The Portland daily press., 1894-04-23
PORTLAND POST-OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

OFFICE HOURS.
Cashiers Office, Sundays excepted), 7,ao a.
| m. to 100 p. m Money order department, a.
m. to 800 p. m. Registry department, 500
a. H. to 600 p. m.
General Delivery, Sundays eXcepteO 7.3o
1 a. m. to 700 p. m. Sunday 500 TO lo.oo b. III.
| Carriers Deliveries, Sundays excepted)-In
business section of the city between High and In In
dia streets, at 700 and 9.15 a. M, II 40 m, 13O,
and ol5 M in other sections at 500 a. pns{
Office window, 900 to 1000 a; m. Collections
from street boxes at HOO a., NJ, 400
and 800 p. m. Sunday 600 p M only
| ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
| Boston, Southern and Western, intermediate
offices and connections via Boston s. Maine
| railroad Eastern division) ARRIVE at 1890,
and 11so M close sI a. m and and 1882 90
o ajosa ans ga sn & a5 spnaa arrive LEO
Boston, Southern and Western, and inter
| mediate offices and connections, via Boston and
! Maine railroad (Western division) -Arrive at
| 1890 and $50 p. M. close 800 a. M, and
| 2.45 p. m.
| Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
a. m. and 1 90 p. M; close 1890 and 9.15
| Pm.
augusta. intermediate Offices and connections
| via Maine Central railroad-Arrive at 200 and
| 9.00a. M, /. 90 and 500 p. m.; close at 615 a.
| M, 1890, Alb and 9.15 p. m.
Fd1nai3agton intermediate offices and connec-
| tons, via Maine Central Railroad-Arriye at
l u. ILL.,.
| l2.3O p. m.
.RockIo,,d, intermediate offices and connections
| via Knox and LincoIn$ rairoad-Arrive LOO
and p. M; close at 6.15 a. m. and IL m.
| :. skowhegan, intermediate offices and connec.
| tons, via Maine Central railroad-Arr1ve at
| LOO p. M; close at 1870 p. m.
| auburn and Leaviston-Arrive 200 and 500
| a. m. and 90 and lib p. M. close 645 and
| 7.45 a. M, 1890, 4.15 and 915 p. m.
Bongor-Arrive 200 a. M. 100 and p. m;
/ nIa of and o.
| Biddeford and Saco-Arrive at IL. 80 and 8. 80
| p. NJ; close at 600, 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 IL so p. M. close at 645 a. m. and LOO
| p. m.
Gorhan1 N. H., intermediate Offices and con.
nections, via Grand Trunk railroad-Arrive at
| $40 a. m. and 1890 p NJ close at $40 a. M,
LOO and 4.30 p. m.
| nections via Mountain Division M. G. R. R.
Arrive at S.35 p. M; close atS0O a. m.
Bartlett, N. H., intermediate Offices and con-
nections via Mountain Division M. G. r. r..
| Arrive at geo a. m. and $3.50 p. M; close az
| 800 a. m. and 2.45 p. M
Duck Pond, Prides Corner, Windhana, No
| Wa7edhdne, Raymond and South Cosco-Arrlye
at 200 M; close at Lao p. H.
Rochester, N. H., intermediate Offices and con-
nections via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar.
| rive at LAB and 600 p. M; close at $50 and
| 11.45 a. m.
Cumberland Malls-Arrive at s.4oa. NJ, LAB
600 and 8.35 p. H.; close at $50 a. M, ll.4b
| a. m. and $50 p. m.
| WestbyooE (Saccarappa)- at $40 a.
m. LAB and 600 p. IN. close $50 and IL a.
| m. and $50 p. m.
Cane Elizabeth and Knightvile-Arrive at
| 500 a. m. and r. NJ; close at 9 a. M ana Lao
| IN.
Boaoe,y Beach-Arrive at p. M; close Las
South Portland and Wallard-Arrive at 8 a.
| M, and 2.15 p. NJ; close at a. M and Z.oo p.
m.
| CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
| Classification of Domestic Mail Nat
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 Glass; 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 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 bear, a
date Of issue, and are numbered conSecutlvely,
| are issued from known office OF publication.
are formed ofprinrd paper sheets without board
CLOTH leather or other snostaatiai oin nuh
character or devoted to literature, the sciences,
art, or some special industry, and must nave 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-cass matter), proof-sheets, corrected
proof-sheets 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,
e iss5SpS, thereof not Having the
character of ansactual and personal correspon
| dence."
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
! 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
cIasswhich is not in it's form or nature liable
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 Mdtter.-N0 package
weighing more than four pounds shall be re-
beived for conveyance by mail. except sing ,le
| cooks weighing in excess OF that amount. ana
| except books and documents published or
circulated by order of Congress, or official
matter emanating from ally 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 Mdtter.-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
| ner ounce or fraction thereof.
q On postel cards one cent each, the price
for which they are sold.
2 On ssdrop letters' two cents per ounce or
fraction thereof when mailed at letter carrier
| most offices. and one cent for each ounce or
| fraction thereof at Offices where free delivery
| nv carrier is not established.
| ON Second Class Matter. The rate OF
| hostage on second-class matter when sent by
| The publisher thereof, and from the office OF
implication. 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
| narndicaI publications of the second-class
when sent by other than the publisher or news