Page 10 - Jamaica_PO-Guide-1939

LOCATION OF DEPARTMENTS.

!'he General Post Office in Kin (Ston i'l situated i11 the Public Buildings, west block,
Kin!!" Street.
'1'111~ Circulation Bra11ch, j'\1 .mc.v Or !er Olficc, and Tele~raph Office! nrc rnninlu,ined
nt the norl,h-west, portion of the Public Buildillgs, Kin~ Street. The Control Branch
unci the Telc~raph Office nrc on the fir~t floor of tbc build in~· Tbo l'nrccl Post, Depnrt-
111\!nt, includil\t! the C.O.D. and Detained Pneket Otnces;. i~ hon'«ld in the new
Go\•crnmcnt Buildings (formerly "Grace J3uilding, " No. 33 ulivicr Plncc).
The offichl hours of the various dcputmcnt.s are as follows:-
KtNO~TON: General Post 0 fice. Circuhtion branch, 8 n.m. to I p.ru.; :O.loney nnd
Postal Order branches. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Parcel Post branch, 9 n.m.lo 3 p.m.; Telegraph
hranch, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.• :O.Ion ·y Ordt•r and Postal Or,ler Offic ':! clo'«' at I p.m. on
S •turd·1ys.
Cou.smv: All Post and Telei!:mph Offices, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
INLAND MAILS.

CLA55H' ICATJON OF i'1AIL, QATE5, l!TC.
·w- (b) (c) <<~> (OJ <r> (g)
LolLe!'ll. Post Cards. Printed and Pnrcoi-Po•t
Commercial _if Parcels.
_.,
Local Papers.
'".:.c For each pound Regi•cra-
e u
l\owspapers '!' {! or for every 100
For each
ounce or frae- Sioele. Rep!y For eaeh _ - __ cubic inches at tion Fee.
tlonal part patd. each. For eacb the opt ion or
of nn ounce, two ounees. IWO tbe Depart-
----- ~ccs. l rnent.
one penny. One ball- One Half- Half-penny. Ono Jo'ourponeo. I Two-
pcnn~nny. penny. pPnny(l) pence.
REGULATIONS.
((I) Lotters.-No letter for delivery in Jamaica, except it be sent to or from a Govern·
meut Office, may exceed 2 feet in length 1 foot in width or 1 foot in depth, or· if in the form
of n roll 30 inches in length and •1 inches in diameter. There is no limit of weight.
Letters sent in open envelopes are not admi/led at rate for "Printed Papers."
Letters, newspapers, book p:1ckets, etc., which are wluJily unpaid will be liable to n
surcharge equal to double the prep:~id rate; and, if they are insufficiently prep:~id, t-o a
surcharge equal to double the deficiency.
(b) Post Card~.-Privatc post C:ll'dS prepaid by means of halfpenny postage stamps
may be sent by the inland post on the following conditions:-They must not exceed
.ii by 4~ inches nor be less than 4 hy 2} inches. The right hand half of the face is reserved
for tbe postal directions and nddress; the lefL hand half is available for t,h, purposes of t he
sender, subject to the following restrictions:-!n addition to stamps fo~ prepayment post
cards may bear small labels showing the names and address of the sender and t he n<idressee;
aud engravings and photographs on very t hin paper may be affi.~ed to the back and left
haod half of the address side, provided that they nre completely adherent. Newspaper
cu tliugs may also oc attached to t he back nod left hand half of the addr~ss side. A
post card must not be enclosed in a co\·er of any kind.
• See page 106.
t ~o receipt is given for p:~rccls sent under this scale, they are treated as ordinary
letters and should be posted in the letter box.