The Portland daily press., 1894-01-18
PORTLAND POST.OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

General OetlUe7y. Sundays eXcepted) 7.3O
a. m. to 700 p. nj. Sunday 800 to 1000 a. m.
Carriers Deliveries, Sundays excepted) I'm
business section OF the city between High and In
da streets, at 90 and 9.15 a. NJ, IL As m, $50,
ana .. 10 p. M; in other sections at 500 a. H.,
Office window, 900 to 1000 a. m. Collections
| from street boxes at HOO a. M, 400
ana 500 p. m. Sunday, 500 p. m. only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
! Boston, Southern and Western. intermediate
railroad eastern division) -Arrive at 1890
o, ana 1l:3o p M; close a; m. and 1900
NJ, PIP LA ana go P. M; Sunday, arrive 1.25
| p. M; close $50 and 9.15 p. m.
| Boston, Southern and Western, and inter
meolate oinces and connections, via Boston and
Maine railroad (Western division)-Arrive at
d2;3o and $50 p NJ. close 500 a. m, and
2.45 p. m.
Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
a. m. and LOO p. NJ; close 1880 and 9.15
| p. m.
| augusta. intermediate offces and connections
vla Maine Central railroad-Arrive at 200 and
300 o. M, LOO and 600 p M; close at 81 a.
m 1890, 4.15 and 9.15 p. m.
Fdrnet,tgton, intermediate offices and connec-
tons, via Maine Central Railroad-ArYive at
LOO and sic p. NJ; close at 40 a. M, and
12.30p. M
Rock1and, intermediate offices and connections
via Knox and Lincoln$ Arailroad-Arrive 100
| and 6 p. m; close at e.15 a. m. and IL m.
.iSkowhegaN. intermediate offices and connec-
lions, via Maine Central railroad-Arrlve at
LOO p. M. close at 1890 p. m.
Auburn and Lewiston-Arrive 200 and 800
a. m. and LOO and 10 p M; close Gas and
7.46 a. H., 1890, Alb and 9.15 p. m.
Bangor-Arrive 200 a. m 100 and p. m. !;
close at els a. m. 1890 and 9.16 p. m.
Biddeford and Sdco-Arrive at 1890 and 8 80
p. M close at 500, 500 a. m. and 1900 m
2.45 and 5.15 p. m
Island Pond, ". intermediate offices and
connections, via Grand Trunk Railway-AI-
rive at II. 30 p. M; close at 6.45 O. m. and 40
| p. m.
| nectlons, via Grand Trunk railroad-Arriye at
$40 a. m. and 1890 p. m. /; close at GAS a. m.
LOO and 4.3o p. m.
| Scranton, IT., intermediate offices and ea>
| nectlons, via Mountain Division M. C. r. R.
Arrive at 1856 p M; close at8.00 a. m.
| Bartlett, N. r., intermediate offices and CON
| nectlons via Mountain Division M. G. r. r.
Arrive at 9c0 a. m. and S.35 p. m. !; close at
! 500 a. m. and 245 p. m.
Duck Pond, Pride's Corner, F'i,,dtoan, No.
| Wtndhdns, Raymond and South Casco-Arriye
| at 100 M; close at Las p m.
| Rochester, N H., intermediate offices and con-
nectons, via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar-
rive at 1.45 and 600 p. M; close at $50 and
11.45 a. m.
Cumberland Mt1s-Arrive at $40 a. M, Az
600 and S.35 p M; close at $50 a. M, II As
a. M. and $50 m.
Westbrook (saccarappa) Arrive at $40 a.
u. Il a a
IN. and $50 p m.
Cape Elizabeth and K,,iqltvsle- Arrive al
500 a. m. and r. M; close at a. m. and !. Is
p M
Boacery Beach-Arrive at p. M. close las
p. m.
South Portland and Wiuaro5-Arrive at a
M, and 2.15 p. m. close at a. NJ and 200 D.
m.
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
Classification of Domestic MuiI Mot
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
1st 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 sane) All mat
ter sealed or otherwise closed against inspection
2dclass. 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 OF prinrd 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 a
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 (not included in
second-clasS matter), proof-sheets, corrected
prootsheets and manuscript copy accompany
ing the same.
Printed natter 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 aniactual and personal correspon-
dence."
A"circuar" is defined by statute to be ''a
printed letter, which according to internal evil
dence, is being sent in identical terms to sever
such by writing therein the date, name of the
addressee 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 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, andnor
above the weight provided by law.
limit Of Weight Of MoiI lidtter.-No package
weighing more than four pounds shall be re-
ceived for conveyance by mail. except single
books weighing i'll excess of that amount and
except books and documents published or
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 malls regulated BY
postals conventions,
RATES OF POSTAGE.
On First Class Matter.-The rate Of
postage on matter of the first class is as
follows:
l. On letters and other written matter,
except that 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
for which they are sold.
3. On ''drop letters" two cents per ounce OF
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 news agency TO actual subscribers
thereto, or to other news agents, is one cent per
pound or fraction thereof
The srate of postage on newspapers and
periodical publications of the second-class
when sent by other than the publisher or news
fractional part thereof.
The rate Of postage on newspapers excepting
weeklies) and on periodicals not exceeding two
ounces In weight, whenthe same aredeposited in
is uniform at one cent each; on periodicals