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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &C.
PARCEL
?OST—continued.
AUTHORITT.
CUSTOM HOUSE DECLARATION.
27. The sender of each parcel will be required to fill up a Custom House Declaration Form
which may be obtained at any Office where Parcel Post business is conducted. Upon this form
must be given an accurate statement of the contents and value, date of posting, and the sender"?
signature and address.
DEMURRAGE.
28. Parcels from Foreign Countries, if undeliverable, will be retained at a Post Office for
a period not exceeding three months, and demurrage will ouly accrue when parcels may,
nnder special instructions, have to beretainedlonger. The charge for demurrage will be at the
rate of lcp. per diem.
CUSTOMS REGULATIONS.
29. Parcels on arrival here from Foreigu Countries will be liable to examination by au
Officer of Customs, who will assess the amount of Customs dues to be charged thereon. The
Cnstoms dues will be collected at the time of dehvery, and no parcel can be delivered until the
Customs and all other charges are paid.
30. Parcels found to contain forbidden articles and parcels, the contents and valne of which
have been falsely declared, may be dealt with according to the laws on the subject. And
generally the senders of parcels, whether in Foreign Countries or Cyprus, will be required to
conform to the Cnstoms and other laws orregulationsfrom time to time in force in respect nf
snch parcels.
UNDELIVERED PARCELS.
31. A parcel which cannot be delivered will be retained at the Post Office to which it is
addressed for a period uot exceeding three months; bnt if possible the sender will be consulted
through the Postal office of origin, as to its disposal.
32. Parcels which cannot be delivered, returned to the senders, or re-directed, and which
have thus become undeliverable, will eventually be returned to the country of origin.
33. Parcels beqoming offensive or injurious to any Officer of the Post Office or other person
or to other parcels will be disposed of as the Island Postmaster may direct.
PRIVATE BOX REGULATIONS.
Notification No. 6018
Private boxes can be rented at the Post Offices Nicosia, Larnaca, Limassoi, Famagusta, published in Gazette
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No. 724 of llth
Kyrenia, Papho and Platres, at the undermentioned rates:—
1902. as. 2107 rj"l
Class A. ... ... ... ... £1 per annum or 2s. per mensem.
„ B. ... ... ... ... 10*. per annum or la. per mensem.
The above payments must be made in advance and no person will be allowed the use of a
box until he hasfirstpaid therefor in accordance with the above scale.
2. A key with a number label will be supplied to each renter of a box on his depositing with
the Clerk in Charge the sum of 4s. which will be returned if therenter,on ceasing torenthis
box, gives back his key and number label. Therenterwill be responsible for the safe custody of
the key and label.
In the event of a key being lost another key will be supplied to the renter on his depositing a
further sum of 4s. which will be returned if the lost key is given back to the Clerk in Charge
within one month from the date when the new key was supplied. If the lost key is not given
back within this period the deposit will become forfeit.
3. The Island Postmaster, if he thinks proper, may refuse to allot a box to an applicant
without assigning anyreasonsfor so doing, or may withdraw the privilege of renting a box by
giving to the renter a month's notice of his intention to do so. Any balance of rent which may
be due to the renter at the expiration of such period shall be refunded.
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