~ou!lt
of the estimated duty and must be paid by stamps affixed to the form of undertalang m
the place indicated.
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. . .
The following are the articles liable to duty under the United Kingdom Tarrff 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 sub;ect to con•'lder·
able change and should be read as appro:t1mate:-