Page 73 - Jamaica PO Guide 1936

70 APPLICA'l'JOl'\S FOR llECAJ,L OF LETI'~:RS.

A 110lice of ru 1o•·ol Jtold3 good for three month$.
The De!Jarlment does not undertake to divert, at the Gcnornl l'ost Office, letters
addressed to one Post Office to nnotbcr Post Office in the island. An effort will, however,
be made, as far as the exigencies of the Service allow, to serve tbo public by delivering
in J(ingston letters nddrcsscd to 11 district Post Office or by directing them from one
office to another.
APPLICATION.S FOrl rlECALL 0 1~ L ~TT Eil~.
No let.ter, pnrccl or other postal pnckct can, when once it has been posted in a Post Office
receptacle or accepted for trnnsmission at a Post Ollicc, be tnken out of the post, even
if application be made for it by a person who eau prove that he is the sender, .nthout
the authority of the Go\·crnor. Nor can it be detained or delayed at the sender's request;
it must be forwarded to its address and rnnnol be dh·crtcd to any other address.
PQIVATE LI:ITEI~ BOXE.S AND BAG ,
Prh·atc letter boxes, nvnilnblc for the subscribers' use from 7 n.w. till 5.30 p.m. o~
week days (and also for two or three hours in Kingston after the arrival of important
oYcrsca mails) may be rented for 12s, n year at the Post Offices of Kiugston, PortAntonio,
Montcgo Bay and ~Iandeville. Letters nddressed to the house «ddrc88 of n person rent-
ing a letter box will be delivered as addressed. Only letters specifically n.ddressed to
the letter box or business address of t.be rent..cr of the box will be nssortcd in the box.
Private bags.- By permission of tho Postmaster for JaJn~<ipa any person may have his
letters conveyed by his bearer to and from the Post Office in a private bftg upon pnyment
of ,an annunl fee or one guinea, the bng to be locked, one key being kept by the Post-
master and one by the owner of the bng; tbe bag to be provided by the owner.
When :1 prh·ate letter bag is conveyed by a mail contractor a further annual fee of
one guinea is to be paid. These fees 1nust be paid in ndvancc through the Postmaster
or Jamaica.
PO.ST~ RE.STANTt:.
'['be Poste Restante or General Delivery is intended solely for tb~ accommodation of
strangers and travellers and even they may not use it for more than three months.
Letters addressed to initials, or to fictitious names, or to a christinn nnme without a
surname are not taken in at the Poste Rcstante, but nre treated ns undelivered nnd
returned to senders.
Period of ltctcntion of Poste Restantc Correspondence.
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Origin. At l(ingston. 1 At District Post Offices.
Places abroad Four weeks Eight weelu
Local Two weeks Four weeka
.STIU~ET COLLECTING &OXJ.:.S
Collocting boxes a re to be found at the following places in Kingston and Lower St.
Andrew. (The times at which they arc cleared are stated on each.)
1. King and North Streets 19. Jubilee Market, West Queen Street
2. Charles and East Streets 20. Ornnge Street and P<•rt Royal Street
3. Kingston Gardens 20a. Princess Street and North Street
4. Fire Btigade Station 21. Orange and Charles Streets
5. Jamaica Club 22. Franklin Town Police Station
6. Torrington Bridge 23. Smith Village, Pcrcy and Wellington
7. Allmao Town Constabulary Stntion Streets
8. Bouta Camp Road nenr North Street 24. Campbcll Town, Liverpool & Hampton
9. Higbbolborn and Laws Streets Streets
10. Park Lodge (Victoria Avenue) 25. Woodford Park
11. Brown's Town Constabulary Station 26. Duke and Harbour Streets
12. Tower Street and Elletson Road 27. Manchester Square, South Race Couree
13. Marine Gardens 28. Laws nnd East Streets
14. Spanish Town Road and Bceston Street 29. Rannab St. and Rose Lane
15. Parade, by Parish Church 30. Arnold Road, north of Connolly Avenue
16. Princess and Harbour Streets 31. Studley Park Road
17. Princess and West Queen Streets 32. South Camp Road Hotel
18. Jamaica Times Store 33. Kingston and St. Andrew Oorporatioll:>