The Portland daily press., 1896-01-10
PORTLAND POST OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

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m. to 300 P. m. Registry department., 900
a. m to 600 p. m,
General Delirerg Sundays excepteO 7.3o
a. m. TO 700 p. m. Sunday 900 to 1000 a. m.
Carriers Dsauertes, Sundays excepted)-In
business section OF the city between High and In
dia streets at 700 and 9.15 a. M 2. As D m 80
and o. l5 p ~; in other sections at 500 a. m.
1 1;Yo p. a. Collection from Atlantic to
| Grove on Congress, 6. n. m. Sunday delivery at
once WIDOW, 800 to 1000 a. m. Collections
from street boxes at HOO a. m 400
and 500 p. m. Sunday 900 p. m. ouly.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston, Southern and Westerqt, intermediate
Offices and connections via Boston 8 Maine
| railroad, eastern diyision) at 1890,
| O., and ll.3O p. M; close a. m. and II m.
bio and 915 ?. M; Sunday, arrive 1.25 p. m.
clos3.30 and 915 p. IN.
Boston, Southern and Westera, and inter
mediate offices and connections, via Boston and
| Maine railroad (Western divison)-Arrive at
1890. $50 and $50 p M; close 6.8S a. m.
and 2.45 p. m.
Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
| p. m.
Au7,tsta, intermediate offices and connections
va Maine Central railroad-Arrive at zoo and
9.O0a M and 6.15 p. m. close at 600 a.
M. 1900 M, 4.15 and 9.15 D. M
Fdrnai1aqton, intermediate Offices and connec-
ions. via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive at
l ana 6.15 p. M; close at 7.45 a. m. and
1925 p. m.
| .Rockland, intermediate offices and connections
VIA Knox and Lincoln Authoritative L
and p. M; close at 600 a. M and 1925 p. m.
Sko1eAegan, intermediate Offices and connec-
uonS. via Mains Central railroad-Arrive at
1 p. m. close at 1926 D. m.
Is'ond Pond, IT, intermediate offices and
connections. via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar
rive at 1870 p. M; close at a. m. and l. 90
p. m.
Gortona, N. H., intermediate offices and con-
nectlons, via Grand Trunk railroad-Arriye at
n m Cnh
LOO and 43o .. m.
SCRANTON, IT., intermediate offices and con-
| nections, via Mountain Division M. c. r. R.
Arrlve at $50 p. M; close at 800 a. m.
Bartlett, N. a., intermediate Offices and con-
| nectlons via Mountain Division NJ. @. R. R.
Arrive at eco a. M and $50 p. H.; close at
800 a. m. and 2.45 p m.
,,; PUCK Pond, Pytdes Corner, Wtndhan., No.
Wj11d1dn1 Raymond and South Casco-Arriye
at IL. 90 m. !; close at 1.45 p. III.
Rochester, N H., intermediate offices and con-
| noctions, via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar.
rive at Las ana 600 p. M. close at $50 and
11.45 a. N.
Cumberland AfsNs-Arriye at s. 40 a. M, 1.45
500 and $50 D. m; close at $50 a. M, 1I.45
a. M, and $50 p. NJ.
West6rook (soccarappa) Arrive ats.4o a.
m. 40 and 90 p. H.; close $50 ana 11.45 a.
m. and $50 p m.
Cape Elizabeth and K,stg1tytue- at
8.ooa M and P. M; close at 8 a. m and LAS
p. m.
Boa0ery Beach-Arr.ve at p. M; close Las
p. m.
Classification Of Domestic Mail Mat
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:
lst class. Written matter. namely letters,
postal CARDS, and all matter wholly or partly in
wiring, whether sealed OF unsealed Except
manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or
ter sealed or otherwise closed against inspection
is also of the first class.
| "a class. Periodical publications. namely all
| new papers and other periodical publications
| which are issued at stated intervals and as
frequently as four times year, when bear a
date OF Issue, and are numbered cOnSecutively,
are issued from known office OF publication
are formed ofprintd paper sheets without board.
el"th, leather or other substantial binding,
character, or devoted to literature, the sciences
art or some special ndt 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 Clnss. Books. circulars, periodicals and
other matter wholly in print (not included in
second-class matter), proofsheets, corrected
proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
ne the same.
Printed matter is defined by statute to be
"Sae reproduction upon paper, by any process
letters characters, figures or images, or of any
combination thereof not having the
character OF anlactual and personal correspou-
dsnce."
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.
4th Glass Merchandise, namely all matte
not embraced in the first, second or third
ciasswhich 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 Weight of Mail Matter.-No package
weighing more than four pounds shall be re
beiyed for conveyance by mail. except single
cooks weighing IN excess of that amount and
except books and documents published or
circulated by order of Congress, or OFFICIAL
matter emanating from any of the
Departments of the Government or from
the Smithsonian Institution.
80 SecOnd-class matter mailed in packa ges
at the pound rate is not subject to the ft ur-
pound limitations
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated by
pOstals conventions.