Page 11 - Jamaica PO Guide 1939
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8 I::O.L.A:-ID ~1.-\ILS: NEWSPAPERS.
Cards bearing the title "Post Card," or its equivalent, are admitted at the rate for
printed matter. provided that they conform to the general regulations respecting print!•d
papers; if they do not conform either to these regulations or to the rules applicable to
post cnrds they arc treated as letters.
Cards must be manufactured of cardboard or paper of such consistence as not to hinder
manipuh1tion. ·
{c) Ne l•'!->papcr~ a nd r1agaz.ines.-Newspnpers printed and published in Jumnicl\
are admitted to the inla11d mail at td. per copy, irrespective of weight. In nddition to these
any publication printed and published in Great Britain, or in any British possession,
which is reQiatcrcd as a newspaper at the London General Post Office, is admitted
to lhe inland mail t\t !d. per copy. All other newspapers are subject to the rnte for
Printed Papers, i.e .. td. for each 2 ozg. of weight. In tbe ca..
th~ cover, or in the absence of a co,•er on the top of the first psge.
Magazines printed and published in Jamaica provided they are issued in consecuth·e
numbers at intervals of not more tban 31 days, are also admitted to the inland mail at
~d. per copy, irresperth•e or weight.
(d) Printed l>o)t>ers.-The expression "Printed Paper" means n pocket not
exceeding 3 lbs. in weight which consists of or contains one or more of the following
articles or documents:-
(!) Books and other publications or works of a literary character, whether
containing written dedications or not, and any other written or printed matter
not being in tbe nature of a letter (on paper or on some substance• ordin111ily
used for writing or printing).
(2) Sketches, drawings, paintings, photographic prints, and engravings, on paper
or on some substance ordinarily used for the purpose, provided it is not a
brittle or exceptionally fragile suhstnncc.
(3) i\Inps, plans nod charts. on paper or some other substance ordinnri!y used for
tbe purpose. provided it is not a briUlc or exceptionally fragile substance.
(4) The binding or mounting of any article hcreinhefore described, provided such
binding or mounting be of a kind ordinarily used for the purpose, be not made
of glass, or any brittle or exceptionally fragile substance, and be transmitted
in the same packet with the article in respect of which it is used.
(5) Th~ a·rticlcs and documents described below:-
E,\AMPLE5 Of' ADM1551BLE DOCUi'1ENT5.
I. Commercial or business pape rs of a formal c harac ter:
These must be of the kind specified below, pro1oided that the documents consist oi a
printed form, and that any writing refers solely to its suhject-mr.tter or consists of
formulae of courtesy or or " conventional churncter not exceeding five words or initials.
A printed form ";thin the meaning or the regulations is one bearing printed rnatter,
not in imitation of typewriting, t clearly indtcating the purpose for which the form is
intended to be used. The form must be appropriate; for example, an ordinary mc•no-
randum form may not be used.
Ex.utnes:
Ad vice not~s of despatch or receipt of Estiu1 1~tcs for work
letters, documents, goods or money Invoices
(wit.h or without instructions for Lists and tabulnr statements
their further treatment) ?11arket reports
Bills or lading )if otices, certificates, reports, nor!
Confirmnt ions of orders and contracts returns given or made to or by pub!ic
Contract notes officers and local authorities or other
Delivery and shipping notes public bodies in the discharge of
Enquiries for quotations their public duties
•such substances as blotting paper, cloth, met11l. asbestos and leather are inadmissible.
t See " Imitation Typ~ Characters," page 9.
