Page 35 - Jamaica PO Guide 1934

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Fares from
Petersfield. Ramble. Montpelier.
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PM,SENGEns.-At intermediate stations a passenger must take his chance of finding
a vacant se1~t in the coach, and must, if there is a vacancy, then pay bis fare to the
coatm.ctor's agent.
The amount for such ticket rnu ;t be paid in cash, and t.he ticket must be handed to
the driver or guard or the coach before the pMsenger take; bis seat.
In all ca;es if a pas<enger intends to leave the coach between stations he must pay
the f arc ! o the next station beyond.
The persona! luggage of each passenger is limited to 20 lbs. by weight or 2,000 cubic
inches by size. Any exces> must be paid for as freight, and such excess may not exceed
10 lb~. in weight, c·r 1,000 cubic inche$ in size. Dogs are not allowed to be carried by
motor-van.
OVERSEA MAILS.
MEAN5 OF COMMUNICATION.*
I. GrtEA't' BmTA!:;-Lctter mail i' to and from the United Kingdom is conveyed by
C\•ery available opportunity via the United States, and by the Elders and Fyffes and
J~maica Direct lAne of steamers, via Liverpool, Bristol, or P lymouth. The Depart-
ment endeavours to forward letter mail for the United Kingdom by the most
expeditious route in each case. Parcel post mail is conveyed only by the direct steamers.
H. UNITED STA'l'ES o~· AMERICA-Mails (both letter and parcel) to and from the
United States of America are conveyed by the steamers of the United Fruit Co.
>tnd Colombian Line.
liL CANADA-Letter mail to and from the Dominion of Canada is sent and received
i.J~· each U.S. mail. Parcel post m::dl is, however, conveyed only in direct bottom by the
steamers of the Canadian National Steamships trading between Montreal and Halifax
and Jamaica about once every week, the Pickford aud Black Line trading between
Halifax, N.S. and Jamaica, and Unite 1 Fruit Company trtd ing between St. John and
.lamr.ica
IV. CENTRAL AMERICA-Mail communication with these countries (except East Coast
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oj i\'icarag11a ctnd Venezuela) is maintained by the steamers of the United Fruit Co.,
Colo,nbian Line, E lders and Fyffes, Ltd., and Canadian National Steamships, via
Cristobnl, Barranquilla, Limon, Belize, Barrios, etc., and Standard Fruit and Steamship
Co. via La Ceiba. For further information regarding parcel-post mail for these places,
see page 40.
V. WEST INDIA IsLANDS AND BRITISH GUIAN.o~.-Letter mail to and from the West
l ndi:l, Islands is exchanged by way of Trinidad and Barbados (fortnightly by E lders and
Fyf1'cs :! ·:d fortnightly by Alurninu<n Line steamers), :t and also (r~rP!y) via New York
;rhcn favourable opportunity for effecting eonnexions by this route occurs, and the
tnfonnatiou is available. Mails mn.y also he exchanged with Trinidad and Barbados by
way of Cristobal. Parcel-post mail is exchanged by the E lders and Fyffe's and
Altt!!1inum Line steamers (see page 47). T he Colombian Line maintains a weekly
S!!rvicc wit·h Haiti, and the Horn J.ine an(! the Royal Dutch West India Mail Company
al~'> maint:l.in ~~ direct service to Haiti. (Th~re i3 n 1 direct plrc~l··post exch mge with
Haiti.) .
The Canadian National Steamships maintain a direct service between Ja maica., Ber-
muda, and the Bahamas.
VI. C.HMAN ISLA.Nus- A twice-a-month service is maintained by R.lV!.S. "Cimboco"
and an irregular service by schooners.
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~ ;..;,.e also Appendix A pages 86-88.
T The term "letter mail " refers to letters and post cards, and pMkages of printed
and commercial papers, samples and "small packets."
~ The Aluminum Line does not convey mail frrm Jamaica.