Page 6 - Jamaica_PO-Guide-1930

LOCATION OF DEPARTMENTS.

The General P06t Office in Kingston is situated in the Public Builcli.ngs, west block,
King Street.
TBE Circulation Branch, Money Order Office, and Telegraph Offices a.re maintained
-at the north-west portion of the Public Buildings, King Street. The Control Branch
and the Telegraph Offi<le are on the first fioor of the building. The Parcel Post Depart-
ment, including the C.O.D. and Detained Packet Offices, is now housed in the new
Government Buildinb'S (formerly "Grace Building," No. 33 Olivier Pla.ce).
The official hours of the various departments are as follows:-
KmGsTON: General Post Office, Circula.tiou branch, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Mo11ey and
Postal Order branches, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Parcel Post Branch, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Telegraph
branch, 7 un. to 5 p.m. (1)
CoUNTRY: All Post and 'l'clegraph Offices, 7 a.rll. to 5 p.m.
INLAND MAILS.
CLA551FICATION OF MAIL, QATE5, ETC.

L111T'I'Ell8. POST CA.RoS. PRINTED AND t'A.RCJ!lLS.
COKli.W!CIAL
la cat PAPERS, (a) ~}
I Rel[istra- ----- For ee.c pound
w
Foreaoh Newspapers or lor every 100
unce or (rue- tlon Foe. For aacb For each cubic inohoo at
tional p~rt -·j &'" eaeb. two the '¥;tlon of
p&Jd.
of an ounce, two ounces. ouneea. tba epart-
----- --- ---- --- ment.
·On.e penny. OnebaiC One Half- Two- Hall-penny. One Fourpenee,
penny. penny. penny. penee penuy(2)
REGUI.A'rJONS.
(a) Lottere.-No letter for delivery in Jamaica may exceed 18 inches in length, \J inches
in width or 6 inches in depth, elCcept it be sent to 01: from a Government Office.
LetiMif sant in open tmvalope~~ are no/ adm1Ued at rate for" Prfnldd Papers."
Letters, newspapers, prices current, and book packet.s which are wholly unpaid wiU
be liable to a surcharge equal !;() double the prepaid rate; and, if they are in.sufli.ciently
prepaid, to a surcharge equal to double the d/Jficvmcy.
At the General Post Office, Kingston, letters, circulars, account.s, &c., (but not nen-s-
papers) may be prepaid in money instead of postage stamps; provided that the artiolesare
chargeable with an uniform rate of postage, that the amount paid is in no case less than
10s., and that they are tied in bundles representing a postage o£ 2s. 6d. each, with the
addressea arranged in the same direction. Suoh mail matter must be preaented at a time
pre-arranged with the General Post Office.
(b) Post Carda.-Private post cards prepaid by means of halfpenny postage stamps
may be sent by the inland post on the following conditions:--They rnu.st not exceed
5t by 4! inches nor be less than 4 by 21 inches. The right hand half of the face is reserved
for the postal directi,ons and address; the left hand half is available for the purposee o! the
sender, subject to the following restriotions:--In addition to stamps for prepayment
(1) See page 52.
(2) No receipt is given for parcels sent under this scale, they are treated as ordinary
letters and should be posted iu the letter box.