Evening star., 1902-01-01
FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE.

WASHINGTON, D. c., POST OFFICE NOTICE
Should be read daily, as changes may occur at
FOREIGN MAILS are forwarded to the ports of
sailing daily and the schedule of closngs is ar
overland transit For the week ending January 4,
1902 the last connecting closes WIFI be made from
'i'e MAIN r TRANsATLaNTHo S; r lasigTc' NAILS.
2 a s' SPAIN for RTASeE
and LORENZO MARonEz, per SIS La Champagne,
from New York, via Hayre. Mail for other parts
of EUROPE must be directed Per SIS. La Cham
pagne.'
per SIS F.. Bismarck. from New York. Mail must
be directed Per SIS. F.. Bismarck" tcl At 1l:25
for S per oP ser from % seT "
EUROPE must be directed Per SIS. Umbria. fc)
ALL At Il rs pm. for EukoPE, n per SIS Kronprlnz E,
and Bremen. Mail for IRELAND must be directed
Per IS. Kronprinz Wilhelm" tc) At 1!:2S Pm.
fS5 from A Ne~ York ITALY must be- directed
per SIS. Tartar Prince
WEST INDIES. ETC.
I At 1890 An ,l for s,, the M RA
(c) At ii :25 PM for JAMAICA, per SIS. Admiral
Sampson, from PHILADELPHIA lc) At 11:25 PM for
RsS 2orR and Ns 5TG "A,
other parts of MEXICO must be directed per SIS:
e. At or & rM for BAHAMas and
falfssd SanaMAs G t Anfiiia from New York Mali
nTii THunspAY0tc, % At ii rs Pm for MEXICO, per
Matanzas from New York via TamSes 3 a sa
A NJ. for INAUGUA and HAITI, per S. Belver-
non from New York.
SIS. Trinidad from New York. (cl At 11:25 PM.
for PoRTo Ec@ s ah fGS% apS yES TsE
Guayra and Maracaibo. Mail for sAVANILLA and
k s PMS of Ss rfE isEzS baa a.
MAICA, SAvANILLA, CARTAGENA and GREY
Town s.s Athes, from New Wy. York Mall 70!
l helm III. from New York yia Port Prince and
TRINIDAD, Trim BRiTisH and DUTCH GUIANA must
be directed Per SIS PTins Wilhelm III" e, At
suNDAY-(fJ At 80 AN. for the BAHAMAS,
VIA Mails for PsF by rail- to North
sydney and thence via steamer, close here daily,
except Sundays, at 1900 NJ. and on Sundays at
Mails for MIouELoN by rail to Boston and
thence via steamer. close here daily at 3:15
CUBA MAILS close here via Port Tampa. Fla.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 300
Mails for MEXICO overland, unless specially ad-
dressed for dispatch by steamers sailing from New
Nails for BELIZE, PUERTO CoRTEz and
via steamer, close here daily at 10000 PM the
connecting closes for which ;, being lns; Mopdays
and thence via steamer. close here daily at
p N the connecting closes for which being Tues
days. -, a,x,
Mails for AUSTRALIA Except those for West
Australia which go via Europe, and New Zealand
which 90 via San Francisco and FIJI ISLANDS,
via Vancouver close here daily at $3.50 P up to
January 4, inclusive, for dispatch per SIS. Aoran-
gi (O)
IPPINE ISLANDS. via San Francisco, close here
daily at 6:30 PM. up to January 8. inclusive for
dispatch per SIS. City of Peking. (o)
Mails for .CHINA and JAPAN, via Seattle. close
here daily at $3.50 PM up to January 8, inclusive
for dispatch per Kaga Maru. Registered mail
must he directed .'Via Seattle" to)
Mails for AUSTRALIA Except those for West
Australia which forwarded via Europe). NEW
ZEALAND, FIJI SAMOA and HAWAII, via San
FRANCISCO close here daily at $50 PM. after Jan
nary and up to January IL, inclusive, for dis
patch per SIS. Ventura. {0)
Mails for sCHINA and JAPAN. via Vancouver
close here daily at 6:30 P.M up to January 21 ju
elusive, for dispatch per SIS Empress OF Japan
Registered mail must be directed ''Via Vancouver
Merchandise for the U. S. Postal Agency at Shang
hai cannot be forwarded via Canada. (o)
Mails for sCHINA and JAPAN, via Tacoma close
here daily at 6:3O PM. up to January p, inciu.
sive for dispatch per s. = I Tacoma (ol
New York for connection with European steamers
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS military maiD, dis.
patched to San Francisco at all closes for that of
Ace to connect with government transports the
sailings of which irregular
REGISTERED MAILS close at the MAIN Of
FICE as follows: (b} At 100 I. M same day; (c)
at 500 p. NJ. same day; Id at $500 A M same day:
(f) at 100 Pm. previous day; thl at 1900 nj
previous Saturday; tk) at $500 Pm. previous day:
1o) at 600 PM previous day.
de28 JOHN A. MERRITT Postmaster