Page 69 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1977

68 POST OFFICE GUIDE
General Information: Office Correspondence, Miscellaneous

4. Reading matter for the blind printed in Braille or similar script, posted b
the Territorial Commander of the Salvation Army, on the followinj
conditions:—
(a) The cover of each such packet to bear the signature and dej
ignation of Territorial Commander.
(b) To be endorscd-“Literature for the Blind”
(c) Each packet of such literature to be returned to Kingston ti
bear a label addressed “The Territorial Commander, Salvatioi
Army, Kingston”, duly signed and endorsed as above.
Postal Packets addressed to Government Departments, Members of Par­
liament and Postmasters.
A letter or other postal packet addressed to a Government Department othe
than those listed above, or a member of either House of Parliament, th
Postmaster General, a Postmaster or Postal Agent should be prepaid just i
if it were addressed to a private person.

MISCELLANEOUS

Secrecy of the Post
Postmasters have no discretionary power to supply information about lette
or any kind of postal packet to persons other than those to whom they a
addressed. They are not allowed to make public any official information of
private character.
Re-delivery to the Sender of Postal Articles in the course of Transmission by Post
No letter, parcel or other postal packet once it has been posted in a post offii
receptacle or handed to any officer of the post office in the course of his duty mi
be returned to the sender without the authority of the Minister of Public Uti
ties and Transport.
Detention or Diversion of Postal Packets
No letter, parcel or other postal packet once it has been posted or handed to an
officer at the post office in the course of his duty may be detained or delayed eve
if a request to that effect appears on the cover. It must be forwarded to its addres
and cannot be diverted to any other address at the request of the sender. Sin
ilarlv applications to enclose articles inadvertently omitted from a postal pack!
cannot be entertained nor can search be made for a letter, postcard or print*
paper on which postage has not been fully paid.
Evasion of Postage
Nothing sent through the post may contain an enclosure which is directed to
name and address different from the name and address borne on the cover an
which is enclosed with the intention of evading postage. Any such forbidd*
enclosure, if observed, is liable to be taken out and forwarded to the address*
and charged with separate postage at the rate properly prepaid.
Change
Postmasters are not bound to give change when receiving a payment, nor at
they authorised to demand it when making a payment. When money is paid at
Post Office, whether as change or otherwise, no question as to its correctness c fl
be entertained after the customer has left the counter. I