Page 17 - Jamaica PO Guide 1936

14 INLAND MAILS; OI'PICIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Special RC{!ulations.
The followiug are permitted to pass through the Post Office free of postage:-
1. Printed notices ("consignee's undelivered goods"), posted in open official envelope~
by railway alation agents, aud bearing the stamp " Jamaica Government Railway" or
"Jamaica Railway Company."
2. Letters headed " Infectious Diseases Notification," bearing lhe signature of the
medical practiUoner and addressed to a Medical Officer of Health or the Central Board
of Health or a Local Board of Health.
3. Packets addressed to Mrs. Bourno, Medical Office, Kingston.
4. Parcels contt\ining artificial limbs sent by ex-service mcu of the B.W.I.R., addressed
to the military authorities at Up-Park-Camp or to the Technical School, Hanover
Street, Kingston.
5. Reading matter for the blind printed in Braille or similar script, posted by the
Territorial Commander of the Salvation Army, on the following conditions:-
(a) The cover of each such packet to bear the signature and designation of tbl'
Territorial Commander.
(b) To be endorsed "Literature for the Blind.''
(e} E:1.cb packet of such literature to be returned to IGogston to bear a label addrcescd
"The Territorial Commander, Salvation Army, I<ingston," duly signed anJ
endorsed as above.
Leuers addressed to places abroad ca.mtOI be franked but sllOuld be prepaid.
RulC8 regarding Ji'ran.kino of O.fficial CorrC8ponde11cc.
1. The en vel ope or cover of the official letler or other packet may be "franked" under
authority of IIis Excellency the Governor in either of the following ways - (a) By the
impression of an apprroved official fmnk stamp; (b) by the signature and official designa-
tion of the Head of the Department, or other duly authorised officer or functionary on
the lower left hand corner of the envelope or cover. The envelope or cover must be
superscribed with the words "On His Majesty's Service."
2. The envelope or cover must be addressed t:o the head of the department or to a
public officer or functionary who is entitled by the authority of His Excellency the
Governor to receive official correspondence free of charge for postage.
3. Ko public officer will be permitted to make use of any stamp for franking letters
or to frank letters without the authority of the Governor.
4. Heads of Departments and all postmasters must exercise vigilance to pre en! any abuse
of the franking privilege. and any evasion or attempt to abuse the privileg ~. and any de·
parture from the rules must be reported. with full l>articulars. to the Colonial Secretary or to
the Postmaster for Jamaica.
5. The franking of envelopes, etc., either by means of the franking stamp or by signature,
is strictly forbidden, unless the envelopes contain at the timu of franking the official cor-
respondence or matter to be transmitted through the post, subject to 1 he following
ex.ception, namely-
That any written or printed matt-er properly issued iD a franked CJJ.velopc or coverin!l-
for circulation among members of a board or any body of individuals, and for ultimatt>
return to the office of issue, may be passed from one member of such board or body to
another in an envelope or covering provided for the purpose and duly franked in ad\·ance
by a duly authorised officer.
N.B.-All 1·egistered letters, posted by the public and not franked as above described
addressed to the ojJu;ials named above in both list.s A and 8 1 must be prepaid with the
regutration fee of two pence, with the C$CCption of registered lellers addressed to the M anagcr
of the Government Savings Bank, Collectors and Assistant Col/utors of 'l'cn:u, and Chair-
man, Banana lndtntry Aid Board which arc wholly postage free.