Page 10 - Jamaica PO Guide 1939

LOCATION OF DEPARTMENTS.

I he General Post Office in Kin ,,ton i~ situr~te:l in the Public 13uildin;;s, west block,
I\in~ Street.
TIIFl Circulation Bm11Ch, )l uuw Or lcr Oilioe, and Tele~ro.ph Office! nrc mninlaioed
nt tho north-wC3t portion of ~ho l'uhlic Buildin~ts, Kint Street. Tho Control Branch
IUIII the Tehl'~mph Office nre on thl• fir,t fioor uf Lbc build in~· Tho Pnrccl Pu~t Depart.-
nJCrll, inclndinl!: the C.O.D. nnd Dctnine! Pa~ket Office~ i~ hou;cd in the new
Oowrnmcnt Buildings (formorly "Ornce iluildiog," ~o. 33 ulivicr Plt1cc).
The offici tl hours of the vuriou~ tl••p·1rtmr.nts are n.s follow:~:-
KI'IO>TO~: General Poo;t 0 lice, Circul!ltioo branch, 8 a.m to I p.m.; :\foncy n.nd
Postnl Order branches.!) u.m. to 3 p.m.; Parcel Post bmucb, !) n..m. to 3 p.m.; Telegmpb
hrancb, 7 a. m. to 5 p.m.• :\l•m y Onl·•r and Pos~al Or.ler Offic•s clo•1• 11l I p.m. on
:; urd ys.
Cou~mv: .\11 Post and Tolc,;mph Offices, i a.m. to 5 p.m.
INLAND MAILS.
CLASSII'ICATJON OF MAIL, RAT ES, I!TC.
'(ii) --(b) (C) (d) (0/ \IJ (g)
Lott•~"~· Post Cards. Printed nod Pnreoi-Po•L
Commercial _:; Pure• Is.
Loeol Papers. _.,
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cu
!\owepapcn ciitt For each pound Regi.r:rs-
or for every 100
For ueh ~ "'
ounce or fne- Sinele. Reph• For C!leb cubic Inches al lion Fee.
tlonal pc\rt pntd. etu~h. FOr eaeb th,.. OJ"t ion of
of an ouneo, two ounces. tWO tbe O•parc.-
ouneCfl. tn~nt.
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nn!' penny. One bnlr- Oo~ Half- llalr-penny. Ono l•'ourpcnce. Two-
penny pe-nny. p~nny. _ p•nny(4) pence.
REGULATIONS.
(a) Lctters.-No letter for delivery in Jamaica, except it be soot to or from a Govern-
ment Office, may exceed 2 fee~ in length l foot in wid~h or l foot in dcpU1, or if in the form
of tL roll 30 inches in length tLud 4 inches in diameter. There is no limit of weight.
Letters senJ. in open enuewpe.s are not admitted at rate for "Printed Paper.s."
LcLters, newspapers, book p!lckets, etc., which ure whoUy unp:1id will be liable to a
surcharge equal to double the prep:~.id rate; and, if they are in$ulliciently prcp!lid, t-o a
surchnrge equal to double the dcjidcncy.
(b) Post Card~.-Private post cards prPJ!llid by means of halfpenny postage stamps
may be sent by the inland post on lhe following conditions:-'fhcy must not exceed
.il by 4~ inches nor be less than I hy 2} inches. The right hand half of the face is reserved
for the postal directions and oddrcss; the left band half is !Wailnble for th' purposes of the
5Coo.ler, subject to the following rcstrictions:-fn ~ddition to stamps fo: prepayment post
cards may bear smnlllabols showing tha names and address of the sender and the nddrassee;
nud engravings and photogrnpb.s on very thin paper may be affi.ted to the back and left
hnod half of the address side, provided that they are com.ptelcty adherent. Ncw~paper
cutlings may also be attached to tho back and left baud half of tho addr~ss sitle. A
post card must uot be enclosed in n cover of any kind.
• See page 106.
t ~o receipt is given f:>r p.1rccls sent under this scale, they are treated u~ ordinary
letters nnd should be posted in the letter box.