The Portland daily press., 1895-12-27
PORTLAND POST OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

OFFICE HOURS.
q cas4ter's 00aee, Sundays excepted, $50 a
M to 100 p M; Money order department,
M 10 BOO p. M Registry department. 900
a. m. to 6.oop.m
General DettucrE Sundays excepted) 7.3o
a. m TO ZOO p m Sunday 800 to 1000 a. m.
Carriers Dssiveries (Sundays excepted)-In
business section OF the city between High and In
dia streets at 100 and 9i5 a. m. 1915 pm. 100
and 5.l5 p. n; IN other sections at 500 a. m,
Grove on Congress, 6. a. m. Sunday delivery at
from street boxes at 100 a.. m, 400
end Soo p m Sunday, 500 p. m only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
| Boston, Southern and Western intermediate
| Offices and connections via Boston & Maine
railroad, eastern division) Arrive at 1880.
| 8, and l1.3o p. m. close q. N. and IL m.
pip pip, and nd S.l6 2. ~; Sunday arrive i.26 p M;
clos33O and 9.16 p m.
Boston, Southern and Western, and inter-
mediate offices and connections, via Boston and
Maine railroad Western division)-Arrive at
1890, $50 and $50 p m; close s.ss a. M.
Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arriye
a. M and IN; close 12.oo u. and s.35
| p. IN.
augusta, intermediate offices and connections
| via Maine Central railr0ad-Arrive at 900 and
| 200 a m 1 and SIS p. M. !; close at 6.oOa.
M. ~. 90 NJ, 4.15 and 9.15 D. m.
Harrington, intermediate offices and connec-
tions.. via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive at
| 1926 p. m.
Rockland. intermediate offices and connections
wa knox and Lincoln railroad-Arriye
and 9 p. M; close at 600 a. m. and 1926 p. m.
tons. via Maine Central railroad-Arriye at
p. M: close at 1928 p. m.
Island Pond, ", intermedia to Offices and
connections. via Grand Trunk Railway--Ar-
rive at 80 p. m. close at a. m. and LOO
p. m
Gorhan, ". H., intermediate Offices and con-
nections. via Grand Trunk railroad-Arriye at
| $40 a. m. and $50 D. m; close at a. m,
LOO and 4.30 .. m.
.s.;am n Intermediate otsces and con
4 necuons. via Mountain Division NJ G. r. r.
Arrive at $50 p. h.; close at8.o0 a. m.
Bartlett, N. e., intermediate Offices and con.
nections yia Mountain Division NJ c. R. r.
Arrive at 400 a. m. and s.30p. m; close al
500 a. m. and 2.46 p. m.
,4Dues Pond, Prtde's Corner, Wsadha,n, No,
| W5ndhan, Raymond and South Cdsco-Arriva
1 at H. 90 m. close at Las p nc.
Rochester, N. H., intermediate offices and CON
nectiOns via Portland &Rochester rairoad-Ar,
| rive ar Lao and 600 p. m; close at $50 and
! 11.4b a. N.
Cumberland Mfus-Arrive at 8. 40 a. M. Las
600 and $50 p. m. close az $50 a. M, 1I.45
q. M, and 5.SOp. m.
| Westbrook (Saccorappa) vt s.4Osa.
M LAO and 500 p. n. ! close $50 ana 11.45a
| m. and $50 p. m
Cape Elizabeth and Kntghtwue- at
| 500 a. m. and p. M; close at a. m. and Las
| p. m.
Bowsry Beach-Arrive at 6 p. m. ; close Las
| p m.
Classification Of Domestic Mail Mat
| 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 ciass. 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 sanio.l All mat
tar sealed or otherwise closed against Inspection
| is also of the first class
I'd class. Periodical publications, namely all
whiop are issued at stated intervals and as
| frequently as four times year., when bear
date OF issue, and are numbered consecutively,
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 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 tnot included in
| seoond-class matrer), proofsheets, corrected
| proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
| ng the same.
Printed matter" is defined by statute to be
| 'ths reproduction upon paper, by any process
except that OF handwriting, OF any words.
| letters, characters, figures or images or OF any
combination thereof, rot having the
character of anactual and personal correspou-
dence."
| A"circular' Is defined by statute to be q
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 Class Merchandise, namely all matter
| not embraced in the ilrst, second or tnlrd
| classwhich 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 Matter.-No package
weighing more than four pounds shall pc r.
beiVed for conveyance by mail except single
cooks weighing IN excess OF that amount. ana
except books and documents published or
circulated by order OF Congress, or omciaa
matter smanats1g n from any o. OF fr ts
the Smithsonian Institution.
! 80 SecOnd-cass matter mailed In packages
at the pound rate is not subject to the FUR
81 The above limit Of weight does not ap
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated By
postals conventions.
RATES OF POSTAGE.