Page 54 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1977

POST OFFICE GUIDE 53

General Information: Special Packing Regulations For Certain Articles, could.

If a wooden box is used as the outside container, it must tic made from boards
not less than j} inch in thickness, the sides must be dovetailed together and the
bottom and the lid must be firmly screwed to the sides; and if any part of the box
is composed of more than one piece of wood, the pieces must be jointed together
by means of tongues and grooves. No gap must appear at any joint.

If a vulcanized fibre container is used it must be manufactured from the tough­
est compressed and vulcanized fibreboard (at least 1/20 inch in thickness and
weighing not less than 3} oz per 100 square inches) and be provided with three
flanges to tuck in after the tin container is inserted. The rivets used must be at
least 3/16 inch long with 5/16 inch heads. The container must be fastened with a
suitable gummed strip along the edge of the flap.

Fish, poultry and meat: These should be packed with sufficient internal water­
proof wrapping or absorbent packing to prevent the contents from damaging or
tainting the outer covering and thus making the parcels objectionable to handle
as well as liable to cause damage to other parcels in the post. If boxes are used
they should be of rigid material, and vacant spaces must be filled up svith paper
or other packing to keep the contents from moving about. Wrappers or boxes
must lie used for fish or meat or for poultry, which are gutted or partly dressed or
which are not fresh and dry.

Each parcel must be marked, Fish, Poultry, Meat as is applicable. A strong
address label must be securely attached, either sewn to the cover or tied on. A
duplicate address label must be inserted in the parcel in case the wrappers or
boxes become separated from the contents.

Flowers: Flowers, whether sent by letter or parcel post, should be enclosed in
boxes of wood or metal, lined with waterproof material.

Fruit: Fruit must be so packed that the juice cannot exude, or serious damage
to the mails may result. Metal boxes with tightly fitting lids should be used,
securely tied with string crossing the lids in two directions. No parcel is admissible
which contains soft fruit packed in a chip or wicker basket, or a cardboard box, or
a tin box with a lid that is not both tightly fitting and securely tied. The parcel
should be marked “Fruit— With Care."

Glass, crockery and china: Such articles should be securely packed in rigid boxes
of strong plastic material, metal, wood or stout fibreboard, or (if in very small
packets) of strong rigid cardboard. Plenty of soft packing such as wadding,
wood wool and so on should be used in between the articles and between the arti­
cles and the top, bottom and sides of the boxes; a depth of at least 2 inches of
soft packing all round is recommended. Each article should be separately wrap­
ped. There should be no movement of the contents when the parcel is shaken.

Perishable biological substances must be sent as registered letters only and by
airmail. They may be exchanged only between officially recognized qualified
laboratories. This exchange shall, be restricted to those countries who have
declared their willingness to admit such items whether reciprocally or in one
direction only.