The Portland daily press., 1894-10-24
PORTLAND POST.OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

o fiac , p M 81 sunday % delivery at Post
from street boxes at Hoo a. m, 400
and 500 p. m. Sunday, 500 p m. only
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
.Boston Southern and Western, intermediate
Offices and connections via Boston & Maine
Q, ana 1l.3o P M; close a; m. and 1900
M, 6.15 and 9.15 p. M; Sunday, arrive 1.25
p M; close $50 and s.15 p. M.
Boston, Southern and Western, and inter
mediate offices and connections, via Boston and
MAINE railroad western diyision)-Arrive at
d2;so and $50 p. M; close 500 a. NJ, and
2.45 p. m.
Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
p. m.
Augusta, intermediate Offices and connections
y s Maine Central railroad-Arrive at 200 and
Y,oQa q. m, 100 and GEO p. M close at 6.15 a.
H.. 1880. 4.l5 and 9.15 p. m.
!. Pennington, intermediate Offices and connec-
lons, VIA Maine Central Authoritative at
1: !, % ana SIS p H.; close at .45 a. NJ. and
~, Rq2s.sa,d intermediate ofIices and connections
VIA hnox and Lincoln railToad-Arrive LOO
ana p. M; close at 6.15 a. IN. and 10 m.
:. Skouhegan. intermediate Offices and eonnec-
tions, VIA Maine Central railroad-Arriye at
LOO p. M; close at 1870 p. III.
1G ana a, 20 d ley 200 and 500
'.4o a. d. 1880. 4.15 and 9.15 p. m.
Baagor-Arrive 200 a. M. 100 and D. NJ;
close at GLE a. M. 1890 and 9.16 p. m.
Biddeford aud Saco-ArriYe at 80 and $50
2. "a. close at 600, 500 a. m. and 1900 m,
2.4b and 5.15 p. m.
Island Pond IT., intermediate offices and
connections, via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar-
rive at ESQ p. M; ciosa at 6.45 a. M. and 100
p. m.
Gorhams NJ H., intermediate offices and con.
nections, via JGIand Trunk railroad-Arrive at
$40 a. m. and 1880 p. M; close at 6.45 a. M,
LOO and 4.3o p. m.
s,samson Il isrmedIate ofsces and CON
Arrive at o.35 p. M; close at 800 a. m.
Bartlett ". H., intermediate offices and con-
nectiOn5 via Mountain Division M. G. r. r.
Arrive at geo a. M and 1851 p. M; close at
500 a. nj. and 2.45 p. M
Duck Pond, Prtde's Corner Windhan, Ne.
Wtndltdna, Raymond and South Cdsco-Arrive
at 1900 m; close at 1.45 p. NJ.
Rochester. y; H; intermediate offices and COM
nectfons, via Portland &ROcheSter railroad-Ar
rive at 1.45 and 600 p. m. close at $50 and
1l.45 a. m.
Cumberland Maus-Arrive at $40 a. M, 1.45
500 and S.35 p. M; close at $50 a. m, 11.45
q. M, and $50 p. m.
m. 1.45 and 600 p. m. close $50 and I1.45 a
m. and $50 p. m.
Cape Elizabeth and Knsghtvsue- Arrive at
800 a. M. and r. M; close at a. m. and Las
p. m.
Boauery Beach--Arrive at 6 p. m. close Las
South Portland and Wallord-Arrive at a.
m, and 2.l5 p. M; close at 8 a. m. and zoo p.
m.
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
Classification of Domestic Mail Not
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:
Tat Ia 4orx
postal cards, and all matter wholly or partly Ia
writing, whether sealed or unsealed (except
manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or
corrected proof sheets of the salie.) All mat
ter sealed or otherwise closed against Inspection
is also of the first class.
Cd 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 a known office of publication
are formed ofprintd paper sheets. without board.
cloth, leather or other substantial binding,
OF to % bs euoo
art. or some special indI stry, 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.
Sd Class. Books circulars, periodicals and
other matter wholly in print (not included in
secOnd-class natter, pr0ofsheets, corrected
proof sheets and manuscript copy accompany
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
combination thereof, not having the
character OF anlactual and personal correspon
| dence."
| A"circular' is defined by statute to be
printed letter, which, according to internal evi
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
| addressee or of the SENDER or the correction of
| mere typographical errors.
4th Glass Merchandise, namely all matter
| not embraced In the first second or third
classwhch 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, andnot
above the weight provided by law
Limit of Weight of Mail Matter.-No package
weighing more than four pounds shall be re
| beived for conveyance by mail. except single
cooks weighing IN excess of that amount. and
except books and documents published or
circulated by order of Congress, or ofheial
matter emanating from any of the
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.