Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17
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
ranged the presumption of their uninterrupted
overland transit. For the week ending December
| ~ 1904, the last connecting closes Will be made
| from the MAIN OFFICE follows:
TRANSATLANTIC MAILS
MoSDAf.tea Al l;t6 Pm for DENMARK d.
/ be directed Per SIS Hekia.'
| TCESDAY-tai At .:15 PM. for EUROPE. per
IS. Majestic, from New York, via Queenstown and
| Liverpool. tcl At 11:45 PM for NETHERLANDS
direct, per IS Rotterdam. from New York. Mail
HAS Pm: for NORWAY PARCEI.s-POsT MAILS.
mail for DENMARK must be directed Per s.
sW WEDNEspAYtcs A. 1880 Pm; for FRANCE,
TURKEY, EGYPT, GREECE and BRITISH IN
RlA per MS SIS La Gaseogne, from New York. via
FRIpAY-(e, At sos PM. for IRELAND. per
SIS. Umbra, from New York via Queenstown
NAH for other parts OF EUROPE must be directed
ROPE per St fau from n' N rM gE E
Plymouth and Cherbourg. (cl At Has PM. for
! York; Mail must be directed Per Kroon-
| land"
MAILS FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA.
WEST INDIES. ETC:
for ARGENTJNE. URUGUAY and PARAGUAY.
per IS. Olaf kyrre, from New York
| MIoUELoN. per steamer from North sydney
except East COAST i noE EM except East
Coast; SALVADOR, PANAMA, CANAL ZONE.
! DOR. PERU, BOLIVIA and chill. per s.s city
/ Of washington, from New York, via Colon. Mall
Of of Washington 9e At 'f l csei PM for HAiT
per SIS. rrins Frederick Hendrick, from New
EzuELA. TRINIDAD and GUIANA must he d.
res r,, d, Per I - Prins Frederick Hendries
| Orleans p NJ.
| GRENADA, TRINIDAD and CIUDAD BOLIVAR,
Pm for nSRGHA aa Few SANTA NARA and
other places in MAGDALENA DEPARTMENT OF
| &c, At 1l;45 Pm: for TURKS ISLAND and Do
MlNlCAN REPUBLIC, per SIS. Cherokee, from
| wEDNBsDAY-tdl At e:l5 AN. for ST. THoM-
| AS, ST CRoIX, LEEWARD and wINDwARD
New YoSs aps At pM o cGs% YtG%
TeW f anS 9cr d per p.s ssR Sm
be directed Per .O $50 "v v,s i e. At iiis
| PM for the BAHAMAS per SIS Seneca, from
SsT s TSs Ms @ via I It
for YUCATAN and CAMPEcHE. per SIS Tjomo,
THuRsDAY-tc, At Il:4s Pm. for NEW.
per ss Rosaipd fF2R NeT York.
steamer from Haliias "a At 7:ls PM for AR r.
| GENTINE. URUGUAY and PARAGUAY per SIS.
Po PORT; i RICO. cuRAcAo and VENEZUELA, pc,
SIS. Philadelphia, from New York Mail for CO.
e AT nus as PM for roRTuNh
ISLAND, JAMAICA and COLOMBIA. except Mag
f fo@ New York; Maii for COSTA RIGA VIA
Limon, must be directed Per Sarnia"
| for dispatch by steamers sailing from New York.
| close here daily at 1905 AN. % and 1000
! CUBA MAILS close here at 300 PM Nom
| days, Wednesdays and Saturdays, via Port Tampa,
Fla. tp), and at 1000 PM. on Thursdays, Via
| on Wednesdays at HAS PM
| NEWFOUNDLAND. by rail to North Sydney and
fhpnc here
days, at 2;3o PM o. and on sundays s at dl;so
wednesdays s. and saturdays
| JAMAICA, by rail to Boston and thence via
and on wednesdays at 1880 Pm. tcl, by rain to
! philadelphia and thence via steamer -,
close here y r daily 70 eSSeps sunday aso
| PM (b), and on Sundays at II 80 AN. Ok
BRITISH HONDURAS HONDURAS texcept East
| La and thence via steamer, close here daily at
1905 AN. 81 and 1000 Pm. (h), the connecting
COSTA RIGA, by rail- to New Orleans and thence
| via steamer, close here daily at 1905 AN 10
and 1000 Pm. OH. the connecting closes heing
NICARAGUA EAST COAST by rail to New Or
daily at io:os A. NJ a. and 1000 Pm. d., the
| connecting closes being on Thursdays.
Tuesdays. for dispatch to destination per steamer
sailing from New Orleans ,Gs;,I La on Fridays ~
JAPAN Except ParcelsIost Nails, KOREA,
and Pesay dFssssd mail 1S for yI the
toria, B. c., close here daily at $3.50 M. up to
December 20, for dispatch per SIS. Empress of
HAWAII, JAPAN, KOREA, CHINA and spe-
cially addressed mall for the PHILIPPINE Is.
$3.50 PM up to December %, for dispatch per
TAHITI and MARoUEsAs ISLANDS, via San
Francisco. close here daily at $50 PM up TO De-
cember 80 for dispatch per SIS Mariposa ta)
Francisco, close here daily at $3.50 Pm. up to
December 20, for dispatch per U; S. transport (al
HAWAII, via San Francisco, close here daily at
$3.50 Pm. up to December 20, for dispatch per
SIS. Alameda. (a)
AUsTRALA except mails for West Agstra 1
and Victoria, b. C., close here daily at
$3.50 PM. up TO December 81, for dispatch per
Ii HAWAII JAPAN, KOREA. CHINA and PHIL
daily at $3.50 PM. up to January o, for dispatch
per SIS. China. ta)
AUsTRALIA except mails for West Austr ITALIA
HAWAII and FIJI ISLANDS, via San Francisco,
close here daily at $3.50 PM. up to January 4, for
dispa tch per SIS. Sierra. (aD
NOTE-Mails for COCHIN CHINA are dispatch.
ed to New York, n. Y, for connection with Eu-
'V Malls for MANCHURIA Except Newchwang) and
EASTERN SIBERIA will be dispatched 10 New
York n Y, until further notice, for transmission
via Russia, instead of via Japan, the usual route
Unless otherwise addressed. WEST AUSTRALIA
MAILS will be dispatched via Europe; those for
NEW ZEALAND via San Francisco, and those for
certain places in the CHINESE PROVINCE OF
YJJNNAN via British India-the quickest routes.
Mails for the PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. specially
addressed VIA Europe, must be fully prepaid az
the foreign rate of postage.
Mails for HAWAII dispatched via San Fran
CISCO Cal, exclusively. -
REGISTERED MAILS close at the MAIN Of
FICE as follows: (a) At $3.50 PM. same day; 'bD
at :45 PM. same day; tcl at 9:s5 PM same
day: Id at $50 AN. same day; le) at 3:45 IN.
same day; ~ at 9:35 AN. same day; th) at i:lo
PM same day. Qk) at S:45 PM. previous day;
(p) at 1870 PM. previous day; lq) at $50 M
second previous day; (rt at $50 Pm. previous
day; Isl at e:45 PM previous day
de17 JOHN A MERRITT, fostinastef'