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SPECIAL REGULATIONS, 33
the satisfaction of the chief officer provided in every oa.se that tho identity or the article
is established to the satisfaction of the chief officer.
3. The parcel poat being in the m~jority of oases the medium through which Mtic:Jes
are returned to the island, Colleotora at out ports must fut·nish to the Oolleotor or Ouatoma
at Kin~~:aton o. list of articles sent away to be returned as well as the description of any
articles which have undergone examination before being sent away in order thAt aucb
description may be recorded in a regiater kept at the Post Office with a. view to t.he iden-
tification and admission duty free, or on payment of fbe duty on the oost of repairs, etc
if any, on their return to this island. '
llefund of Duty.
Goods, wares a.nd merchandise upon which any duty under Law 4 of 1925, shall have
!Jeen paid on its beio,~ proved to the satisfaction of the proper officer of Customs that
a mistake has been rnads au1l that such goods are not the goods ordered by the importer
and that ;ruoh goods have been returned to the exporter, if d11l.y exported within three
months of their first. importation, shoJI receive a drawback of the full duties paid on
importation. Applicatiou for refund of duvy should be made on the form provided for
the purpose. whicu may be bad from t.he Postmaster or Collector.
Applications for refund of duty muat be accompanied by that portion of the cover which
bears the address, the duty label and the declaration.
5pecial llegulation3:-1, United l<ingdom.
A.-Ca.8fl llfl Dvl111~V Sy81em. A Cash on Delivery S~tem of parcels is in existence
between this Colony and the U niteU Kingdom.
Parcels up to the ,.oJue o( £40 each may be sP.nt either way, b.nd the value col!e()ted from
the addressee, and remitted to the sender.
In addition to the 6d. Custo[US clearance fee, a further service fee of 3d. is collected
on each C. 0. D. parcel.
A Cash on Delivery parcel may only be retained at the office ol destination lor 15 days
from the date of arrival, after which ii unclainled it is forthwith returned to ocigin,
This fact is emphasized because certain firms abroad represent that C.O.D. parcels are
retained ior a longer period before being returned. Requests for longer dt:tent.ions will
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not be eutertl.l.ined, nor will part payment be accepter! from the addreesee; the full amount
oi duty, tra.de charges, and all other fees must be remitted to the head office before the
parcel ca.n be forwarded.
B.-Prepayment nf C'~Utlml$ Dutw and ot/IAI· charg&J on Parcels Post Par~l8 to U1a
Un~ted K\11{Jdlim. PersoDB sending parcels to the United Ringdorn and aerta.in other
countries, may if they so desire, take upon th.eroselves the prepayment of the Customs
duty and other charges which in ordinary cases are leviable on the addressee. The sender
will be told at the time of posting what the appro:timate amount of these charges will be
and a deposit will be taken of the estinlated amount. A settlement will subsequently
be made when a statement. 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 iu at the Parcels Post
Branch at Kingston, or at any district post office.
The cover must be marked by the sender "To be delivered free or charge."
Tbe sender mnst fill up and sign a format underta.kiug to pay on demand the amount
of the charges due. Forms for tlus declaration may be had on applica~ion to the Parcels
Poat Branch at Kingston.
Parcels for free delivery will only be accepted from persons whose s-ettled residence is in
Jamaica. II the sender is residing only t.emporllrily in Jamaica a parcel CIIJlllot be
accepted for delivery free of charge.
A fee of ls. per parcel is charged for the cost of the service in addition to the postage
and deposit for duty. This fee must be paid by a stamp or stamps affixed by the sender
to his form of undertaking in the place indicated. rr the parcel prove duty-free in the
United Kingdom the sum of 6d. will be refunded to the sender.
The sendermust make such deposit on account of the charges for whieb he desires to
provide as the clerk in charge of the PIU'<lel Post Branch at Kingston or the district
postmaster may, in each case, decide. This deposit will. for the present, be the amount
of the estimated duty and must be paid by stamps affixed to the form of undertaking in
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 ls. ro r
eaoh parcel.