Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-16
FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE.

WAsgINGToN. d. O.. POST OFFICE NOTICE.
should be read daily. changes may occur at
FoREIGN MAILS are dispatched to the ports of
sailing daily. and the schedule OF ciosings Is ar
overland transit For the week ending May Fl.
1904. the last connecting closes will be made from
the MAIN OFFICE as follows;
TRANSATLANTIC MAILS.
MONDAY-(e) AT sos PM. for EUROPE, per
SIS Kaiser Wilhelm II: from New York. via
Plymouth, Cherbourg and Bremen tc) At II 40
dam, from New York Man must bs directed ..PeS
S. Rotterdam" &c, At las Pm. v fos ifA Maii
d %nsf be p directed Fsr Eaur
TUEsDAY-(eI At 6:o5 PM: for EUROPE per
sw Mh2fRSf ITALY. SPAIN, PohTgG&IIT,
TURKEY EGYPT GREECE . and x BRITISH THSh Via Via
Havre. Mail for other parts of EUROPE must be
directed Per SIS La Bre T. rrpopr ner
and cherSogEg Nan for SCOTLAND Ii5 .b LIVER
per SIS campanla. IRON New York, via Queens
directed per iceland 90 At II As Pm x for
Albert e te) At lis PM for sooTLAND direct,
per Fqrnessia. from New York Maj M must Be
for DENMARK direct. per SIS; Norge, from New
York. Mall must be directed per S. Norge"
MAILS FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA,
MoSDAY-CD At a:l5 PM. for PORTO PLATA.
per LILLE from Boston 9s1.ns o At Ris,, and
fsom New 40rt Via 9s for
u MESsE 81 At fi
and CAMPECHE. per SIS. Havana; from New
Map 70. hsr of u <. 9ui f
for e p From SeT EASTERN
Drlr orb vi
Janeiro and Santos NAH for NoRTHERS BhA Y
n % b aErsdN Per Eastern aP @ At
New YORK F4 r eHs Tanaiso must e sEsssss
Is hes snd poMIScAN REpuBo Y per
Cherokee. from New York:
per SIS Alala. from New York, Mall for BRAZIL.
ARGENrINE; URUGUAY and PAR sAII;.a: via via
ds sal 'qs 1 y
iI:45 PHI for INAGUA and HAITI. per SIS; Elan
STs fsa% New 0T fsrs; ,e AZ l d her ior Inc
ManzaniIIo. from New York. Mail must be direct
ed Per SIS Manzanillo."
VENEZUELA per SIS. Maraeabo. from New York.
Mall for COLUMBIA must be directed Per SIS.
Ponce an New rs Juan Is
DUhS Cn S SS E YsIf Maj. Gu ior s
ADA. TRINIDAD and BRITISH GUIANA must he
Sa PT sSp glMAeA and DC
BIA. except Cauca and Magdalena Depts:. per SIS.
Siberia. from New York. Mall for COSTA RIGA
PM for GRENADA and TRINIDAD and CIUDAD
BOLIVAR. BRITISH. DUTCH and FRENCH GUI-
ANA per SIS. Marayal, from New York
CUBA MAILS close here at 800 p NJ. Mondays,
Wednesdays and saturdays. via Port Tampa. Fla,
and at 1000 Pm. Mondays and Thursdays, via
New Orleans
MEXICo, overland unless specially addressed
for dispatch by steamers sailing from New York,
close here daily at 1906 AN. 20 and 1000
NEWFoJ MIDLAND. by rail to North Sydney and
thence via steamer, close here daily, except sun
days at 1900 NJ. Id and Sundays at IL 30
An, a. the connecting closes being Mondays,
Wednesdays and saturdays:
JAMAICA. by rln TO Boston and thence via
stesmer. close here on Tuesdays and Fridays at
MIQUELoS. by rail to Boston and thence via
steamer close here daily. except sundays at 1900
BELIZE PUERTO CORTEZ and GUATEMALA,
S here 20 daily 81 foos 0fpf and
(hl. the connecting closes being on Mondays,
COSTA RcA by h sl to New 9 5 1Id sSs
1000 Pm. Oh. the connecting closes being On
Tuesdays.
TRANSPACIFIC MAILS.
CHINA and JAPAN, via Vancouver and Victoria,
r C.. close here daily at 6:so PM. up to siay II.
for dispatch per SIS. Empress OF Inda. Mea
Chandise for the u. s. Postal Agency at Shanghai.
China. cannot be forwarded via Canada. (oJ
CHINA and JAPAN via Seattle, close here daily
at $3.50 Pm. up TO May DC. for dispatch per IS.
AUSTRALIA Except mails Tor West Australian,
NEW ZEALAND. NEW CALEDONIA. SAMOA md
HAWAII (also specially uddressed mail for the
FIJI islands,, via San Francisco. close here daily
at $3.50 PM. up to May p. for dispatch per SIS.
Sonoma- (ol
FIJI ISLANDS Islso specially addressed mail 10.
Australia and NEW CALEDONIA. Via Vancouver
aud Victoria, r. G.. close here daily at $50 PM
up to May 81, for dispatch per IS. Mlowera; TO-
TAHITI and MAR0UESAS ISLANDS, via Sar
Francisco. close here daily at $50 PM up TO MAY
-. for dispatch per SIS. Mariposa. tol
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. via San Francisco. close
here daily at $3.50 p ~ up to May 81. for dispatch
per U. \. transport tol
CHINA, JAPAN. HAWAII and specially ad
dressed mail for the PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, via
San Francisco, close here daily at $50 Pm. up ts
HAWAII. via San Francisco. close here daily a
$50 PM. up to May 30. for dispatch per SIS
CHINA. JAPAN HAWAII and PHILIPPINE IS
T., NDS via San Francisco close here daily at 6:3t
M. up 10 June Q. for dispatch per Siberia. 10
NOTE.-Mails for COCHIN CHINA dispatched
10 New York. n. Y. for connection with European
stermers.
Mails for MANCHuRIA snd EASTERN sIBERI,
will be dispatched to New York. n. ". until fur
Their notice. for transmission to destination vis
Russia. instead OF via Japan. the usual route.
Unless otherwise addressed. WEST AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND via San Francisco. Cai.-th,
quickest routes. Mails for the PHILIPPINE ISL
ANDS specially addressed VIA Europe" or ssyf,
Canada must be fully prepaid at the foreign rat
OF postage.
REGISrERED MAILS close at the MAIN OF
FlCE ms follows ta) At $40 PM. same day
90 at AS pm. same day; te) at D;io p. NJ. sam,
day tdl at $3.50 An. same day; te) at b:45 NJ
same day; % at 0:s5 AN. same day: Oh at III:
PM same day; H) at S:46 Pm. previous day
70, al 2:3o AN, same day.
my14 JOHN A. MERRITT. Postmaster.