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32 POS'l' 0.5'FICE GUIDE.

Parcels redirected from one country to another wiU be olu~rged a fresh postage at the
rl\te payable to the country of destination.
Parcels should be SBClUely and 8V.bBta11tially packed with due rej!ard to length of journey.
conditions or tranait, climtotic conditions, &c.; e.(J., c!}rdboanl or ordinary brown paper
~ not in general sullicient packing for parcels sent. to places abroad. Light and
bulky articles shou Id be paolced in stron~r wooden csses. In some cases seals may
be found necessary; if wax is used it should be 'or the special f(UllliW which will ~vith-
11tand a hot climate. Parcels to U.S.A. n,ay •10~ be a>ealed.
Parcels containing coin, nnythin~ made or ~told or silver or other precious Mtiole cannot
be forwarded to a country participating iu the insurance scheme except thn parcel ;8 i11sured.
Parcels containing articles of an agaregat.e value exceed in~ £50 will not be ar.cepted for
transmi$iO[l. This does uut apply to insured parcels (for the limit of the value of wbicb
see pages 39 to 45, col. 6).
Parcels received at .Tan~ai1!a frow plnces over sea. ..are, in terms or the Post Office Law,
!it of 1!108, opened at the Heail Offi0e, Ri111tston, for l.he purpose of assessin1; the duty
on the conhln ts.
Parcels are deli1•erf'.d in Kim::!lton if addressed to a place wit/till the house delivery
limit bS let"tet' carri.er; il beyond such limit, at the Paroel l'ost Officej in the cotwtry
across the Post Office counter.
The aruount of duty Maessed on any !iUch parcel must be paid before delivery, or before
the delivery of the parcel from the oust.ody of the Post Office.
All complaints relat.ing to Customs duty 011 parcels should be addressed to the Collec
or of C';uatoru.s, Kingston, as the Post Oflice brJ.S no control in the matter of duty.
Custom~ Dutic:..$.
An arl vnlorem duty is le\•ied on the majority of articles imported intt'l the island by
the medium ot t.he parcel post. The general rate of ad valonm duty is 20o/o, and the
preferential rate is 15%. The preference of 15% is given to goods which are the produce
w
o.nd manufacture of t.he following' countries of the British Empire: United Kingdom,
Bahamas, Barbados, Ul'itish Guiana, Canada, Cyprua, Caicos, and Cayma.n Islands,
Fiji, Grenada, Tri$b Free Rtn.te, I.e~"a.rd Islnnds, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Rt,. Lucia,
St. Vincetlt, Trinidad and Turks Tsland.
Goods imported from the above named Olountries must be accompanied by a certificate
of origin 1\nll of British manufacture. in order to secure t.he preferential rate of duty. If
desired, the certificate may be enclosed in t.he parcel. &nd a note to this effect made on
the CIDitoms declamtion. It must be ditilinctly understood that goods wailed by parcel
post in any of t.be above nan1ed countries, whiuh ore not accompanied b;· the necessary
certificate of 3ritiab manufaoture, will he assessed at the groeral (20ofo) and not the-
preferential rate ( l5o{o) of duty.
In addition to thls tariff there is a specific or rated tariff whiob is levied on certain
articles, and also a list on wbir.b no duty is collected If the goods are from the countrie~
named above and on which 5% duty is levied if otber'Wise; aud an unreserved free list
For further information concerning rated, partially free, and wholly free art.ioles reference
should be made to o schedule or Customs Tariffs.
Duty Payable on Qepai rs, Etc.
Article of any description may be sent awa.y from I he island and re admitted on
pn.yment of the duty on the oost, if a.ny, of rl'pairs, dy11in.: or nleaning, or other alteration
Of adjustment, on the following condition~ being complioo witl1.
1. The exporter shall furnish the ohief officer of Cuatorna with notioe, &nd wi~b a 6Ufli-
cieot deooription in writinl( of the articles it is intended to send away, and if the chie:
offi(!er of Customs shall tbinlc it elCpedient, Lhe arliele shall then be inspected by and
shipp«l under tbe supervision of the proper officer of Customs.
2. On t.be return of the article so exported, or on the return of an article not so exported.
but in re.speot of which it 9hall be establishoo to t.be satisfaotion of the chief offil'er that it.
1e an article which had been exported from this island, such article may be delivered upon
the passing of the necessary entries, and payJr..ent of duty, on the cost of repair, etc.,
if any, which must be verified by the production of JUJ account or in some other way to