Page 70 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1938

, 80 CABLEGRAMS.

b. If a letter marked “ On Post Office Telegraph Business” be sent by post to the tele­
graph clerk at any station the message enclosed will be promptly forwarded by telegraph
from such station. In this case the letter by post must b registered and the cost of the
message enclosed in stamps or coin. Telegrams may also be handed to a mail courier
on his way to a telegraph office, but the department does not take any liability for
miscarri1ge.

c. No charge will be made in either case for postage or registration.
Telegrams may be sent to any port for outward transmission as letters. The senders
must write “ By Post” before addressee’s name, and the name of the terminal Telegraph
Office at the end of the address.
For example:—
“ By Post” Brown, 12 Fifth Avenue, New York, Kingston.”
In addition to the ordinary telegraph charge the sender must also pay the postage fee.
In such cases registered addresses cannot be used.
The office hours are from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily—Sundays and Public Holidays
excepted.
Night, Sunday and Holiday services may be obtained at the following rates:—
a. After 6 a.m. until 8 p.m., double rate for telegram, plus a fee of 1/- to each clerk
handling the telegram and 6d. for the messenger.
b. After 8 p.m. until 6 a.m. double rate for the telegrams plus a fee of 2/- to each clerk
handling the telegram and 1/- for the messenger.
e. The charges of 6d. and 1/-, respectively, for messengers refer only to telegrams for
delivery up to one mile from the office.
d. On Public Holidays all offices are open from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and telegrams
are accepted at the ordinary week day rates during these hours.
A certified copy of a telegram may be obtained on application to the Postmaster for
Jamaica on payment of a fee of 6d. If special search is necessary the cost incurred will
be charged in addition.
Inland telegrams are retained on file for 3 months, and foreign telegrams for 6 months.
Abbreviated telegraphic addresses (inland) for use at any office, may be registered with
the Postmaster for Jamaica at a cost of 5/- per annum, or upon payment of £2 for a
permanent address.
Local telegrams from authorized Government officials, members of the Legislative
Council and other authorized persons on public business are transmitted free of charge.
By courtesy of the West India and Panama Cable Company the following information
concerning Overseas Cables is furnished:
C a b l e g r a m s .—Cablegrams for all parts of the world may be handed in at any Tele­
graph Office on payment of the inland charge in addition to the amount charged by the
cable company in accordance with their Tariff.
Cablegrams addressed to Great Britain, Ireland, and British Empire Countries will
be routed “ Via Imperial” unless otherwise marked by the sender.
This route offers the advantage of a direct, speedy and reliable service between
Jamaica and those countries; it is entirely British owned and operated.
Patrons are urged to mark all their cablegrams “ Via Imperial” for which no charge
is made.
The various classes of message available are:—-
(a) O r d in a r y T e l e g r a m s ; for immediate transmission; may be written in plain
language, code or cypher. (Reduced rate for CDE telegrams, i.e. telegrams
containing Code in which no code word exceeds five letters in length).
(b) U r g e n t T e l e g r a m s : Urgent and Urgent Code (ODE) telegrams at double
the Ordinary Rate and CDE Rate are accepted for transmission to all countries.
The word Urgent must be inserted before the address and paid for as an extra
word.
((c) D e t e r r e d T e l e g r a m s : for non-urgent plain language massages only at
reduced rates. Prefix “ LG” before the address (counts a3 one word).