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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Hawke's Bay.
Frederick Ashton Lincoln, to be Postmaster
at Clive, from 1st April, 1864.
Charles Nairn, to be Postmaster at Pourere.

Marlborough.
John Tucker Robinson, to be Postmaster at
Wakamarina, from 1st June, 1864.
Peter Duncan, to be Postmaster at the
Grove, from 1st June, 1864.

Otago.
John Stewart, to be Postmaster at the Nevis,
from 19th February, 1864.
George Skene, to be Postmaster at Switzers,
from 20th February, 1864.
John Kerr, to be Postmaster at Deep Stream,
from 1st April, 1864.
George Raynor, to be Postmaster at Rocky
Point, from 1st April, 1864.

POSTAL.

The Chief Clerk in the Audit Office to Frank
Letters free of Postage.

General Post Office,
Auckland, 11th May, 1864.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to authorize

THE CHIEF CLERK IN THE AUDIT OFFICE
to Frank Official Letters and Packets ad-
dressed from the Departments of the Auditor
of Public Accounts, and Comptroller of
Militia Pay, free of Postage, in terms of the
Proclamation of the 12th February, 1862.

FRED. WHITAKER,
For the Postmaster-General.

POSTAL.

Contract for Inter-Provincial Steam Postal
Services.

General Post-Office,
Auckland, 11th May, 1864.

THE following Articles of Agreement with
the Inter-Colonial Royal Mail Company,
for Inter-Provincial Steam Postal Services,
are published for general information.

FREDK. WHITAKER,
For the Postmaster-General.

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT,
made this Thirty-first day of March, Eighteen
hundred and sixty-four, between the Hon-
ourable the Postmaster-General of New
Zealand on the one part and the Inter-Colo-
nial Royal Mail Company (Limited) of the
other part: Witnesseth, that in considera-
tion of the mutual Covenants hereinafter
contained, the said parties hereto for them-
selves and their respective executors, admin-
istrators, and successors, do hereby respec-
tively covenant and agree to and with the
other of them, and their respective executors,
administrators, and successors, in manner
following, that is to say:

1. The Contract at present subsisting be-
   tween the said parties hereto, for a Steam
   Postal Service along the East Coast of New
   Zealand, from Auckland to Otago via Napier,
   Wellington, and Lyttelton, as at present
   performed by the 'Lord Ashley' Steamer,
   is hereby cancelled and terminated.

2. From and after the date hereof and for
   Twelve Calendar Months then next ensuing,
   the said Inter-Colonial Royal Mail Company
   shall, with the said 'Lord Ashley,' or other
   steamer authorised by the said Postmaster-
   General, perform a service monthly between
   Auckland and Otago via the East Coast of
   New Zealand, according to the Time-Table
   hereunto annexed, No. 1, subject to varia-
   tion of dates, as hereinafter mentioned.

3. From and after the date hereof, and for
   Twelve Calendar Months then next ensuing,
   the said Inter-Colonial Royal Mail Company
   shall with the 'Airedale,' or other steamer
   authorised by the said Postmaster-General,
   perform a service monthly between Manukau
   and the Bluff, according to the Time-Table
   hereunto annexed, No. 2, subject to varia-
   tion of dates, as hereinafter mentioned.

4. By the aforesaid Steam Postal Services
   the said Company shall receive and safely
   carry Her Majesty's mails, and provide all
   necessary accommodation therefor to the
   satisfaction of the said Postmaster-General,
   and shall deliver the same over the ship's
   side at the respective ports of call free of any
   charge, other than the payments hereinafter
   mentioned.

5. By each of the aforesaid steamers the
   said company shall, if required, provide a free
   cabin passage, fare, and accommodation for
   one person in charge of the mails, in accor-
   dance with written instructions from the said
   Postmaster-General.

6. The aforesaid steamers shall (weather
   permitting) proceed on their respective
   voyages from Auckland and Otago at noon,
   or as near thereto as the tide will permit, on
   the respective dates mentioned in the said
   time-tables hereunto annexed, or on such
   other dates as may be fixed, as hereinafter
   mentioned; and shall not on their respective
   voyages between the said ports exceed the
   time allowed by the said tables. Provided
   always that it shall be lawful for the said
   Postmaster-General, or his authorised agent,
   at either of the said ports, to detain without
   charge either of the said boats for the period
   of Twenty-four hours, and to detain them for
   such further time as he shall think proper,
   on payment of a bonus of Fifty Pounds (£50)
   per day, not exceeding three days, the said
   Company paying a liquate penalty of Fifty
   Pounds for each day, or part of a day, they
   do not (weather permitting and accidents ex-
   cepted) proceed from the aforesaid ports at
   the times aforesaid.

7. In consideration of the punctual per-
   formance of the aforesaid services the afore-
   said Postmaster-General shall out of money
   voted by the Parliament of New Zealand pay
   to the aforesaid Company the sum of Four
   hundred and seventy-four pounds ten shillings
   (£474 10s.) per month in respect of the afore-
   said East Coast Service, and the sum of Five
   hundred and fifty-two (£552) pounds per
   month in respect of the aforesaid West Coast
   Service, on the certificate of the Secretary of
   the General Post-Office that the said services
   respectively have been duly performed.