Evening star., 1903-09-04
FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE.

WASHINGTON. D. G.. POST OFFICE NOTICE.
Should be read daily changes may occur at
FOREIGN MAILS are dispatched to the ports Of
sailing daily. and the schedule Of closings Is ar.
overland transit. For the week ending sept; 8.
1903 the last connecting closes will be made from
TRANSATLANTIC MAILS.
FRIDAY.tc. At lips Pm. for BELGIUM @ d..
be directed per SIS. Iceland (c) At II rs Pm.
for SCOTLAND direct. per s,s. Anchoria. from New
(c) At 11:25 PM for EUROPE. per ss Lucania,
from New York. via Queenstown.
Printed Matter. Commercial, Papers and Samples
for GERMANY only The sane same @ class OF mail mat
fsb q BY be
MAILS FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA.
WEST INDIES. &c.
io1 E.s At p for bERMunA foa
bacs. s.hi., he jsneilo and santos; NAH for
s4AAI for p
sex Yo1a sad Is & i for foRTo
CURACAO and vESEEgELA, e. s.. Phllaaelphs.
(c1 At rs PM. for PORTO RICO Ordinary mail
suea pe5 At ,1as Pm ' for sG FpRTUNE @ 'Is IsLASp
JAMAICA sAVANlEkA AMI Ia, and ga &cAkTHAGENA M A !, q per
PM for INAGUA. HAITI and SANTA MARTINI.
Pss PEriT eoAvE must = a.rsssed per ss M Adj al
rondaet 6, At 1925 Pm: for HAITI, per
kas WIEN m lso" sfy 5sEs M 81
and DUTCH GUIANA must be directed .:Per IS
Prins Wiliem III" (cl At 11;25 PM for BRAZIL.
and Rio Janeiro. Mail for NORTHERN BRAZIL.
ARGENTINE: URUGUAY and PARAGUAY must
be directed Per SIS. Ananton."
CUBA MAILS close here via Port Tampa. Fla,
Mondays. Wednesdays and Saturdays at 3 p NJ thj
MEXICO mails overland unless specially ad-
dressed for dispatch per steamers sailing from New
York. close here daily at 1905 AN. ~ and 10
Mails for NEWFOUNDLAND. by rail 10 North
Sydney and thence via steamer. close here daily
aa sna sanays
days. Wednesdays and Saturdays
via steamer close here Tuesdays and ThurSdaT. S
Mails for sIQUELoN. by rail to Boston. md
days - 81 anq Gn SspS'Se and a
steamer. close here daily at 1905 AM. a. and
10 PM. h}. the connecting closes being Mon
Mails for COSTA RIGA. by rail- to New Orleans
and thence via steamer close here daily at 1906
0e'nk ." TRANspAcIF1c MAILS.
$3.50 pm. up to September Q. inclusive. for dis
PAL AUSTRALIA Except mails fer West Australl.,,-
NEW ZEALAND, NEW CALEDONIA. FIJI. s2-
daily at 6:3O Pm. up to September IL. inclusive
for dispatch per S. SoDoma. (0)
AUSTRALIA Except mails for West Australia),
FIJI ISLANDS and NEW CALEDONIA Especially
addressed only. via Vancouver and Victoria C.
close here daily at $3.50 PM up to September r.
inclusive for d spatch per g. Moana. (o)
CHINA, JAPAN, HAWAII and PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS, via San Francisco. close here daily at
$50 Pm. up to September IA. inclusive for dis
patch per SIS. Hong Kong Maru. (o)
TAHITI and MARQUESAS ISLANDS via San
Francisco, close here cai.y at $50 PM up to
September Is. inclusive. Tor dispatch per S. Mar
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. via San Francisco. close
here daily at $3.50 PM up to September "a In
Elusive for dispatch per U. 8. Transport (oj
NOTE.-Mais for COCHIN CHINA are disp,tched
to New York. N. Y. for connection with European
steamers.
Unless otherwise addressed WEST AUSTRALIA
mails viii be dispatched via EUROPE aud tboeo
for NEW ZEALAND and the PHILIPPINE ISL
ANDS via San Francisco. Cal.-tha Quickest routes
Mails for the PHIIIfPINE ISLANDS specially ad-
dressed via Europe" via Canada must ks
prepaid at the foreign rate Of postage Mails Tor
HAWAII are dispatched via San Francisco, Cal,
exclusively.
REGISTERED MAILS close at the MAIN or
FICE follows: ta} At $50 PM sam, dsy: Ib)
at las P. sama day; lc) at S:45 P N. same day;
ID at $50 AN. same day; (e) at 5:4s Pm same
day: ~ at 9:35 A. M snme day; (h) at 1:I6 PM
same day; fk) at S:45 PM previous day; (ol at
2:S0 A.N same day
su20 JOHN A. MERRITT postu,.t..