Page 10 - Jamaica PO Guide 1934

6 INLA~D :\!AILS: ~F.WSPAPERS.

Cards bearing the title " Post Card," or its equivalent, are admitted at the rate for
printed matter pro"i"'~d that t.hey conform to the general regulations respecting print(>d
papers; if the/ do not conform either to these regulations or to the rules applicable to
poat cards tl1ey arc treated as l~tters.
Cards must be manufactured of cardboard or paper of such consistence ns not to hinder
manipulation.
(c) Ncl<Spupcrs and Mas:.u.in~.:s.-Nowspapers printed and published in Jamaiua
are admitted to t.he in!a11d mail at !d. per copy, irrespective of weight. In addition to tbe~e
any publication printed and published in Great Britain, or in any British possession,
which is re11i1Jtered as a newspaper at the London General Post Office is admitted
to the inland mail at ~d. per copy. All other newspapers are subject ~ the rate for
Printed Papers, i.e., ~d. for each 2 oz.s. of weight. In the case of British pcriodic:1ls cbe
words "Registered at the General Post Office as a Kcwspapcr" will usually be found on
the cover or in the nbsence of a cover on the top of the first page.
:Magazines printed and published in Jamaica provided they arc issued in consecuti,·c
numbers at intervals of not more than 31 days, are also admitted to the inland mail at
!<J.. per copy, irrespective of weight. •
(d) Printed Papers.-The expression " Printed Paper " means a packet not exceeding
3 lbs. in weight which consists of or contains one or more of the following articles or
documents:-
(a) Books and other publicn.tions or works of a literary character, whether
containing written dedications or not, and any ot.hcr written or printed matter
not being in the nature of a letter (on paper or on some substance• ordinarily
used for \Yriting or printing).
(b) Sketches, dra"ings, paintings, photographic prints, and engravings, on paper
or on some substance ordinarily used for the purpose, provided it is not a
brittle or exceptionally fragile substance.
(~) 1\Iaps, plans and charts, on paper or some other substance ordinarily used for
the purpose, provided it is not a brittle or e.:~:ceptionally fragile substance.
(d) The binding or mounting of any article hereinbefore described, provided ~uch
binding or mounting be of a kind ordinarily used for the purpose, be not made
of glass, or any brittle or exceptionally fragile substance, and be transmitted
in the same packet with the article in respect of which it is used.
• Such substances as blotting paper. cloth metal. asbestos and leather arc inadmissible.