The Portland daily press., 1896-02-10
PORTLAND POST OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURs

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| LICdshter's Office, (Snndays exeeptaN az a
| m to ZOO p. M; Money order department q a
m. to 800 p. m. Registry departmenf 9OSs
a. m. to 600 p. m,
General De1trerg.. Sundays excepteD 7.so
| a. NJ to ZOO p. m. Sunday 800 to 1000 a. m
Carriers batteries, SUNDAYS exceptedl-rn
business section OF the city between High and In,
| dia streets at 100 and 9.15 a. M 10 Al nm i ao
3nd o'i3 D. n; ID other sections at 500 a. m,
| Gre" ~ congress, 6. a. m. Sunday delivery al
! Office N.Tdow. 500 to 1000 a. m. ColIections
and ROO p. NJ Sunday, 600 D. m. only. NV
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston, Southern and Western, intermediate
Offices and connections via Boston & Maine
railroad, eastern diyisionl-Arrive at 1890
O.. and 1l.30 p. M close a. m. and IL m.
bio and 9.15 z. M; Sunday arrive 1.25 p ms
clos3.30 and 9.I5 p. m.
Boston, Southern and Western, and inter.
mediate offices and connections, via Boston and
Maine railroad western diyision) as
1890. $50 and $50 p. M; close 6.S8 a. m,
and 2.45 p. N.
Eastern. via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
2 a. M and pm; close 1900 In. and els
p. m
augusta, intermediate offices and connections
via Maine Central railroad-Arrive at 200 and
9,o0a. m. 1 and 6.15 p m.; close at 600 a.
M. 1900 M, AIS and 9.15 D. m.
Pennington, intermediate Offices and connec.
mons via Maine Central RailrOad-Arrfve at
and 6.15 p. m.; close at 7.45 a. H.. and
1925 p. m.
Roosland intermediate offices and connections
VIA khox and Lincoln Authoritative
ana Q P. M; close at 800 a. m. and 1925 p. m.
Skoaraegdn, intermediate Offices and connec-
lions. via MaIe Central railroad-Arrive az
p. M. close at 1925 p. m.
connections. via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar
rive at 1890 p. NJ; close at a. m. and LOO
p. m.
Gorhene. NJ Il, Intermediate Offices and con-
$40 a. M and 1890 p. m.; close at a. m.
LOO and 4.3O p. m.
Scranton, IT., intermediate offices and con-
neetions. via Mountain Division M. C. r. R.
Arrive at $50 p. m. close at 500 a. m.
Bartlett ~. H., intermediate Offices and con-
nections via Mountain Division M. G. II. r.
Arrive at SEQ a. m. and S.3Op. ~; close as
500 a. H. and 2.45 p. m.
DueS Pond. Prids's Corner, Windhon,, No.
Wandh0n1, Raymond and South CaSco-Arrive
at 1900 m. ; close at LAB p. NJ
Rochester, N r., intermediate offices and con-
nections, via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar.
rive at lao ana 800 p. m; close at $50 and
11.45 a. m.
Cumberland Msns-Arrive at g 40 a. M. Las
600 and $50 p. m; close at $50 a. m, 1I.45
q. M, and $50 p. M.
Westbrook (saccaroppa) 1t $40 a.
m. Ia and 600 p. L.. close $50 ana Hasa.
m. and $50 p. m.
Cape Elizabeth and K,sightville-Arrive at
500 a. m. and 2. M; close at a. M and Las
p. m.
Boaoery Beach-Arrive at p. M. close Las
| p. m.
| Classification Of Domestic Mail Nat
| 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 OF unsealed Except
manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or
| corrected proof sheets of the Same.) All mat
ter sealed or otherwise closed against Inspection
| is also of the first class.
I'd class Periodical publications, namely all
new ,papers and other periodical publications
| which are issued at stated intervals and as
date of issue, and are numbered consecutivey
| are issued from known office of publication.
are formed ofprinrd paper sheets without board.
cloth, leather or other substantial binding.
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 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
except that of handwriting, of any words,
letters, characters, figures or images, or of any
On Thereof Ind not nayng the
dence."
A"c1rcular" 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
writing tharNin
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
slasswhich 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
above the weight provided by law
Limit of Weight of Mail Matter.-No package
weighing more than four pounds shall be re
beived 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 ofhcial
Departments of the Government or from
the Smithsonian Institution.
80 Second-claSs matter mailed in packs ges
at The pound rate is not subject to the IL ur-
p 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 Matter.-Tbe rate
postage on matter of the first class is as
follows:
l. On letters and other written matter
except thai specially authorized tc pass
third-class rates and on sealed matter or matter
| otherwise closed against inspection, two cents
| per ounce or fraction thereof
| On postel cards one cent eaeh the price
| fol which they are sold.
| g. On drop letters" two cents per ounce or
| fraction thereof when mailed at letter carrier
| post Offices and one cent for eacn ounce or
| fraction thereof at offices where Tree delivery
| by carrier is not established.
| On Second Class aIatter The rate OF
| hostage on second-class matter when sent by
| fbe nublisher thereof, and rom the office of
publication. including samples a"ples, or when
| sent from news agency to actual subscribers
thereto. or to other news agents, is one cent per
| nound or fraction thereof.
| The Trate OF postage on newspapers and
nerodical publications of the seoond-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