The evening times., 1899-11-01
P0sTorFiCE rorIcE.

| fOSTOFklCE gOcICE.
| WASHINGTON. ID. c. POSTCFFICE NOTICE
Should be read daily, changes may occur at
FOREIGN MAILS are forwarded to the ports Of
smiling daily, and the schedule of closings il
| ranged on the presumption Of their uninterrupted
/ overland transit. For the week ending November
| Z, the last connecting CLOSES will be made from
| this offce follows:
| Tranx-Aflantic Nails
| WEDNEsDAY-(c) At 9:I5 p. m. for FRANCE
direct, SWITZERLAND, ITALY, SPAIN. POR-
| TuGAL, TURKEY. EGYPT. and BRITISH
| INDIA, pc. s. e. La Toursine.' from New
| York. via Havre. Letters for other parts Of
! EUROPE must be directed per S. s. La
| Tourz:ne"
FRIDAY-(b) At 1:15 p. IN. for EUROPE. per $.
Campania,' from New York. via Queens
t0 At Hos p IN. for NETHERLANDS d.
rect. per = 3. Rotterdam. from New York. via
Rotterdam. Letters must be directed per
Rotterdam"
.tc) AT :o5 p. m. for ITALY. per S. e.
pies. Letters must be directed per s. s.
Auguste Victoria. -
sATt'RDAl-tcl At DIS ,. m. for AZORES ISL
ANDs direct. per s. = Peninsular, from New
PRINTED MATTER. ETC.-German steamers
sailing from New York Tuesdays take Printed
Matter; etc. for GERMANY. and specially ad.
Europe American and White Star steamers sail.
ing from New York Wednesdays German
steamers from New York on Thursdays, and Gun
ard, French. and German steamers from New
York on Saturdays, take Printed Matter etc for
all countries for which they are advertised to
carry mails Nails for TRANSvAAL and ORANGE
fREE STATE are forwarded in clo-ed mails for
those countries, via Lorenzo Marques but if spe-
ciaily directed '.via England" or ..via Europe"
They VIII be srnt included in the mails for Lon
don. and thence in the mails for Cape Town TO
be delivered by the latter Office to such Of the sd
dresses who have left the South African Republic
and are at present in the Cape Colony
Malls for Sonth and Central America.
West Indies. Etc.
WEpHEspAIEtc} ,t} At Hos p. m. for NEW
p,l. PooNDLAND. per 5, waldensian. from
% At 1l:os p m for wISDwARD ISL
ANDS. per = a Pretoria. from New York via
Nadeloupe. Martinique. barbados and DEM
DAD must be directed Per Pretoria
90 At li:05 p. m. for PROVINCE OF SAN
IIA9o: CUBA per 8 5. Santiago de Cuba.
(c) At ll:o5 p. m for INAGCA and HAITI.
via Cape Haiti. Port de Paix. GonaiveS. St
Marc. and Port au Prince, per S. S. Adler.
THuRsDAY-tG At Hos p. m. for JAMAICA.
per $ S. Erna. from New York Letters mus,
be directed Per 5. Erna'
per s. 5. Button. from New YORK. via Per.
nambuco. Bahia. and Rio Jlneiro Letters
for NORTH BRAZIL and la PLATA corn
tel Al ll:G1 p m for BERMUDA per s.
s. Trinidad. frum New York
te( Al II :oo p m. for CAPE HAITI. PETIT
GoAvE and JEREMIE, per s. 5. Andes, from
(c) At Hos p. m- for FORTUNE ISLAND
JAMAICA, SAVANiiLA. and CARTHAGENA.
per $ 5. Adipsndack. from New York. Let
8 $. Adirondack -
ec) AZ Hos p m for HAITI. per s. s.
Prins Willem V, from New York. via Port
for CURACAO. VENEZUELA. TRINIpAD'
BRITISH ard DUTCH GUIANA must be di,
rected Per s. $ Prins WiIlem W
San Juan. CURACAO. and vENEzUELa. a:
also SAVANILLA and CARTHAGENA. via
, GIrneao. per s. s. Caracas. from New York
zIa. na- Al r,,op i;no p; m for NORTH BRA
via Para. Maranham and Ceara
I'D At GEO Il. m. for Ia PLATA COyN-
TRIES direct, per $. S. Chaucer, from New
Mails for NEWFOUNDLAND. oy rail to North
Sydney. and hence via steamer, close here daily
except sunday at Y m, and on Sundays only,
Mails for MIQUELON. by rail to Boston. and
thence via steamer, close here daily at Sis D.
IN. I'D r
CUBAN MAILS close here via Port r,mn, Fl,
Sundays. Wednesdays Thursdays, and Fridays, at
500 p. m- %
Via Miami. Fla. Mondays, Tuesdays, and Sat-
urdays at 10-S A. m. %
Mails for MENIC0 overland. unless specially ad-
dressed for despatch by steamers sailing from
New York. close here daily at 1O:30 a. m, and
Nails for COSTA RIGA, BELIZE. PUERTO
CoRTEZ and GUATEMALA. by rail to New o.
leans, and thence via steamer. close here daily
being sundays and TUESDAYS for COSTA RIGA.
and Mondays for BELIZE, PUERTO CORTEZ and
GUATEMALA. (c).
Trans-PaciRc Mails.
Mails for CHINA and JAPAN, via Seattle
close here daily at 6:sS p M, up to November
Mais or c2Ss s9a5f apa snd Hawaii ESaa aa,I VI,
San Francisco, close here daily at 6.35 d. M up
to November 4. inclusive. for despatch per s. s.
China.
Mails for HAWAII, via San Francisco, close
here daily at 6:35 p. M up to November TO- in
elusive tor despatch pate , per r, $ = s. Aus australia:
West Australia. which goes via Europe. and New
wAn and FIJI ISLANDS, via Vancouver. close lose
here daily at 6:35 p- M, after October 2s. and
up to November H. inclusive, for despatch per
s. s. Miowerra.
Mails for SOCIETY ISLANDS, via San Fran.
cisco. close here daily at 6:35 p. m. up to No
vember Is, inclusive, for despatch by ship Cali
Nails for AUSTRALIA Except West Aastralia).
NEW ZEALAND, HAWAII. FIJI AND SAMOAN
6:35 p. m. after November II and up to November
Nails for CHINA, JAPAN, AND HAWAII, also
Australia and New Zealand) AND FIJI ISLANDS.
via San Francisco, close here daily at 6:S5 D. m.
up to November IL inclusive, for desptach per
steamer Doric.
Nails for CHINA. and JAPAN. via VANCOUVER.
close here daily at 6:35 p. m, UP to November
es. inclusive. for desatch per s. S. Empress Of
China.
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Commercial MafD. des.
patched the same as that for CHINA and JAPAN.
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Odiiitary MaiD, des.
patched to San Francisco at all closes for that
office to connect with Government transports. the
sailings Of which are irregular.
sMails for COCHIN, CHINA, are forwarded to
New York for connection with European steam.
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(b) Registered mails close at 100 p m. same
day.
(c3 Registered mails close at 500 .. m. same
day.
(d) Registered nails close at 500 a. m. same
day.
% Registered mails close at 100 p. m. previous
day.
(h) Registered mails close at 1880 p m. pre-
vious Saturday.
O. Registered mails close at 500 D. N. pre-
vious day.
.(o) Registered mails close at Goo p. m. pre-
yious day.