The Portland daily press., 1895-04-18
cLAss1F1cAr1os OF MAIL MATTER.

Classification Of Domestic Nail 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:
postal cards, and all matter wholly OF 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
which are issued at stated intervals and as
frequently as four times year,. which bear. a
date OF issue and are numbered consecutiyely,
are formed ofprintd paper sheets, without board.
To be Of information of II q public
art, or sol some special indrstry, and must have a
legitimate list of subscribers, and must not
be designed primarily for advertising purposes,
rates.
Sd Class. Books circulars periodicals and
other matter wholly in print mot included in
second-class natter, proof-sheets, corrected
proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
pg the same.
Printed matter is defined by statute to be
"the reproduction upon paper by any process
except that Of handwriting, of any words
S nsro NOT OF Gsyor or Of in
dence.''
A"circular" is deflned by statute to be
printed letter, which, according to internal evl
dence, Is being sent in identical terms to sever
al persons" and does not lose its character as
addressee or Of the sender, or the correction Of
mere typographical errors.
4th Glass Merchandise. namely all mattsr
ciassWSich @ IS not in It's form or e nature Il iabis % to
destroy, deface or otherwise damage the con-
tents OF the mail bag or harm the person of
the hnSsS EsS n proTdsa 81 W andh0
Limit of Weight Of Mail Mdtter.-No package
weighing more than four pounds snail be re
COOKS COOKS Weighing Vel IN excess OF that amount. ana
except books and documents published or
circulated by order Of Congress. or official
psss5 Ct ge S@ amy os Of a ns
the Smithsonian Institution.
so Second-class matter mailed in packs ges
at the pound rate is not subject to the fl nr-
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 as
follows:
1. 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
8. On ..drop letters" two cents per ounce or
fraction thereof when mailed at letter carrier
post offices, and enc cent for each ounce or
traction thereof at offices where free delivery
by carrier is not established.
On Second Class Natter. The rate Of
postage on second-class matter when sent by
the publisher thereof, and from the Office 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 lrate 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 or
fractional part thereof.
The rate of postage on newspapers (excepLing
weekies) and on periodicals not exceeding two
ounces in weight. .wnenIthe same aredeposited In
is uniform at one cent each; on periodicals
weighing more than two ounces, two cents
each. EI
Newspapers and periodicals when de
posted by the publishers or news agent in
letter-carrier office for general or box delivery
are subject 10 pay postage at the rate OF one
cent per pound; when deposited by other than
publishers or news agents, tor general or box
delivery, the rate is one cent for four ounces or
fractional part thereof.
Weekly newspapers when deposited by the
publisher or news agents in a letter-carrier
Office for delivery by carriers. or otherwise are
subject only to the rate of one centa pound or
All second-class publications. when sent by
the publisher or news-agelt by mail, to a let.
ter-carrier office located either in the county
OF publication or elsewhere. are subject to
postage at the rate Of one cent pound, which
entities them to delivegy by the carriers
On Third Class Mdtasr.-The rate of postage
on third-cass matter is one cent for each two