The Portland daily press., 1895-01-19
PORTLAND POST-OFFICE.
OFFICE OURS.

OFHICE OOIsS.
Cashiers office, Sundays excepted, 7.30 a
m. TO = 90 D IN: Money order department, 9
IN. to 500 D. m. Registry department, 800
a. m. to 6.00p.m.
General Delivery, Sundays excepted 7So
a. m. to 100 p M. Sunday 500 TO lo.oo a. m.
Carriers Deliveries, Sundays exceptedl-In
business section OF the city between High and In
dia streets at 700 and 81 a. m l.oo p III, Lou,
and 81 Is p. M. in other sections at 500 a. M,
100 p. m. Collection from Atlantic to
Grove on Congress, 6. u. m. Sunday delivery at
Office window 900 to 1000 a. m. Collections
from street boxes at HOO a., M, 400
and 500 p. m. Sunday, 500 p m. only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS
offices and connections via Boston Maine
railroad. eastern diyision) ut 1880,
8, and 11.3o p. NJ; close 8 a. m and l2' 90
M, 5.15 and 9.15 p. m.; Sunday, arrive l25
p m. close $50 and 915 p m
Boston, Southern and Western, and inter
mediate offices and connections, via Boston and
Maine railroad (Western division)- Arrive at
| 100 $50 and $50 p. M; close 500 a. M,
and 2.45 p. m.
| Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arriye
| 2 a. m. and LOO p M; close 122o ana 9.1o
| p.
! Aug,asto, intermediate Offices and connections.
| via Maine Central railroad-Arrlye at ZOO ana
800 a. H., 90 and 600 p. M; close AT o.Io d.
m 1920. Alb and 9.15 D. M
! Termination. intermediate Offices and connec-
tons, via Maine Central Rsilroae.ArrlVe az
LOO and 6.15 p. m. /; close at 7.46 a. m, and
| 12.20p. m.
Rocklaasd, intermediate offices and connections
| via Knox and Lincoln railroad-Arrive LOO
| and p. M. close at 6.15 a. M and IL. 40 p. m.
Skoachega1a, intermediate Offices and connec-
| tons, via Maine Central railroad-Arriye az
LOO p. M. close at 1920 p NJ
Assou,7s e,,d Leyist9n-Arrive 200 200 and IS goo
H., 1920, 415 and 9.15 p m.
Bongor-Arriye 200 a. M. 100 and p. M;
close at 6. 10 a. m. 1920 and 9.15 p m.
Btddetord and ,Soco-Arrive at LOO, $50 and
$50 p m.; close at 600, 500 a. m. and LOO
M, 245 and 5.15 p m
Island Pond IT., intermediate o1ices and
connections, via Grand Trunk Railway,--Ar-
rive at IL 80 p. M; close at e.35 a. m. and 100
p m.
Gorha1,, ~ H.. intermediate Offices and con
| nections, via Grand Trunk railroad-Arrive at
$40 a. m. and 1870 p. M; close at 6.36 a. M,
LOO and 40 p. m.
Sa0anton, IT., intermediate Offices and con-
nections, via Mountain Division M. c. r. r.
Arrive at 1856 p. NJ; close at 800 a. m.
Bartlett, ~ H. intermediate offices and con-
nections via Mountain Division M. c. r. R.
Arrive at geo a. m and 1851 p. M; close at
500 a. m. and 2.45 p m.
Duck Pond, P,-ides Corner Wdradhan,, No.
Windhans, Raymond and South CdSco-Afrive
at 200 m. close at Lac p. nj.
Rochester, N. H. intermediate offices and con-
nections, via Portland Chichester railroad-Ar.
rive at Las and 600 p. m; close at $50 and
11.46 a. m.
Cumberland Mtus-Arrive at $40 a. M, Las
500 and 8.35 p. NJ; close at $50 a. M. 11.45
a. NJ, and $50 p. m.
Westbrook (SGccaroppa)- Arrive at $40 a.
m. 1.45 and 500 p. m. close $50 and 11.45 a.
m. and $50 p. m.
Cane Elizabeth and Ks,ightviue-Arrive at
500 a. m. and p. m; close at a. m. and Las
p. m.
Bovery Beach-Arrive at p. m. close Las
South Portland and Willord-Arrive at 8 a.
M, and 2.15 p. M; close at a. M and 200 p.
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 class. Written matter. namely, letters.
postal cards. and all matter wholly or partly in
writing, whether sealed or unsealed Except
manuscript copy accompanying praof sheets or
corrected proof sheets of the sanIe.) 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, which bear
date of issue, and are numbered consecutiyey,
are issued from known office of publication.
are formed fprintd paper sheets. without board.
Cloth Leather or otnel pabE:
character or devoted to literature, the sciences,
art, or some special industry, and must have a
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
DrOOf-ShnAtS
ng the same.
printed matter" is defined by statute to be
1.-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
A"circular' is defined by statute to be
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 Class Merchandise, namely all matter
not embraced in the first. second or third
cIasswhch 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, andnos
above the weight provided by law.
weighing more than four pounds shall De re
beved for conveyance by mail. except slnale
cooks weighing IN excess OF that amount ana
except books and documents published or
circulated by order OF Congress, or of1cial
matter emanating from any OF the
Departments OF the Goyernment or nom
the Smithsonian Institution.
so Second-class matter mailed in packages
at the pound rate is not subject to the Tour
pound limitation.
81. The above limit of weight does. not ap-
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated oS
poStals conventions
RATES OF POSTAGE.
On First Glass Mdtter.-The rate O