Evening star., 1897-03-04
FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE

WASHINGTON. D. C., POST OFFICE NOTICE
maR should be read daily by all interested as changes
FOREIGN MAILS for the week ending March 6,
1897 close pTGRr{!sy TRlSsAaNrf n$ Hss Mas e follows
TS#EH7 Mr. nsS $s irn 'P5 e
La Gascoene'. from New York. via Havre. Letters
for other parts of EUROPE must be directed Per
lb' At 7:2o PM. for EUROPE, per SIS. umbra',
from OF, New " York 70 v via Queenst9wn >ns
SIS: Amsterdam, from New York via Rotterdam.
Letters It, s. must ,o,! be directed If Per
from New York Letters must be directed ''Px
e, At 1855 PM. for SCOTLAND direct. per SIS.
Ethiopia. from New York, via Glasgow. Letters
m,s5 .s.p he 1s.,rI directed t, Per, Per Ethiopia.',
sailing from New York Tuesdays. Thursdays
MA SY sn aaee printed for GER
etc. for other parts of Europe.
White Star steamers sailing from New York on
we tS ,a take x, usPefiay addressed printed mat
The The American c1nard and French Line steamers
for all countries for which they advertised to
''' WtsT INnIrs nh shHTGAi ETG AMkRicA'
ThrRsbAY 1,sata, At @ lo:a' PM for for brazil per
Rsa and Rio anero 1ape SeT r via SdTH RR
zII. and Ia Plata CoUSTRlEs must !'s directed
So snd nks S! 4 saN lH5 rM for S "
from New York. n,At 1885 PM for LEEW ARD
and WlNDWAItD ISLANDS. per SIS. Tasman,
Unique and Barbados. Letters for GRENADA
TK,S,nAn Tl,>,n and ToBaGo must be directed Per
COZ NfRlES direct per SIS. Afghan Prince, from
FRIbAY-tcl At 1o:ss PM. for JAMAICA. sA.
VANILLA and GREYToWN, per SIS Adirondack
from New York. Letters for COSTA RIGA must
for CAMPECHE. CHIAPAS. TARASCO and YI--
CATAN. per IS. Orzaba. from New York. Letters
orizala.'' tc, AT 1885 Pm. for VENEZUELA and
CT RACAo. also SAvANIII.A and CARTHAGENA.
as Axe efr or SSRH bnz New per York
M via raT NaFa1am sT bNo sS cs1f1 snd "a
York Letters for GUADEI.OTTE and MAR.
TINIQUE must be directed Per Vile de st.
SATURDAY At $50 AN. for NASSAU. n
r. per stsameT s from Miami Fla Id At l1:ao
from Halifax
Mails for NEwFouNDLANp. by rail to Halifax,
AMI anS thence @ vi" steamer close here daily at LBS
Mails for MIQUEI.oN, by rail TO Boston and
Mails for CUEA. by rail to Port Tampa. Fla.
and thence via steamer sailing Mondays and Thurs
days. close here daily at 800 PM te,
Mails Tor MENICO overland texcept those for
CAMrECME. CHIAPAs. TABAsCo and lUCATAN,
which VIII be forwarded Via New York after ths
Wednesday overland close up to and including the
1923 Pm. closing friday close here. daily at 40
TRANSPACIFIC MAILS.
Mails for CHINA and JAPAN, per Rraemer
from Tacoma; close here daily up to: MarchJ13th at
Mails fol CHINA and JAPAN per s.s Peru. from
San San Fransisco close here daily up to $50 PM.
,, Mails for HAWAII per So Australia; from San
Francisco. close here daily up to $40 P.M< March
18th. tdl = .
Mails for CHINA and JAPAN fspecfa nd
dressed only, per SIS. Empress of India from Van
c"rver close here daily up 10 ESQ Pm. March
22d. Id i
Nails fer the SOCIETY ISLANDS per ship TropIc
Bird from San Francisco close here daily up to
$40 PM. March 25th. Id
Nails for AUSTRALIA (except those for WEST
Al STRAI,IA. which forwarded via Europe)
NEW ZEALAND. HAWAII FIJI and SAMOAN
ISLANDS, per SIS. Marposa, from san Francisco
close here daily up G:3O PM. March 9th IN
TRANSPACIFIC MAILS are Forwarded to the
port of sailing daily and the schedule of closing
is arranged on the presumption of their unater-
rupted overland transit.
ia) Registered mails close at 1000 AM same
day.
Oh Registered mails close at .OO p NJ same day
tc) Registered malls close at 500 PM same day .
td) Registered mails close ut 500 PM. previous
day.
te, Registered mails close at 100 Pm. Wednes-
days and Saturdays
IL Registered mails close at 90 PM previous
day.
mhl JAMES p. WHLETT, Postmaster