The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06
PORTLAND POST.OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS,

OFFICE HOURS.
Czshter's Office, Sundays excepted. 7;3o a.
| Iii. to 700 D. M /; Money order department, a.
| IA. TO 500 p m. Registry department, 500
a. m. to 500 p. M
General Detivery, Sundays excepted 7.3c
| a. m to 100 p. m. Sunday 900 to 1000 n. m
Carriers Delareries, Sundays excepted1--In
business section Of the city between High and M
dia streets, at 100 and 9.15 a. n L.. 40 H. l30,
and 5.15 p. M; in other sections at 500 a. M.
ONCE Window o 900 To i5oo as1sfy coecons
| from street boxes at HOO q. M, 4.0i.
and 500 p. m. Sunday, 900 p. m only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
| Boston, Southern and Hestern. intermediate
offices and connections via Boston y Maine
| railroad. eastern division) ARRIVE at 1890,
8, ard 1i.3o ?. M; close a. M and 1880 90
m, 5.15 and 9.15 p. M; Sunday, arrive LIE
/ p. M. close $50 and 915 p. m.
| Boston, Southern and Westcrn, and inter
| mediate Offices and connections, via Boston and
Maine railroad western division) Arrive at
| 1890 and $50 p. M. i; close 500 a. M, ana
| 2.45 p. m.
Eastern, via Maine Central Misunderstanding
| a. m and L 90 p. m. close 1890 and 9.15
pm.
augusta, intermediate Offices and connections
| via Maine Central railroad-Arrive at 200 and
| 9.0Oa M, 100 and 500 p. m.; close at 6.15 a.
| M, 1890, AIS and 9.15 p. m.
| Fufni,,gton intermediate offices and connec-
| tons, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive at
| l.O 81 ~
12.30p. m.
.Roehla''d, intermediate Offices and connections
| via Knox and LincolnS Nrailroad-Arrive LOO
and p. m; close at 615 a. m. and IL m
| sko,chega,e, intermediate offices and connec.
| tons, via Maine Central railroad-Arrlye at
LOO p. NJ; close at 1880 p. m.
AUBURN and Le,eiston-Arrive 200 and 800
| a. m. and 90 and 81 p. M; close 6.4o anu
| 7.45 a. NJ, 1890, 4.15 and oil p m.
| 3Gisgor-Arriye 200 a. m. LOO and p M;
/ al OCna q I a m 4 II
Biddeford and Sdco-Arrive at 12 80 and $50
p. M; close at e.Oo 500 a. m. and 1900 M,
| 2.45 and 5.15 p. m.
| Island Pond, It. intermediate, offices and
! connections, via Grand Trunk Railway--Ar-
rive at 1890 p. M. close at GAS a. m. and LOO
| p. m.
GorjtaDa. N. H., intermediate fices and con-
| nections, via Grand Trunk railroad-Arrive at
$40 a. M and 1890 p. IN. close at =. 10 a. M,
100 and 43O p. m.
Saea,ston, Vt, intermediate offices and con
.nections, via Mountain Division NJ. G. R. r.
Arrive at S.35 p. M; close at9.0o a. m.
Bartlett, N. H., intermediate offices. and con-
nections via MouFtain Esrlon M. G. r. R.
| Arrive at 800 a. m. and $3.50 p. MI close at
| 500 a. m. and 245 p. m.
Duck Pond, Pride's Corner, Windhon,, No.
| Wdndhone, Raymond a,.I eo,tth Casco-Arrfye
| at 200 m. close at l. 40 p m.
| Rochester, NJ H., int .rmediate Offices and con-
| nections, via Portland &Rochester ralroad-Ar.
rive at 1.45 AK 600 p. M close at $50 and
| 40 a. III.
| Cumberland Mius-Arrive at $40 a. m., 1.45
| 600 and 8,35 p M; close at $50 a. M, 40
a. m, and $50 p m.
| Westbrook (SGccaroppa)- Arrive at $40 a.
| m. 1.45 and 600 p. m. close $50 and Lao a.
m. and 5.30 p m.
| 500 a. M and p. M; close at a. m. and Las
| p. m.
Bowery Beoclt-Arrive at 6 p. M; close Las
South Portland and Wulord-Arrive at a.
M, and 215 p. m; close at 8 a. m. and 200 p
| m.
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
Classification Of Domestic Ma;l Mat
ter.-Domestic mail matter,-that is
mail matter sent in the mails from some
post office within the United States to
| come other post Office within the same.
| is divided into four classes, as follows:
| 1st class. Written matter. namely, letters,
postal cards, :.nd 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.
newspapers and other periodical publications
| which are issued at stated intervals and as
frequently as four times year, when near i
| date of issue, and are numbered consecut1Yely,
| are issued from known office experimentation
are formed ofprintd paper sheets. without board.
10 be s' Of information Of public
character, or devoted to literature, the sciences
art. or some special industry. and must nave
| legitimate list of. subscribers, and must not
| bs designed primarily for advertising purposes,
or for free circulation OF circulation at nominal
| rates.
| Sd Glass. Books. circulars, periodicals and
| 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
except ,e TT that Of handwriting f Of any words,
letters, characters, figures OF images. or OF any
| combination thereof, not having the
character of anlactual and personal correspon
| A"clrcular'' is defined by statute to be "a
printed letter, which, according to internal ey1-
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, or 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 o. nature liable 70
| tents Of the mail bag, or narm the person OF
any one engaged in the postal service, andnor
| above the weight provided by law.
| limit of Weight of Mail Matter.-No package
weighing more than four pounds shall be re-
| ceived for conveyance by mail. except single
! eXcept books and documents published or
| circulated by order Of Congress, or ofhciai
| matter emanating from any OF the
Departments of the Government or from
| the Smithsonian Institution.
| so 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 Glass MGtter.-The rate OF
postage on matter of the first class is as
| follows:
| l. On letters ana other written matter,
! except that specially authorized to pass az
| third-class rates and on sealed matter or matter
| otherwise closed against inspection, two ceuts
per ounce or fraction thereof.
2. On pOstel cards one cent each, the price
for which they are sold.
g. On s'drop 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 noStaoa ON neWSnaperS and