The Portland daily press., 1895-12-25
PORTLAND POST OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

~, otg o. Office, (snndays excepted), 7,so a
m m 70 100 p. M; Money order department, q
si' " 70 POO 2. m. Registry department. 900
d. m TO 500 p. m,
General Detivcrg, Sundays excepted) 7.3o
{" H. 70 100 p. m. Sunday 800 to 1000 a. m.
bn Sdirrsers Dsaiverfes, Sundays excepted)-In
Sia section of the city between High and In
and '5g ~ at TOO and 9.15 a. NJ a. 40 m. 1.30
G 6.oU P. n. Collection from Atlantic to
ONCE on congress, 6. a. m. Sunday delivery at
rom from ~ straot 500 to 1000 Collections
anu GU p m. Sunday, 600 D. m. only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
o, ksoston, Southern and Western, intermediate
uai,a and connections via Boston & Maine
t"i a oau. lEaStern division)-Arrive ct 1890
6l5 anu and ia- ~ p m; close a. M and IL m.
clos3.30 and 9.15 D. m. p 49,
me pGs.os Southern and Western, and inter-
Maina oinces anq connections via Boston and
- 20 X an o western division) at
and 2.45 p. m. ''o'o 200 d. A''
o sastern via Maine Central Authoritative
a, Ill., ana pm; close 1900 M and 915
oaa Maine Central railroad-Arrive at 200 and
wv d. III u. ana Clio p. m. close at g. 90 a.
H.. Zoo H., 415 and 9.15 D. m
+; rafn1.sngto'., intermediate offices and connec
! ana ol5 p. m; close at 7.45 a. m. and
1926 p. m. 9" --''' ''AN
Rocktosd intermediate offices and connections
VIA VIA = h,,o& ana Lincoln railroad-Arrive l
ana p M; close at 900 a. m. and 1225p.m
., SEo~hegda,, intermediate offices and connec-
IONS VIA Maine Central railroad--Arriye at
p. M; close at 1926 p. m.
Island Pond. ", intermedia te ofices and
connections. via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar-
rive at 1890 p. M; close at a. m. and 100
| p. m
| Go'hdm,. ~ r., intermediate offices and con-
nections, via Grand Trunk railroad-Arrive at
$40 a. m and 1890 D. m; close at A. m.
LOO and 4.30 p. m.
s Swt;Grson, Y, Intermediate Offices and con
Arrive at $50 p M; close at 500 a. IN.
Bartlett ". a., intermediate offices and con.
nectlons via Mountain Division NJ c. r. R.
Arrive at 9.C0 a. m. and 8.3Op. M; close az
800 a. NJ and 2.45 p. m.
U BsteS no, 49,, p1idss Gogner Wir.dhon No
at 1900 m. ; close at AS p. III.
Rochester, N IT,, intermediate offices and con-
noctions, via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar.
rive at 1.45 and 500 p. MI close at $50 and
11.4b a. m.
Cumberland Msus-Arrive at 40 a. M. LIS
500 and $50 D. M; close at $50 a. m., 11.45
q. M, and $50 p. m.
Westbrook (Seccarappa)- 1T $40 a.
m LAO and 600 p. Ii. ; close $50 ana 11.45a
/
Cape Elizabeth and Knightvtlze-Arriye at
500 a. NJ and P. NJ; close at a. m. and As
p. m.
Bo,oery Beach-Arr!ve at p. H.. /; clcse Las
p. M
Classification Of Domestic MdiL Mat
ter.-Domestic mail matter,-that is
mail matter sent in the mails from soma
post office within the United States to
some other post Office within the same,
is divided into four classes, as follows:N
LIST class; Written matter. namely, letters,
postal cards, and all matter wholly or partly in
writing, whether sealed OF unsealed Except
manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or
corrected proof sheets Of the same.l All mat
Is also of the first class.
I'd class. Periodical publications, namely all
new ,papers and other periodical publications
which are issued at stated intervals and as
frequently as four times year, when bear q
date OF issue, and are numbered consecutively,
are issued from known office of capitalization,
are formed of printd paper sheets. without board.
cloth, leather or other substantial binding,
To be of information of a 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,
OF 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
proofsheets and manuscript copy accompany
ng the same.
Printed matter" is defined by statute to be
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 aniactual and personal correspond
dence."
A"crcular" Is defined by statute to be a
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
ADDRESSED or of the sender, or the correction Of
mere typographical errors.
4th Glass Merchandise namely all matte.
not embraced In the nrst, second or third
cIasSwhich is not in its form or nature liable to
destroy, deface or otherwise damage the con-
any one engaged in the postal service, andnos
above the weight provided by law
Limit of Weight of Mail Matter.-No package
weighing more than tour pounds shall De re
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 packs ges
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.