Page 13 - Jamaica PO Guide 1936

10 INLA:\'1) MAILS : ltEOIS'l'RATIOK.
is insufficient . They mu~t not contniu any letter or cummunicfLtion of lhe nature of s
letter nor nnyl bing that ma.y inj11re the o.fficers of the Post O.fficc or the content~ of the mail
bags.
If any letter or communication of I he nature of a letter be found in >I newspuper circular,
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book packet or parcel, the entire packet will be surcharged at the unpaid letter rate of
po!JIIl{JC.
"Blind Liter4\ture."- Packets containing papers impressed for the use of the
blind muy be sent at the following special mte:- up to 2 lbs., td.; 5 lbs., ld.; !bs. l.}d .;
11 J!J,., 2d. See also page 14.
(G) QEGIS f QATION (I nland ) . •
Any letter or other mail matter may be registered on prepay~ent of the registration
fee and postage. Packets conlaining money and jewellery t must be 1'egislered and
must Le prepaid at the let/er rate of postage. Any packet found to contain money or jewellery
but not registered, will be liable to n surcharge equal f·o double the registration fee.
A letter must not be accepted for registral ion unless it is in 7Je>jeet orde1'. A registered
letter fastened with gummed paper can only be accepted if the sender signs his name
across the slip of gummed pnper. ·
1.- •'EES.
The fees for Inland Registration payahle over and above the postage, and the
respective limits of compens~tion, a rc as follows :-
Table of Inland (1) Registration Fees.
Fee. Limit of Cornprnsatjon. FeP. Limit of Compensation.
- ------:----- - ------ --- - - ---------·-----
2d. £ 2 Sd. £60
3d. £10 9d £70
4d. £20 lOd £80
5d £30 lld. l £90
6d. £60 Is. Od. £100
7d . £50
These fees relate to Inland Post only
Theoe fees include the ordinary regi~tration fee}of 2d. The highest 111mount oi
comrensation obtainable for any on e packet is £ 100.
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Il. COMPENSA'lION }'OR LOSS.
1. T he Postmaster for Jamaica is not legally liable for any loss or inconvenience which
may arise from the loss, damage, delay, non-delivery, or mis-delivery of anything sent by
post, and he does not, in any circumstances, pay compensation in respect 0 f unregistered
letters, post cards, printed matter, packets, newspapers or local parcels. But subject
to the rules stated below, he pays compensation voluntarily and as an act of grace in
those cases and in those cases only in which there has been a total loss of the contents of
correspondence of the following descriptions not being loss due to breakage or· damage.
2. No compensation is given in respect of correspondence compulsorily registered.
3. Compensation in respect of money of any kind (coin, notes, orders, cheques, stamps,
&c.) will only be given in those cases in which the money is enclosed in one of the regis-
tered letter envelopes sold by tile Post Office and the packet is tendered for transmissioR
by registered letter post. The compensation given in respect of coin, which should
be packed in such a way that it cannot move about, will in no case exceed £2. -
_4. It must appear that the loss occurred in the post, and did not arise wholly or in part
by the fault of the sender, as, for instance, from inadequate fastening. . .
5. The compensation given will not e~ceed the value of the article lost. The r•ght n
reserved of re-instating the contents of an envelope instead of giving pecuniary compen·
sation.
• Conditions governing registration of inland correspondence differ from those
governing overseas correspondence. See page 40.
t For full definition of "money" and " jewellery," see page 11, par. 12.