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No legal liability to pay compensation in respect of any packet for which an insurance
fee has been paid attaches to the Postmaster General, either personally or in his official
capacity. Subject, however, to the conditions set out below, the Postmaster-General
pays to the sender compensation for the loss or damage of an insured packet or its
contents, when it is clearly established that the loss or damage has occurred while the
packet was in the custody cf the British Post Office.
On the transfer of an insured packet to another administration, the responsibility of
the British Post Office ceases; and, although the Postmaster-General endeavours to
obtain compensation for the sender under similar conditions from the Administration
concerned, it should be clearly understood that the final decision upon all questions of com­
pensation rests with the Postal Administration of the country in which the loss or damage
has occurred.
Compensation will net exceed the value of the article- lost or the amount of the
damage sustained and indirect loss or loss of profits will not be taken into consideration.
In any claim for damage or loss of contents, the packet should be retained for inspec­
tion as nearly as possible in the condition in which it was delivered.
The sender of a parcel may waive his claim in favour of the addressee.
No compensation will be paid in respect of:—
(11 any packet containing a prohibited article;
(2) any packet which has been duly delivered and accepted without reserve;
(3) any damage or loss caused by the fault or negligence of the sender, such as
failure to provide adequate packing, having regard to the nature of the
contents;
(4) any damage to an exceptionally fragile article which from its nature cannot
reasonably be expected to travel safely by post;
(5) any parcel containing jewellery exceeding £100 in value not packed in
accordance with the special regulations;
(6) any parcel containing an article of a type specified in British Post Office
Guide (col. 6, “ Imperial and Foreign Parcel Post”) as one for which e>m-
pensation will not be paid; or
(7) any packet in respect of which a claim is not made within a year of the date
of posting;
nor does it follow as a matter of course that compensation will be paid when damage or
loss arises from tempest, shipwreck, earthquake, war, or any other cause beyond control
or when the Post Office cannot account for a packet in consequence of the destruction of
official documents from any such cause.
The fee must bs prepaid, in addition to the full postage, by means of postage stamps
which the sender must affix to the cover.
As few stamps as possible should bs used to prepay the postage and insurance fee.
They may not be folded over the edge of the cover; and, when several stamps are used,
they must be affixed with spaces between them.
When an insured parcel is redirected from one country to another, a further insurance fee
becomes payable for each such transmission. If the fees are not prepaid they are collected
from the addressee on delivery.
Special Regulations:— II. Great Britain.
A. —Cash on Delivery System. A Cash on Delivery System of parcels is in existence
between this Colony and Great Britain.
Parcels up to the value of £40 each may be sent either way, and the value collected from
the addressee, and remitted to the sender.
In addition to the 6d, Customs clearance fee, a further service fee of 3d. is collected
on each C. 0. D. parcel.
K Cash on Delivery parcel may only be retained at the office of destination for 15 days
from the date of arrival, after which if unclaimed it is forthwith returned to origin.
This fact is emphasized bee - use certain firms abroad represent that C.O.D. parcels are
retained for a longer period before being returned. Requests for longer detentions will
not be entertained, nor will part payment be accepted from the addressee; the full amount
of duty, trade charges, and all other fees must be remitted to the head office before the
parcel can be forwarded.
B. —Prepayment of Customs Duties and other charges on Parcels Post Parcels to
Great Britain. Persons sending parcels to Great Britain may, if they so desire,
take upon themselves the prepayment of the Customs duty and other charges which in
ordinary cases are leviable on the addressee. The sender will be told at the time of