The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-23
PORTLAND POST OFFICE

OFFICE HOURS.
Cashiers Office, Sundays. excepted), 7,3o
m. to 100 p. IN; Money order department, 8 a
N 10 BOO p. M Registry department 800
a. H. to 500 p. m,
General Deltrerv, Sundays excepted) $50
d. III. 10 100 p. m Sunday 800 to 1000 a. III.
carriers Deliveries, (Sundays exeepted)-ln
I;usIneSs section of the city between High and In
aia streets at 100 and 3. Is a. NJ H. 40 pm, l.:
Ia 40 o. p. m in other sections at 500 a. m.
0fcs On Congress g. .. m. Sunday delivery at
H frnn wnndow, 900 to 1000 a. m. Collections
and street street boxes at HOO a. m, 400
"'-0 0'oo p m Sunday, 600 p. m. ouly.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
o, nioss0n southern aud Western, intermediate
lilies aild connections via Boston & Maine
Eainoso, Eastern diYision) -Arrive at 1880
xix s and ia'Se p m. close a. m. and II M
y; 10 a ~ 5.1o p m Sunday arrive 20 D. M.
clos3.3o and 9.15 p. m.
Boston, Southern and Western, and inter-
InedlaIe oMces and connections via Boston ana
Maine I'M railroad western dvision)0Arrive at
and 2.45 p. m. ' 1''
Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrtva
a. m. and PM; close 1900 m. and 915
p. m.
augusta, intermediate Offices and Connections
via Maine Central Authoritative at 200 and
a.oOa. N. and 6.15 p. m. close at 6.OOa
M, 90 NJ, AIS and 9.15 D. m.
Farrnt,,gto,, intermediate offices and connec-
and 6.15 p. M; close at 7.45 a. M. and
1925 p. m.
Rockla,ad, intermediate Offices and connections
via KNOX and Lincoln raflroad-Arrive
and p. H.; close at 6 90 a. m. ana 1925 p. m
Skoube0021, intermediate offices and connec-
tons. via Maine Central railroad-Arrive at
l p. NJ. close at 1925 p. m.
Island Pond, ", intermediat to offices anS
connections. via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar
rive at 1870 p. NJ; close at a. m. and LOO
p. m.
Gorhone, N. H., intermediate offices and con
nections, via Grand Trunk Authoritative
o'4O a. m and 1880 p. NJ; close at a. M
LOO and $50 D. m.
Scranton. IT., intermediate Offices and con-
necuons, via Mountain Division M. @. r. r.
Arrive at $50 p. NJ; close at 500 a. m.
Bartlett, ". H., intermediate off1ces and con-
neetions via Mountain Division NJ. G. R. R.
Arrive at geo a. m. and $50 p. nj close at
500 a. H. and 245 p. m.
Duch Pond, Prtde's Corner, Wtndhons No.
WindbdD1. Raymond and South CdSco-Arrive
at 200 m; close at 1.45 p. NJ
Rochester. N. H., intermediate offices and con-
ncctions, via Portland Chichester railroad-Ar.
rive al 1.45 ana 600 p. NJ. close at $50 and
11.4b a. m.
Cumberland JNt,ls-Arrive at $40 a. M. Las
500 and 80 D. m; close aG 6 80 a. m, 11.45
q. M, and $50 p IN.
West6rook (Sdcearoppa) Arrive ut $40 a.
M. 1.4b and 600 p. L.. close $50 ana I1.45 a.
m. and $50 p. M
Cape Elizabeth and K,,ightvilye- Arrive at
800 a. m. and p m; close at 6 a. IN. and LAS
p. m.
Classification Of Domestic Nail Mdt
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:
1st class 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 same9 All mat
is also of the first class.
% class Periodical publications, namely all
new papers and othel periodical publications
which are issued at stated intervals and as
frequently as four times year., whicn bear
date of ISSUE and are numbered consecutively,
are issued from a known Office of publication
are formed ofpriIrd paper sheets, without board.
cloth, leather 0r other substantial binding.
To 10 OF information OF public
character, devoted to literature, the sciences,
art, or some special industry, and must have a
legitimate list of subscribers, and must not
be designed primarily for advertising purposes,
or for tree circulation or circulation at nominal
rates.
Sd Class. Books, circulars. periodicals and
other matter wholly in print mot included in
second-cass natter, proof-sheets, corrected
prooI-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
ng the same.
HPrinted 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 anlactual and personal correSpou-
dence."
A"circular' is defined by statute to be
printed letter, which according to internal evi
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.
4th Glass Merchandise, namely all matte
not embraced in the nrst, second or third
classwhich 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 ths weight provided by law
Linsit of Weight of Mai Motter.-No package
weighing more than tour pounds shall be rs
cooks weighing IN excess of that amount ana
except books &nd documents published or
circulated BY order of Congress, or ofhcial
Dep psS Of the Government any or fro eae
the Smithsonian Institution.
SO. Second-class matter mailed in packsg es
at the pound rate is not subject to the cur
pound limitation.
81. The above limit OF weight does not ap-
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated by
RATES OF POSTAGE.
On First Glass Matter.-Tbe rate of
postage on matter of the first class is as
follows:
i. On letters and other written matters
except That specially authorized to pass at
tnlrd-class rates and on sealed matter or matter
otherwise closed against inspection, two cents
per ounce or fraction thereof.
z. On posIel cards one cent each, the price
fol which they are sold
8. On drop letters" two cents per ounce or
fraction thereof when mailed at letter carrier
post offices, and one cent for each ounce or
traction thereof at Offices where free delivery
by carrier Is not established.
On Second Class afatter. The rate OF
postage on second-class matter when sent by
the publisher thereof, aud from the office OF
publication, including samples copies, or when
sent from a news agency TO actual subscribers
thereto, or to other news agents, u one cent per
pound or fraction thereof
The irate Of postage on new 's'llerS and
periodical publications OF the sGcond-claSs
when sent by other than the publisher or news
agent, is one cent for each tour ounces or
fractional part thereof.
The rate of postage on newspapers (excepting
weeklies) and on periodicals not exceeding two
SAW oraIn FnAI L.,