Page 42 - Jamaica PO Guide 1936

OVERSEA MAILS: SAMPLES.
tacle becomes broken. The lid of the box must be fixed in such a ma.nner that it cannot
easily become detached.
A fatty substance which does not easily liquefy, such as ointment, soft-soap, resin, etc.,
11s well as silkworm eggs, the tmnsmission of which presents fewer difficulties, must be
enclosed in an inner cover (box, bag of linen or parchment, etc.), which must itself b&
placed in a second box of wood, metal, or stout thick leather.
A sample enclosed in a linen or paper envelope of little strength, must have a label,
preferably of parchment, attached, with the address of the addressee, the postage stamp
and the impression of the date-stamps. The address must be repeated on the Mticle itself.
Any article, such as tinned food, which would be spoiit if packed in the manner pre-
scribed may exceptionally be admitted in a cover hermetically sealed. In that case the
sender or the addressee may be required to assist in the check of the contents, either by
opening the packet or in some other satisfactory manner.
An article of glass or other fragile material must be securely packed (in a box of rnetslr
wood, or strong corrugated cardboard) in such a way as. to prevent all risk of injury to
other postal packets or to postal officers.
Ory colouring powder. such as aniline, etc., is not admitted unless enclosed in a stout
tin box, placed inside a wooden box with sawdust between the two covers.
Ory non-colouring IJOwder must be placed in a box of metal, wood, or cardboard the
box itself being enclosed in a bag of linen or parchment.
Live bees or leeches must be enclosed in a box so constructed as to avoid all danger
and to allow the contents to be ascertained.
Shar·p insiruments such as scissors, knives, razors, forks, steel pens, nails, watclr
machinery, metal tubing, pieces of metal or ore, are eligible for transmission by sample
post, provided that they are bo11a-jide samples without saleable value, and are packed
and guarded in so secure a manner as to involve no risk to the contents of the mail bags
and to the officers of the Post Office, whilst at the sa. me time they may be easily examined.
Special Regulations for Great Brilain.-Samples liable to customs duty are ordinarii.)'
admitted into Great Britain when sent in quantities so small as to have practically no
saleable value; but the importation of tobacco, cigars, cigareUes, etc., by sample post is
prohibited, with the sole exception of packets of type samples of unmanufactured tobacco
not exceeding six ounces in gross weight, which are delivered on payment of 3s. custo!D8
duty.
(a) S7Jiri~~ (except Perfumed Spirits) may be imported in packages each not exceeding
12 ounces gross weight and will be delivered on payment of duty at a flat rate of 3s. 6d.
each package, provided that each package is distinctly marked "Spirit (not perfumed)."
(b) Tea may be imported in packages each not exceeding 8 oz. gross weight, and if
distinctly marked ''Tea.," will be delivered on payment of duty in accordance with the
following scale :-
(i) If the weight of the sample is under {
3 oz. gross or J oz. net. Free of duty.
(ii) If the gross weight of the sample is 3 oz.
or more but does not exceed 8 oz. f A flnt rate of ld. per package
(c) 1'obacw . 'l'ype samples of unmanufactured tob:~.cco, NOT cigars, etc.* may be
imported in packages each not exceeding 6 ounces gross weight and, if distinctly marked.
"Type Samples of unmanufactured tobacco," will be delivered on payment of duty a.t
the flat rate of 3s. Od. each package.
(d) Wine may be imported in packages each not exceeding 12 ounce.; gross weight,
and such packages will, if distinctly marked "Wine," be delil'ered free of duty
(e) Raw Chicory, Raw Cocoa, Raw Coffee, Dried Fruit, Sugar and Sugar Confectionery
may be imported in quantities not exceeding t lb. net weight per package, and such.
packages, will, if distinctly marked wit,h a description of the contents, be delivered free
of duty. ::\'ot more t.han one sample of the same description of goods, unless of different.
brands, may be imported duty free in the same package, but samples of different d~
scriptions of goods, or of different brands of the same description may be included in a
single package within the stated limits as to maximum weight per package. The limit
weight of t lb. for these articles should not he exceeded.
(I) ·· Small Pacl<ets " : This class of mail is intended for the transmission to pJa.ces.
abroad of sma.ll articles of merchandise, souvenirs, etc., including dutiable articles,
except jewellery and money. (The rule restricting the transmission of jewellery and money
to registered lette?· mail or insured parcel-po.•t rnaili"emains unchanged.)
*Cigars and cigarettes may only be sent to Great Britain by parcel-post or "small
Packets'' mail, but not by letter or sample mail.