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posting what the approximate amount of these charges will be and a deposit will be taken
of the estimated amount. A settlement will subsequently be made when a statement of
the total amount of the charges has been received from the British Post Office. The
following are the conditions:—
Parcels to be sent under this arrangement must be handed in at the Parcels Post
Branch at Kingston.
The cover must be marked by the sender “ To be delivered free of charge.”
The sender must fill up and sign a formal undertaking to pay on demand the amount
of the charges due. Forms for this declaration may be had on application to the Parcel
Post Branch at Kingston.
Parcels for free delivery will only be accepted from persons whose settled residence is in
Jamaica. If the sender is residing only temporarily in Jamaica a parcel cannot be
accepted for delivery free of charge.
A fee of Is. per parcel is charged for the coat of the service in addition to the postage
and deposit for duty. If the parcel prove duty-free in Great. Britain the sum of
Is. will be refunded to the sender.
The sender must make such deposit on account of the charges for which he desires to
provide as the clerk in charge of the Parcel Post Branch at Kingston or the district
postmaster may, in each case, decide.
One form of undertaking will suffice for two or three (but not more) parcels posted
together by the same sender to the same addressee. In such cases the fee will be Is. for
each parcel.
The following are the articles liable to duty under the British Tariff which
are likely to be despatched from Jamaica by parcels post, together with the rates of duty,
(and in the case of tobacco, of certain fines) thereon. These rates are subject to consider­
able change and should be read as approximate:—
£ ’S . d.
Coffee, kiln dried, roasted or ground per lb 0 0 2
Tobacco, manufactured, viz.:
Cigars .. ,. .. .. “ 0 14 2J
Cigarettes .. .. .. “ 0 11 51
Cavendish or Negrohead .. .. “ 0 10 9 i
Other manufactured tobacco . . .. “ 0 9 4f
Tobacco, unmanufactured, containing 10% or more of moisture
If stemmed or stripped “ 0 7 5 j
If unstemmed or unstripped . . . . “ 0 7 5?
Tobacco, unmanufactured containing less than 10% of moisture
If stemmed or stripped . . . . “ 0 8 31
If unstemmed or unstripped . . .. “ 0 8 2*
Rum, if warehoused for 3 years per proof gallon 3 13 10
Do. if warehoused over 2 and under 3 years . . “ 3 14 10
Do. if warehoused under 2 years “ 3 15 4
Parcels will be accepted in Great Britain for delivery in Jamaica free of Customs
duty on conditions similar to the foregoing. Such parcels are liable to examination on
arrival for Customs purposes, and all pains and penalties attaching for undervaluation
or misrepresentation of contents or to prohibited goods will be enforced against the goods
themselves or against the parties assuming the charge, as may be decided by the proper
authorities.
C.—Compensation for loss or damage of u n in s u r e d parcels between Great Britain
and Jamaica. The Postmaster for Jamaica will (not in consequence of any legal liability,
but voluntarily, and as an act of grace) give compensation for the loss or damage of unin­
sured parcels sent by parcel post betvreen Great Britain and Jamaica, when such
loss or damage takes place while the parcels are in his custody, and does not arise from any
fault or neglect of the senders or from the nature of the contents.
The compensation paid will in no case exceed £1 12s. for a parcel exceeding 11 lbs.
o r £ l for a parcel not exceeding 11 lbs.
The compensation payable will be in accordance with the general regulations as regards
insured parcels (see above), so far as these regulations are applicable.