Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-18
FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE.
WASHINGTON. D. c., POST OFFICE NOTICE


WASHINGTON. 2; G, POST OFFICE NOTICE
FOREIGN MAILS.
Should be read daily. changes may occur at
FOREIGN MAILS are dispatched to the ports Of
sailing, and the schedule of clOsngs is arranged
land transit For the week ending January 81 Il,
1905 the last connecting closes will be made from
the MAIN 9 TRaSsAT Il ss!pTs' NAILS.
a 1os Sp PM for FRAScE
M 6, Man for other parts Of EUROPE must be
FRIDAY-(e) At sos PM for IRELAND, per
SIS. Umbria, from New York via Queenstown.
9DI YORK. fro 1s New M YORK ss via va
BELGiuM direct. per SIS ". Finland. from m New eSr
York. Mail must be directed Per SIS Finland"
s AT asr for TAI direct per Re SIS
r re Per Per SIS Koenig Albert
MAILS FOR s %EsH i MP sEE f AMERICA
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At IL IS P T. for the BAHAMAs, per ss seneca.
via Tampico, must be directed Per SIS: Seneca
,S THUR RS At 1145 Pm: for the PROV
from New YORK Mai must be Dir directed ss Per s
, Mstanzas" &c, At 1i45 Pm: for ARGENTINE.
FRiDAY@tb1 At a:so PM. for BERMUDA. per
steamer steamer from from Halifs. t A. l;As Pm for
IS, Philadelphia. from New York. Mail for CO
L0MBIA, via Curacao. must be directed Per SIS.
ISLAND. JAMAICA and COLOMBIA, except Cauca
and Magdalena Departments: per SIS. sarnia, from
S. Ss rHeSAs S. cRofS At LnEW ss j. a aSi
hADos, GRENADA and TR1NiDAD m must f-' be
ha aea A c1JbAb
Z. +! x :s$ e. e.
MEXICO, overland. unless specially addressed
close here daily at 1905 An. % and 1000
f1 CUBA a. MAILS close here at 300 PM ON Mon.
days, Wednesdays and Saturdays. via Port Tampa,
Fla. (p). and at 1000 Pm. on Thursdays, via New
grleans' IA; a.; also via New York on Wednes-
SEWFo GUN by rail to North Sydney and
days. at $50 Pm o.. and on sundays at 1i:so
AN. kl. the connecting closes being on Mondays,
and n s lat. Ia ao.to, and t,.,.
steamer. close tere at ESQ Pm: on Tuesdays OBJ,
and on Wednesdays at 1880 PM tc,. by rail to
Philadelphia and thence via steamer.
steamer close here daily. except Sundays. at 2:5o
~ ina 81 s1Raay' e COAST
and GUATEMALA. by rail to New Orleans, La,
AIM afDs and loco PM o. the s CONNECTING Closes
being on Mondays.
costa RIGA, BY rail to New Orleans, La. and
AN. 10 and 1900 PM. Oh. the connecting closes
NicARAG If aEast coase by rail to New Or
leans and thence via steamer. close here daily at
1905 AM ~ and 1000 PM. CHI, the connecting
BAHAMAS, by rail to Miami, Fla. and thence
via steamer close here at 1905 AN. (p on We'd
Ae'a'' ''' TRASsPACIrIo MAILS.
,p II via ia Sam 81 S close lose
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at $3.50 !. N: up to January %, for dispatch per
'i PH MIIfTSs ISLANDS and GUAM, vi. San
Francisco, close here daily at $3.50 PM. up to
HAWAII. JAPAN. KOREA. CHINA and Pitt Iii
RPINE ISLANDS. via San Francisco, close here
daily at $50 Pm. up to January %, for dispatch
AUSTRALIA A., Iexssgt mails for West australia;
specially addressed mail for the FIJI ISLANDS,
via San Francisco, close here daily at $3.50 PM
up to January %, for dispatch per SIS. sonoma. a)
FIJI ISLANDS and specially addressed mail for
AUSTRALIA and NEW CALEDONIA, via vancon-
and Victoria, B. G., close here daily at $50
PM. up to January %, for dispatch per SIS. MILO
TAHITI and MARQUESAS ISLANDS, via San
francisco, close here daily at $50 Pm. up to
February 2, for dispatch per SIS. Mariposa. (a)
NOTE.-Mails for COCHIN CHINA dispatch
ed to New York, n. Y, for connection with Euro
pean steamers.
Mails for MANCHURIA Except Newchwang) and
EASTERN SIBERIA will be dispatched to New
York N. Y, until further Eotce, 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 Indfa-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 are dispatched via San Fran
CISCO CaI exclusively.
REGISTERED MAILS close at the MAIN Of
FICE as follows: ta) At $50 Pm: same day; tb)
at AS NJ. same day; tc) at 9:45 PM same day;
Id at $3.50 AN same day; te) at 5:45 Pm. same
day; ~ at 9:35 AM same day; (h) at lis PM.
same day; tk) at s:45 Pm. previous day; (p) at
l 40 PM previous day; e, at $3.50 PM. second
at 9:45 Pm. previous day.
jal4 JOEN A. MERRITT. Postmaster