Page 68 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1977

POST OFFICE GUIDE 67
General Information: Re-direction, Official Correspondence

A letter or postcard originally posted unpaid, or insufficiently pre-paid,
and subsequently rc-dircctcd, though not chargeable for re-direction, is subject
to a charge plus a handling fee on delivery if it originated outside of Jamaica
and a surcharge of double the deficiency if it originated in the island. In the case
of air mail articles for which re-transmissionby air is desired, the appropriate air
postage for the second transmission must be prepaid.

OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE

Members of the public are not required to pay postage on correspondence
addressed to any of the following:—
Accountant General
Chief Inspector under the Agricultural Produce Act
Chief Medical Officer
Chief Technical Officer, Agriculture
Chief Veterinary Officer
Collector General
Collector of Customs and Shipping Master
Collectors of Taxes and Assistant Collectors of Taxes
Commissioner of Income Tax
Commissioner of Stamp Duties and Estate Duties
Government Bacteriologist
Medical Officers
Medical Officers (Health)
Meteorologist
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education
Principal Education Officer, Senior Education Officers, Education
Officers and Assistant Education Officers
Principal Medical Officer
Senior Medical Officers, Bellevue, Kingston Public Hospital, National
Chest Hospital and Victoria Jubilee Maternity Hospital
Senior Veterinary Officer and Veterinary Officers
Tuberculosis Officer
Valuation Commissioner
The Workers Savings and Loan Bank.
Free registration is only permitted in the case of correspondence addressed to:—
Collectors of Taxes and Assistant Collectors of Taxes
The Workers Savings and Loan Bank
If a member of the public wishes to register a letter addressed to any other
officer listed above he or she must pay the registration fee.
Additionally, the following are allowed to pass through the Post Office free
of Postage:—
1. Printed notices (“consignee’s undelivered goods”), posted in open official
envelopes by railway station agents, and bearing the stamp “Jamaica
Government Railway” or “Jamaica Railway Corporation”.
2. Letters headed “Infectious Diseases Notification”, bearing the signature
of the Medical Practitioner and addressed to a Medical Officer of Health or
the Central Board of Health or a Local Board of Health.
3. Parcels containing artificial limbs sent by Ex-service men of the B.W.I.R.
addressed to the Military authorities at Up-Park Camp.