Page 70 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1977

POST OFFICE GUIDE 69

General Information: Miscellaneous, contd.

Cheques
Cheques will be accepted for Savings Bank deposits, or in payment of rentals
for private letter boxes, private bags and abbreviated telegraphic addresses.
Cheques can only be accepted for the purchase of stamps, money orders and
postal orders or for the payment of customs duties or other services if they are
drawn on a Jamaica bank and certified by the bank on which they are drawn.
Enquiries and Complaints
Normal enquiries and complaints can usually be dealt with by the Postmaster
of the district in which the applicant resides or carries on his business. If it
appears that the local Postmaster is unable to give satisfaction the enquiry or
complaint should be addressed to the Regional Inspector of the region at the
address given in the front of the Guide.

Responsibility for loss, etc.
The Government does not incur any liability consequent upon the loss, mis­
delivery, delay of or damage to any postal article in the course of transmission by
post. No officer of the Post and Telegraphs Department incurs any liability by
reason of such loss, misdelivery, delay or damage unless that person shall know­
ingly cause the same fraudulently or maliciously or by his wilful act or default.

Articles of Value
Articles of considerable value should not be sent by post unless registered or
insured. Any person who sends such articles otherwise not only runs the risk of
losing his property without compensation but exposes to temptation everyone
through whose hands the articles pass. See also page 40.

Disposal of Undeliverable Correspondence
Undeliverable postal articles posted in Jamaica other than parcels are returned
unopened direct to the sender if the name and address are shown on the outside;
otherwise they are sent to the Dead Letter Office where they are opened to ascer­
tain if there is any enclosure which would indicate by whom the article was
forwarded.
Undeliverable registered and insured articles and unregistered articles found to
contain anything of value which cannot be returned to the senders are retained in
the Dead Letter Office for a fixed period in case they are claimed by either the
sender or the addressee. If not claimed they are disposed of in accordance with
regulations.
Undeliverable articles, other than parcels, posted in any other country are
returned to the country of origin for disposal.
Undeliverable printed matter of no value is not returned to the sender unless
there is a note on the outside of the packet asking for its return.
The conditions governing the return of undelivered parcels are given at pages 85
and 86.