Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-12
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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 closings is ar
overland transit For the Week ending February
IS, 1904, the last connecting closes will be made
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vF FRIDAY1!c, At 11:4s Pm: for CURACAO and
soE per rns zRla from New York Mail
RICO. per SIS; 5oamo; from New York. via San an
JAMAICA. sAvANILI.A and CARTAGENA. per
SIS S. sarnia. from New York. Mail for COSTA
1I:45 PM for BARBADOS, per So. Ioostokken.
from New York. Mail for BRAZIL. via Pernam,
buco and Maceio must be directed Per SIS. Loos-
CUBA MAILS close here at 800 PM daily. ex-
the connecting closes being on Wednesdays and
MEXICO. overland unless specially addressed
for dispatch by steamers sailing from New York,
close here daily at 'O:o5 AN. ~ and 1000
NEwFoUNDLAND, by rail to North Sydney and
thence via steamer, close here daily except Sun
days. at 1900 NJ. (dl. and on Sundays at II 30
AM. (k), the connecting closes being on Mondays
Wednesdays and Saturdays.
JAMAICA. by rail to Boston and thence via
also by rail to Philadelphia, mails closing every
Sunday at 11:45 PM, R)
steamer close here daily. except Sundays, at ~ 90
NJ sdl; and on Sundays at I1;so AN; %
by rail to New Orleans and thence w via steamer
close here daily at 1905 AM % and 1000 PM
COSTA RIGA, By rail- to New Orleans AND thence
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1000 PM. CHI. the connecting closes being on
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IN. up to February IL. Inclusive for dispatch per
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$50 Pm. up to February 10. inclusive. for dis
CHINA and JAPAN. via Vancouver and Victoria,
B. c., close here daily at $3.50 PM up TO Febru-
airy 49, inclusive, for dispatch per ss. Empress of
at Shanghai, China, cannot be forwarded via Can
CHINA and JAPAN. via Seattle. close here daily
at $40 Pm. up TO February IS inclusive. for dis
patch per SIS. Riojun Maru. lo)
dressed mail for the PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. Via
February 81. inclusive. for dispatch per SIS.
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. via San Francisco. close
sive. for dispatch per U. s. transport. 10,
AUSTRALIA Except West Australia msilsl,
NEW ZEALAND, NEW CALEDONIA. FIJI, SA-
MOA and HAWAII, via San Francisco. close here
daily at $50 p NJ. up to February %, inclusive,
for dispatch per SIS. Sierra. (o)
AUSTRALIA Except West Australia mails)
FIJI ISLANDS and NEW CALEDONIA especially
addressed ony) via Vancouver and Victoria, b. c.,
close here daily at $50 Pm. up to February "a
for dispatch per S. Miowera. tOl
TAHITI and MARQUESAS ISLANDS. via San
Francisco, close here daily at $3.50 Pm. up to
March Is. inclusive, for dispatch per SIS. Mari
posa. (ol
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 Ell ROPE, and those
70. NEW ZEALAND and the PHILIPPINE Is
LANDS via San Francisco-the quickest routes
Malls for the PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. specially
addressed ''Via Europe Via Canada" must
be prepaid at the foreign rate Of postage Mails
for HAWAII dispatched via San Francisco,
Cal, exclusively.
REGISTERED MAILS close at the MAIN OF
FICE follows: la At $50 PM. day:
Oh at LAB p NJ. same day; tci al S45 PM. same
day; Cd at $50 AN. same day; lei at 5:45 PM
same day; ~ at 9:35 AN. same day; th) at 1:15
Pm. same day; * at S:45 PM. previous day;
10, at 2:30 AN. same day.
fec JOHN A. MERRITT. Postmaster.