Evening star., 1900-08-18
FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE

rOhElUN IOO AL DIN V 1SG
WASHINGTON. D. G.. POST OFFICE NOTICE.
Should be read daily, as changes may occur at
f FoRElGN MAILS are forwarded to the ports of
sailing daily, and the schedule OF closings is ar,
ranged the presumption of their uninterrupted
overland transit. For the week ending August %.
1900 the last connecting closes will be made from
'H'' Ol''e a. TRANsATLANT1c MAILS
IS sATgRDAY usth instant,-(G, At I'll log 3 Pm 70, for
Mail must be directed Per SIS. Kaiser VIM IL"
sUNDAY-Ch, At 9:l5 Pm. for EuRorE. per SIS
ampton. Mail must he directed Per SIS. Trave."
M0NpAi-tc, At ala IN. for EUROPE, per
Chrrt,oure Southampton and Bremen. Mall for
IRELAND must be directed Per kaserin Maria
1helesla." ,c, AT ll:o5 PM. for IRELAND, per
SIS Servlu from New York. Queenstown. Mail
for other pnrts of Ell ROPE must toe directed Per
TUESDAY -(c, At e:15 PM. far EUROPE, per
SIS. st. Louis. from New York. via Southampton.
&C., At u "' Pm for E,RorE Ter SIS GsrmnniS; DC;
PM for BELGIl'M direct per SIS. Noordland,
from New YORK. Mail must be directed Per SIS.
wEpNESpAY-nn At z:15 Pm. for ErRoPE.
per IS. F. bismarck, rom New York; via via, Ply Ply
ERI.AND ITALY. SPAIN. PORTUGAL. TURKEY,
EGYrT BRITISH INDIA and LORENZO MAR
QUEZ, via Cherbourg. must be directed Per
EEI Ir hT ENTsS SfA MIA Isd T5fhI
York, via Havre, Mail for other parts Of EUROPE
FKIDAY-CcI At II :o5 P.As for NETHERLANDS.
per SIS. Spaarniam. from New York. Mail must be
York. &c, At Hos Pm. for EuR6rE per s,s:
IL o5 PM. for AZORES ISLANDS. per S. Trojan
Prince. from New York ,
printed matter. commercial papers aud samples for
GERMANY only The same san a class Of mail matter tier
ship. unless specially directed by her:
MAILS FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA,
WFST INDIES ETC.
SUNDAY-(hJ At 1900 NJ. for ST. PIERRE-MI-
cUELoN per steamer 81 from 3, North I IS sydney
Hsrsshe from New sS York Via 'I R Bahia
FTA Hssi:ss ii i Pss Fa iat NV
FnUNpLANp PEI per % SIS Is As AssyTan from ns1s. rhsde
nns sasept &c at Rs and s%urh sSa
per SIS: Finance; from New York, via Colon Mail
fSr s At Ss rM eF and
per ,oT E5oa pA fFSm NfW sodk aree te M
SIS Norman Prince. from New York.
TJFSIAY-ibi At 2:30 PM for JAMAICA per
SIS. Admiral Earragnt; from Boston &c, At 1I:o5
York tc) At 11:o5 Pm. for ST. KITS and
hEMAKh per for s. hks rsS sSn San New and oM
INICAN REPUBLIC, per SIS. Cherokee, from New
PEcHE, CHIAPAs, TABASco and YUcATAN, per
Seguranca from New York. via Progres". Mail
for other parts Of MENlCO must be directed Per
THrRsDAY-CN At 2:ao Pm. for JAMAICA. per
ST Fl r and 1ST H IsE 1s
AsS New yarE aha e At FM for I%AGTA 'f% ana
HAITI. per SIS. Adirondack, from New York, via
fips i!cs IN F'M. for FohTrSE ISIASD, I f'F JaMAicA
sAvANILLA and CARTHAGENA per SIS, Athos,
directed iGt Per SIS Athos' e, At il:o5 P.M. T for
Porto RICO. via San Juan; CuRAcAo and YEN
Mail for sAvANILLA and GARTH AGENA must he
d,seted d. TsF rs Ph,lndeipa e9 At l;oS
New York via rasres a @ At IN" rM IRON fdn
MATANZAs; cAIBARIEN; NTEvrrAs; GIEARA
Ordinary man only, which must be directed Per
Mails for NEwFoUNDLAND. by rail- to North
except Sunday, at 1900 NJ, and on Sundays only
a. Malls for MIouELoN. by rail to Roston and
thence via steamer, close here daily at 3:15
CUBA MAILS close here via Port Tampa Fla.
Wsdnesdays Fridays lays and SUNDAYS at 2:2o Pm. %
dressed for dispatch by steamers sailing from New
York close here daily at 1890 AN. and 1000
Mails for COSTA RIGA by rail to Mobile. and
for BELIZE, PUERTO C0RTEZ and GUATE-
Hnd ~ Fd h TO Ne@ rea1s % close here daily at
"Wednesday for COSTA RIGA and Mondays for
BELIZE PuERTo Err SSn GoRTEZ E;2 and nd GUATEMALA.
Nails Mails for CHINA. JAPAN, HAWAII and PHIL
y at 5 up a to San 81 ss here
dispatch per SIS. Hong Kong Maru. tol
Mails for CHINA. JAPAN. HAWAII and PHIL
1PPlNE ISLANDS,, via San Francisco close here
daily at 8;35 PM up to September 1, Inclusive
Mails for AUSTRALIA Except West Australia
NEW ZEALAND, HAWAII. FIJI and SAMOAN
ISLANDS, via San Francisco. close here daily mt
6:35 z NJ. after August IS and up to September /,
inclusive: for dispatch per SIS Mariposa. to)
Mails for CHINA and JAPAN via Vancouver
close here daily at 6:S5 Pm. up to September A.
inclusive. for dispatch per SIS. Empress Of China
Registered mail must be directed "via Van
couver." (o)
Mails for HAWAII. via San Francisco, close here
for dispatch per SIS. Australia. (o)
Mails for AUSTRALIA Except West Australia
which goes via Europe, and New Zealand which
gees via San Francisco and FIJI ISLANDS via
vancouver CLOSE here daily at 6:35 PM up to
September 10. inclusiv' for dispatch per SIS War
rimoO (Supplementar, mails via Seattle close
here daily at 6:35 =. NJ. up 20 September ia (ol
Mails for COCHIN CHINA are forwarded to
New YORK for connection with European steamers
! PHILIPPINE ISLANDS military mail. dis
ice to connect with government TRANSPORTS the
sallngs OF which are irregular.
tb) Registered mails close at 100 PM same
(c) Registered mails close at 500 Pm. same
ID Registered mails close at 500 AN. same
(e) Registered mails close at 100 PM. previous
Saturday. P-'1"'
tD Registered mails close at 100 PM. prev,ops
day f-@'i01'
On REGISTERED mails close at 1900 Pm. previous
Saturday. piu'
Ok Registered mails close at 500 Pm. nrer,on,
(o) Registered malls close at e:Oo PM nr.v,or.
day. P'e'ious
au1s JOHN A. MERRITT Postmaster