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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, & C
LETTER AND PARCEL INSURANCE FEES.
1. If anv urticle of pecuniary valne enclosed in or forming part of an insured parcel be lost
or damaged whilst in the custody of the Island Postmaster, the Island Postmaster m a y (subject
to the approval of the High Commissioner) par to anj person or persons who m a y in the opinion
of the Island Postmaster establish a reasonable claim to compensation, having regard to the value
of the article, the care with wliich it was packed and other circumstances, such .sum in respect of
such parcel as he m a y think just.
T h e Island Postmaster is nut liable either personnally or in his official capacity to any action
or other legal proceeding in respect of or in consequence of the loss or damage of articles enclosed
in or forming part of auy parcel. And. subject to the approval of the High Commissioner, the
decision of the Island Postmaster on all questions arising between him and any person claiming
paymeut iu respect of the loss or damage of any article enclosed in or forming part of a parcel
shall be final.
2. A n amount not exceeding £1-' m a y be paid by way of compensation for the loss or
damage of any parcel in respect of which the sender has paid the sums hereinafter mentioned
in addition to the postage payable thereon.
:.'. In respect of every additional payment of the suras hereinafter mentioned which may be
paid as aforesaid compensation to an additional amount of £ 12 may be paid : provided that the
amount of compensation payable in respect of any one parcel shall in no case exceed the limit of
insnrance hereinafter mentioned.
4. (a) Parcels containing watches, jewellery or any other articles of gold or silver cannot be
sent by parcel post unless insured for at least part of their value.
(/•) Parcels containing coin cannot be accepted for transmission by parcel post even
if insured.
(-*) A n y parcel posted uninsured and found to contain any of the above named articles will
be returned to the sender by the Island Postmaster or hi? deputies.
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(d) A compulsoryragistrationfee of 4>-p. will be collected on the delivery of every uninsured
parcel received from the places hereinafter mentioned and found to contain any of the above
named articles.
Place of destination of letter or parcel
Limit of
Insurance
£
'• For Insurance
! not exceeding
1
£12
For every
additional
£12 or
fraction
thereof
United Kingdom...
... ... ...
Localities served thn-usrh the intermediarv of the Imperial
Post Office •—
Azviv-i. Cape Yerd Islands, Madeira. Danish West
Indies (>:. Thomas. St. .John and St. Croix) *.
I>utch Guiana. Dutch West Indies 'Curacao. .Saba.
St. Eustatius aud St. Martin): Ecuador, French
Guiana. French West Indies (Guadeloupe and
Martinique • *. Liberia. Dahomey. Portuguese West
Africa (Provinces of Angola, Guinea. St. T h o m e ,
and Principe: (French West Africa (French i
Guinea and Senegal inclnding the French Soudan)
Ascension. Bahamas. Chili, Falkland Islands, Gold Coast
Colony (including Ashanti and the Northern Territories):'
Grenada. St. Helena. St. Vincent (West Indies)
i
AntL-ua. Barbados. Bermuda. British Guiana. Cameroons. •
Cuba. Dominica. Gambia. Montserrat. Nevis. N e w –
foundland. Svuthern Nigeria i^Lag'.-s) St. Kites, St. \
Ln-.-ia. Sierra Leone. Toi-ago. Tortola. Trinidad
United States of America. Semi-Official service (American
Express Company)
-Egypt
Localities served through the intermediary of the •
Egyptian Postal Administration :—
Algeria. Austria. Belgium. Bosnia-Herzegovina. >
Denmark. Finland. France. Germany. Gibraltar.
Holland. Hungary, Italy. Luxemburg. Malta. Monte- j
negro. Morocco. (French Offices: Casablanca •!
Larache. Mazagaan. Mogador. Rabat. Sati. Tangier. '
and Tetuan *: Portugal,.t Roumania. Russia in
Europe (including the Grand Ducfiy of Finland. '
Caucasus and Transcaspia (Asia)): Servia. Switzer-!
land. Tripoli
v
Africa) (Italian Offices: Beughasi and
Tripoli) Tunis and Turkey
£
120
cp.
4
rp.
•t
50
1*0
DO
8
4
8
4
AtJTHOBITT.
Order of High Commis–
sioner in Council So. 4fi9
of the 13th May. 1909.
published in Gazette So.
K49 of the 2Sth May.
1909.
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