The evening times., 1898-08-03
rosToFFICE NOTICE.

Should be read daily, a. changes may occur at
any time.
FOREIGN MAILS are forwarded to the ports Of
sailing daily and the schedule Of closing is ar
ranged on the presumption Of their uninterrupt-
ed overland transit. For the week ending August
0. the last connecting closes. will be made at
this Office as follows:
Transatlantic Mails.
FRIDAY--(b At 7:2O p. m. for EUROPE lex
eept SPAIN; per $. $. Lucsnia. from New
Switzerland. Italy, Turkey. Egypt and Brit
ish India must be directed ''Per Lueanis.''
.bl At $40 p: m. for ITALY per ;; $.
must be directed ''Per AIler''
lb) At s:20 p; m. for FRANCE. SwITZ.
ERLAND ITALY. TURKEY. EGYPT and
BRITISH INDIA. per g. 5. la Tourane. from
New York. via Havre. Letters for other parts
of Europe must be directed ''Pcr La Tour
aine.'' Spain excepted
(cl At ll:lo p. m. for NETHERLANDS di-
rect, per 5. S. Amsterdam, from New YORK.
via Rotterdam Letters must be directed
per Amsterdam
(c) At n:lO p. m. for SCOTLAND direct.
per 5. s. Anchoris. from New York. via Giss-
cow. Letters must be directed "Per An
choria.''
tc) AT II:I0 p m. for NORWAY direct, per
S. s. Island from New York. Letters must
be directed per Island"
Nails For south and Central Amer
lea, West Indies. Etc.
wEDNESDAY-(c) NJ Il:Io n. m. for JAN.IC.
per steamer from Baltimore, Nd.
THURsDAi-lc) At 1l:io p. m. for BRAZIL.
per $. S. Herelius. IRON, New York. via Per,
nambuco, Bahia and Rio Janeiro. Letters
be directed 'sPer HFvelios.S Iru A'''>
tcp At ll:lo p. IN. for IA PLATA COITN-
TRIES direct. per s.; S. Peiucia. from New
York.
(c) At 1I:Io p. m for AUX-CAYEs. JAG.
MEL and SANTA MARTHA. per s. S. H.
Dumois: from New York:
Prins Willem II. from NeM York. Letters for
Venezuela. Curacao, Trinidad. British
and Dutch Gui.na. must be directed per
FRIDAY-(D at 6:25 n m. for BARBADOS di
rect and NORTH BRAZIL. via Para and Ma
nos: pc, $; 5, SO Granssnse tom ~-S New York,
sl 4. se B III fgsrNK sns s1AX2
per s. s. Altai, from; New York Letters for
Costa Rica must be directed "Per Altai."
SATURDAf-(dl At 1ea05 2. m. for NEW
FOCNDLAND. per steamer from North sgd
tdD At 1905 p. m. for ST PIERRE MI
QrEL0S. per steamer from North sydney
Nails for NEwFouNnLANB. BY rail to Hall.
fax and thence via steamer, close here daily, ex.
ccpt Sunday. at 12:o5 p. m. and on SUNDAYS
only at 1:35 a. m. Id
Nsls for MlQuELON. by rail to Boston and
thence via steamer. close here daily at $50 p.
m a)
Nails for MEXICo. overland Except those for
Campeche, Chiapas. Tabasco. and Yucatan which
will he forwarded via New York up to and in
Guiding the II 10 r. m, closing Tuesday,, close
here daily up to 7:lo q. m. ID
TPansPacinc Mails.
Nails for CHINA and JAPAN. per g. s. Tacoma
from Tacoma. close here daily up to $40 p. m,
August 4. (d)
Mails for AUSTRALIA Except those for West
Anstralia which forwarded via Europe). NEW
ZEALAND, HAWAII, FIJI and SAMOAN ISL
lNDS, per $. s. Mariposa, from San francisco.
close here daily up to 6:so p. m. August g. (dj
Mails for CHINA. JAPAN and HAWAII. per a
8 Doric, from San Francisco. close here daily
,Ip TO $40 p. m, August 4. (d)
Mails for CHINA AND, JAPAN, specially ad
dressed only per S. s. Empress OF Japan, from
Vancouver. close here daily up to $40 p. m,
august Is. (d)
Mails for AUSTRALIA (exccp. West Aust.alis).
NEW ZEALAND. HAWAII. and FIJI ISLANDS.
per S. $. Aorangi, from Vancouver, close daily
here after August 6, up 10 GAO p. M, August
Is. I'D
Mails for the SOCIETY ISLANDS. per ship Gal.
lice. from San Francisco, close here daily up to
$40 p. m, August 25. Id
(a) Registered mails close at 10 q. m. same day.
(b) Registered mails close at p m. same day
lei Registered mails close at 6 p. m. same day.
(d) Registered mails close at p m. previous
day.
(e) Registered mails cioss at 500 p. m. previous
Saturday.
JAMES p EILLET Postmaster