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5Tn EET COLL ECTING BOJ\1:!5
Collecting boxes arc to be found at the following places in Kingston and Lower St .
. \ndrcw. (The times at which they arc cleared aro stated on each.)
1. King and ~orth Streets 32. South Camp Road Hotel
2. Charles nnd &1st Streets 33. King$ton nod St. Andrew Corporation
3. Kingston Gardens 34. :\Inrescaux Road and Club Lane
4. Fire 13rigndc ~tntion 35. Hope and Oxford Roads
5. Jnm:~icn. Club 36. Retirement Road near Lyndhur~tRoMl
6. Torrington Bridge 37. J(nutsford Park Gate
7. Allmnn Town Constabulnry Station aS. King's JI()USC Gat~
8. South Cnrnp Road nenr North Street 3Sn. Swimmers Pen & Wnlthnm Pnrk Rds.
9. !Iighholborn and Laws Streets 3&1>. Walthnm Park and )folynes Ronds
10. Park Lodge (Victoria Avenue) 39. Bedford Park Gate on the Constant
11. Brown's Town Constabubry Station Spring Line near Sandy Gully
12. Tower St reet and Elletson Road 40. Four Roads, Grant's Pen
13. i\I::rinc Gardens 41. Papine Corner
14. Sp!lnish Town Road and Bccston Street 42. Drentford and Curphey Roads
15. Parade, by l'an'h Church 43. Grove & Central Ro:~ds, I<t•ncot Lauds
16. Princess and Harbour Streets 44. !\Iolynes Road and Tnrrant Lane
17. Princess Rnd West Qu ~en Streets 45. Hope and Trafalgar Roads
18. Jamaio11. Times Store '16. Lady :IIIusgrave and Trnfalgar Roads
19. Jubilee Market, West Queen Stroet 47. Deechwood Ave. and Halfway Tree Rd.
20. Orange Street and Port Hoyal Street 48. Penn and Rodney Streets, (Admiral
20a. Princess Street nod North Street Pen).
21. Orange and Charles Streets 49. Spanish Town Road and Old Pound
22. Franklin Town Police Station Road
23. Smith Village, Percy and Wellington !iO. Constant Spring Road and Four Roads
Streets · 51. Mary Brown's Cor. (Constant. Spt'ing Rd.
24. Campbell Town, Liverpool & Hampton 52. Greenwich Hoad and New Liuculn
Streets Road
25. Woodford Park 53. Jackson Rond and Giltrcss St., Rolling-
26. Duke nnd Harbour Streets ton Pen.
27. :\lanchestcr Square, South Race Course 51. Oliver nnd Windward Roads.
28. Laws and East Streets 55. South and Lyndhu.rst Roads.
29. Hannah St. and Rose Lane 56. Omara Road and Chisholm Avenue.
30. ArnoldRo!!d,northofConnollyAvenuo 57. m vi ·w A\·e. and Gr,enwich Avenue.
31. Studley Pnrk Road 58. !\f:l.xwell .\venue. and Callowa.y Rond.
Collecting boxes have also been erected in Snvaona-la-i\far, (1), Port Antonio, (7),
Mont~go Day (8), and Spanish Town (3).
TELEGRAPHS.
THE Government Telegraphs are under the control of the Postmaster for Jamaica.
There Me now 208 Postal Telegraph and Telephone Offices distributoo throughout the
Island connecting every town or village of importnnce.
In addition, the Jamaica Government llililway ,dth a compliment of 48 Telegraph
Offices exchanges telegr!lms with the Postnl 'l'cl~>gMph System.
The charge for telegrams throughout Jamai011 is ninepence for any number of words
up to twelve, and a half-penny for every additional word. The address and signature
are both counted. The charge is paid in postage stamps affixed to the message.
If the addressee reside within one mile of the terminal office the telegram is delivered
by messenger without any ndditioll:ll charge; but if beyond that limit the following
porterage fee must be prepaid:-
At a rate of Od. per mile (one way) counting from boundary of free clclivcry.
The above mtes arc maintained whenever practicR.ble. If mesecngcrs cannot be
obtained at these rates the Postmistress is authorised to make the most rea.sonnble
arrangement possible.
T he charge for the transmission and for porterage oi telegrams must be pre-pnid.
Persons resident at a plnce to which the islnnd telegraph line has not been extended
can benefit by its use on the following conditions:-
G. If the words "By Post" with the name of a telegraph station be written on a
message it will be telegraphed to such station and forwarded from thence to its postal
address by first post.