Page 65 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1977

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General Information: Delivery of Correspondence, contd.

The addressee is not bound to accept any unpaid or insufficiently prepaid
postal article but if he accepts it he is bound to pay the amount due thereon.
Any postcard on which postage is due is not allowed to b; read by the addressee
unless he first pays the amount due thereon. If an unpaid or insufficiently pre­
paid postal article is refused by the addressee it is sent to the Dead Letter Office
for return to the sender who is legally bound to pay the charges due thereon.
If the Postmaster General is satisfied that an article has been maliciously
sent for the purpose of annoying the person to whom it is addressed he may remit
any sum due by way of insufficient postage on it.
Poste Restantc
No person living within a district where there is a daily delivery by Postman
can obtain his letters, etc., at the Post Office unless he rents a private box or bag.
Persons living outside the normal delivery areas are entitled to receive their
correspondence at a Post Office counter in the same manner as strangers and
travellers who, however, are only permitted to avail themselves of the privilege
for a period not exceeding three months.
Postal articles addressed to initials or to fictitious names, or to a Christian
name without a surname shall not be taken to the Poste Restante, but shall be
treated as undeliverable postal articles. Postal articles addressed to initials,
etc. and a specific address or care of a Post Office Box are accepted.
A person applying for correspondence addressed Poste Restante may be re­
quired to produce evidence of his identity.
Postal articles are retained in the Poste Restante for the following periods
after which they are treated as undelivcrable:
(a) If originating in the island, one calendar month
(b) If originating abroad, two calendar months.
Exceptionally, correspondence addressed to ships is held for three calendar
months.
Private Letter Boxes
Private Letter Boxes may be rented at the following Post Offices:—
The General Post Office, Kingston; Albert Town, Alexandria, Alley, Allman
Town, Anchovy, Annotto Bay, Balaclava, Bamboo, Black River, Bog Walk,
Browns Town, Buff Bay, Cambridge, Cave Valley, Chapelton, Christiana,
Claremont, Coleyville, Constant Spring, Cross Roads, Darliston, Denham Town,
Discovery Bay, Duncans, Ewarton, Fairy Hill, Falmouth, Frankfield, Franklin
Town, Glengoffe, Golden Grove, Gordon Town, Grange Hill, Granville,
Green Island, Guy’s Hill, Hagley Park, Halfway Tree, Hayes, Highgate,
Hopewell, Ipswich, Jones Town, Knockpatrick, Lacovia, Laughlands, Liguanea,
Linstead, Lionel Town, Lluidas Vale, Lodge, Long Bay, Lucea, Maggotty,
Manchioneal, Mandeville, Mavis Bank, May Pen, Meadowbridge, Middle
Quarters, Mile Gully, Mona, Moneague, Montpelier, Montego Bay 1, Montego
Bay 2, Morant Bay, Mountainside, Myers Wharf, Negril, Newmarket, Newport,
Ocho Rios, Old Harbour, Oracabessa, Orange Bay, Port Antonio, Port Maria,
Port Morant, Porus, Race Course, Ramble, Reading, Retreat, Richmond,
Runaway Bay, St. Ann’s Bay, St. Margaret’s Bay, Santa Cruz, Savanna-la-Mar,
Seaforth, Shooter’s Hill, Spaldings, Spanish Town, Springfield, Stony Hill, Troy,
Ulster Spring, Vineyard Town, Wakefield, Wait-a Bit, Western District Office,
Whitfield Town, Windward Road, Williamsfield, Yallahs.
The annual rental, payable in advance on the 1st April each year is $8.