The Portland daily press., 1895-02-22
PORTLAND POST-OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

OFFICE HOURS.
| Cashiers Office, Sundays excepted, 7.30 a
| m. to 700 p. m. Money order department, 8
NJ to 800 p. m. Registry department, 800
a. m. to 900 p III.
General Delivery, Sundays excepted) 7.3o
a. M to 100 p. IN. Sunday 900 to 1000 a. m.
Carriers Deliveries, Sundays excepted)-In
business section OF the city between High and In
and ol5 p. M; in other sections at 500 a. M,
I.3O p, m. Collection from Atlantic to
Ga3ve on Congress g. p M Sunday delivery at
from street box boxes at 100 a. NJ, 100
and 500 p. NJ. Sunday, 600 p. m. only.
| ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
| ,Boston, Southern and Wester7s, intermediate
omceS and connections via Boston q Maine
Q, and 11.30 p M; close a; m. and 1900
ln., 5.15 and 9.15 p. M; Sunday, arrive 1.25
p M; close $50 and 9.15 p. m.
Boston, Southern and Western, and inter
! Name railroad western diyision)-Arrive at
| and 2.45 p m.
Eastern via Maine Central Rairoad-Arrivs
a. M and LOOP. M; close 1920 and 9.15
| p. m.
| augusta. intermediate offices and connections
ol an Maine Central railroad-Arriye at 200 and
800 a. M, LOO and 500 p. M. close at 615 a.
NJ. 1920 Ais and 9.15 p. m.
Fa,mtngtor,, intermediate offices and connec-
| tons, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive at
LOO and 6.15 p. M; close at 7.45 a. M, and
1920 p m.
via Knox and Lincoln railroad-Arrive LOO
and 6 p. M; close at 6.15 a. m. and 12.1 p. m.
>, Skoehega,,, intermediate offices and connec.
uons via Maine Central railrOad-Arrive at
LOO p M; close at 1920 p. m.
Auburn and Lewisto1e-Arrive 200 and 800
a. ~ and LOO and 615 p. M. close TAO a.
m. 1920. Ais and 915 p. m.
,Ba',gor-Arrive 200 a. M. LOO and p. M;
at ayHO 1
Biddeford and Sdco-Arrive at LOO, $50 and
$50 p. H.; 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-Af-
rive at IL. 80 p. M; close at 6.35 g. m. and LOO
p. m.
GOrhdn,, N. H., intermediate Offices and con
| nections, via Grand Trunk Authoritative at
$40 a. m. and 1890 p. m. close at 6.35 a. m
LOO and 40 D. m.
Scranton, IT., intermediate Offices and con-
nections, via Mountain Division NJ. C. Z. r.
Arrive at S.35 p. M; close at 500 a. m.
Bartlett, N. r., intermediate Offices and cor
nections via Mountain Division M. G. R. r.
Arrive at 300 a. m. and $50 p. m; close at
500 a. m. and 2.45 p. m.
Ouch Pond, Prtde's Corner, Wdrdhom, No.
W5rdh0nn, Raymond and South Casco-Arriye
at 1900 m; close at 1.45 p. NJ
Rochester N. H., intermediate Offices and con-
nections, via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar.
rive at Lao and 600 p. M; close at $50 and
11.4b a. IN.
Cumberland Mslzs-Arrive at $40 a. M, Las
600 and 835 p M; close at $50 a. M, 11.45
q. NJ, and 800 p. m.
West6rook (SGecaroppa) at $40 a.
m. Las and 600 p. H.; close $50 and 11.45a.
m. and $50 p. m
Cape Elizabeth and Kmsghtvsue-Arrive at
500 a. m. and p. M; close at 6 a. m. and Las
p. m.
Boaoery Beach-Arrive at 6 p. m. close Las
p. m.
South Portland and WilJGrd-Arriye st8a
M, and 2.15 p. M; close at s a. m. and 200 ..
m.
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
Classification Of Domestic Mail Nut
| 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 sanie.) All mat
ter sealed or otherwise closed against inspection
| is also of the first class. AN
| I'd class. Periodical publications, namely all
newspapers and other periodical publications
which are issued at stated intervals and as
date of ISSUE and are numbered consecutively,
are issued from a known office of publication.
are formed ofprintd 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 t.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-class matter), proof-sheets, corrected
proof-sbeets and manuscript copy accompany
ng the same.
Printed matter" is defined by statute to be
except that of handwriting, of any words,
letters, characters, figures or images, or of any
| combination thereof. not having the
character of aniaetual and personal correspon
dence."
A"crcular" is defined by statute to be
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
mere typographical errors.
4th Glass Merchandise. namely all matter
| not embraced in the first. 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
any one engaged in the postal service, andnot
| above the weight provided by law.
Limit of Weight Of Mail Matter-..No package
weighing more than four pounds shall be RS
beived for conveyance by mail. except single
| cooks weighing In excess of that amount and
except books and documents published or
circulated by order of Congress, or official
matter emanating from any of the
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 mails regulated by
postals conventions.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
ON First Glass Matter.-The rate
postage on matter of the first class is o.
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
On pOstel cards one cent each, the price
fol which they are sold.
g On ..drop letters.' two cents per ounce