The Portland daily press., 1896-01-31
PORTLAND POST OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

| OFFICE HOURS
| n Coshfer's Office, SUNDAYS excepted, = an a
m. TO 100 ?. M; Money order department. a
a. m. to 600 p. m, "'0O
General DeltUcrg, Sundays excepted, 40
a. m. to 700 p. m Sunday 800 to 900 a. M.
Carriers Dsitoertes, Sundays excepted)-In
business section of the city between High and In.
dia streets at 700 and 915 a. m l2 As pm 40
and 5.15 p. H.; in other sections at 500 a. m
1.So p. a. Collection from Atlantic to
Office window 900 to 1000 a. m. Collections
from street boxes at HOO a. NJ LOG
and 800 p. m. Sunday, 600 p. m. ouly.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston, Southern and Western intermediate
Offices and connections via Boston & Maine
railroad, eastern diyision)-Arrive at 1870,
8, and l1.30 p. M; close a. m. and IL m.
BIO and 9.15 ,. NJ; Sunday, arrive 1.25 p. m.
clos3.30 and 9.l5 p. m.
Boston, Southern and WeSte,n, and inter.
mediate offices and connections, via Boston and
Maine railroad (Western divison)-Arrive at
Il. so, 530 and $50 p n; close 6.8S a. M.
and 2.45 p. m.
Eastern. via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
a. m. and pm; close 1900 m. and 9.15
p m.
g Aatg,tsta, intermediate Offices and connections
gia a. Maine Central railroad-Arrive at 200 and
9O0a a. N. l and 615 p. m. close at 6.00a.
m zoo m.. 4.15 and 9.15 D. m.
Fdrm.trgton, intermediate Offices and connee-
tions. via Maine Central Railroad Arrive at
! and 6.l5 p. m.; close at 7.45 a. m. and
1925 p m.
Rocklald. intermediate offices and connections
VIA hnox ana Lincoln railroad-Arriye 1
and 3 p m; close at 600 a. m. and 1926 p. m.
:. Sko'rlega1 intermediate offices and connec-
t1ons via Maine Central railroad-ArriVe at
p. M; close at 1926 D. NJ.
Island Pond, Vt, intermedia te offices anc
connections. via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar
Z.s1U ID, q m
p. m.
Gorhan1, N. H., intermediate offices and con.
nections. via Grand Trunk railroad-Arrive at
$40 a. m and 1870 p. m.; close at a. M.
LOO and 4.30 p. m.
SWonton, ~, intermediate Offices and CON
nections, via Mountain Division M. C. r. R.
Arrive at $50 p M; close at 500 a. IN.
Bartlett N. a., intermediate offices and con.
nections via Mountain Division NJ. C. R. R.
Arrive at SEQ a. m. and 8.30p. M; close as
500 a. m and 2.45 p. m.
Duek Pond, Prtds's Corner, Wtndhons, No.
Wdndh07ra, Raymond and South CdSco-Arrive
at IL. 90 m. ; close at Las p. III.
Rochester, ". H., intermediate offices and con-
nections, via Portland &Rochester rairoad-Ar.
rive at 1.46 ana 500 p. M; close at $50 and
1l.45 a. m.
600 and $50 D. m; close at $50 a. M, Has
q. m, and $50 p. M.
West5rook (Sdccarappo) 1T $40 a.
m. l .45 and 500 p. IL. close $50 ana 11.45 a.
M. and $50 p m.
Cape Elizabeth and K,,ightville-Arrive at
500 a. m and p. M; close at a. m. and 1 As
p. m.
Boa0ery Beach-Arrive at 6 p. H.. close 1.45
p. m.
| Classification Of Domestic Mail Mat
| tei.-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.
4 10 diIyiH Had into al foI
| 1st Glass; Written matter. namely letters,
postal cards, and all matter wholly or partly in
| writing, whether sealed or unsealed Except
| manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or
corrected proof sheets of the sarne.) All mat
ter sealed or otherwise closed against Inspection
| is also of the first class.
| I'd class. Periodical publications, namely al,
new ipapers and other periodical publications
/ which are issued at stated intervals and as
frequently as four times year, whicn bear a
| are issued from known office of publication,
are formed ofprintd paper sheets. without board.
cloth, leather or other substantial binding.
character, or devoted to literature, the sciences
art. or some special indt stry, 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
proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
ng the same.
Printed matter" is defined by statute to be
"tele reproduction upon paper, by any process
except that of handwriting, of any words,
letters, characters, figures or images, or of any
eSmbinaton COZ on thereof, not having the
Sence.''
A"circular" 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
addresSee or OF the sender, or the correction of
mere Typographical errors.
18th Glass Merchandise. namely all mat to
not embraced in the Iirst second OF third
classwhlch 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, andnot
above the weight provided by law
limit of Height of MdjI Matter.No package
weighing more than tour pounds shall be re
beiyed for conveyance by mail. except single
cooks weighing III excess of that amount. ana
circulated by order OF Congress- or off1clal
matter emanating from any of the
Departments of the Government or from
the Smithsonian Institution.
so. SecOnd-cldss matter mailed in packages
at the pound rate is not subject to the t6ur
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 Mdtter.-Tbe rate o
postage on matter of the first class is as
follows: