The Portland daily press., 1894-02-10
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.

/ 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:
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 Same.) All mat
ter sealed or otherwise closed against Inspection
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
date of issue, and are numbered consecutlyely,
are issued from known office of publication.
are formed of printd 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
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 matrer), proof-sheets, corrected
proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
ing the same.
"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
Ascircular' is defined by statute to be "a
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
mara tynorranhieaI errors
4th Glass Merchandise, namely all matter
not embraced in the first, second or thlrd
destroy, deface or otherwise damage the con.
tents of the mail bag, or harm the person OF
any one engaged in tine postal service, andnot
above the weight provided tet BY law. n.cp.y.
weighing more than four pounds snail pc Le-
ceived for conveyance by mail except single
books weighing in excess OF that amoHna, anu
matter emanating from any % Of THE the
Departments OF the Government or rom
the Smithsonian Institution.
80. Second-class matter mailed IN packages
at the pound rate is not subject to the Jour
pc 81. The above limit of weight does not APP
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated oy
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 ami other written matter,
third-class rates and on sealed matter or mattcr
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
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
publication; including samples copies or When
sent from news agency TO actual suoscrtD els
thereto, or to other news agents, is one cent per
pound or fraction thereof
The rate of postage on newspapers and
periodical publications OF the Seconu-clasS
when sen: by other than the publisher or news
agent is one cent for each four ounces or
fractional part thereof. ,,
The rate of postage on newspapers leXceptlng
weeklies) and on periodicals NOT exeeseoing Two
ounces in weight, whenithe same aredeposited In
is uniform at one cent eacn; on perloolcalS
weighing more than two ounces, TWO cents
each.
Newspapers and periodicals when de-
posted by the publishers or news agent in
letter carrier office for general or box delivery
are subject To pay postage at the rate OF one
cent per pound; when deposited loe by other than
delivery the rate is one cent Tor four ounces or
fractional part thereof.
Weekly newspapers wien a ueposited py the
office for delivery by carriers. or otherwise are
subject only to the rate of one cent pound or
fraction the eof.
the publisher or news-agent by MAIL to a let
ter-carrier office located either in the county
OF publication or elsewhere. subject to
hostage at the rate Of one cent a pound which
entities them to delivery by the carriers
on Ihiid- Class Mdtter.-The rate of postage
on third-cass matter is one cent for each two
ounces or fractional part thereof.
on Fourth Ctass -Hdtter.-The rate of postage
on fourtt-cass matter is one cent an ounce or
fraction thereof.
Postage OH seeds, cuttings. roots, scinsand
plants is at the rate of one cent for each two
ounces Or TRACTION thereof