Evening star., 1897-04-28
FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE

WASHINGTON. u. C., POST OFFICE NOTICE
shoIld be read daily. as changes may occur at
FoREIGN MAILS for the week ending May l.
1897, close at this Office follows:
TRANSATLANTIC MAILS
WEDNEsDAYICl9At 80 Pm; for EUROPA
81 ss, Normshnla, from New YORK, VIA fiymonth
Fl FRIDAY r5S,h; s;sS fM for FRANCE sMErz-
EGYPT and BRiTisH INDIA, per SIS. la . Gs.:
oogne, from New York. via Havre. Letters ir
Gascosne" S . tc,At fo:55 PM. i 70 for % NErHERi.aNbs
direct. per Sc Neendam. from New York, via
@ ffs ss ist PM be for P per yss.
'UmhTia: rl: fro from y New work York. Via Queenstown.
soDr from Nsn MaE TER ns
matter, etc. for GERMANY, and specially nd
dressed printed matter. etc, for other parts Of
American and White Star steamers on Wednesday
nd on AGTsdsy su @aa oun1rd rens
matter, etc, for all countries for which they are
MAILS FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA
TONIC. per steamer GaSa f1o% Philadelphia S 'i AN
TlIUtSDAY-,c' At loss Pm. for CENTRAL
ec fa Pr es'f rnanse 'nS S Sem YORK. @A
via Colon. Letters for GUATEMALA must be d.
TACO DE cuba. per SIS Mexico, % from n New @ YORK. &
Letters for vE:.ssztEI.A and coi.oMBIA must es
from oss nef Tor as s
I0:55 PM for ST THOMAS, ST cRoIx via ST.
aS%'s Ee% so aRd s for LA sG tT2
COUNTRIES direct. per MaskelyDe, from New
FRDAY-te At 1888 Pm. for FoRTrNE ISL
AND. JAMAICA. sAyANnl.A and GREfTowN.
sTs RE %ast b. .rS% SeS
&C. l,1,, At lo;S5 Pm & 70. sI CAPE FL HATH. GoNAvM
MARTHA per SIS Holstein. from New York. tc)
At 1O:55 I'm. for CAMPECHE, CIIAPAs. Ia
BAsCo and YUCATAN, per SIS. fnmnri from New
directed Per Yumuri.''
SATTRDAY-td) At 1905 Pm. for ST PIElRE-
= m rsfaa Talff
Mails for NEWFOUNDLAND. by rain to Halifax
and thence via steamer. close here daily eKc'pt
Sunday at 12.05 Pm and on Sundays only ut III -
Mails for MIoUEIyoN. by rail to Boston and
Mails for CUBA Except those for SANTIAGO Dn
and including the loss pm. close Thursday
close here daily at 800 Pm. for forwarding VIA
steamer sailing Mondays and Thursdays from Pors
Nails for MEXICO. overland Except those for
which will be forwarded via New York, after the
"Wednesday overland dispatch up to and including
the 10 55 Pm closing Friday. cs,se here daily al
TRANsPAcrFIc MAILS
HAWAII and FIJI ISLANDS Especially addrcssrd
only. per SIS. Miowera. from Vancouver close here
dy Nan. .fss for eEa SP sG Mny spscs
only. per Empress OF China, from yancouyer,
Mails for CHINA. JAPAN and HAWAII, per Sc.
Doric. from San Francisco, close here daily up to
O.3O I'm. May D. Id
Mails for HAWAII. per s.s Australia. from Ssa
Francisco, close here daily up to $50 Pm. May Ia
Mails for CHINA and JAPAN, per SIS. Olympia,
from Tacoma, close here daily up to $50 Pm. !;
May Is Id
Mails for AUSTRALIA texcept those for wFcfr
AUSTRALIA which are forw arded via Enropel,
NEW ZEALAND. HAWAII. FIJI and SAMOAN
ISLANDS. per s.s Alameda. from San Francisss,
close Lere daily up to $50 Pm. May %. tdD
Mails for the SOCIETY ISLANDS. per ship Cal
flee. from San Francisco. close here daily up 10
$50 f. M. May 23. td)
TRANSPAClFIC MAILS Forwarded to the port
Of sailing daily, and the schedule OF cosngs k
ranged the presumption Of their uninterrup;sa q
os serland transit.
ta) Registered mail closes at 1000 AN. sams
day.
(b) Registered mail closes at 90 P. NJ same day.
(c) Registered mail closes at GOO PM same day.
Id Registered mail closes at 500 Pm. previous.
day.
te) Registered mail closes at ] 100 PM Tuasdays
and Saturdays
aI27 JAMES p. wILLETT. Postmaster.