Page 52 - Jamaica PO Guide 1936

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or in several parcels sent at the snmc time by one sender to the snme addressee exceeds
100 dollars, an invoice ccrtifi~d by a United States Consul should be furnished. This
invoice sh ould be enclosed in the relative parcel, the Customs Declaration being noted
"Coneular Invoice enclosed." When the Consular Invoice relates to moro parcels than
one, it should be enclosed iu parcel No. 1, the Customs Declaration being noted accord-
ibgly. The Customs Dcolnrlltions or covers of the remaining parcels should be rnarked
"Consular In\•oice in parcel No. I.'' H the sender prefers, however, the Consular Invoice
mny be sent scpnratdy to the addressee, the relative Customs Dcclnratiou bPing suitably
noted. \Vheu the Consular lrwoico is enclosed no other invoice or statement of value
need be furnished. If lhc Consular Invoice is sent separately to tho addressee, com-
mercial invoice should be enclosed in the parcel.
If a parcel cannot be delivered as addressed, within 30 days of ils receipt, or i~ refused,
it will forth11it h be returned to the senders, who must pay at the office of origin an
&mounl equal to the postal(e originally paid tbereon.
Any request that a p:ttcel may be readdressed or returned must be accompanied by
the nmount of postage nl the original rate for its further prepayment.
The Post Office Department will not be responsible for the loss or dnmage of an)
pncknge; and no indemnity can consequently be claimed by the sender or addreSEee in
~ithcr country.
Payment of Customs duty cannot be undertaken by the sender.
The limit of weight of parcels is 11 lbs.
For prohibitions, sec p 'f~C 51.
JV.-Canada.
The regulations governing t h1. Parcels Post exchange with Can(ldn are identic.~ I with
those of U.S.A., with the following cxceptions:-
Tbcre is no prohibition or limitation of the numbers of cigars or cigarettes which m~y be
cxpnrtcd.
Parcels for Canada can be insured.
Unclaimed or refused parcels ure dealt with in the same manner as pMcels from the
United Kingdom.
Pa.rcels weighing up to 20 lbs. are acceptecl.
V.-\ vc::.t India Island::. a nd the Guiana.s.
Parcels for Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenad.a, :\1ontscrrat, St. T<itts-Nevis, St.
LuciA, St. Vincent, Trinidad nnd !3ritish and Dutch C uinnn arc forwnrdcd by steamers
of the Aluminum Line calling 11t Barbados, T t·inidacl and British Guiann maintaining a
fortnight f!crvicc.
General Prohibiti on5.
The trn nsmission of a ny lctler whalsoever, no matter lo whom addressed, in parcel
for the majority of countries is forbidden. The few exceptions to this rule can be ascer-
tained by reference to the latest edition of the British Postal Guide. Jf any letter or
communication of the nature of personal correspondence be found in a parcel, and it can
be separated therefrorn, it will be forwarded to its destination surcharged at unpaid
letter rates. But if such letter, &c., can not be separated, tbc whole parcel will be liable
to unpaid letter rates of postage.
Plants are not in ordinary conditions admitted into most of the countries of Europe,
for fear that phylloxera may be introduced with t hem. There nre, however, special con-
ditions in which parcels of plants (except vines) are admitted into some of these countries.
The chief condit.ions are lhtlt the plants must be packed securely, but in such a way that
they can be easily examined, and must be accompanied by n declaration of the sender
attested by some competent a uthority, that t here hns been no vine iu or near the ground
from which the plants come.
A parcel may not contain any explosive, inflammable or dangerous or perishable articles,
any articles likr.ly to injure anolher l>arcel, any liquid (unless securely packed in a proper
case as described on pp. 3 , 39.)
Attcmion is spt·ci" lly dir~ctcd to the fact th"t m any articles which nre prohibited
from imporl'l.li'>n, b" p• rcl'l-po't mail, into Grent Bribin (ree !X'low)may not be sent in
tratlsit through tht British Post Office, et'fn though the cotmlry of dcstinolion itself dces not
prohibit its importatwn. (f:cc '' Listc des ob jets interdits," p. 373 B II. for details.)
5peciat Prohibitions (E.,,po,·t).
AusTRALlA.-Bees and used hives; essences of lager beer, wine, whisky, rum, brandy
and liqueurs; hop extracts and similar preparations; prison-made goods; tobacco planta
:md puts thereof.