Private Letter Boxes

Private letter boxes may be rented at the Post Offices in Belize City, and at such other post offices as the Postmaster General may deem advisable on the following conditions73 (a) the rents of all private boxes shall be paid in advance and shall become due either on allotment, or, in the case of existing holders, on the first day of January of each year; (b) the annual rent for private letter boxes shall be for small boxes $40.00 and for large boxes $80.00; (c) where private letter boxes are rented after the 1st January in any year, the rent up to the 31st December shall be calculated in quarterly periods a broken period of any quarter being reckoned as a full quarter; (d) a private box may not be rented or, except as hereinafter provided, may not be used by more than one person or corporation; (e) no person may rent a box under an assumed name, or for an improper purpose; (f) the holder of a private letter box shall notify the Postmaster General in respect of Belize City and Belmopan, and the Postmaster in charge of any other Post Office of his intention to give up his box at least one month before the date of expiry of the period for which the box was rented; (g) the holder of a private letter box shall hand in the key to the Postmaster General or the Postmaster as the case may be on giving up the box. Where the box holder fails to hand in the key as required, he will be charged with the cost of supplying a new lock; (h) on the expiry of the period for which a private letter box is rented the box shall be deemed to 74 have been vacated and the box holder shall hand in the key for the same. Where the box holder fails to hand in the key as required he will be charged with cost of supplying a new lock. box.