Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-05
FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE.

WASHINGTON. d. O.. POST OFFICE NOTICE.
Should be read daily. as changes may occur at
FoREIGN MAILS are dispatched to the ports of
raneea ON the PRESUMPTION Of their uninterrupted
9yeEand transit For the week ending .s NAY from
the S MAIN al 'a Office sHcRet as follows lows: W"
TRANSATLANTIC MAILS.
Man must 9s directed Tas PsT IS;
e. At n:45 Pm. for BELGIUM direct per IS:
per f'' ss. Vs DdR land ic At Has PM for
ITALY direct. per SIS. Princess Irene, from New
At ss f ef ef
per Sc: Astoria. from New York. Mall must be
for DENMARK direct. per SIS. Hekla. from New
Xork Nail d mg nt b DIRECTED rect PsT
MAILS foS WEST WEsT i Mi si Ere ANl''
THURsDAY-tc) At 11:45 Pm. for BERMUDA,
I'm. for INAGUA and HAITI; per SIS Alene,
from New YoTk e. At - M for the PROV seOp,
New York Mail must be directed Per SIS. Jason"
(c) At 11:45 PM. for ARGENTINE. URUGUAY
and PARAGUAY, per S. Sailor Prince, from New
FRDAY-tc) At 11:45 Pm. for CURACAO and
le) At l1:45 Pm To- PORTO RICO, per SIS.
PM for FORTUNE ISLAND. JAMAICA and Co
LUMBIA except Cauea and Magdalena depss;},
R XIX must t be- directed Per SIS sarnia. Sc At
Ii AS Pm for TURKS ISLAND and DOMINICAN
m It per sex efSS sfT
and PARAGrAY. per SIS. Ripley. from New York.
FoTNDLANb, per SIS. carthasinian, from Phiia-
CUBA mails close here at 300 PM Mondays,
Wednesdays and Saturdays via Port Tampa, Fla,
and 1000 Pm. Mondays and Thursdays via New
dispatch BY steamers sailing from New York, close
NEWFoUNDLAND, by rail to North Sydney and
thence via steamer, close here daily, except sun
A. III. (kl. THE connecting closes being Mondays,
Wednesdays and Saturdays.
steamer close iere Fridays at 1900 NJ. Id
MIQUELON, by rail to Boston and thence via
II, lde, and s0 on sundays SUM at ii 80 AN E5
BELIZE, PUERTO CoRTEz and GUATEMALA,
close here daily at 1905 AN. % and 1000 Pm.
CHI, the connecting closes being on Mondays
via steamer close here daily at 1905 An. 90 and
1000 Pm. hl, the connecting closes being On
TRANsPACIFIC MAILS
CHINA, JAPAN, HAWAII and PHILIPPINE Is Is
ap to Nay or pr
HAWAII, via San Francisco, close here daily rt
$3.50 Pm. up to May g. for dispatch per s.s. Ala
CHINA and JAPAN, via Tacoma, close here daily
at $3.50 M. up to May 0, for dispatch per SIS.
t CHINA and JAPAN, via vancouver and Victoria,
for dispatch per SIS. Empress of India Mer
chandse for the U. S. Postal Agency at Shanghai,
China, cannot be forwarded via Canada. (o)
CHINA and JAPAN. via Seattle. close here daily
at $50 Pm up to May 20. for dispatch per s.s.
AUSTRALIA Except mails for Yves. Australial,
NEW ZEALAND, NEW CALEDONIA, FIJI,
SAMOA and HAWAII via San Francisco. close
here daily at $3.50 NJ. up to May Fl. for dispatch
per SIS. Sonoma. to)
AUSTRALIA Except mails for West Australia).
FIJI ISLANDS and NEW CALEDONIA tsIecially
addressed only). via Vancouver and Victoria, B. q,
doflu NJ R.Q0 IN
dispatch per SIS. Miowera. to)
TAHITI and MARQUESAS ISLANDS, via San
Francisco close here daily at 6:30 Pm. up to May
"a for dispatch per SIS. Martposa. (o)
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. via San Francisco, close
here daily $50 PM. up to May q. for dispatch
per u. s. Transport (o)
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 those
for NEW ZEALAND and the PHILIPPINE IS
LANDS via San Francisco. Cal.-the quickest
specially addressed "Via Europe ''via Can.
ada must be prepaid at the foreign late OF
postage Mails for HAWAII dispatched via
San Francisco. CAL. exclusively.
REGISTERED MAILS close at the MAIN OF
FICE as follows: ta) At $3.50 Pm. same day;
(b) at AS PM. same day; tc) at 9:45 Pm. same
day, {d) at $50 AM. same day; (e) at b:45 Pm.
same day; ~ at 9:35 AN. same day; Oh ut lis
PM same day; Qk) at 8:A5 Pm. previous day;
TO- at 2:30 Am. same day.
aps0 JOHN A. MERRITT. Postm,etsr.