Evening star., 1903-12-18
FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE.


FoREIGN NAILS are dispatched to the ports of
sailing daily and the schedule of closings is
overland transit, For the week ending pecemSsr
from the MAIN oFFicE 81 Is iel!ows;
FRIDAY-te) At 6:95 Pm. for IRELAND, per
other Of Ss
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must be pi directed Paqp'a PeP ss sG S At
M IN SsrI Ma asss Sfs from
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MAILS FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA,
WEST INDIES. ETC.
FRIDAY-(e) At sos Pm. for NEwFoUNp.
zap GaFnafnen far f5o% sOn
NILIA and CARTAGENA must be directed per
SIS. zulia;:. &c, AT. las Pm: for PORTO RICO
g a saykSs EM for ,ns EoGTTh IEsHhANn
must be- directed @ W Per ss & Aesheny cat 4s
PM Pa for, for HAITI per si,p P,ns wien u from
TRINIDAD, BRITISH and DUTCH GUIANA must
be directed .:PeErss rs; - Prins willem IL" &c, At
New York Mail must per dsed assTs Per 'fon
Daggry." -(c) At 11;45 Pm for ARGENTINE
mTRuGuAY m J.A vas and PARAGUAY. per S. Hypatia.
CUBA MAILS close here at 800 Pm. daily, e1.
the connecting closes heing on Wednesdays and
Saturdays: and at 800 PM. on Sundays and Mon.
MEXICO, overland, unless specially addressed for
dispatch by steamers sailing from New York close
n Mails for NEwFoUNDLASD. S'T by rail- tic to North
Sydney and thence via steamer close here daily,
at ii 80 AM. (kl, the connecting closes being ON
Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
via steamer. close here every tuesday at 12:oO NJ
Id; also by rail to Philadelphia. mails closing
Malls for MioGELoN, by rail- to Boston and
thence via steamer close here daily, except sun
d'Es . s sH III on TRo sSnasys at s2
GUATEMALA, by rail to New Orleans and thence
1900 Pm. h). the connecting closes being on
and thence via steamer close here daily at 1905
AN. ~ and 1o:c0 IN: thl. the connecting closes
being Tuesdays -.'...- .a--
TRANSPACIFIC MAILS.
B. c., close here daily at $50 Pm. up to Decem-
Der % inclusive, for dispatch per SIS Empress of
at Shanghai. China, cannot be forwarded via Can
a1s CHINA and JAPAN, via Seattle, close here daily
at $50 pm. up to December %. inclusive for dis
patch R per shSw%ut e. and .ns,,.,,v
ed mall for the PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. via San
Francisco, close here daily at $3.50 PM. up to De-
cember 25 inclusive for dispatch per SIS. Nippon
AusTR ALA except mails for West Australia,.
couver and Victoria B. c.. close here daily at
$50 PM. up to December %. inclusive, for dis.
pctch per Miowera (o)
AUSTRALIA Except West Australia), FIJI lS-
LANDS. NEW CALEDONIA. NEW ZEALAND.
SAMOA and HAWAII. via San Francisco close
elusive. for dispatch per SIS: Sierra. to)
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. via San Francisco. close
here daily at $3.50 Pm; up to December ~, In
elusive, for dispatch per U. s. Transport. (o)
TAHITI and MARQUESAS ISLANDS. via San
Francisco. close here daily at $3.50 Pm. up to
January l. inclusive for dispatch per ss. Mari
p0sa. '(o)
HAWAII, via San Francisco. close here daily at
$50 PM. up to January 4. inclusive. for dispatch
peS SoTT ss Asmfea for 0 COCHIN CHINA are dis
patched to New York. n. Y. for connection with
European steamers
Unless otherwise addressed WEST AUSTRALIA
MAILS will be dispatched via Europe. and those
for NEW ZEALAND and the PHILIPPINE Is
LANDS via San Francisco. Cal.-the quickest
routes Malls for the PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. spe.
ciaIly addressed "Va Europe, or Via Canada
must be prepaid at the foreign rate Of postage.
Mails for HAWAII dispatched via San Fran
cisco. Cal. exclusively.
FICE follows: ta) At $3.50 PM: same day;
(b) at 1:45 PM same day; tc) at S:45 Pm. same
same day; ~ at 9:3b AN. same day; Ch) at 1:15
Pm. same day; Tx at s:45 PM previous day;
% dei2 III ~ JOHN A. MERRITT. Postmaster.