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OVERSEA MAILS: PARCELS, I NSURANCE. 43
Duty Payable o n Jlepair:;, Etc.
Articles of any description may be sent away from the island nnd rc·admitted on
payment of the duty on the cost, if any, of repnirs, dyeing or clcnning, or other altera -
tion or ndjustment, on the following conditions being complied wit.h :-
1. The exporter shall furnish the chief officer of Cuijtoms with notice, nnd with a suffi
cicnt description in writing of the a rticles it is intend<:d to send 11wny, and if the chief
officer of Customs shall think it expedient, the article shall then be inspected by and
shipped under the super,•ision of the propl'r officer of Customs.
2. On the return of the article so exported, or on the return of an urticle not so exported
but in respect of which it shall be established to the satisfaction of the chief officer that it
is an article which had been exported from this island, such article mny be delivered upo•
the pa..osing of the necessary entries, and payment of duty, on the cost of r~pair, etc.
if nny, which must be verified by the p roduction of nn nccount or in some other way to
the sntisfnction of the chief officer provided in e\'ery case thnt the identity of the article
is established to the satisfaction of the chief officer.
3. The parcel. post being in the majority of cases the medium through which articles
nre returned to the island, Collectors at out ports must furnish to the Collector of Customs
nt Kingston a list of articles sent away to be returned as well ns the description of any
Mlicles which have undergone examination before being sent nwny in order that such
description may be recorded in tt register kept tit the Post Office with a view to the iden-
tification and admission dut.y free, or on pa.yment of the duty on the cost of repairs, etc.,
if any, on their return to this i~land.
~cfund of Duty)
Goods, wares and merchandise upon which any duty under Lnw 4 of 1925, shall have
been paid, on its being proved to the satisfaction of the proper officer of Customs that
a mistake has been made nnd thnt such goods are not the goods ordered by the importer
and that such goods have been returned to the exporter, if duly CX'}lOrted within three
months of their fioot importation, shall receiYe a dr:1wback of the full duties p:::id on
importation. Application for refund of duty should be made on the form pro1·ided for
the purpose, which may be hnd from the Postmaster or Collector.
Applicntions for refund of duty must be accompanied by that portion of the cover which
be11rs the address, the duty label and the declaration .
.Special Regulations (I). I n5urance of l>arccl5.
Parcels for places against which n limit of insured value is entered in column 6 in the
'I ubl~ of Rates on p!tgc~ 52 to 61 can be insured.
1 nsured arlicles have all the safeguards ol the registration syst~m; and, subject to the
lollowing regulations. compensation will be paid if an insured arliclc or any part of ils con-
tents is lost or damaged in the post.
An insurrd HHcle mny not be nddr~sed to initi:1ls or in pencil.
It may not be.qr any cr.1sure or corr~ction in the addrt'SS nt the time of postine;.
:\ ccrtific:~te of posting must always be obt->inlxl by the smdt>r. Particuhrs of the
amount for which the pared h•s bet'n insured ~hould be entered c-n the certificate, nnd
the sender should at once satisfy himsdf that the entry is com •ct. He m1y obtain an
ndvice of the d~li vcry of an insured parcel. under the conditions shown nt page 39.
f.!l the senls on an insured parcel must be cf the same kmd of wa x (er lc~d or steel in
the C:JSt' of parcels), P.nd must bear distinct impressions of tlw s~rne plivate device. A
c<•in m:ly not be used for sculin~; and the device may not consist mrrely of,struight,
cross~d, or curved lines which could rcndily b e imit!tt rd. Ench joint or loose flap of the
covering of a parcel must be senlPd; nnd, if string bt' used in pncking, a scfll must be
plnccd on the ends of the str:ng where they Hrc tied.
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If nn Prticle tendered for insurance doe~ net, in the opinion of the officer of the Pest
Office to whom it is tendered, fulfil the· foregoing conditions us to p~cking nnd scaling, it is
his duty to refuse to insure it. Kcvertheless, the onus of propel'ly enclosing. packing. and
sealing the packet lies upon the sender; and the Post Office assumes no liability lor loss
arising from defects which may not be observed at the time of posting. .
The amount for which nn 3rt id<' is insured must be written by the sender both 1il
words and in figures, at. the top of the address side of the cover, lhus:-"lnsured fu
fifteen p<>unds (£15)!' The amount must nlso be entered in the appropriate sp:tce on
the despatch ncte, if one is used. N o alteration or erasure of the in~cription on the
letter or parcel or on th~ despatch n ote is allowed. If the amount is entered on the
d~so>~tch note in the wrong place, a fresh despatch note must be prepared.