Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23
FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE.

WASHINGTON, D. c., POST OFFICE NOTICE.
Should be read daily, as changes may occur at
FoRFIGN MAILS are dispatched to the ports of
Sanre aa The ne % be-
overland transit. For the week ending December
"a 1904, the last connecting closes will be made
TRANSATLANTIC MAILS.
FRIDAY-(e) AT sos PM for IRELAND, per
Mail for other parts of EUROPE must be directed
PER per SIS Umbria" Ga At 7:l5 PM for EH 81.
Plymouth and Cherbourg &c, At IL: 45 Pm. for
BELGIUM direct, per Kroonland, from New
York. Mail must be directed Per S. kroon-
MAILS FOR SogTH , AND CENTRAL SgrR AMERICA.
FRIDAY-Cb) At $50 pm. for BERMUDA, per
stsamsr from Haifax Ca At 5,5 PM for Ar
PORTO RICO, CURACAO and VENEZUELA, per
SIS. philadelphia, from New York. Mail for CO
PRadephia a ' c At aS5 Pm for FoRTuSE
ISLAND. JAMAICA and COLOMBIA, except Mag
from New e'eS York Mail for COSTA RIGA, via
Lmon must be directed per SIS. Sarnia.'
for dispatch by steamers sailing from New York,
close here daily at 1905 An. ~ and 1000
CUBA MAILS close here at 800 PM. on Mon
days. Wednesdays and Saturdays, via Port Tampa
Fla lpl, and at 1900 PM; on Thursdays, via
on eT wednesda ; at Has PM
NEWFOUNDLAND, by rail to North sydney and
days. at 2:30 PM. tb), and on Sundays at II 80
AM. Oh, the connecting closes being on Mondays
JAMAICA, by rail to Boston and thence via
steamer, close here at $50 Pm on Tuesdays (b,
and Wednesdays st 1880 Pm. (c), by rail to
Philadelphia and thence via steamer.
MQUELoN, by rail to Boston and thence via
steamer close here daily, except Sundays, at ESQ
PM. (bl and on Sundays at II 80 AN. Q)
BRITISH HONDURAS, HONDURAS Except East
La. and thence via steamer close here daily "a, at
1905 AN. (D and 1000 PM. (h), the connecting
COS COSTA RIGA, by rail to New Orleans and thence
via steamer, close here daily at 1905 AN. ~
and 1000 Pm. (h) the connecting closes being
NICARAGUA EAST Cosso. by rail to New Or
leans, La. and thence via steamer, close here
connecting closes being on Thursdays.
PANAMA MAILS close here. at 1905 AN. en-
sailing from New Orleans, La. on Fridays. %
sATTRDAYa A 7S PM iz for B Ba1 s
renhense. from New York, via Barbados, Pata and
Manaos.
HAWAII. JAPAN, KOREA. CHINA and spe
cially addressed mail for the PHILIPPINE Is
LANDS, via San Francisco, close here daily at
$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-
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS and GUAM, via San
december 20. for dispatch per U. s. transport. (a
HAWAII, via San Francisco, close here daily at
u
SIS Alameda. (a)
AUSTRALIA Except mails for West Australia),
FIJI ISLANDS and NEW CALEDONIA. via VAN
couver and Victoria, b. c., close here daily at
$3.50 Pm. up to December 81, for dispatch per
s. Hawai-. JAPPAN, KOREA. CHINA and PHIL.
IPPINE. ISLANDS, via San Francisco, close here
daily at $3.50 Pm. up to January 8, for dispatch
per SIS China. (a)
AUSTRALIA (except mails for West Ausralia),
NEW ZEALAND. NEW CALEDONIA, SAMOA,
HAWAII and FIJI ISLANDS; via San Francisco,
close here daily at $50 P NJ up to January Z. for
dispatch per SIS. Sierra. la)
NOTE-Mails for COCHIN CHINA dispatch.
ed to New York. N. Y, for connection with Eu-
ropean steamers.
Malls for MANCHURIA Except Newchwang) and
EASTERN SIBERIA will be dispatched to 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
YUNNAN via British India--the quickest routes.
Mails for the PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. specially
addressed Via Europe must be fully prepaid at
the foreign rate of postage.
Mails for HAWAII dispatched via San Fran
cisco, CAL, exclusively.
REGISTERED MAILS close at the MAIN Of
FICE follows ta) At $50 PM. same day; 'bJ
at AS PM same day; tc) at 9:45 M. same
day; 90 at $50 A NJ same day; (e) at 5:45 Pm.
same day; ~ at 9:35 AN. same day; (h) at 1:15
PM. same day; Tx at S:45 Pm. previous day;
(pl at 1870 PM. previous day; lq) at $3.50 Z n.
second previous day; tr) at 6:30 Pm. previous
day; Isl at 945 IN. previous day.
DELI JOHN A. MERRITT, Postmaster.