Evening star., 1898-12-08
FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE

WASHINGTON, p. c, POST OFFICE NOTICE.
should be read daily, as changes may occur Mt
FOREIGN MAILS are forwarded to the ports I
sallns daily and the schedule Of rlOsings is ar
IanEta on me pfeslmptlon of their uninterrdpt ed
overland transit. For the week ending December
~ the last connecting closes Will be made from
TRANSATLANTIC MAILS.
tfi PkiSAhTIh IA II, Al 90 = for FRANCE. SwiTA-
ERkANh, iA,N IrALI: SPAN, PoRTUGAL. II RilEY
cogne,' from New York. via Hayre Letters for
other parts Of 81! ROPE must must he directed Per La
direct, per IS. Rotterdam. from New York, Via
Rotterdam Letters must be directed Per Rvtter-
lam ,el At ll:l0 m. for ITALY. per SIS. Au-
goste Victoria. from New York. via Naples Let
tcTs must be directed Per Aaguste Nictogia." "
pana.t from New FORK via Queenstown
PRINTED MATTER ETC.-Germau steamers
matter. etc, for GERMANY and Specially address
ed ed printed matter etc: for other parts Of Ell
trtui New York On Wednesdays. German steamers
from New York on Thursdays and Cunard. French
and German steamers from New York on Saiur-
days take printed matter, etc. for all countries
f%t r. ~ Which n they are advertised 10 carry mail.
wEST INDIES, ETC.
por IA hSt'Afm,i' 'I.hor A. &c 62S IN for JAMAICA
BtLizE, PUERTO CoRTEz aud GC1rEMAi.A
must be directed Per Alabama" (ci Al lI:IO
= T. ", q AZ ier xcAMFEcHE CHIAPAS, TABAsco and
NIL m,atefI IS 10 ] ]Sthef p&9Fts & u MEXico va TamIa
m. for ST. DOMINGO and TURKS ISLAND, per
S. CheIgkec; from New York. O. At lI;I0 PIN,
tsT fsF 81 f dPMAS ind ST cRoIA per S. Ben
ll:lo Pm for MARTINIQUE N and GUADELOUPE,
FRInAl-tci AT II:iO FM. Tor BARBAUoS and
(cl At 1910 PM. for FORTUNE ISLAND. jan u / /
ToNN: ->;p per IS; Alene. from New York. Letters
for COSTA RIGA must be directed Per AIcne"
tcl At 1l:10 p. NJ. for BRAZIL snd LA PLATA
COUNTRIES. per IS. Dalecariia. from New YORK
via Pernambuco and Rio Janeiro Letters for
ecorlla." ,c, At lilo Pm. for NEwF0UND-
LAND; IID;- per P SIS silvia. from New York.
d. Al I2cS M fer eser ST. PIERRE @ NgR MIo aEfSS EfGS
Nails for NEWFoUNDLASH. by rail to Halifax
and thence ys steamer, close here daily, except
sunday At 1905 PM. and on sundays only at
Mails for MIQUELoN, by rail to Boston. and
thsnee via steamer. close here daily at 1920
Mails for CUBA close here daily at s:o5 PM. for
forwarding by steamers sailing from Port Tampa
Fla, Mondays. Thursdays and Saturdays ID
Mails hs,i,, fer MEXICo overland Except those for
and including the l1:l0 PM closing ThurstayI
close mere nn'iT TRhSsPHc4Fnt; 4 .iiS III; NAILS M
Mails for d HAMA nl per SIS s. AastTsq M from San
Mails for AUSTRALIA (exeept West Australia,
NEW ZEALAND. HAWAII and FIJI ISLANDS
per SIS. Miewera, from Vancouver. close here daily
at $40 7 ~ ;,I up 60 December s; Id
Mails fqr Ill LINZ, JAfAN ana HAWAII per SIS
daily at $40 Pm. up TO December o. ID
Mails for AUSTRALIA teNcept those Tor West
Australia which forwarded via EurOpet MEN
ZEALAND HAWAII. FIJI and SAMOAN ISL
ANDS, per SIS. Alameda. from San Francisco close
here daily at 6:4o y NJ. after December S. ID
Mails fer the SOCIETY ISLANDS per ship Trop-
ic Bird, from San Francisco. close here daily at
6:40 7. NJ. up to December 25 tdD
Mails for CHINA and JAPAN, per SIS. Empress
of India from Vancouver. close here daily at 20
+ M up TO December &c. Id
Mails for CHINA and JAPAN. per SIS Victoria.
from Tacoma close here daily at $40 Pm. up to
January .. Id
(a) Registered mails close at 1000 An. same
day
tb) Registered mails close at 100 PM same
day
(c) Registered mails close at 600 PM same
day
(d) Registered mails close at 600 pm. previous
day
de3 JAMES P. WILLETT, Postmaster