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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &C.
INSURANCE ON PARCELS.
1. If any article of pecuniary value enclosed in or forming part of an insured parcel be lost
or damaged whilst in the custody of che Island Postmaster, the Island Postmaster may (subject
to the approval of the High Commissioner) pay to any person or persons who may in the opinion
of the Island Postmaster establish a reasonable claim to compensation, having regard to the value
of the article, the care with which it was packed and other circumstances, such sum in respect of
such parcel as he may think just.
The Islaud Postmaster is not liable either personally 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 any parcel. And, subject to the approval of the High Commissioner, the
decision of the Island Postmaster on all questions arising between him an.l any person claiming
payment in 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 2 may be paid by way of compensation for the loss or
damage of auy parcel in respect of which the sender has paid the suras hereinafter mentioned
in addition to the postage payable thereon.
3. In respect of every additional payment of the sums hereinafter mentioned which may be
paid as aforesaid compensation to an additional amount of £ 1 2 may be paid : provided that the
amount of compensation payable in respect of any one parcel shall in no case exceed the limit of
insurance hereinafter mentioned.
i. (a) Parcels containing watches, jewellery or any other articles of gold or silver cannot be
sent by parcel post unless insured for at leas: part of their value.
(b) Parcels containing coin cannot be accepted for transmission by parcel post even
if insured.
(c) Any parcel posted uninsured and found to contain any of the above named articles will
be returned to the sender by the Island Postmaster or his deputies.
(cl) A compulsory registration fee of icp. will be collected on the delivery of eveiy uninsured
parcel received from the places hereinafter mentioned and found to contain any of the above
named articles.
LETTER AND PARCEL EN'SURANCE FEES.
Place of destination
i Limit of
Insurance
on each letter
or parcel
United Kingdom...
Localities served through the intermediarv of the Imperial
Post Office :—
Azores, Cape Verd Islands, Cameroons, Canary Island.
Madeira, Danish West ladies (Sc. Thomas. St. John
and St. Croix); Dutch Guiana, Dutch West Indies
(Curacao, Saba, St. Eustatius and Sc. Martin):
French West Indies (Guadeloupe and Martinique) ;
Liberia. Dahomey, Portuguese West Afr;*-*a (Provinces
of Angola, Guinea, St. Tiiomeand Principe: (French
West Africa (French Guinea and Senegal including
the French Soudan), French Congo, Gaboon, Ivcry
Coast, Reunion, Ecuador, French Guiana, Liberia
Letters only—Argentine Republic ...
Chili. Falkland Islands, *->uld Coast Colony (including
Ashanti and the Northern Territories;: Grenada, Sc.
Helena. St. Vincent ("West Indies)
N e w Zealand, Antigua,Barb-ad-*-s, Bermuda, Bricish Guiana.
Cameroons, Cuba. Dominica, Gambia. Jamaica,
Montserrat, Nevis. New'-viiiidland. Soucl.-m Nigeria
(Lagos) Sc. Kites. Leeward Islands. Sc. Lucia, Sierra
Leone, Tobago, Tortola, Trinidad
Parcels only—Ascension, Bahamas.
Uniced Scates of America. (S-.-mi-Otfieial serv
Express Company) Parcels -mly
Egypt
Localities served throu/u tiie iuternte'
Egyptian Postal Administration :—
Algeria. Austria, Belgium, Bu'garia, Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Ctvtc. Denmark.-inland.Fm;ice.Germ,-y.Gii.ralcar,
Holland. Hungary, Italy, Luxemburg. M.dtu, Monte–
negro, Mauritania : Tangier: Portugal. Roumania,
Russia inEurcpe (inclnding the Gran.I Duchy of
Finland, Caucasus aud Transeaspia (Asia)); Scrvia.
Switzerland. Tripoli (Ai'r'ca) (Italian Offices:
Bengbasi and Tripoli) Tunis and Turkey ...
Letters only—Spain
£
120
20
20
00
for Insurance!
not exceediug
£12
For every
additional
£12 or
fraction
thereof
Cp.
i
cp.
••>
6
6
.. •. • !
1
American '
i
..
...
120
50
120
50
br: of the
50
50
6
6
8
4
3
3
ACTHOBITV.
Onier of H'.gh Comma,
sioner in CouncU No. 169
of the ISth May, 1909
published in GazrtteSo
949 of the 28th !_/
1909.