The Portland daily press., 1894-01-16
PORTLAND P0ST-OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

OFFICE HOURS.
Cashiers Office, Sundays excepted. 7;3o a.
m. to 700 p. ill.,; Money order department, a.
M to 800 p. NJ Registry department, 800
a. m. to 600 p. m.
General Delivery, Sundays excepted 7.3o
a. M to 100 p. m. Sunday 900 to 1000 d. m.
Carriers DeJiUeries Sundays excepted)-In
business section of the city between High and In
dia streets, at 100 and 9.15 a. M, 12.45 M 1.3O,
and 5.15 p. H.. in other sections at 800 a. H.,
Once window, 900 to 1900 a. M coectio Hss
from street boxes at 11.o0 a. m, 400
and 500 p. m. Sunday 600 p m. only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston. Southern and Western, intermediate
o .oI1 and connections via Boston & Maine
railroad eastern divsion)-Arrive at 1890.
u, ana il sp1 E. m close s sa m and 1890
Boston, Southern and Wester7,, and inteE
mediate offices and connections, via Boston and
Maine railroad (Western division)-Arrive at
dZ;5oe and $50 p m.; close 500 a. H., and
2.45 p. m.
Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
a. m. and 1.00p m.; close 1890 and 9.15
p. m.
Augusta. intermediate Offices and connections
via Maine Central railroad-Arrive at 200 and
800 q. NJ. 90 and 600 p. M; close at 6.15 d
M, 1890, 415 and 9.15 p. m.
Farn,tngton, intermediate offices and conneo-
tons, via Maine Central RailrOad-Arrive at
100 and 6.15 p. M; close at 7.45 a. M, and
1880 p m.
Rockland intermediate offices and connections
via Knox and Lincoln railroad-Arrive LOO
and p m. close at 6.16 a. m. and II m
SkoUhegan intermediate Offices and conneo-
TONS via Maine Central railroad-Arrive at
LOO p m; close at 1890 p. m.
Auburn, and Lewiston-Arrive 200 and 800
q. M ana LOO ana OLD p. M; close $40 and
7.45 d. M, $780, 415 and 9.15 p. m.
Bangor-Arrive 200 a. M. LOO and p. "a;
close at 81 8 a. M, 1890 and Clip Pom.
Biddeford and Saco-Arrive at L. 80 and $50
P. m. close at 600, 500 a. m. and 1900 H.,
2.4o and 5.15 p. M
Island Pond, ", Intermediate offices and
connections, via Grand Trunk Raiiway-Ar-
rive at 1890 p. m.; close at 6.45 a. m. and 100
p. m.
Gorham,. ". H., intermediate offices and con
nections, via Grand Trunk railroad-Alrive at
LOO and 40 p. m.
Saronton; ", intermediate Offices and con-
nections, via Mountain Division M. c. R. R.
Arrive at 3.35 p. M; close at 500 a. M
Ba,rttett n q. intermediate ofices and con-
nections via Mountain Division M. c. r. R.
Arrive at 9.C0 a. m. and S.35 p. M; close at
800 a. IN. and 2.45 p. m.
~, Dates Pond, Pride's Corner, Wtadham. No.
Wandhdnn, Raymond and South C0sco-Arriye
at H. 90 m. close at Las p. m.
Rochester, N. H., intermediate offices and con
nections, via Portland &Rochester railroad-AF.
rive at AS and 900 p. M; close at $50 and
11.45 a. NJ
Cumberland Mius-Arrive at g. 40 a. m. 1.4s
600 and S.35 p. M; close at $50 a. m, 1i.45
a. M. and $50 p m.
West6rook (Soccarappa)-Arrive at s.4o a.
m 40 and 500 p. M close $50 and 11.45 a.
m. and $50 p. m.
500 a. m. and r. M; close at 6 a. IN. and Las
p. m.
Bowery Beach-Arrive at 6 p. M. ; close LAS
p. IN.
South Portland and Wauord-Arrive at q.
M. and 2.15 p m.; close at s a. m. and 200 p.
M.
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
Classification of Domestic Mau 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:
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 sanie.) All mat
ter sealed or otherwise closed nstinspection
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 consecutively,
are issued from known Office of publication
are formed ofprintd paper sheets without board.
cloth, leather or other substantial binding,
To be of information of public
character, or devoted to literature, the Sciences
art. or some special industry. and must have Il
legitimate list of subscribers, and must not
be designed primarily for advertising purposes
or for free circulation or circulation at nominal
| rates.
other matter wholly in print mot included in
second-clasS NATTER, proOf-sheets, corrected
proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
| ing the same.
Printed natter is defined by statute to be
1.-THE reproduction upon paper, by any process
| except that of handwriting, of any words,
Letters characters figures or images or Of any
character of anlactual and personal correspon-
dence."
A"circular" Is defined by statute to be IA
printed letter, which, according to internal evil
dence, is being sent i'll identical terms to sever
al persons" and does not lose its character as
such BY writing therein the date name q the
mere typographical errors.
4th Glass Merchandise, namely all matter
class Which IS not in its form or se nature liable 70
destroy, deface or otherwise damage the con-
tents OF the mail bag, or harm the person OF
above the weight provided by law.
Limit of Weight of Mail Mdtter.-No package
weighing more than four pounds shall be re-
books weighing In excess Of that amount, and
except books and documents published or
circulated by order of Congress. or othcial
Departments 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 rate of
postage on matter of the first class is as
follows:
l. On letters ana other written matter,
except tha5 specially authorized to pass at
third-class rates and on Sc aled 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.
3. On drop letters" two cents per ounce or
fraction thereof when mailed at letter carrier
post offices, and one cent for each ounce or
traction thereof at Offices where free delivery
by carrier is not established.
On SecondCldss Matter. The rate Ut
IL.