RATES OF POSTAGE. 



Postal Cards^ costing 1 cent each, on v.inch short communica- 

 tions may be written, can be purchased at any post office and sent 

 to any part of the .United States or Dominion ot Canada. 



Letters to any part of the United States or Dominion 

 of Canada, 3 cents for each 1-2 ounce, or part thereof. 



Drop Letters, 2 cents for each 1*2 ounce, at all letter-carrier 

 offices ; at other offices 1 cent. 



Valuable Letters may be registered on applicatiou/at the 

 office of mailing, and the payment of a registration fee of 8 cents 

 on domestic letters. Fees on foreign letters variable. 



Transient Newspapers, Periodicals, Pamphlets, Books, 

 Book Manuscripts, Proof Sheets, Blanks, Circulars, Engravings, 

 Articles of Merchandise, Seeds, Cuttings, Roots, Bulbs, and 

 other mailable matter, 1 cent for each 2 ounces or part thereof. 

 Newspaper, Magazine and Music Manuscripts are subject to 

 letter postage. 



Newspapers and Periodicals, mailed from a known office 

 of publication or news agency, and addressed to regular sub- 

 scribers or news agents, issued weekly and oftener, two cents a 

 pound and fraction thereof ; less frequently, three cents a pound 

 and fraction thereof. One copy of a newspaper to each actual 

 subscriber residing Avithin the County where the same is wholly 

 or partly printed and published, free, except at letter-carrier 

 offices. 



All Packages of mail matter not charged ^vith letter postage 

 must be so arranged that the same can be conveniently exam- 

 ined by Postmasters ; if not, letter postage will be charged. 



No Package will be forwarded by mail which weighs over 4 

 pounds. 



All Postal Matter, for delivery within the United States and 

 Dominion of Canada, must be prepaid by stamps. 



Letters to Great Britain or Ireland, 6 cents for each 

 1-2 ounce. Prepayment optional, but subject to a fine of 6 cents 

 m addition to postage, if wholly or partly unpaid. 



Letters to France, 9 cents for each 1-2 ounce. Prepayment 

 optional. 



Letters to Germany, direct, 6 cents ; by closed mail, via 

 England, 7 cents for each 1-2 ounce. Prepayment optional. 

 Double rates if unpaid. 



Postal Cards may be sent to Germany and Switzerland by 

 adding a 1-cent postage stamp. 



Letters to other foreign countries vary in rate according to the 

 route by w^hich they are sent ; proper information can be ob- 

 tained of postmasters. 



POSTAL MONEY ORDERS. 



Money Order Post Offices are established in most of the 

 large cities and towns, at which orders can be obtained upon any 

 other office, at the following rates of commission : — 



On orders not exceeding flO 5 cents. 



Over $10 20 10 



20 'SO 15 



30 40 20 



40 ** 50 25 



^ No single order issued for more than fifty dollars. Parties de- 

 siring to remit a larger sum must obtain additional money orders. 



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FESTIVALS AND FASTS. 



Epiphany, Jan. 6, 



Septuagesima Sunday, Feb. 13. 



Quinquagesima (Shrove Sunday), - Feb. 27. 



Ash Wednesday, - - - - - - Mar. 1. 



First Sunday in Lent, - - Mar. 5, 



Saint Patrick, Mar. 17. 



Palm Sunday, April 9. 



Good Friday, April 14, 



Easter Sunday, April 16. 



Low Sunday, April 2->, 



Rogation Sunday, May 21. 



Ascension Day (Holy Thursday), - - May 2r). 



Pentecost (Whit Sunday), - June 4. 



Trinity Sunday, June 11. 



Corpus Christi, June 15. 



First Sunday in Advent, - • , . Dec. 3. 



Christmas Day, Dec. 25. 



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CHRONOLOGIGAL CYCLES. 



Dominical Letters, - . , - B. A. 



Epact, *4. 



Golden Number, 15, 



Solar Cycle, 9, 



Roman Indiction, 4. 



Julian Period, Q5d9. 



