Page 14 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1938

12 INLAND MAILS: REGISTRATION.
II. COMPENSATION EOK LOSS.
1. The Postmaster for Jamaica is not legally liable for any loss or inconvenience which
may arise from the loss, damage, delay, non-delivery, or mis-delivery of anything sent by
post, and he does not. in any circumstances, pay compensation in respect of unregistered
letters, post cards, printed matter, packets, newspapers or local parcels. But subject
to the rules stated below, he pays compensation voluntarily and as an act of grace in
those cases and in those cases only in which there has been a total loss of the contents of
correspondence of the following descriptions not being loss due to breakage or damage.
2. No compensation is given in respect of correspondence compulsorily registered.
3. Compensation in respect of money of any kind (coin, notes, orders, cheques, stamps,
&c.) will only be given in those cases in which the money is enclosed in one of the regis­
tered letter envelopes sold by the Post Office and the packet is tendered for transmission
by registered letter post. The compensation given in respect of coin, which should
be packed in such a way that it cannot move about, will in no case exceed £2.
4. It must appear that the loss occurred in the post, and did not arise wholly or in part
by the fault of the sender, as, for instance, from inadequate fastening.
5. The compensation given will not exceed the value of the article lost. The right is
reserved of re-instating the contents of an envelope instead of giving pecuniary compen­
sation.
6. In the case of loss of contents the envelope should be retained for inspection as nearly
as possible in the state in which it was delivered. If complaint be made that the contents
of an envelope has been abstracted the envelope must be produced.
7. In the case of bank notes, money and postal orders, cheques, bonds and similar
documents, particulars sufficient for their identification must be furnished.
8. No compensation for loss is given in respect of an envelope containing anything not
legally transmissible by post, or an envelope not posted in the manner prescribed; or in
respect of glass, crockery, greases, liquids or semi-liquids, colouring, powders, eggs, fish,
meat, fruit or vegetables, sent by letter post.
9. No compensation is given for injury or damage consequential upon—i.e., indirectly
arising from—the loss of anything sent by post.
10. Without prejudice to any of the preceding rules, the Postmaster for Jamaica, will
if he thinks fit, refuse to give compensation for loss on any ground on which a common
carrier might in like case claim exemption from legal liabilities.
11. The final decision upon all questions of compensation rests with the Postmaster
for Jamaica.
12. In these rules the term “ money” means — (a) coin, and (b) paper money. The
term “ coin ” means coins of all kinds whether or not current in Jamaica or elsewhere.
The term “ paper money” means British Treasury notes, notes of Barclay’s Bank, Bank
of Nova Scotia, Canadian Bank of Commerce, Royal Bank of Canada, or of any
bank of issue in Great Britain, and notes current in any Foreign State or British
Possession, money orders and postal orders, unobliterated postage and revenue stamps,
exchequer bills, bank post bills, bills of exchange, promissory notes, cheques, credit
notes which entitle the holder to money or goods, and all orders and authorities for the
payment of money, whether negotiable or not, bonds, coupons, and securities for money
whether negotiable or not.
The term '■Jewellery” means and includes—
(а) Gold or silver in a manufactured state; that is to say, a state in which value is added
to the raw material by skilled workmanship, and in this definition are included
any coins used or designed for purposes of ornament.
(б) Diamonds and precious stones.
(c) Watches, the cases of which are entirely or mainly composed of gold or silver; and
(d) Any article of a like nature which, apart from workmanship, has an intrinsic or
marketable value.
Advice of Delivery—The sender of registered correspondence may obtain an acknowledg­
ment of its receipt by the addressee on payment of an extra fee of 2d. in addition to
other charges.