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AIR MAil •.
Tn.lns-Atli\ntic Ait· f'l;,il .Services.

Air i\fail r.orrcspondr·nee for guropc by Trnn~-Allantit· ~~·• \'lC('
closes at Lh(• C:I'IIC'Jtd Posr. Ollit:c :LL 9.30a.m. o•1Sunday :md Thursday.
A plane lc:wcs New York on WedHc•scby nnrl RaLurday and pro-
ceeding over the: southern ronLc arrives aL Lisbon, 'l'hnr~d day aftcn1oon from which point. mail!> arc sent. onward b) onliMIIY
means or by such Europc:tn nir scn·icc ns may br :wail:tblr.
Am MAu, .!''OR AusTRALIA, E-re. :-Letters for r\.ustrn.lin,
· New Zcnlnnd, Jn.pan, c!,c., :trc forwarded by air Lo U.S. Pacific
exchange post oflicc for Lransmission by steamer to destination; and
for Aust.ralia by wny also of the "Bngl:md-lndi:t-Austrnlia" Air i\lail
Service.
Am :rv£Att, FOil HoNG KoNG AND Cu£NA is fot·w:wdrd by Air to
San F rancisco, a11cl thenec either by stc:1.mcr to cles'~in:.t.ions, or by n.ir
every Sundn.y t.o Hong K ong n.nd (.hcncn to C.tnL1m n.nd Sha:t~hai,
etc., by air. The ln.tLcr provides n. 9-cln.y scrvica. to Hong Kong,
10-day to Canton, and Ll-day to Shanghai.

Special attention is directed to the fact that the unit of
woight for Air Mail letters is the half ounce and not the ounce
as for steamer mail.
Letters intended for transmission by air must bs fully pre-
~aid to the extent of 25% o~ the air fee.