Evening star., 1903-12-19
FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE.

Should be read daily, as changes may occur at
FOREIGN MAILS are dispatched to the po,ts Of
sailing daily and the schedule of closings is ar
ranged on the presumption Of their uninterrupted
Ss iaoa ths IT.. sos the week ending December
from the MAIN OFFICE as follows:
m MoNDAY.tc At l1:45 Pm. for ITALY direct
per ss. Cltta al Mtlano, from New York Mali
must be directed Per SIS Citta di M,isno.;,
T!gnESDAY-ec) Tues At 11:45 PM. for NEITHER.
LANDS direct, per s.s. Amsterdam. from New
York Mail must be directed Per ss 'a Amster. er
Gam, Tam, 'c, At Il:4e Pm. for EURoPE, per s.s
if:a6 pm rom snr EeM 9o.k via Queenstown t At
SIS Hellg Olav' '
SWITZERLAND. ITALY SPAIN. PoRTiiC AZ
Turkey, EGYPT. GREECE, BRITISH INDIA
ana eInl, LoRENzo 1. MARQUEE per SIS. La Bretssne.
hUhOPE must be directed Per SIS La Bretaene,
g. FRlDAY.ta) RI At 7:l5 Pm. for EUROPE, per S..
for IRELAND and letter mali sop WERpnaI Ma
n1:t y @ De directed Per SIS. ST. Paul. (a) AZ I'D
I'M I'M for EUROPE, per SIS. Lueania. from New
BELGIUM BEL direct per;s:. Zealand from New YorS
MAILS FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA
WEST INDIES ETC.
:, SATURDAY December 19)-(a) At 7:1bp.M for
nagAbos Har5 fToS Ns snd NORTHERN NOR BRAZIL per s
,,IoHrIn ,HoMnArCHl InN At 11:30 AN. for ST PIERRE
MoNnAY.,% S, per steamer se ,, from North sydney
AMERICA Except Costa Rica1 and so,rr,I IhaL pa
ClFIC PORTS per SIS City OF Wssbins,on "a, "a
nsw must he horS; 6;,o via Colon Man for GUATEMALA
1ep Al 11;45 PM. for the PROVINCE OK saN.
Va, SubA, per ss. Cienfuegos from New
fuegos." 'nee'ed fer s.s Glen
IT TuEsDAY-tc) At 11:3 PM for yUcAraN
9I per SIS; naggry. from New York .Mail mnst h.
LEEwARD and wiSbWARD isIANns A1 a 4S PM n.t for
Ean;. tSa DUTCH and FRENCH GUIANA: uer -.
an@ Saa9sIei from New York Ma for GRENADA
troef
belle'' o' uiiected fer s,s FOnta-
,nH MHER1eNaESpAY-tel Re ESD At sos PM for BARBADOS
via via mbuco, Rio Janeiro and Santas eW nors.
and Pan .naG BhAZiL. ARGENTINE. URTGutY
iargio @tc A. must be directed per ss BEL
a,asana, an1 from New York via Progreso c,mn..h.
Havana. olu'' f Mail must be directed per s.s'
Per Pn s's Saratoga from New York. Mail for ET,
sor:tosn wa >. iampico, must be directed '.Per "a
FRplpAY.tcl pl.,E,.t At 1l:4b Pm. for sERmUn.
IsG per sehTS RGo CURACAO and VENEzna IL
s4sASILA and must be Sh 6Ss
fhhss.saafRs'' hs.aaRb' yA&s. e. As :ss p% ss1
GARTAGENA and GREYT0WN. per sArANiidaA. I,ds.
directed ss% York Ma. for COSTA RIGA must S.
cant NAILS close here at 300 Pm daily az.
the connectins she eases Mendhys via Port Tampa Fs
Sars and at 300 PM. Sundays and Nom.
for dispatch steamers sailing from Ns
s fiSse M ds here daily at 1905 An 90 and iSo6
c.da Mails 70. NEWFOUNDLAND, by ran to Nort,
S Syuney and thence via steamer close here dsiIy
at 80 AN: o. the connecting closes beinS -,
MMSndays M.my Wednesdays and Saturdays. '1
via steamer, close here every Tuesday at ia.oo
td); also by rail to Philadelphia. mails CLOSING
Mails for MiouELoN as by M rail ie' to Ros,On r,
dnenee wa steamer close here daily, except Sun
GAYS at 12:oo NJ. (dl, and Sundays at II 80
!, n Mails ills, for BELIZE. PUERTO ooRTEz and
via steamer close here daily at 1oo5 AN m Peaes sns
!o:o9 Pm. h), the connecting closes being on
Malls for COSTA RIGA, by rail to New orlear,
and thence via & steamer close here daily at 1905
An An dl and 1000 PM Q), the connecting closes
TRANsPAc1FIc MAILS.
c1o nn ha In wa vancouver and Victoria,
Der y, inclusive for dispatch per SIS Empress Of
at Shanghai China, cannot be forwarded via Can
CHM IN and JAPAN, via Seattle close here daily
at $50 I'M up to December 90, inclusive for dis.
patch per SIS Shawrut. to)
a.cIsdS cadSA JAPAN Pa HAWAII and specially ad-
san francisco, close here daily at $3.50 PM up to
December %, inclusive. for dispatch per SIS Nip
FIJI hpSsRA ShAkb ssssgs sss sp% mails sgE wsst AUSTRALIA
inclusive for dispatch per SIS. Miowera (o)
AUSTRALIA texcept mails for West Australia
NEW ZEALAND, NEW CALEDONIA Eli
SAMOA and HAWAII, via San Francisco close
here daily at $50 Pm. up to December 26 fnclu-
siye for dispatch per SIS. Sierra. (o)
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS via San Francisco close
here daily at $50 Pm. up to December %, inclu-
sive for dispatch per U. S. transport. 70,
TAHITI and MARQUESAS ISLANDS, via San
Francisco, close here daily at $3.50 P NJ. up JAN
uary ]. inclusive, for dispatch per Msrpesa. fo)
CHINA, JAPAN, HAWAII and PHILIPPINE IS-
LANDS, via San Francisco close here daily at $3.50
Pm. up to January 2, inclusive. for dispatch per
SIS. Siberia. (o)
HAWAII, via San Francisco close here daily at
$3.50 PM up to January 4, inclusive. for dispatch
NoTE-Mails for COCHIN CHINA are dispatched
to New York. N. Y. for connection with European
steamers
Unless otherwise addressed WEST AUSTRALIA
MAILS will be dispatched via Europe and tnosa
for NEW ZEALAND and the PHILIPPINE Is
LANDS via San Francisco: Cal:-the quickest
routes Mails for the PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. es-
pecially addressed Via Europe or via Can
age Mails for HAWAII dispatched via San
REGISTERED MAILS close at the MAIN Of
tbl at 1:4b Pm. same day; (c) at s:45 PM. same
same day; ~ at 9:35 AN same day; Oh at 1:15
M. same day; tk) at S:45 PM. previous day;
(ol at 2:30 A. N. same day.
dele JOHN A. MERRITT. Postmaster.