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THE WORLD'S EXPOSITION
NEW ORLEANS POST-OFFICE.
U. S. Post-office and Custom House Building square, bounded by Canal, Decatur, Peters, and Custom House streets.
Letter boxes are attached to lamp-posts at nearly all corners, and at the prominent hotels.
OFFICE HOURS.
General Delivery, 8 a. m., to 6 p. m.
General Delivery, Sunday, 9 a. m. to 12 M.
Money Order Department, 9 A. M. to 4 p. M.
Registered Letter Department, 9 A. M. to 4 p. m.
Stamp and Envelope Department, 8 A. M. to 5 P. M.
Money Order and Registered Letter Department not open on Sundays.
Stamp and Envelope Department open on Sundays from 9 A. M. to 12 M.
Carrier Department make deliveries and collections, Delord to Wann, and from Rampart to the river, leaving post-office at 8 a. m., 10:30 a. M., 12:15 p. M , and 3 p. M. Collectors as above make deliveries and collections in all portions of the city, other than above, leaving Post-office at 8 a. m. and 1 p. m.
Sunday collections from Esplanade to Thalia, and from Basin to river at 2 p. M.
Timely notice will be given at Post-office bulletin board of departures of mails for Havana, Mexico, Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, St. Thomas, Ruatan, Truxillo, and all Central South American and West India ports.
DOMESTIC POSTAGE RATES.
On all letters throughout the United States, two cents for each halt ounce or fraction thereof.
Drop or Local letters two cents where there is a free carrier delivery, or one cent at all other offices.
Valuable letters can be registered on payment of a fee often cents. Money Orders not exceeding $10................................8 cents
“ “ over $10, and not exceeding $15 . . .			... 10 “
“ 15	<< ((	30 . . .	... 15 “
“ “ “ 30	it *«	40 . . .	... 20 “
« •< •• 40	<< <«	50 . . .	... 25 “
“ 50	<« <1	60 . . .	... 30 “
« « « go	it ((	70 . . .	... 35 “
<• “ “ 70	Cl ((	80 . . .	... 40 “
“ “ «* 80	i( <«	100 . .	... 45 “
A single money order may include any amount from one cent to one hundred dollars, but must not contain a fractional part of a cent.
Postal Notes are issued at all money order offices for sums less than $5.00 at a uniform fee of three cents each.
Postal Cards can be purchased at any office. Domestic at one cent each; foreign, good for any country in the postal union,two cents each.
Newspapers.—On all transient newspapers throughout the United ' States, the postage is one cent for every four ounces, or fraction thereof.
AND NEW ORLEANS.	S9
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE SERVICE.
Telegrams can be sent to any part of the world from the Exposition ground, from all the principal hotels, depots, ticket offices, or by telephone from any of the pay stations of the telephone companj’, to the head offices of the Western Union Telegraph Co., corner St. Charles and Gravier streets.
The American District Telegraph Co. has boxes in all hotels, exchanges, and the principal business houses for calling messengers, for the prompt delivery of letters, notes, small packages, and telegraph messages, also, for calling police and giving fire alarms.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND INSTITUTIONS.
Name.
City Hall ....
Custom House . .
Cotton Exchange Po»t-office . . . U. S. Mint . . .
U. S. Barracks . Parish Prisons .
St. Louis Cathedral
Jesuits’ Cathedral . Court House. . . .
Masonic Temple Odd Fellows* Hall . Sugar Sheds. . . .
Bible House . . • Continental Guards Armory .... Washington Artillery Arsenal ....
Boys1 House of Refuge
Girls1 House of Refuge La Kctreat Insane
Asyluiu............
Shakespeare Alms House ...............
Location.
St. Charles street, cor.
Lafayette.............
Canal, Decatur, Peter, and Custom House . Carondelet & Gravier Cttnal and Decatur . . Esplanade, cor. St. Peter...................
S. E. city limits . . .
Orleans, l*et. N. Liberty and Marais . . .
Chartres, bet. St. Ann and St. Peter ....
Baronne near Common
Chartres, bet. St. Ann and St. Peter . . .
St. Charles, cor. Camp
River Front, bet. Canal and Bienville . . . . 168 Camp street . . .
Odd Fellows' Hall . .
St. Charles, bot. Julia
and Girod.............
Metairie Road, bet.
Bienville and Conti Annunciation,S. W.cor.
Calliope............
Clay Ave., bet. Camp and Coliseum .... Ratiipart, bet. Nashville Ave. & Arabella
Houns of
ADM 1 6BION .
8	A.M. to 5 P.M. .
9	A.M. to 5 P.M. . 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. . 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. .
Daily, from 10
to 8............
Every day . . . Wednesday and Saturday . . .
Every day . . .
Wednesday and Saturday . . .
Every day . . .
Where to pho-cure Tickets op Admission.
None required.
From members. None required.
At the door. None required.
City Hall.
None required.
Mayor1* offics City Hall.


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