The Portland daily press., 1896-04-25
PORTLAND POST OFFICE
OFFICE HOURS,


General Deliperu fsundavs excented, 7 90
IA !" f'oo p. m Sunday 900 to 1000 a. m.
1oTreers' DsStUertes, Sundays excepted)-In
da stret Secion OF the city between High and In
and 9 IL as 1.oo and 9.15 a. m. IL 40 m. 1.So
d dtoo p. %. Collection from Atlantic to
Once w On dH0ngoe os g. m Sunday delivery at
from street boxes i at ii6o a. oo me- 100
ana 600 p m Sunday, 600 D. m. only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS
.aSossot, Soltthern and Western intermediate
on i,s an "a connections via Boston & Maine
rallroad, eastern division)-Arrive at 1880
8, and 11.3O p. m. close a. m and I'm
5;l5 and 9.l5 2. M; Sunday. arrive 1.25 p. m;
clos3.30 and 9.15 p m.
Bossto,', a Southern and Vestern and inter.
mediate of1ces and connections via Boston and
Maine railroad western divisionl-Arriys at
1890, $50 and $50 p M; close 688 a. m,
and 2.45 p. m.
Eastern. via Maine Central RaiIroad-Arrive
2 a. M and pm; close 1900 m. and 9I5
p.m
augusta, intermediate Offices and connections
via Maine Central railroad-Arrive at 200 and
| a.o0a. N. 1 and 615 p. m. close at 6.0Oa-
M, H. 90 M, 4.16 and 9.15 D. m.
Fdrnsi,sgton, intermediate offices and connec-
| tons. via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive az
ana Sis p. nj close at .46 a. m, and
| 1926 p m.
.Rockland, intermediate offices and connections
via Knox and Lincoln railroad-Arrive L
and g p. M; close at 600 a. IN. ana 1926 p. m.
|
tons. via Maine Central railroad-Arrive at
p NJ: close at 1925 p m
Island Pond, Vt, intermedia to Offices ant
connections. via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar
rive at 1890 p. M; close at a. m. and 90
p. m.
GorIana, N. H., intermediate offices and con
nections via Grand Trunk ralroad-Arrive
| $40 a. m. and 1890 D. M; close at a. m.
LOO and 4.30 p. m.
Saganton, IT., intermediate offices and con-
nectons; via Mountain Division NJ G. R. R.
Arrive at $50 p. M; close at 800 a. m
| Bartlett, n. e., intermediate Offices and con-
| neetons via Mountain Division M. G. r. R.
Arrive at 9.C0 a. m. and $50 p. H.; close as
| 500 a. m. and 2.45 p m.
~ Dtek Pond, Prtds's Corner, Wtndtara, No,
! at ~. 90 M; close at LAO p. n.
Rochester, y. r., intermediate offices and con.
noctions, via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar-
rive at l. 40 ana 500 p M; close at $50 and
11.46 a. m.
Cumberland Mins-Arrive at $40 a. M. Las
500 and $50 p NJ; close at $50 a. m, 11.45
a. m, and $50 p m.
WeStbrook (Saccoroppo) ARRIVE 1T $40 a,
m. 1.45 and 600 p. Il. close $50 ana l145a
m. and $50 p. m.
Cape Elizabeth and K,eightville- at
500 a. m. and p. H.; close at a. m. and Lac
Pm.
Boaeeiy Beacl,-Arr!ve at p. M; close Las
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:
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 sane.) All mat
ter sealed or otherwise closed against Inspection
| is also of the first class.
I'd class. Periodical publications, namely all
which are issued at stated intervals and as
| frequently as four times year, when bear
date of issue, and are numbered consecutively,
are issued from known office Capitalization,
are formed ofprintd paper sheets without board
cloth, leather or other substantial binding
TO be Of dern Information Of n, public
art or some special indl stry, and must have a
| 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
second-class matter), proof-sheets, corrected
proofsheets and manuscript copy accompany
SPrlnted matter" is defined by statute to be
"saa 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 aniactual and personal correspon-
dence."
A"cjrcular" is defined by statute to be a
printed letter, which, according to internal egi
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 ilrst, second or thif9
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, andnos
above the weight provided by law
limit of Weight of Mail Mdtter.-No package
weighing more than four pounds snail 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 official
p pspsrms s%sn af EEs Sm o
the Smithsonian Institution.
80 Second-clasS matter mailed in pack9 ges
at the pound rate is not subject to the ft W.
pound limitation :.
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated by
postalS conventions.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
On First Class Matter.-Tbe rate of
postage on matter of the first class is as
follows:
/. On letters ana other written matters
except thai specially authorized to pass at
third-class rates and on sealed matter or matter
otherwise closed against Inspection, TWO Genus
per ounce or fraction thereof.
g. On poSIei cards one cent eacn, Inc price
fol which they are sold.
g. On "drop letters" Two cents per ounco OF
fraction thereof when mailed at letter carrier
post offices, and one cent for each ounce or
fraction thereof at Offices where Tree delivery
by carrier is not established.
| On Second Class Natter The rate of
| postage on second-cIass matter when sent by
| the publisher thereof and from the office OF
publication, including samples COPIES, or when
sent rom a news agency TO actual subscribers
thereto. or to other news agents, is one cent per
| pound or fraction thereon.
| The rate OF postage on newspapers and
| neriodicaj publications OF the second-class
ip~han sen. bV other than the publisher or news
agent. is one cent for each four ounces or
| fractional part tilefeoi.
| The rate of postage on newspapers excepting
weekIiesl and on periodicals not exceeding two
onnces in weight, when the same aredepositedin
is uniform at one cent each; on periodicals
weighing more than two ounces, two cents
each. , ,..,,
posited by the publishers or news agent in
iettercarrier Office for general or box delivery
are SUBJECT To pay postage at the rate Of one
cent per pounds when deposited by other than
| publishers or news agents, tor general or box
! delivery the rate is one cent for four ounces or
| fractional part thereof.
| Weekly newspapers when deposited by the
| publisher or news agents in letter-carrieF