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SCHEDULE-Continued.

Name of Corporation.

Western Union Telepraph Company...............

Postal Telegraph-Cable Company..

Pacific Express Company......

Wells Fargo Express Company

Southern Express Company.

Pullman Palace Car Company

Wagner Palace Car Company

Total valuation Express, Telegraph and Sleeping Car Co

Grand total valuation including railroads.......

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The increase in mileage as shown above was made by

the following roads:

St. Louis & San Francisco (Fayetteville & Little

Rock Branch)....

8.03

Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf (Ft. Smith Br'h)

1.10

Kansas City, Ft. Scott & Memphis (Bonnerville & Southern Branch)...

1.53

3.75

11.25

Ultima Thule, Arkadelphia & Mississippi..
White River, Lonoke & Western Ry. (new road)
Jonesboro, Lake City & Eastern R. R. (new road) 12.11
Des Arc & Northern Railway (new road).
Mississippi River, Hamburg & Western Railway
(new road)...

Arkansas Central Railway (new road)..

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16.00

6.00

25.50

85.27

POSTOFFICE REGULATIONS.

RATES OF POSTAGE, ETC.

1. First class-Letters, and all other written matter whether sealed or unsealed and all other matter, sealed, nailed, sewed, tied or fastened in any manner, so that it cannot be easily examined, two cents per ounce or fraction thereof. Postal cards one cent each. Postal cards are unmailable with any writing or printing on the address side, except the direction, or with anything pasted upon or attached to them.

2. Second class-Newspapers and periodical publications, when sent by publishers or news agents, one cent a pound or fraction thereof. Newspapers and pediodical publications sent by persons other than the publishers and news agents, one cent for every four ounces or fraction thereof.

3. Third class-Printed matter, in unsealed wrappers only (all matter enclosed in sealed envelopes notched on the sides or corners must pay letter rates), one cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof, which must be fully prepaid. This includes books, circulars, chromos, hand-bills, engravings, lithographs, magazines, music, pamphlets, proof-sheets and manuscripts accompanying the same, reproduction by the electric pen, hektograph, metallograph, photographs, and "blue prints," and in short, any reproduction upon paper by any process, except hand-writing, type-writing and the copying press, not in the nature of a personal correspondence. Limit of weight four pounds, except for à single book, which may weigh more. Third-class matter must be fully prepaid, or it will

not be forwarded.

4. Fourth-class matter-All mailable matter not included in the three preceding classes which is so prepared for mailing as to be easily withdrawn from the wrapper and examined, rate one cent per ounce, or fraction thereof. Limit of weight, four pounds. Full payment compulsory.

THE POSTAL MONEY ORDER SYSTEM.

The fees or charges for domestic money orders will be as follows:

Cents.

For orders for sums not exceeding $ 2.50...
Over $ 2.50 and not exceeding $ 5.00.
Over $5.00 and not exceeding $ 10.00.
Over $10.00 and not exceeding $ 20.00
Over $20.00 and not exceeding $ 30.00.
Over $30.00 and not exceeding $ 40.00.
Over $40.00 and not exceeding $ 50.00.
Over $50.00 and not exceeding $ 60.00
Over $60.00 and not exceeding $ 75.00.
Over $75.00 and not exceediug $100.00..

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Postal notes for sums less than $5, payable to bearer at any time within three months from the last day of the month of issue, are sold at all money order offices. The fee for a postal note is three cents. No duplicate postal note can be issued.

LIST OF POSTOFFICES IN ARKANSAS.

(Corrected to December 1st, 1898.)

Offices in FULL FACE TYPE are money order offices authorized to issue and to pay money orders. Those marked with the asterisk (*) are International, as well as domestic, money order offices. Offices indicated by the section sign (§) are authorized to issue "limited money orders," but not money orders, nor to pay either "limited money orders," or money orders, and those with a double dagger (+) post offices discontinued for the winter.

By the letters c. h. in parenthesis, thus: (c. h.), county seats are indicated.

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Armada, Crawford.
Armstrong, Sharp.
Arnett, Washington.
Arp, Pike.

Arthur, Conway.
Ascites, Polk.

Ashdown, Little River.

Asher, Madison.
Ashflat, Sharp.

Ashvale, Lonoke.

Askew, Lee.

Athelstan, Mississippi.

Atkins, Pope.
Atlanta, Columbia.

Attica, Randolph.
Attaway, Union.
Auburn, Sebastian.
Augsburg, Pope.

Augusta, (c. h.) Woodruff.

Aurora, Madison.
Austin, Lonoke.
Auvergne, Jackson.
Ava, Perry.

Avenue, Phillips.
Avery, Lincoln.
Avilla, Saline.
Avoca, Benton.
Avon, Sevier.
Azor, Nevada.

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