The Portland daily press., 1895-11-28
PORTLAND POST OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

m. to 100 p. M; Money order department,
m. to 800 p. m. Registry department. 800
a. m. to 600 p. m.
General Deltvery, Sundays excepted) 100
a. M 10 100 p m. Sunday 900 to 1000 a. m.
business section of the city between High and In
dia streets at TOO and g. Is a. IN. IL. As pm 100
ana 10 o.l6 p. ~. IN other sections at 500 a. NJ,
I.3o p. IN. Collection from Atlantic to
Grove on Congress, g. a. H. Sunday delivery at
Office window, 900 to 1000 a. m. Collections
from street boxes at HOO a. M, 400
ana 600 p. m. Sunday. 600 p. m. only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
.Boston, Southern and Western intermediate
onlces and connections via Boston g. Maine
railroad, eastern division)-Arrive at 1890.
0, ana l3O p. M; close 8a. m. and IL m.
O. 9; 70 and 9.15 2. M. Sunday arrive 1.25 p NJ;
clos3.3O and 9.I5 p. m.
Boston, Southern and Western and inter-
mediate offices and connections, via Boston and
Maine railroad (Western division)-Arrive at
1880 $50 and $50 p. M; close 6.88 a. M.
Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
a. m. and PM close 1900 m. and 9.15
p m.
augusta, intermediate offices and connections
VIA Maine Central railroad-Arrive at 200 and
9.00a. m. and els p. m. close at COCA
m.. IL. 90 M, 4.15 and 9.15 D. m.
FdTmi1gton, intermediate offices and cOnnec-
tons. via Maine Central Railroad-Arriye at
! and Clio p. m.; close vt 7.45 a. M. and
1925 p. m.
Rockland. intermediate offices and connections
VIA Knox and Lincoln tailroad-ArriYe 1
and p. M; close at 500 a. m. ana 1926 p. m.
., Skomhegan, intermedlate Offices and connec-
lions. via Maine Central railrOad-Arrive at
p M close at 1926 p. m.
Island Pond, IT., intermediate Offices and
connections. via Grand Trunk Railway--Ar-
rive at IL. p. M. close at a. M and 90
p. m.
Gorham,. ". H., intermediate Offices and con
nections. via Grand Trunk raiIroad-Arriye at
$40 a. M and 1915 p. M. close at a. M,
LOO and 4.30 p m.
SWanton, Vt, intermediate Offices and con
nectlons, via Mountain Division M. c. r. R.
Arrlve az $50 p. NJ; close at 800 a. m
Bartlett, N. g., intermediate offices and con-
nectlons via Mountain Division NJ G. R. R.
Arrive at SEQ a. m. and $50 p. M; close at
800 a. NJ and 1925 p. m.
,,. puck Pond Pride's Corner, Windha,n, No.
W5ndhans, Raymond and South Casco-Arrivs
at 12.00 m; close at 1.45 p. nj.
Rochester, N. H., intermediate Offices and con-
nections, via Portland chichester railroad-Ar.
rive at Las ana 600 p M; close at $50 and
11.4b a. m.
Cumberland Mius-Arrive at $40 a. M. Lao
500 and $50 D. NJ. !; close at $50 a. M, 11.45
| q. M, ana $50 p. m.
Westbrook (Saccarappa)-Arriv at $40 a.
m lao and 500 p L.; close $50 and 11.45a.
m. and $50 p. m.
Cape Elizabeth and Knightville-Arrive at
500 a. M. and p. M; close at a. m. and LAS
p. m.
BoaOery Beach-Arrive at p. M. f.; close Las
p. m.
Classification Of Domestic Mail 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:
lst Glass; Written matter. namely, letters.
writing, whether sealed or unSelled Except
manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or
corrected proof sheets Of the samel All mat
ter sealed or otherwise closed against inspection
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 a
date Of issue, and are numbered consecutively,
are issued from a known office OF adjudication,
cloth, leather or other substantial binding
To be Of information of public
character, or devoted to literature. the sciences,
art, or some special indt stry, 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 mot included in
second-cass matrer), proof-sheets, corrected
proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
ng the same
Printed matter is defined by statute to be
"tle 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 correspou-
aence.'
A"circular" is defined by statute to be a
printed letter, which, according to internal evil
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 matte.
not embraced in the 1irst, second or third
cIasswhich 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
above the weight provided by law
Limit of Weight of Mail Mattsr.-No package
weighing more than four pounds snail Do re
| cooks weighing In excess OF that amount. ana
| except books and documents published or
circulated by order of Congress, or ofioial
p papartme sn Of Tie Government or from
| the Smithsonian Institution.
| 80. SecOnd-class matter mailed IN packages
| at the pound rate is not subject to the fG ur-
p: 81. The above limit of weight does not ap-
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated By
poStalS conventions.
On First Class Matter.-Tbe rate o
postage on matter of the first class is as
follows:
| 1, On letters and other written matter
except that specially authorized to pass at
| thrd-cl rates and on sealed matter or matter
| otherwise closed against inspection, two cents
| Der ounce or fraction thereof.
On postel cards one cent each, the price
fol which they are sold.
8. 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
| the publisher thereof, and from the ONCE 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 Irate of postage on newspapers and
periodical publications of the Second-class
when sent by other than the publisher or news
agent, is one cent for each four ounces OF
| fractional part thereof.
| The rate of postage on newspapers excepting
weeklies) and on periodicals not exceeding two
| ounces in weight, whenIthe same aredeposited In
/ is uniform at one cent each; on periodicals