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Bach parcel must be pluinly directed, such directions setting forth the name and full
address of the J)()rson for "hom the parcel is intended. A parcel must not be posted i11 a
lettC?· bo::: blll 1111t8t be taken into a Po.~t Office and prescnt~d at th.e counter to the Postmaster
or person in charg~.
A certificate of postin~ will be gil•en to the person posting a parcel b•Jt no liability
attachrs to the Post Office in respect thereof.
Parcels should be sw:re/y and sub.~tantialbt packld with due rega rd to length of i'•urnPy,
conditions of transit, climatic couditions, &c.; e.g., c:•rtlboard or ordinary brown paper
is not iu gcnen\1 sufficient packing for purccls sent to places abroad. Light and bulky
articles should be packed iu st.roug wooden cuses. Tn some cases seals may be found
necessary; if wax is used it should be of the special quality which will withstand a bot
climate. Parcels to l'.S.A. may not be scaled.
A parcel may not contain daugcrous articles, perishable a rticles, articles likely to injure
other parcels. or the officers of the Post Office. liquid;. unless securely packed in proper
cases and surrounded with absorbent material. or any con trnband articles or substances.
The r ules for the mode of packing samples containing liquids,
oils, etc., as set out on page 52, must be strictly adher ed In
every detail. A parcel must not contain another parcel or other postal packet
intended for delivery to a person other than the addressee of the first named parcel.
If on examination of any parcel there shall be :ound in or with the same any lclti'T or
communication of the nature of a letter such paper or communication will be withdrawn
thercfrom, and will be forwarded to the addressee !.hereof: or, if it be not addressed, to
the addreSEee of the parcel in or with which the same was found enclosed, and the said
letter will be surcharged for delh·ery at the unpaid rate of postage.
Parcels redirected from one country to another will be chnrgeJ 11 fresh postage at the
rate payable to lbc country of destination.
Parcels containing coin, nnytbing made of gold or silver or other precious articles cannot
be forwarded to a country participating in the insurance scheme except the parcel is in811red.
ParcelR con mining articles of an aggregate value exceeding £50 will not be accepted for
transmission. This does not apply to insured parcels (for the limit of the value of which
sec pages 82 to 98, col. 6).
Parcels are delh-ered in Kingston if addressed to a place within the house delivery
limit by letter cr.rricr; if beyond such limit, at the Parcel Post Office; in the country
across the Post Office counter.
The amount of duty assessed on any such parcel must be paid before delivery, or before
the delh,ery of the parcel from the custody of the Post Office.
All complaints relating to Customs duty on parcels 3h~uld be addressed to tbe Coli eo·
tor of Customs, Kingston, ns the Post Office has no control in the matter of duty. The
declaration and duty-label must accompany the comp:aint .
Customs Duties (Import)
An ad vniMtm duty is levied on the majority of articles imported into tbe island by
the medium of the pa11ccl-post. The ~eneral rate of ad ualo"m duty is 20, 25,
and 30% and the preferential rate is 15%. Shoes and articles of apparel from non-
preference countries are also subject to a specific duty-shoes, 1/- to 3/6 per pair;
apparel, 1/- to 12/- per doz. articles. The preference of 15% is given to goods which
are the produce and IUB.nufaeture of the following countries of the British Empire which
is held to mean and include- the United Kingdom, the British Dominions, territories
admin:stcred by or under the authority of a Dominion Government including territories
administered under a Mandate, Jndb, Southern Rhodesia, all Colonies and Protec-
torates, the Mandated terri tory of Tanganyika. the Cameroons under British Mandate,
and Togoland under British Mandate.
Goods imported from tbe above named countries must be accompanied by a certificate
of origin and of British manufacture. in order to secure the preferential rate of duty. If
desired, the certificate may be enclosed in the pariel, and a note to this effect made on
the Customs declaration. It must be distinctly unilerstood that goods mailed by parcel
post in any of the above named countries, which are not accompanied by the necessary
certificate of British manufacture, will bo assessed at the general 20, 25. 30% and not
the preferential rate (15%) of duty. The following is the form of certificaie of British
manufacture required on parcels for Jamaica:-
" !, the undersignetl, do hereby declare that, to the best of my knowledge and
belief, the contents of this parcel are--
(a) (if not a manufactured article) the growth or produce of" .............•....