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Fares from
! Pctc:sfield. Ramble. I Montpcher.
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:':wanna-la.i\Inr 21 5/4 I 7/4
Pet~rsfield 3/4 5/4
,
Ramble ___ __ 2/
tn:OUI.A'l'IONS.
PA'!St:No~:n~.-At intermediate stations a pt,ssougor must take his chance or finding
a va.c..'\nt scat in the coach, and must, if there id a vacancy, then pay his faro to tbG
contractor's ngent.
The amount for such ticket must be paid in cash, and the ticket must be handed to
the driver or guard of the coach before the pa~~enger take> his seat.
In nU ca,es if a pa..,,enger intends to leave the coach between stations be mu,t pay
the fare to the next station beyond.
The personnlluggage of each passenger is limited to 20 lbs. by weight or 2,000 cubic
inches br 1>i1.e. .\ny exces~ must be paid for a, freight, and such excess may not e:tceed
10 lb::t. in weight, c•r 1,000 cubic incbe., in sir.e. Dogs are not allowed to be carried by
motor-van.

OVERSEA MAILS.

MEANS OF CO:-tMUNICATlON.*
I. GREAT BR!T.m;-l,etter mail t to and from the United Kingdom is conveyed by
every available opportunity via the linited States, and by the Elders and Fyffee nnd
Jamaica Direct Line of steamers, via Lh·erpool, Bristol, or Plymouth. The Dep3r'-
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.
II. UNITED STATES OF A~IERICA-i\Inils (both letter and parcel) to and from the
United States of America are conveyed by the stenmers of the United Fruit Co.
and Colombian Line.
Ill. CANADo~.-Lctter mail to and from the Dominion of Canada is sent and received
by each U.S. mail. Parcel post mail is, however, conveyed only in direct bottom by the
steamers of the Canadian National Steamships trading between Montreal and Hnlifax
and Jam:dca about once every week, the Pickford and Black Line trading bctvreen
Halifax, N.S. and Jamaica, and United Fruit Company trading between St. John and
Jamaica
IV. CENTRAL AMERICA-:\Iail communication with these countries (e:rcept Eaal Cocut
of Nicara(!Ua and Venezuela) is maintained by the steamers of the United Fruit Co.,
Colombian Line, and Canadian Kational Steamships, via Cristobal, Barmnquilla, Limon,
Belize, Barrios, etc., and Standard Fruit and ~teamsbip Co., via La Ceiba. For further
information regarding parcel-post mail for these places, sec page 42.
V. WEST !Nill.\ ISLANDS .um BruTISH GurANA-Letter mail to and from the West
India Islands is exchanged by way of Trinidad and Barbados (fortnightly by Aluminurn
Line steamers) and also by way of Cristobal. Parcel-post mail is exchanged by t,be
Aluminum l.inc steamers (sec page 49). Tbe Colombian Line maint:lins a weekly
service with Haiti. (There is no direct pnrcd-poRl· exchange with Haiti.)
The Canadian National Steamships mnintain a direct service between Jam!dca, Ber-
nluda, and the Bahamas.
VI. CAYMAN ISLANDs-A twice-a-month service is maintained by R.M.S. "Cimboco»
and an irregular service by schooners.
*Sec also Appendix A pages 89-91.
t The term "letter mail" refers to lette.rs and post cards, and packages of printed.
11nd commercial papers, samples and "small packets.''