The Portland daily press., 1896-03-20
POR TLAND POST OFFIC


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| Cashiers Office, (Snndays excepted TAO n
m. to 700 p. M; Money order department. 4
m to BOO p. m. Registry department. 900
a. m. to 900 p. m.
General Deltrery, Sundays excepted 7.3o
a. m. to 100 p. M Sunday 800 to 1000 a. m.
Carriers Deliveries, Sundays excepted)-In
business section of the city between High and In
da streets at TOO and 915 a. m. II. 45 m, 100
and OIL p. n. in other sections at 800 a. M,
100 p n. Collection from Atlantic I'd
Grove on Congress- 6. a. M Sunday delivery at
Office window, 900 to 1000 a. m. Collections
from street boxes at HOO a. m, 400
and 800 p. m. Sunday, 500 p. m. only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS
Boston, Southern and Western intermediate
offices and connections via Boston Maine
railroad, eastern division)-Arriye at 1890.
8, and 11.30 p. M; close 8 a. m. and IL m.
Bio and 9.15 ?. m; Sunday, arrive 1.25 p. m;
clos3.3o and e.15 p. m.
Boston; Southern and Western, and inter,
| mediate offices and connections, via Boston and
| Maine railroad western divtsioh) -Arrive at
! 1890. $50 and $50 p. m. close 6.8S a. m.
| Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
a. m. and pm. close 1900 M and 915
| p. m.
| augusta, intermediate offices and connections
via Maine Central railroad-Arrive at 200 and
800 a. M and 6.15 p. M; close at 500 a.
m. 1900 M. 4.15 and OLD p. m.
| Farnst1igton, intermediate Offices and c0nnec-
| tons. via Maine Central Railroad-Arriye az
10 ana 6.l6 p. M; close at 7.45 a. m and
| 1925 p. m.
Rockland, intermediate offices and connections
via Knox and Lincoln railroad-Arrive 1
and . ?. m close at 600 a. m. and 1926 p. m.
| SkotchcgaY,, intermediate Offices and coTinec-
| tons. via Mains Central railroad-Arriye at
1 D. M: close at 1925 p. m.
Island Pond IT, intermediate offices and
connections. via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar
rive at 1890 p. M; close at a. m. and 100
| p m.
| Gorhan,, N. H. intermediate offices and con
nections, via Grand Trunk Authoritative q
| $40 a. m. and 1890 p. M. close at a. m
LOO and 4.30 p. m.
Scranton, IT, intermediate ofhces and con
Arrive at $50 p. M; close at 500 a. In.
| Bartlett, ~ H. intermediate offices and con-
nections via Mountain Division M. c. R. r.
Arrive at geo a. m. and 8.30p. M; close at
800 a. m. and 2.45 p. m.
p PUCK Pond Pride's Corner, Wtndhons, No.
| at IL. 90 m. close at j. As p. NJ.
Rochester, N. H., intermediate offices and con-
noetions, via Portland chichester railroad-Ar.
rive at Las and 600 p. m; close at $50 and
| 11.4b a. m.
| Cumberland Mtls-Arrive at $40 a. M. LAO
600 and $50 D. M; close at $50 a. M, 11.45
q. NJ. and $50 p. m.
Westbrook (Saocarappa)- vt $40 a.
m. 1.45 and 600 p II. close $50 ana 11.45 a
m. and $50 p. m.
Cape Elizabeth and K,,tghtviue-Arrive at
800 a. M and p. M; close at a. m. and Las
p. m.
Bo0ery Beach-Arrive at p. m. close Las
pm.
Classification Of Domestic Mail Nat
ter.-Domestic mail matter,-t 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
manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or
corrected proof sheets of the sanie.) All mat
ter sealed or otherwise closed against inspection
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, which bear
date of issue, and are numbered cOnSecutively,
are issued from known office OF publication,
are formed OF printd paper sheets. without board
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,
or for free circulation or circulation at nominal
rates.
Sd Class. Books, circulars, periodicals and
other matter wholly in print (not included in
seeond,class matterl. proofsaeets. corrected
sPrinted matter" is defined by statute to be
except that Of handwriting, Of any words,
letters, characters, figures or images, Or of any
combination thereof, not having the
character Of an!actual and personal correspon-
dsnce."
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.
4th Glass Merchandise. namely all matte
nnt tamil ra aad N
ciasswhich is not in its form or nature liable to
destroy, deface or otherwise damage the con.
Os p seFo
above the weight provided by law
limit Of Weight of Mol Matter.-No package
beived for conveyance by mall exceps single
| cooks weighing IN excess OF that amount. ana
except books and documents publisned OF
pssssf smsh 81 tse Sm or om
| the Smithsonian Institution.
80 Second-class matter mailed in packs ges
; at the pound rate is not subject to the IL ur'
81 The above limit Of weight does not ap-
, ply to matter In foreign malls regulated BY
postals conventions.
: RATES OF POSTAGE.
} On First Glass Matter. rate of
r postage on matter of the first GLASS is as
] follows:
/. On letters and other written matters
except that specially authorized to pass at
third-cass rates and on Sc aled matter or matter
otherwise closed against inspection, two cents
per ounce or fraction thereof
<, 2. On posIel cards one cent each, the price
fol which they are sold.
3. 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 matter. The rate OF
postage on second-claSs matter when sent by
the publisher thereof, and from the offce OF
publication, including samples copies, or when
sent from a news agency to actual subscribers
thereto, or to other news agents, is one cent per
pound or fraction thereof.
The frate of postage on newspapers and
periodical publications of the second-cass
when sen. by other than the publisher or news
agent, is one cent for each four ounces or
fractional part thereof.
The rate of postage on newspapers excepting
weeklies) and on periodicals not exceeding two
is uniform at one cent each; on periodicals
weighing more than two ounces. two cents
each.
Newspapers and periodicals when de