The Portland daily press., 1894-01-17
PORTLAND PoST.OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

OFFICE HOURS.
| Coshder's office, Sundays excepted), 7.So a.
m. to 700 p M: Money order department, a.
m. to 800 p. H. Registry department. 900
a. M to GOO p. m,
General Delivery. Sundays excepted) 7.30
a. m. to 100 p. m. Sunday 900 to 1000 a. m.
Carriers Deliueries Sundays eXcepted)-In
business section OF the city between High and In
dia streets at 90 and 9.15 a. m, u. 45 M 30,
ana 5l5 p M; in other sections at 500 a. Ill.,
Otihce window, 900 to 1000 a. m. Collections
rom street boxes at HOO a. M, 400
ana 800 p. m. Sunday, 600 p m. only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS
Boston. Southern and TVestern intermediate
cinceS and connections via Boston & Maine
railroad, eastern division) at 1890
o. ana NJ il ap9 E. M close a M and 1900
p. ~; 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
ESQ and $50 p NJ; close 800 a. M, and
2.45 p. m.
Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
2 a. IN. and LOO p. M; close 1870 and els
p. m.
| via Maine Central railroad-Arrive at 200 aud
9.ooa. m. 90 and 600 p. M; close at 6.15 a.
M. 1890 415 and 9.15 p. m.
Eo1mington, intermediate offices and connec-
i IONS, VIA Maine central KallrOad-ArrIve at
LOO and 6.15 p m.; close at 7.45 a. m and
12.Sop IN.
| Rocltland intermediate offices and connections
| VIA Knox and Lincoln% Arailroad-Arrive 100
and p M; close at 6.15 a. IN. and IL m.
| Sk0tthegon, intermediate Offices and connec.
! tons via Maine Central Authoritative at
| Loo p m. close at 1880 p. m.
| auburn and Leagiston--Arrive 200 and 800
| a. m. and LOO and els p. m. close 6.45 aud
| 7.45 a. M, 1870. Ais and 9.15 p. m.
| rriu . I y
close at 81 a. M, 1890 and 9.16 p IN.
| BiddeJord and Soco-Arrive at IL. 80 and 30
m; close at 800, 500 a. m. and 1900 IA,
! 2.45 and 5.15 p. m.
connections, via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar-
rive at 1870 p. M; close at 6.45 a. m. and / 90
| p. M.
Gorhane,. N; H., intermediate Offices and con.
| nectlons, via Grand Trunk railroad-Arrive at
$40 a. M. and II 80 p. m; close at 6.45 a. H.,
| LOO and 4.30 p. m.
s,ca1eton IT., intermediate offices and con-
| nectionS, via Mountain Division NJ. G. r. R.
Arrive at 8.35 p. M; close at 500 a. m.
| Bartlett, N. H., intermediate offices and con-
| nect0ns via Mountain Division M. C. r. R.
| Arrive at 9.C0 a. m. and 3.35 D. M; close at
500 a. nj. and 2.45 p. M
~ Duck Pond, Pride's Corner, Windham, No.
| Wdndhdn1, Raymond and South Cdsco-Arriyo
at l2.OO m. close at 1.45 p. M.
| Rochester, N. H., intermediate offices and con-
nectons, via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar.
rive at 40 and 500 p m. /; close at $50 and
| 11.45 a. m.
| Cumberlond Aius-Arrive at $40 a. m, 1.45
| 500 and S.35 p. NJ. close at $50 a. m, As
| a. m, and $50 p. m.
| Westbrook (Saccorappa)- at $40 a.
M LAO ana 500 p. m. close $50 and 11.45 a.
m. and $50 p. m.
| Cape Elizabeth and Kntghtv;ue-Arrive at
| 800 a. M and F. H.; close at a. NJ and Las
| p. m
Bowery Beach-Arrive at p. nj. close Las
| p. m.
South Portland and Willard-Arrive at a.
| H. and 2.l5 p. NJ; close at 8 a. m. and 200 D.
| M
| CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
Classification of Domestic Mail Mat
| 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:
lst 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 same9 All mat
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 conseeutively
are issued from known office OF publication,
are formed ofprintd paper sheets without board.
cloth, leather OF. other substantial binding
10 De OF information OF public
character, OF devoted to literature, the Sciences
art: or some special industry, and must have
legitimate list OF subscribers, and must not
be designed primarily for advertising purposes,
or for free circulation or circulation at nominal
| rates.
Sd Glass. Books. circulars, periodicals and
other matter wholly in print mot included in
second-clasS matter), proof-sheets, corrected
proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
ing the same.
Printed matter is defined by statute to be
the reproduction upon paper, by any process
except that of handwriting, of any words,
letters, characters, figures or images, or of any
character of anIactual and personal correspon-
dence."
A"circular'' is defined by statute to be "a
printed letter, which, according to internal evil
dence, 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
ADDRESSED or OF the sender, OF the correction Of
mere typographical errors.
4th Glass Merchandise. namely all matter
not embraced in the first, second or third
class which is not in its form or nature liable to
destroy, deface or otherwise damage the con-
tents OF the mail bag, or harm the person OF
any one engaged in the postal service, andnos
above the weight provided by law
Limit of Height of Mail MGtter.-No package
weighing more than four pounds shall be re-
ceiyed for conveyance by mail except single
except books and documents published or
circulated by order of Congress, or official
matter emanating from any of the
Departments of the Government or from
the Smithsonian Institution.
30 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 APP
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated by
poStals conventions
RATES OF POSTAGE.
On First Class Mdtter-The rate of
postage on matter of the first class is as
follows:
l. On letters and other written matter,
except thai specially authorized to pass at
third-clasS rates and on sealed matter or matter
otherwise closed against inspection, two cents
per ounce or fraction thereof.
2. On poStel cards one cent EACH the price
fer'which they are sold.
3. On 'sdrop letters" two cents per ounce or
fraction thereof when mailed at letter carrier
post offices, and one cent for each ounce or
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
sent from a news agency to actual subscribers
thereto or to other news agents, is one cent per
pound or fraction thereof.
The !rate OF postage on newspapers and