The Portland daily press., 1893-11-14
PORTLAND P0ST.OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

OFFICE HOURS.
m to 700 p m; Money order department, 9 a.
m to 300 p. m. Registry department, 500
a. m. to 600 p. M
General Delivery, Sundays excepted 7.So
a. m TO 100 p. m. Sunday 800 to 1000 a. m.
Carriers Deliveries, Sundays excepted) I'm
dla streets, at 100 and 9.1o a. m ~; 40 m, l.30,
and 5.l5 p M; in other sections at 500 a. m.
once Window 900 su To oo as m rSs
from street boxes at HOO a. M, 400
and 800 p. m. Sunday, 600 p. m. only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS
Boston, Southern and Western. intermediate
Offices and connections via Boston g. Maine
railroad eastern division) Arrive at 1890,
5, and 11;s 80 3. NJ close So 8 a M and 1890
p. M; close $50 and 9.15 p. m.
Boston, Southern and Western, and inter
mediate offices and connections, via Boston and
Maine railroad (Western division)-Arrive at
1880 and $50 p. M; close 500 a. M, and
245 p. M
Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arriv
a. m. and LOO p. NJ; close 1890 and 9.15
p. m.
Augusta, intermediate offices and connections
via Maine Central railroad-Arrive at 200 and
300 a. M. LOO and 600 D. M; close at 6.15 a.
m, 1890, Ais and 9.15 p. m.
:. Pennington, intermediate offices and connec--
tons, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive at
LOO and 6.15 p. m; close at 7.45 a. M, and
12.30p. m.
Rockaand, intermediate offices and connections
wa Knox and Lincoln railroad-Arrlve LOO
and 8 p. M; close at 615 a. m. and IL m.
.Stoarhegon, intermediate offices and connec--
lions, via Maine Central railroad-Arrive at
LOO p. m. close at 1890 p. m.
Aatban7, and Lewiston-Arrive 200 and 900
e. r. and 100 an and el5 and nj close $40 and
Ron0oy-A rriva 00 m 90 and n m
close at 6.15 a. M, 1890 and 9.15 p. m.
Biddeford and Saco-Arrive at IL. 80 and $50
P. M; close at 600, 500 a. m. and 1900 M,
2.45 and bib p. NJ
connections, via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar-
rive at IL. 80 p. M; close at 6.45 a. m. and LOO
p. m.
GorAan,, N. H., Intermediate offices and con-
nections, via Grand Trunk railroad-Arrive at
$40 a. m. and 1890 p. m. ; close at 6.45 a. M,
LOO and 4.30 p. m.
Scranton, Vt, intermediate Offices and con-
nections, via Mountain Division NJ. G. R. r.
Arrive at S.35 p. M; close atS.O0a. m.
Bartlett, N. H., intermediate offices and con-
nectionS via Mountain Division M. G. r. R.
Arrive at eco a. m. and 8.35 p. M; close at
S.Ooa. M. and 2.45 p. m.
Duck Pond Pride's Corner, Wa,adhaa,a, No
Wa1adhdzs, Raymond and Soittb Cdsco-Arriye
at 1900 M; close at La p. m.
Rochester ~ +. interim diate offices and con-
nectionss via Portland &Rochester railrOad--Ar-
rive at fa45 and 6.00p. M; close at $50 and
11.45 a. H. = 49, s#sF H
ctunberta,,d MI rive at $40 a. M, 4 ~
600 and 8;35 p. M; close at $50 a. M, Has
a. M, and $50 p. m.
Westbrook (Saccarappa} Arrive at-84o a..
m. 1.45 and 500 p. M. close $50 and .45 a.
m. and $50 p. m.
Cape Elizabeth aud K,stglitytze-- Arrive at
500 a. M. and p, M; close at D. IN. and 1, As
Bo,cery BeacE-Arr:ve at Up. NJ; close Lao
p. m.
South Portland and Wauard--Arrive at a..
m, and 2.15 p. M. close at 8 a. m. and 200 p.
m.
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
Classification of Domestic Mail Nat
ter.-Domestic mail matter,-that is.
mail matter sent in the mails from some
post office within the United States to
some other post Office within the same.
is divided into four classes, as follows:
LIST class. Written matter, namely, letters
postal cards, and all matter wholly or partly in
writing, whether sealed or unsealed Except
manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or
corrected proof sheets of the same) All mat
ter sealed or otherwise closed against inspection
Is also of the first class.
I'd class Periodical publications, namely all
newspapers and other periodical publications
which are issued at stated intervals and as
frequently as four times year. which bear a
date OF issue, and are numbered consecutivey,
are issued from a known office OF publication,
are formed of printd paper sheets. without board.
F. be leather or 95nep 81 Di pabc
character, or devoted to literature. the sciences.
Rrt. or some special industry, and must have a
legitimate list of subscribers, and must not
be designed primarily for advertising purposes,
or for free circulation or circulation at nominal
rates. .e
Sd Glass. Books, circulars, periodicals and
other matter wholly in print (not included in
second-class NATTER, proof-sheets, corrected
proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
ing the same. .sa-
sPrinted matter, is defined by statute to be
''the reproduction upon paper, by any process
except that of handwriting, of any words,
Letters gares OF images or of any
character of aniactual and personal correspon-
dence." B4GE
A"circular" is defined by statute to be "a
printed letter. which according to internal evil
denee, is being sent in identical terms to sever
al persons" and does not lose its character as
such by writing therein the date, name Of the.
addreSsee or of the sender, or the correction OF
mere typographical errors.
4th Class Merchandise. namely all matter
not embraced in the first, second or third
destroy, deface or otherwise damage the con-
tents OF the mail bag or harm the person OF
any one engaged in the postal service, andnot
above the weight provided by law.
Limit of Weight of Nail lfdtter.-No package
weighing more than four pounds shall be re-
ceived for conveyance by mail. except single
books weighing in excess of that amount, and
except books and documents published or
circulated by order of Congress, or official
Departman Of the Government or from
the Smithsonian Institution.
80. Second-class matter mailed in packages
at the pound rate is not subject to the four
pound limitation.
81. The above limit of weight does not ap-
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated by
pOstals conventions.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
On First Class Matter.-The rate of
postage on matter Of the first class is as
follows:
1. On letters and other written matter
except that specially authorized to pass al
third-class rates and GU sealed matter or matter
otherwise closed against inspection, two cents
per ounce or fraction thereof.
2. On postel cards one cent each, the price
for which they are sold.
8. On drop letters" two cents per ounce or
fraction thereof when mailed at letter carrier
post offices, and one cent for each ounce OF
fraction thereof at Offices where free delivery
by carrier is not established.
on Second Class Matter. The rate Of
postage on Second-clasS matter when sent by
the publisher thereof, and from the Office Of
publication, including samples copies, or when
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