The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-29
PORTLAND POST OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

| eXCeOtPn
a. m. to 700 p. m. Sunday 800 to 1000 a. m
| Carriers Dssiveries Sundays excepted)-In
business section OF the city between High and In
Ola streets at 100 and 915 a. m. IL IS m, l.3o
| 1.3O p. A. Collection from Atlantic to
Grove on Congress, 6. a. m. Sunday delivery at
8hiee w,n ldo' 200 to 1000 a m. Collections
and 400 p. m. Sunday, 600 p. m. only
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS
! on1ceS and connections via Boston & Maine
railroad, eastern division) at 1870,
O., and 11.30 p. NJ. close ga. m. and IL M
BIS and 9.15 ,. NJ. Sunday arrive 125 D. m;
clos3.3o and 9.15 p. m.
Boston, Southern and Western, and inter.
mediate offices and connections, via Boston and
Maine railroad (Western division) ARRIVE at
1890, $50 and $50 p. M. close 6.SS a. m
| and 2.45 p. m.
Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrlve
a. M. and pm; close 1900 M and 9.15
p. m.
augusta, intermediate Offices and connections
| via Maine Central railroad-Arrtve at 200 and
9.o0a m. and 6.15 p. NJ; close at 600 a.
M. IL. 90 M, 4.15 and 9.15 D. m.
| Pennington intermediate Offices and connec-
tons. via Maine Central Railroad-Arriye as
!! ana 6.15 p. m.; close at 745 a. NJ. and
| 1925 p. nj.
Rocktdnd, intermediate offices and connections
wa Knox and Lincoln railroad-Arrive
and 6 p. M. close at GOO a. M ana 12.25p.m
| Skoachcga2,, intermediate offices and connec-
tons, via Maine Central railroad-Arrive at
l D. M: close at 1925 p. n.
Island Pond ", intermediate offices ane
| connections. via Grand Trunk Railway-As
rive at 1880 p. M; close at z a. m. and 100
| p. m.
Gorhoma,. N. H. Intermediate offices and con
| nections, via Grand Trunk Authoritative a
| $40 a. m. and 1890 p. NJ. close at a. m.
| LOO and 4.3O p. m.
Scranton, IT., intermediate Offices and con-
nections, via Mountain Division M. c. R. R.
| Arrive at $50 p. m; close at 500 a. m.
| Bartlett, N. e., intermediate offices and con
nections via Mountain Division NJ. c. r. R.
Arrive at eco a. m. and S.3Op. M; close as
| 800 a. m. and 2.46 p. m.
.,1 Dle sS, rO'd Prtds's Corner Etndhans. No
| at II. 90 M. close at AS p. m.
Rochester, N. H., intermediate Offices and con-
| nections, via Portland Chichester railroad-Ar-
rive at Las ana 500 p m.; close at $50 and
| 11.45 a. ~
500 and $50 D. m. close at $50 a. m, 1I.45
a. M, and $50 p. M.
JVest5rook (Saccarappa)- Arrive 9ts4o a.
m. 45 and 600 p u. close $50 ana 11.45 a.
m. and $50 p. m.
Cape Elizabeth and K,stghtvtUe-Arrive at
500 a. M and p. M; close at a. m. and Lao
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 sept 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 N
writing, whether sealed OF unsealed Except
manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or
corrected proof sheets of the sanle.) All mat
ter sealed or otherwise closed against inspection
is also OF the first class.
I'd class Periodical publications, namely all
new spapers and other periodical publications
which are issued at stated intervals and as
frequently as four times year, which bear a
date of issue, and are numbered consecutively,
are issued from known oftice of publication.
are formed ofprintd paper sheets without board.
To be of information of public
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 Glass Books, circulars, periodicals and
other matter wholly in print mot Included i'll
secondclass matter), proof-sheetS, corrected
proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
ng the same.
aPrnted matter" is defined by statute to be
''tha 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 an!actual and personal correspou-
| dence.'
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 Class Merchandise, namely all matte
not embraced in the iirSt, second or third
class which 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, andnoE
above the weight provided by law
limit of Weight of Mail MGtter.-No packages
weighing more than four pounds shall be rs
beivea for conveyance by mail. except single
cooks weighing In excess of that amount. ana
except books and documents published or
p pepartmf sns Of Tie Government or from
| the Smithsonian Institution.
so Second-clasS matter mailed in packa geS
at the pound rate is not subject to the four
ST. The above limit of weight does not ap-
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated Dy
poStalS conventions.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
On First Glass Matter.-Tbs rate of
| postage on matter of the first class is as
follows:
1. On letters and other written matters
except that specially authorized to pass at
third-class rates and ON SEALED matter or matter
| otherwise closed against inspection, two cents
| pSr ounce or fraction thereof.
2. On posJel cards one cent each, the price
fOI winch LQey are SOlu
g. On drop letters" two cents per ounce or
fraction thereof when mailed at letter carrier
: post offices, and one cent for each ounce or
fraction thereof at Offices where free delivery
by carrier is not established.
o On Second Class Afatter. The rate OF
a | postage on second-class matter when sent ny
the publisher thereof, and from the ONCE Oh
publication. including samples copies, or when
sent from news agency to actual SUBSCRIBERS
| thereto or to other news agents, Is one cent per
pound or fraction thereof.
The rate OF postage on newspapers and
periodical publications of the second-oiass
| when sens BY other than the publisher or news
agent is one cent for each four ounces or
. fractional part thereof. ,
I The rate of postage Oh newspapers excepting
W | weekIies) and on periodicals not exceeding two
ounces in weight, whenithe same aredeposited in
| ia uniform at one cent each; on periodicals
weighing more than two ounces, two cents
| each.
posited by the publishers or news agent in a
fetter-carrier office for general box delivery
, are subject 10 pay postage at the rate OF one
cent per pound when deposited by other than
publishers or news agents, Tor general or box
delivery, the rate is one cent for four ounces OF
fractional part thereof.
Weekly newspapers when deposited by the
publisher or news agents in a letter-carrier
Office for delivery by carriers. or otherwise are