The Portland daily press., 1895-12-31
PORTLAND POST OFFICE.
OFFICE H0URs.

OFFICE HoURs.
LIcosAtsr's Office, Sundays excepted, 7;so a
H. 10 100 p NJ; Money order department, 3 a
a. m. to 600 pm,
General Deltrern Sundays excepted 7.30
a. m to 100 p. m. Sunday 800 to 1000 a. m.
Carriers Dsitveries, Sundays excepted In
business section OF the city between High aud liz
dla streets at 90 and 9.l5 a. m =. 40 N. t.3G
ana 0.I5 p. N. in other sections at 500 Il. H..
G 1i3o p. n Collection from Atlantic to
once window, 500 70 1000 a. m. Collections
from street boxes at HOO a. H.. AGO
and 400 p. m. Sunday, 600 p, m. ouly.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS
Boston Southern md Western, intermediate
onlees and connections via Boston & Maine
railroad, eastern divisonl-ArriYe at 1890
p and 1870 p. NJ. close a m, and II m.
o;l5 and 9.l5 ,. m. Sunday, arrive lbs D. m;
| clos3.3o ana 9.15 p m
Session Southern and Western, and inter
medlate oi1ces and connections, via Boston and
Maine railroad (WeStern diyision) --Arrive at
$50 $50 and $50 p. m; close 5.6S a. m
and 2.A5 p. m.
Eastern via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
p. m.
augusta, Intermediate offices and connections
ol a6 NAME central rSilroad-Arrive at 200 and
n,o9 q. m nl. ana 6.l5 p M; close at 500 a
Farmington, intermediate offices and connec-
tons. via Maine Central RaiIroad-ArriYe at
! ana Obs p. m. close at TAO a. m, and
1925 p. m.
Roe9sla,sd intermediate offices and connections
VIA knox ana Lincoln railrcad-.Arriye /
and 6 p. M; close at 500 a. In. ;snd 1875 D. n
Skouhega1, intermediate Offices and connec-
| llohs. via Maize central railroad-Arriye at
Island Pond Ut jntsrroadia 70 oFsaas ana
connections. via Grand Trunk Railway-AF-
rive at 1870 p. M; close at a. M and Loo
p. m.
Gorham, N. r., intermediate offices and con
nectlons, via Grand Trunk railroad-Arrive at
o.a a a. M and 1880 p. NJ; close at a. M,
LOO and 4.30 .. m.
Ss.g;a2ston, II, intermediate offices and con
necqonS, via Mountain Division NJ c. r.
Arrive at $50 p. M; close at 90 a. m.
Bartlett, ". a., intermediate offices and con.
necuons VIA Mountain Division NJ G. r. R.
4 Arrive at 9.co a. M. and $50 p. M. close at
800 a. m. and 2.45 p. m.
Duck Pond, pride's Corner. Windho,n. M
WandhaD1, Raymond and South Cdsco-Arriya
at g. 90 m. B.; close at 1 40 p. NJ.
Rochester, y: r., intermediate offices and con
nections, via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar.
rye az Lao and 500 p. M close at $50 and
ll.4b a. m.
Cumberland Mtus-Arrive at s4oa a. M. Las
6.oo and $50 p. M; close aG $50 a. m, HAS
q. M, and $50 p. m.
UesLoro0S NS0cc0ropp3-AfriVe ut $40 a.
m. 40 and 6.o0p p. N. close $50 ana Il,45a
m. and $50 p. m.
Cape Elizabeth and R,a5ghtsiUe-Arriye at
500 a. m. and p. H.; close at a. m. and j. AS
p m.
goaeery Beact-Arr!ve at 8 p. NJ; close 1.45
p. m.
Classification Of Do .,estic Mail Mat
tef.-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 class. Written matter. namely, letters,
postal cards, and all matter wholly or partly IN
writing, whether sealed OF unsealed (exceps
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.
20 class. Periodical publications, namely all
new spapes and other periodical publications
Whith are issued at stated intervals and as
frequently as four times year, which bear s.
date OF issue, and are numbered conseeutiFely,
are issued from known office OF publication
are formed ofprintd paper sheets. without board
q e. tn leather or other ), substantial binding,
character, or devoted to literature, the sciences
art. or some special indI stry, 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 Class Books circulars, periodicals and
other matter wholly in print mot included In
second-class matIer) proof-sheets, corrected
proof-Sheets 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 correspou-
dence."
A"circular' is defined by statute to be
printed letter. which, according to internal evil
dence is being sent in identical terms to seves
al persons and does not lose its character as
addresses or of the sender, or the correction OF
mere typographical errors.
4th Glass Merchandise, namely all matts
not embraced in the iirst, second or third
cIasswhich is notin its form or nature liable to
destroy, detace 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
Limit of Weight of Nal MdtteT.--No package
weighing more than four pounds snail be re
beived for conveyance by mail. except slngle
cooks weighing IN excess OF that amount. ana
except books End documents published or
circulated by order of Congress, or oficai
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 X ur-
pound limitation.
81. The above limit of weight does not ar
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated BE-
postals conventions.
RATES OF POSTAGE.