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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 the 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 Island 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 and any person claiming
payment in respect of the loss or damage of any article enclosed in or forming part of a parcel
final.
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2. A n amount not exceeding £ 1 2 may 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.
3. In respect of every additional payment of the sums hereinafter mentioned which may be
paid as aforesaidT 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
insurance 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.
(b) Parcels containing coin cannot be accepted for transmission by parcel post even
if insured.
(r) 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.
(it) A compulsory registration fee of Up. will be collected on the delivery of every uninsured
parcel received from the places hereiuafter mentioned and found to contain any of the above
named articles.
LETTER AND PARCEL INSURANCE FEES.
I'laceTjf destination
Limit of
Insurance
on each letter
or parcel
£
United Kingdom... ... ... ...
Localities served through the intermediary of the Imperial
Post Office :—
Azores, Cape Veal Islands, Cumeroous. Canary Island,
Madeira. Danish West Indies (St. Thomas, St. John
and St. Croix); Dutch Guiana, Dutch West Indies
(Curacao, Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Martin):
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 Guinea and Senegal"including
the French Soudan), French Congo, Gaboon, Ivory
Coast, Reunion, Ecuador, French Guiana, Liberia
Letters only—Argentine Republic
Chili. Falkland Islands, Gold Coast Colony (including
Ashanti and the Northern Territories); Grenada, St.
Helena, St. Vincent (West Indies)
N e w Zealand, Antigua, Barbados, Bermuda,- British Guiana,
Cameroons, Cuba, Dominica, Gambia, Jamaica, j
Montserrat, Nevis, Newfoundland, Southern Nigeria I
(Lagos)'St. FCitts, Leeward Islands. St. Lucia, Sierra i
Leone, Tobago, Tortola, Trinidad
Parcels only—Ascension. Bahamas,
United States of America, i_ Semi-Official service American
Express Company) Parcels only
Egypt
Localities served through the intermediary of the
Egyptian Postal Administration :—
Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Crete, Denmark, Finland, France,Germany, Gibraltar,
Holland, Hungary, Italy, Luxemburg, Malta, Monte–
negro, Mauritania: Tangier; Portugal, Roumania,
Russia inEnrope (including the Grand Duchy of
Finland, Caucasus and Transcaspia (Asia)); Servia,
Switzerland, Tripoli (Africa) (Italian Offices:
P»;;nghasi and Tripoli) Tunis and Turkey
Letters ouiy—.^|)aiii
£
120
20
20
50
120
50
120
50
For Insurance
not exceeding
£12
cp.
4
50
50
6
6
8
4
For every
additional
£12 or
fraction
thereof
ep.
3
3
8
4
AtXTHORITT.
Order of High Commis–
sioner in Council No. 469
of the 18th May, 1909,
published in Gazette Wo.
949 of the 28th May,
1909.