Evening star., 1903-12-21
FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE.

WASHINGTON. d. c.. POST OFFICE NOTICE.
should be read daily, as changes may occur at
FOREIGN MAILS are dispatched to the ports of
sailing daily, and the schedule of ciosings is ar
ranged on the presumption of their uninterrupted
Overland oS @ transit For the week ending December
from the MAIN OFFICE as follows: lows: ""' ." ''"''
MoNDAY-tc) At Has PM. for ITALY direct
per s;s. Citta di Milano. from New York Mail
must @ be directed Per SIS. Citta di Milano."
IVES IaSSEESSDAl-!9 A,!9 At 1:4t PM. for NEITHER
York; York ;, Mail must be directed Per se. Amster-
Tsnton,o Tam 'cl At iI:45 Pm. for EUnoPE. per SIS
las Pm. for DENMARK direct "n per s.. Heliis R liz
oiav; from New York Mail must be directed .'Per
CIV, s,MW,EEDDNEsDAY-(cl At 1890 PM. for FRANCE.
S;SWyv1aIZERLAND. ;Syv1 ITALY, SPAIN, PORTUGAL.
uuRhE9; and 6ns yz EGYPT, GREECE. BRITISH INDIA
from New Havre Main for other M psrss
hGn0PE must be directed Per ss. La Bretagne
St Pan1 f-o At A. 7:1e Pm for EUROPE. per SIS
Ior IRELAND and letter mail for LiYERPOOI.
Pust US De BE- directed Per SIS St. Paul. (a) At lis
York. via Queenstown. (cJ At 11:Is pm. sor
Mali mUst on greet. per S. Zealand from New York
MALLS FOR sogTH @IH ,AlSl AND CENTRAL AMERICA.
ses IN s =. hsSg
fta ya oEsTaAfa psFi and ANTFSs. Ma1sSs &,
New York per via sc Colon ty sf from
must be directed per ss. CITY or Wash,na,n. =
e. At LIS PM for the PROVINCE s'olpssSa on san.
YORK Man oA, nr.t Per s,s; Cienfuesos. from New
fuegos." Fef s's. cien-
n.r TuEsDAYmtcl ! A1.l a. 1l;AS Pm for YucArAN
and wikpwAnSS s. isLANps Aa - PM naiH for
Font ntabee n.ch from and ss FRENCH GUIANA. per So
pcs % must To- be arss3td
and BRAZIL. per SIS Bellaggio, from New Ynrt
NoRTHERS n, Rio Janeiro and Santos Mail for
ana PARAGUAY must be directed .:par : paI
Hsxan. ,r sc AT II 40 I. NJ. for MEXICO, per s.s.
and Vera rom rom, New York. via Progreso Canpeche
Hav.n"" a, Sfuz. Mall must be directed 'Per 3 q
IA havana. (c) At Has p NJ for the R.HsMss'
Rcf GCo s's saratoga, from New York Mail for MFS'
saratoea M ), iampico must be directed per SIS,
SIS shPrpAabe, Preaori, At At n:45 Pm for BERMUDA, Der
for PORTO RICO CURACAO and md " VENTa,T n 95 PM
saysS ss fhadelphia. from New York. Msn To, for
Per ss dna GAhRTAGENi must be directed
coRTtSE coRTtSE Ev IsAYp lisa savts1lLSr tM for
directed Per Alene" MIA must be
ceUt otsA snSsAI NAILS s close here at 300 PM daily
saurSsHs SSInneetng ting closes being Wednesdays and
days, via Miami, Fla. uA'S ana Mon
,or dino, overland. unless specially addressed
close bara oy steamers sailing from New York
PM ht here oaiiy at 1905 AN. IL and 1000
s!s Mails for NEwFoUNDLAND, by rail TO Mort,
sundays at 1aoe NJ e cs9ss snd here daily
at li:3o An o. the connecting closes w BEING 5p
FOR JSMAHoyH s1 rsl fo sg:to, an,
va va steamer close here every Tuesday at I20O N.
a at to 1ias mails closing
tbsnaa Msils vic for tM9UELoN by ra Boston and
aays at At l2oo NJ. Id, and Sundays at II an 30
Ma Nails s' for nFr,zr p,,rDro oo.a
GUATEMALA, by rail to New Orleans and G thenca nna
via steamer close here daily at 1905 AN ~ and
N.Y. N.Y. I'm. th,' the connecting closes being on
Malls for COSTA RIGA, by rail to New orlean,
m and o PM M the nets aaiy at loos
being Tuesdays. VIZ @''"s ci'Ses
CHINA and JAPAN. via VANCOUVER and v,ctor,.
Der e. inclusive for dispatch Der s Epless su n;
India. Merchandise for the u s. Postal Arencv ~
at shanghai China. cannot be forwarded via Can.
At cHS1 spd 5ApAS p via sests close here daily
dressed mail 1Apf io4 4AWA and specially aa
San Franciseo. close here daily at $50 Pm. 1p to
December % 2o inclusive. for dispatch per s.s Nip
AUsTRALIA Except malls for West Austral,.,,
addressed only. via Vancouver and Victoria, B. g.,
inclusive for dispatch per ss aowera W eeem0er 1o o.
AUSTRALIA Except mails for West Australia
NEW ZEALAND, NEW CALEDONIA FIJI
SAMOA and HAWAII, via San Francsco, close
here daily at $3.50 Pm. up to December 2e, tnclu-
sive, for dispatch per SIS. Sierra. (o)
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS via San Francisco close
here daily at 6:80 Pm. up to December 81 tnclu-
sive, for dispatch per U. S. transport (o)
TAHITI and MARQUESAS ISLANDS, via San
Francisco, close here daily at $50 PM up to Jan.
uary I, inclusive, for dispatch per Marip0sa (o
CHINA, JAPAN, HAWAII and PHILIPPINE IS-
LANDS, via San Francisco close here daily at $50
Pm; up to January 2. inclusive. for dispatch per
SIS. Siberia (ol
HAWAII, via San Francisco, close here daily at
$3.50 Pm. up to January 4, inclusive for dispatch
NoTEHMaiIs If for c 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 those
for NEW ZEALAND and the PHILIPPINE IS
LANDS via San Francisco, Cal.-the quickest
routes Mails for the PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, es.
pecally addressed Via Europe" or ''via Can
ada" must be prepaid at the foreign rate Of post
Francisco, Cal. exclusively.
FICE as follows: (a) At $50 PM. same uay;
(bl at 1:45 PM. same day; (c) at s:45 Pm. same
day: (dl at $3.50 An. same day; lei at b,46 P. M.
same day; IL at 9:35 AN same day; (h) at 1:lB
PM same day; 0k) at S:4h PM previous day;
tol at 2:30 A. NJ. same day.
de19 JOHN A. MERRITT, Postmaster.
RAILROADS.