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8 POST OFFICE GUIDE.
These tees include the ordinary regiatrntion (ee 2d. The highest amount of compcn.sa-
~on obtainable fo.r a.ny one packet is £.100.

U. COIIP!lNB&TJON B'OR t.088.
'?;. The PostmBSter for Jamaica is not legally liable for any loss or inconvenience which
~·•Y arise from the loss, damage, delay, non-delivery, or mis-delivery or anything sent by
p(.)lit, and he does not, in any oiroumstancea, pay compensation in respect of unregistered
lttt6n!, post cards, printed matter, packets, newspapers or local parcels. But wbject
til the rules stated below, he pays compensation voluntarily and as an act of grace in
those cases and in Ghoae M!!es only in which there hBS been a total loss of the contents of
Mt'l'espondence o£ the following descriptions not being loss due to breakage or damage.
2. No cotnpeusation is given in respect of correspondence compulsorily registered.
3. Compensat-ion in respect of money of an,y kind (coin, notes, orders, cheques, stamps,
&c.) will only be given in those C&9eS in wb.ich the money is enclosed in one of the ~­
tered letter envelopes sold by the Post Office and the eacket is tendered for transmission
by registered letter post. The compensation given m respect of coil,, which should
be pa.cked in such a way that it cannot ruo\·e about, will in no case exceed £2.
4. It must appear that the loss occurred in the post, and did not arise wholly or in part
by the fault of the sender as, (or instance, from inadequate fiiSteniog.
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5. The compensation l,'lVen will not exceed the value o£ the article loat. The right is
reserved of re-iusta.ting the contents of an envt>lope instead of g1ving pecuniary compen-
sation
6. In the casE or loss of contents the envelopes ould be retained for iu.spection as nearly
as possible in the state in which it was delivered. Ii complaint be made that the contents
of an envelope has been abstracted the envelope must be produced.
7. In the case of bank notea, money and postal orders, cheques, bonds and similar
docuruents, par~icuTars sufficient for their identification must be furniBhed.
8. No compensation for loss is given in respect of an envelope containing anything not
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legally transmi'lSible by post, or an envEIIope not posted in the manner prescribed; or in
reepeot of glMs, crockery, greases, liquids or semi Uquids, colouring, powder!!, eg~, 6sh,
meat, fruit, or vegetables, sent by letter post.
9. No compensation is given for injury or damage con~;equentie.l upon- i.e., indirectly
arising from-the losa of anything sent by post.
10. Without prejudiue to any of t.be preceding rules, the Post.tn&~;ter for .Jruno..ioa will,
lf he thinks fit, re.fuse to give compensation for loss on &DY ground on which a comm.on
carrier rnigM in like C88!.i claim e.xemption from legal liabilities.
11. The final decision upon all questions of compensation rests with the Post.tnaater
for Jamaica.
12, In these rules the term "n1one~" mean.s-(a.) coin, a.ud (b) paper money, The
rerm "coin" means ooins of all kinds whether or not current in Ja.mo.ica or elsewhere.
The term "paper money" means notes of Barolay'e Bank, Bank ol Nova Scotia,
Oanadian Bank of Commerce, Royal Bank of Canada, or of any bank of issue in the
United Ki~dom, and notes current in any ForeigJI State or British P01>session, money
orders and P.?Stal orders, UDobliterated postage and revenue stamps, e.xohequer bills,
bbnk post bills, bills of exohange, promissory notes, cheques, credit notes which entitle
the holder to money or goods, and all orders and authorities for the pa.yment of money,
whether negotiable or not, bonds, coupo.11s, and securities for money whether negotiable
or not.
The term •· Jewellery " means and includ~
(a) Gold or silver in a ma,.IUfactured state; that is to say, a state in which value is added
to the raw material by skilled workmaDllbip, and in this definition are included
any coins used or designed for purpose'! of ornament.
(b) Diamonds and preaiolll! stones.
(c) Watches, the C88es of whlohare entirely or mainly composed of gold or silver; and
(d) Any artiClle of a like nature which, apart from workmanship, has an intri'Mic or
marklltab/.6 valtte.
Adtrioo of D61ill8t'lt-The sender of registered correspondence may obtain &D acknow-
ledgment of ita receipt by the addressee on payment of an elftl'a fee of 2d. in addition
to nther chargliS.