Page 9 - Jamaica PO Guide 1952

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The Post Office does not undertAke to redirect postnl packets whidt csn he redirected
11t the place of nrldres.~. lt doe.! not, for example, rcrlirect J108l.'ll pnckctH addressed
to a person who hns temporaril.v loft hi~ house, unlc~s the house is left unioh .. biled;
or aduressed to dubs, hotel~, hoarding hou~cs, or lod~-:in~s; or nddrcssl!d t•J any premises
occupied by two or 1110re pcr~on.~ where tht!lct.ters are J~li vcrcd hy postmen irtto a common
letter box or to a common ngcnl.
A uotice of rcdirnrtiou holJs good for 3 months.
APPLICATIONS FOR RECALL OF LE'f TERS
No letter, p:trccl orotlocr postal pncket. can, when once it. ha.~ hecn posted in a Post. Office
reccptable or acccptet'l f<lr tmnsmission :\t n Post Office, be UJ.kcn out of t.he po~t. even
if application he m:tde for it by a person who can prove thnt he is the 6Cnder, withou~
the authority of the C:m·emor. ?\or c:tn it be det.ainet'l or delnyt.U nt the sender's request;
but must be forwarded to its atldrcss and cannot he diverted to nny other nddrcc.~.
PRIVATE LETTER BOXES AND BAGS
Private let.tcr boxes, nvnilnhle for the suhsrrihers use from h n.m. lill 5.30 p.m. on
week days (and al11o for two or three houl'ol in l<iug~ton nftrr tlot• arrival of imp~lrlant
overtiea mails) m1w hP. rented for 12s. a yPar alll'c Post Ofikcs of 1\ingston, Port Antonio,
Honlego Bay, 1\fandtlville, Snv1mna-lu-:lbr and Mny Pen. Letters addressed to tho
house address of a per11on rcuting n letter box will be delil'crcd c~s addressed. Only letters
spc<:iflcally addressed to the lct.tcr hox or business addrc:;R of the relllOr of the box will
be ussort.ed in the box. .
Private lln1s- lly permission of the Postmaster Geucrnl any person rnay hnve hi~
letters conveyed by his be.1rcr to und from the Post Omcc iu n pril'ntc bng upon pilymcn~
of an annual fee of one guinea, the bag t.o be locked, one l(r.y being kept by the Post·
mast.er and one by ti1e owner of the bug; the hag to he provided hy the owner.
WhE>n a private letter ba.~ is r.om·cyed by a mail co11trnrtor a further annual fee of
one guinea is to be paid. These fees must be paid in advnnre through the Postmaster
General.
On pnyment of an additional annual fee of 12!· a year the persons renting n private box
or bag shall be entitled to receive a serially numbered registered advice list, containing
pnrticulars of the number nnd place of origin of the registered nrti~leo; delivered.
POS'fE RESTANTE
Postal articles which arc addressed to places in this T81!l!id at which there is no delivery
by letler carr·ier will be regarded as intended for the "l'oste nc~tanlc" and de:llt with
accordingly.
The Poste Hestanle sl,all be used solcy for the accommodlllion of strangers and
travellers, who mt~y use it for not 1110re than three 111onths, ut those offices nl which
there is a dcli very of postal artit:les hy letter carrier. (Seep. 7).
Postal articles addrcss!rl to initials or to fictitious names, or to a Christian name with·
out a surname shall not be {.,tktm to the Poste H.eslnnte, hut shol.ll be treated as undelh·er·
able postal articles. Postal articles ruldressed to initials, etc., aud at a 3/>'.ci.fic addres1 or
care of a Po•l OjJiu Rox are howt!\'Cr accepted.
Every person appl}~ng to a Poste He.,tante if unknown rnnst produce such evidence
of his identity as the prr.pt.;r oniccr of the Post Of!i~e may require.
(I) Subject to the pro1•isions of these Regulations, postal llrticlcsshall be retained in
the Poste RPstnnto as follows-
If originating in the Island, for one calender month from the dnte of receipt;
.
Jf originating fNm nbroad, two calendar months from the date of receipl .
Proviued that postal t~.rticles addressed toshipsmny beret.tdncd for three calendar month~.
(2) At the expiry of the above-mentioned periods, postal articles may be treated as
undelivemble.
POSTAGE PREPAYMENT IN MONEY
Letters, circulnrs, accounts, &c., (bllt not newspapers) may be prepaid in money
instead of postage ~tamps, 1\t the Genl'ral Post Office, Kiugston, pro,•ided that the articles
are chargcnble with a uniform n\le of postage, that the amr.unt paid is in no case ICEs
than !Os., and that they are tied in bundles representing a posU\ge of 2s. 6d. each, ";tit
the addresses arranged in thn same direction. Patrons rlcsirous of u~ing this facility
must state in writing to the l'o~tmaster General the numher of pieces of mail matter
which they retjuire to prepay in money and the value of postage on each piece, and obtain
a receipt for the amount !laid.