Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-24
FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE.
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wAsHINeroN. D. q. posr OFFICE NOTICE.
should ,alI be read daily, Is changes mas occur a.
FoiEiGN MAILS are dispatched to the ports Of
ranged on the presumption of their uninterrupted
overland transit. For the. week ending December
81 1904 the last connecting closes VIII De maze
from ne Aa TRANSATLANTIC saas q IS'' mails
Ii e' Nam Main ss rssz s sMITzEehs
GREECE and BRITISH INDIA must be directed
swITzERLAsD, ITALY. SPAIN. PokTuGAL.
TURKEY, EGYPT, GREECE and BRITISH N
Hasre Mali for other parts Of EuRoPE must be
directed Per SIS. La sayoie: I" ,xr.
~ Louis am New York via f Pfnoath ana
cherbonrg Man for LIVERPOOL. SCOTLAND
and ll.EIANp must Be directed sl,a ..Psr SIS 81.
Campania, from New York. via Queenstown and
Liverpool &c, IT Has Pm. for BELGIUM u;
n:45 I'm for SOUTHLAND direct. per SIS ETH.
IS. Ethiopia" &c, At m:45 pm. for ITALY IL
rect. per SIS. Citta iii Torino, from New York;
NAILS a For r so tff1fa AND CENTRAL AMERICA
WEST INDIES. ETC.
BARBADOS. GUIANA and NORTHERN BRAZIL.
per s:s. Marenhense, from New York, via Barba-
dos para and a Ia s., pm for xrwrorSp
LAND. per SIS. Buenos Ayrean from philadelphia.
TUEsl,AY-tD AT 1e:o5 AM for PANAMA, per
NARAGuA eSespt East ceast H3SpuRAs
LUMBIA, ECUADOR, PERU. BOLIVIA and
CHILL, per SIS segnranea, from New York; G, At
CUBA, per SIS. Yumuri, from New York. Mail.
must be directed Per SIS: Yumuri: -.
YuCATAN and cAMfEcHE. per SIS. Havana from
New York. Mail for other parts of MEXICO must
s for aA sxST NARA 4 and other
places in MAGDALENA DEPARTMENT. OF CO
per o SIS sne from New 1sis @
New York. via Tampico. Mail must be directed
Per Santiago"
for CURACAO and VENEZUELA per IS, Mara,
Curacao. must be directed per SIS Maracaibo.
lc1 At i1:45 Pm. for PoRTo RICO, per SIS;
s o9 for Hso TGsl s sie al
COLOMBIA, excep. Cauea and Magdalena ems. Depart part,
o ens c sa oa n Ssw Ss
eRExADA, A TKfSipiD, cfGbAD BOLIVAR and
GUIANA. per SIS. Grenada, from New York.
MEXICO, overland, unless specially addressed
for dispatch by steamers sailing from New York,
close he. here daily at 1906 AN. % and 1000
CUBA NAILS close here at 800 PM Mon
Fla. (p), ana,at 1000 PM on Thursdays, via New
Orleans, La Obj; also via New York, n. Y, On
wednesdays at IL 40 I'm
NEWFOUNDLAND. by rail to North Sydney and
thence via steamer, close here daily. except sun
days, at 2;so PM o., and on Sundays At lao
Wednesdays and Saturdays.
JAMAICA, by rail to Boston and thence via
steamer. close here at 2:30 PM. on Tuesdays (b),
and Wednesdays at 1880 PM. (c) by rail to
Philadelphia and thence via steamer.
steamer, close here daily except Sundays, at 2:30
Pm asr nl and On Sundays at i 80 AN Oh
East COAST and GUATEMALA, BY rail to New
Orleans. La. and thence via steamer, close here
connecting clos. being on Mondays. wy
COSTA RIGA. by rail to New Orleans and thence
sn a s there 1s a at iss
Tuesdays
NICARAGUA EAST COAST. by rail- to New Or
daily at 1905 AN e. and 1000 PM (h), the
connecting closes being on Thursdays:
PANAMA MAILS close here at 1905 AM. on
Tuesdays, for dispatch to destination per steamer
sailing from New Orleans, La. on Fridays. ~
TAHITI and MARQUESAs ISLANDS. via San
Francisco, close here daily at $3.50 p m. up to De-
ri fsT s Scr snd na TM va San
Francisco. close here daily at $3.50 P NJ. up to De-
cember 26; for dispatch per Y. s. transport la)
HAWAII, via San Francisco. close here daily at
$50 Pm. up to December 20, for dispatch per
TRALIAI FIJI ISLANDS and NEW CALEDONIA,
via Vancouver and Victoria. B. C., close here daily
at $50 M up to December 81, for dispatch per
IAPAS. KOREA, CHINA and, PHILIPPINE IS
LANDS. via Seattle, close here daily $3.50 P NJ.
up to December 81, for dispatch per SIS. Plei-
AIDES ta)
HAWAII. JAPAN, KOREA, CHINA and PHIL
IPPINE ISLANDS, via San Francisco. close here
daily at $3.50 M. UP to January 5, for dispatch
per China. ta)
AUSTRALIA Except mails for West Australia,,
NEW CALEDONIA, SAMOA, HAWAII and FIJI
ISLANDS, via San Francisco. close here daily at
$50 Pm. up to January Z, for dispatch per SIS.
JAPAN, KOREA, CHINA and specially addressed
mails for the PHILIPPINE ISLANDS via Ia
coma, close here daily at $3.50 PM. up to January
HAWAII. JAPAN, KOREA. CHINA and PHIL
IPPINE ISLANDS, via San Francisco. close here
daily at $3.50 PM. up to January 16, for dispatch
JAPAN (except Parcels-post nails. KOREA,
CHINA and PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, via Yancou-
yer and Victoria. B. G., close here daily at ESQ
Pm. up to January III, for dispatch per SIS. En-
NorE" Malls for COCHIN CHINA are dispatch
ed to New York. \. Y, for connection with Euro
Mails for M.ANCHURLA 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
certain places in the CHINESE PROVINCE OF
YUNNAN via British India--the quickest routes
Mails for the PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. specially
the foreign rate Of postage.
Mails for HAWAII dispatched via San Fran
cisco, Cal. exclusively
REGISTERED MAILS close at the MAIN Of
FICE follows: fa) At $3.50 PM day; (b)
at as PM same day; fc) at 9:45 Pm. same day;
day; ~ at 9:35 AN. same day; Oh at 1:15 PM.
same day; (k) at S:45 Pm. previous day; (p) at
pM ap re at day $40 q s slsgdas daz
de24 JOHN A. MERRITT. Postmaster.