The evening times., 1896-04-02
Transatlantic Mails,

4tn win close promptly IN all cases. at this
office as follows:
Transatlantic Mails.
THURsDAY-At 1870 p. IN. for Cape
Colony and Natal, per S. S Intlra tIettcrs
must be directed per Indra.'D
swiizerand ,lS SsU sUaIn P m ier F5anSe
Egypt and British lnuia. per s. s. La bretagnc,
via Havre letters for other pa rts OF Europe
must De dlrected per La Bretagne'D; at
Edam, via Rotterdam tiettcrs must be di-
rected per Edam'p; at p. IN for Europe,
per $. s. Umbria, via Queenstown.
Mails for South and Central America, West
Indies, Etc.
THURSDAY-At $3.50 %. M, for Blue
fields, per steamer from New Orleans: at
$40 Il. m, for st. Pierre MiQue. .Ou, per
steamer from HALIFAX; at 1890 u. m, Tor
Barbados direct. also North Brazil, via
Para and ManaOs, per S. S. Madeirens,.
lletters for other parls OF Brazil must be
directed per Madeirense").
FRiDA1-At 100 p. m, for Brazil and
La Plata Countries, per s.: $. Hcvelius, via
Pernambuco. Bahia and Rio Janeiro llet-
ters Tor North Brazil must bc directed per
Hevciius"I: at 300 p. m, for Lceward
and Wind ward Islands, Martinique and
Grenada, Trinidad ana TobagO must tie
directed per Hespe rides"); at 300 d.
m. for Fortune Island, Jamaica, and Sava-
niiia, etc, per $. s. Alene; at 1890 p.
pam and iucatan, per s. 8. fucatan uct-
ters for other parts OF Mexico and for Cuba
must he directed per YucataI"); at
1890 p. m, for Venezuela and Curaca O,
also Savanilla, ETC., via Curacao, per s. s.
Caracas.
sATURDAY-At 6:2O a. m, for New
foundand, per steamer from Halifax.
Mails for Newfoundland, by rail to Hail.
fax, and thence by steamer, close at this Of
flee daily at 6:20 a M. Mails for Miquelon.
l.,- tn, pnsinn hos
close at this office daily at $50 a. m.
Mails for Cuba close at this office daily at
200 p. M, for forwarding by steamers
sailing Mondays and Thursua ys) from Port
Tampa Fra. Mails for Mexico, oy eriand
unless specially addressed for despatch by
steamer, close at this office daily at $50
i. IN.
Trans-Paeifie Mails.
Mails for Hawaii, per .. $. Australia from
San Franciscot, close here daily up to April
l at 600 p. IN. Mails for China and Japan
per $. $. Coptic from San Franciscoj, }, close
mere daily up to April I'd at 500 p. IN.
from Tacoma, close mere daily up TO April
18th at 600 y. IN. Mails for China and
Japan, Especially addressed oniy), per g..
$. Empress of Japan from Vancouycrl,
close here daily up TO April q 9th at 600
y. IN. Maiis FOR Australia texccpt West
Australia, Hawaii aud FIJI Islands, per
S. s. Miowera from Vancouver, close here
daily afler. March 2eth aud up to April
S23d. at $50 y. m. Mails for the Society
Islands, per ship City OF Papciti from San
Fraucisco), close here daily up to April
gath at 500 y. III. Mails for Australia lex
cept those for West Australia, which are
forwarded via Europel, New Zealand,
Hawaii, Fiji aud Samoan Islands, per $. 8.
Mariposa IRON San Franciscol. close here
daily up to April '25th at 500 p. m.
Trans-Pacific mails are forwarded to
port of sailing daily and the schedule of
closing is arranged on the presumption OF
their uninterrupted overland transit.
Registered mail closes p. m. same day.
Postoffice Washington, D. c., March
2s. 1896 - - =