New Zealand Gazette – 1879 – No. 67

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✨ Dunedin Postal Contracts



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
POSTAL DISTRICT OF DUNEDIN.

Service, Frequency. How Performed. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
1 Dunedin and Sandymount Thrice weekly... Horse A. Carmichael... £ s. d. 43 10 0 31 Dec., 1880
2 Dunedin and Portobello vid North-East Harbour and Broad Bay Daily Express H. Richmond ... 140 0 0 ,†
3 Portobello and Otakou Twice weekly ... Horse A. W. Lott 18 0 0 "
4 Purakanui Railway Station and Post Office Twice weekly Horse or foot John Foote 10 0 0 *
5 North Taieri and Hindon Weekly Horse George Webb 24 0 0 "
6 Outram and Waipori Twice weekly Coach or horse C. Brensell 104 0 0 "
7 Outram and Berwick via Woodside Twice weekly Coach J. Christie 40 0 0 "
8 Outram and Middlemarch Weekly Coach or foot C. Brensell 100 0 0 "
9 Waihola and Taieri Beach Weekly Horse M. E. Whelan 25 0 0 "
10 Kaitangata and Wangaloa Twice weekly Horse E. Boyd 25 0 0 "
11 Balclutha Railway Station and Owaki Twice weekly .. Horse John Dunne 165 0 0 *
12 Puarua and Port Molyneux... Twice weekly Trap A. A. Paterson 30 0 0 31 Dec., 1880
13 Balclutha Post Office and Railway Station Thrice daily Coach John Dunne 50 0 0 "
14 Lawrence, Weatherstone, and Bluespur Daily Horse George Jeffery 29 0 0 "
15 Lawrence and Tuapeka Mouth vid Tuapeka West Twice weekly Horse C. Anderson 50 0 0 "
16 Lawrence and Waipori Weekly Horse G. Hinchcliff 32 10 0 "
17 Pukerau Railway Station and Otaraia Twice weekly Horse J. Templeton 32 0 0 "
18 Gore and Waikaka Twice weekly Horse D. Lamb 95 0 0 "
19 Gore and Waikaia... Thrice weekly. Coach A. Matheson 247 0 0 "
20 Puketeraki Railway Station and Karitane Post Office Twice weekly Horse T. Pratt 8 0 0 "
21 Whatarapuku Railway Station and Merton Post Office Thrice weekly... Mail-cart D. Brunton 47 10 0 "
22 Palmerston and Naseby vid McRae's and Hyde Weekly Coach J. Laverty 148 0 0 "
23 Palmerston and Naseby, also Naseby and Clyde, vid St. Bathan's and Cambrian Twice weekly Coach H. Craig and Co. 1,800 0 0 "
24 Waihemo and Macrae's Weekly Horse J. Griffiths 38 0 0 "
25 Kyeburn and Hyde vid Hamilton's Weekly Horse M. Prendergast 65 0 0 "
26 Hamilton's and Linburn Weekly Horse J. Hambly 85 0 0 "
27 Linburn and Serpentine Weekly Horse H. Rainham 32 10 0 "
28 Naseby and Kyeburn Diggings Weekly Horse J. Wright 25 0 0 "
29 Ophir and Tinker's Weekly Horse P. Harrington... 39 15 0 "
30 Lawrence and Cromwell Thrice weekly... Coach H. Craig and Co. 775 0 0 "
31 Cromwell and Queenstown Thrice weekly... Coach H. Craig and Co. 475 0 0 "
32 Rae's Junction and Tapanui Thrice weekly... Coach H. Craig and Co. 250 0 0 "
33 Waipahi and Tapanui Thrice weekly... Express G. B. Partridge 70 0 0 "
34 Cromwell and Quartzville Twice weekly ... Horse "
35 Quartzville and Upper Nevis Weekly Horse R. Kidd 380 0 0 "
36 Cromwell, Bendigo, and Albert Town... Twice weekly Coach { R. Kidd 380 0 0 "
37 Albert Town and Cardrona... Weekly Coach "
38 Arrow and Macetown Twice weekly Horse W. Jenkins 30 0 0 "
39 Queenstown, Skipper's, and The Reefs Weekly Horse J. Bourdeau 80 0 0 "
40 Queenstown and Moke Creek Weekly Horse B. C. Curno 37 10 0 "
41 Queenstown and Kingston Daily Steamer Lake Wakatipu S.N. Company 500 0 0 "
42 Abbotsford Railway Station and Fairfield Post Office Daily Foot H. Wilson 20 0 0 "
43 Milton's and Adams Flat Twice weekly.. Horse-van J. Goodall 8 0 0 "
44 Fortrose and Waikawa Fortnightly Horse C. H. Cummings 30 0 0 31 Dec., 1879
45 Mosgiel and East Taieri Daily Horse J. Williams 25 0 0 *
46 Green Island and Brighton Weekly Horse J. C. Docherty 5 0 0 *
47 Stirling and Inch Clutha Daily Foot G. Bell 12 0 0 *
48 Otakaia Post Office and Railway Station Daily Foot J. O'Leary 8 0 0 *
49 Green Island Post Office and Railway Station Daily Foot J. Campbell 8 0 0 *
50 Glenore Post Office and Railway Station Daily Foot W. Wain 10 0 0 *
51 Waitahuna Gully Post Office and Railway Station Daily Horse G. Mackenzie 26 0 0 *
52 Waitahuna Post Office and Railway Station Daily Foot F. Oudaille 20 0 0 *
53 North Taieri Post Office and Railway Station Daily Horse N. McLean 15 0 0 *
54 Clinton Post Office and Railway Station Twice daily Foot R. Ellison 36 0 0 "
55 Clarksville Post Office and Railway Station Daily Foot W. W. Moore... 10 0 0 *
56 Kuri Bush and Otakaia Twice weekly Horse T. Quill 20 0 0 31 Dec., 1879
57 Dunrobin Post Office and Main Road... Weekly Horse J. Edie 13 0 0 *
58 Crookston Post Office and Main Road Weekly Horse J. McDonald 4 0 0 *
59 Balclutha, Stony Creek, and Bishop's... Twice weekly Horse G. McDougall... 20 0 0 31 Dec., 1879
60 Waiwera South Post Office and Railway Station Twice weekly Foot W. Chisholm Nil *†
61 Warepa Post Office and Toiro Railway Station Twice weekly Horse J. Crawford 12 0 0 *
62 Flag Swamp Post Office and Goodwood Railway Station Daily Horse R. Sutherland 5 0 0 *
63 Pukerau Post Office and Railway Station Twice weekly... Foot F. M. Dawson... Nil *‡


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🚂 Mail Service Contracts for the Postal District of Dunedin

🚂 Transport & Communications
19 June 1879
Postal contracts, Mail routes, Dunedin, Contractors, Subsidies
56 names identified
  • A. Carmichael, Contractor for Dunedin and Sandymount service
  • H. Richmond, Contractor for Dunedin and Portobello service
  • A. W. Lott, Contractor for Portobello and Otakou service
  • John Foote, Contractor for Purakanui service
  • George Webb, Contractor for North Taieri and Hindon service
  • C. Brensell, Contractor for Outram and Waipori service
  • J. Christie, Contractor for Outram and Berwick service
  • C. Brensell, Contractor for Outram and Middlemarch service
  • M. E. Whelan, Contractor for Waihola and Taieri Beach service
  • E. Boyd, Contractor for Kaitangata and Wangaloa service
  • John Dunne, Contractor for Balclutha Railway Station service
  • A. A. Paterson, Contractor for Puarua and Port Molyneux service
  • John Dunne, Contractor for Balclutha Post Office service
  • George Jeffery, Contractor for Lawrence, Weatherstone, and Bluespur service
  • C. Anderson, Contractor for Lawrence and Tuapeka Mouth service
  • G. Hinchcliff, Contractor for Lawrence and Waipori service
  • J. Templeton, Contractor for Pukerau Railway Station service
  • D. Lamb, Contractor for Gore and Waikaka service
  • A. Matheson, Contractor for Gore and Waikaia service
  • T. Pratt, Contractor for Puketeraki Railway Station service
  • D. Brunton, Contractor for Whatarapuku Railway Station service
  • J. Laverty, Contractor for Palmerston and Naseby service
  • J. Griffiths, Contractor for Waihemo and Macrae's service
  • M. Prendergast, Contractor for Kyeburn and Hyde service
  • J. Hambly, Contractor for Hamilton's and Linburn service
  • H. Rainham, Contractor for Linburn and Serpentine service
  • J. Wright, Contractor for Naseby and Kyeburn Diggings service
  • P. Harrington, Contractor for Ophir and Tinker's service
  • R. Kidd, Contractor for Quartzville and Upper Nevis service
  • R. Kidd, Contractor for Cromwell, Bendigo, and Albert Town service
  • G. B. Partridge, Contractor for Waipahi and Tapanui service
  • W. Jenkins, Contractor for Arrow and Macetown service
  • J. Bourdeau, Contractor for Queenstown, Skipper's, and The Reefs service
  • B. C. Curno, Contractor for Queenstown and Moke Creek service
  • H. Wilson, Contractor for Abbotsford Railway Station service
  • J. Goodall, Contractor for Milton's and Adams Flat service
  • C. H. Cummings, Contractor for Fortrose and Waikawa service
  • J. Williams, Contractor for Mosgiel and East Taieri service
  • J. C. Docherty, Contractor for Green Island and Brighton service
  • G. Bell, Contractor for Stirling and Inch Clutha service
  • J. O'Leary, Contractor for Otakaia Post Office service
  • J. Campbell, Contractor for Green Island Post Office service
  • W. Wain, Contractor for Glenore Post Office service
  • G. Mackenzie, Contractor for Waitahuna Gully service
  • F. Oudaille, Contractor for Waitahuna Post Office service
  • N. McLean, Contractor for North Taieri Post Office service
  • R. Ellison, Contractor for Clinton Post Office service
  • W. W. Moore, Contractor for Clarksville Post Office service
  • T. Quill, Contractor for Kuri Bush and Otakaia service
  • J. Edie, Contractor for Dunrobin Post Office service
  • J. McDonald, Contractor for Crookston Post Office service
  • G. McDougall, Contractor for Balclutha, Stony Creek service
  • W. Chisholm, Contractor for Waiwera South service
  • J. Crawford, Contractor for Warepa service
  • R. Sutherland, Contractor for Flag Swamp service
  • F. M. Dawson, Contractor for Pukerau Post Office service