New Zealand Gazette – 1879 – No. 67

Page 857

✨ Postal Contracts and Land Sales



THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
POSTAL DISTRICT OF DUNEDIN—continued. 857

Service. Frequency. How Performed. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
64 Palmerston Post Office and Railway Station Twice daily Foot W. Ross £ s. d. 10 0 0 *
65 Tapanui and Waikaka Once weekly Horse Mooney & Quinn 40 0 0 31 Dec., 1880
W. L. Philp 286 0 0 *
66 Dunedin, Horses for Mail Cart, and Mounted Carriers As required
67 Waikouaiti Post Office and Railway Station Daily Foot W. H. Crawford Nil *‡
68 Kaihiku Post Office and Railway Station Daily Foot A. D. Johnston Nil *‡
69 Swift Creek and Tapanui Road Twice weekly Horse J. Cameron 30 0 0 *
70 Blueskin and Mount Cargill Twice weekly Horse John Doig 13 0 0 *
71 Warrington Post Office and Railway Station Daily Foot James Mahoney Nil *‡
72 Lawrence Post Office and Railway Station As required Foot W. Crow 1s. per day *

† Terminable at end of present year on one month's notice.
‡ Payment for conveyance of mails is included in salary paid to Postmaster.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF INVERCARGILL.

No. Service. Frequency. How Performed. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. (£ s. d.) Date of Termination of Contract.
1 Edendale and Wyndham Daily Coach D. McPhee 45 0 0 31 Dec., 1880
2 Wyndham and Fortrose Twice weekly Coach D. McPhee 90 0 0 "
3 Invercargill and Flint's Bush Twice weekly Horse T. Mortimer 65 0 0 "
4 Flint's Bush and Isla Bank ... Weekly Horse D. McPhee 17 0 0 "
5 Invercargill and Oteramika Weekly Horse T. Mortimer 35 0 0 "
6 Athol and Nokomai Twice weekly Horse J. Coulam 26 0 0 "
7 Riverton and Otautau Twice weekly Horse J. Callaghan 60 0 0 "
8 Otautau and Dunrobin Weekly Horse J. Callaghan 60 0 0 "
9 Otautau and Blackmount Weekly Horse J. Callaghan 100 0 0 "
10 Winton and Hokonui Weekly Horse J. McGillvray. 28 0 0 "
11 Riverton and Orepuki Weekly Horse J. Callaghan 70 0 0 "
12 Long Bush and Dacre Thrice weekly Spring-van H. McIntosh 26 0 0 "
13 Winton and Forest Hill Weekly Horse W. Baird 10 0 0 "
14 Invercargill and Mabel Bush Weekly Horse A. Kinross 34 0 0 "
15 Elbow and Maraaroa Weekly Horse W. Boyle 80 0 0 31 Dec., 1879
16 Long Bush Post Office and Railway Station As required Foot J. Watson 12 0 0 *
17 Campbelltown Wharf and Railway Station As required Horse J. King 40 0 0 *
18 Kingston Railway Station and Wharf Daily Foot J. B. Kerr 18 5 0 *
19 Campbelltown and Stewart Island Weekly Cutter W. Joss 75 0 0 *
20 Long Bush and Waihopai Four times weekly Foot J. A. Mitchell... 10 0 0 *
21 Invercargill and Appleby Thrice weekly Foot J. Young 5 0 0 *
22 Invercargill and Harrisville... Daily Foot T. McEwen 10 0 0 *
23 Riverton Post Office and Railway Station As required Foot A. A. Young 14 0 0 *

Public Notification.

LEASE OF RURAL LANDS.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 20th May, 1879.

THE following parcel of land will be offered for
lease (for depasturing purposes only), by public
auction, at this office, on Monday, the 23rd day of
June next, at the hour of 11 o'clock in the forenoon.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

WHANGAREI DISTRICT (POPOUWHENUA BLOCK).
THREE thousand two hundred and eighty-six (3,286)
acres (third-class land), for a term of fourteen years,
at an upset price of £10 per annum.

N.B.—Rent to be paid yearly in advance. The
whole or any portion of this land may at any time
during the currency of the lease be resumed by the
Waste Lands Board for the purposes of occupation
or selection.

Public Notification.

SALE OF RURAL LANDS.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 20th May, 1879.

UNDER and in pursuance of the powers vested in
the Waste Lands Board by "The Land Act,
1877," and "The Crown Lands Sale Act, 1877," it is
hereby notified that the rural lands mentioned in
the Schedule hereunder will be offered for sale by
public auction, at the Crown Lands Office, Auckland,
by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, on Monday,
the 23rd day of June, 1879, at the hour of 11 o'clock
in the forenoon.

D. A. TOLE,
Chief Commissioner of Waste
Lands Board.



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🚂 Mail Service Contracts for the Postal District of Dunedin (continued) (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
19 June 1879
Postal contracts, Mail routes, Dunedin, Contractors, Subsidies, Table
10 names identified
  • W. Ross, Mail Contractor for Service 64
  • Mooney, Mail Contractor for Service 65
  • Quinn, Mail Contractor for Service 65
  • W. L. Philp, Mail Contractor for Service 65
  • W. H. Crawford, Mail Contractor for Service 67
  • A. D. Johnston, Mail Contractor for Service 68
  • J. Cameron, Mail Contractor for Service 69
  • John Doig, Mail Contractor for Service 70
  • James Mahoney, Mail Contractor for Service 71
  • W. Crow, Mail Contractor for Service 72

🚂 Mail Service Contracts for the Postal District of Invercargill

🚂 Transport & Communications
Postal contracts, Mail routes, Invercargill, Contractors, Subsidies, Table
17 names identified
  • D. McPhee, Mail Contractor for Service 1, 2, 4
  • T. Mortimer, Mail Contractor for Service 3, 5
  • J. Coulam, Mail Contractor for Service 6
  • J. Callaghan, Mail Contractor for Service 7, 8, 9, 11
  • J. McGillvray, Mail Contractor for Service 10
  • H. McIntosh, Mail Contractor for Service 12
  • W. Baird, Mail Contractor for Service 13
  • A. Kinross, Mail Contractor for Service 14
  • W. Boyle, Mail Contractor for Service 15
  • J. Watson, Mail Contractor for Service 16
  • J. King, Mail Contractor for Service 17
  • J. B. Kerr, Mail Contractor for Service 18
  • W. Joss, Mail Contractor for Service 19
  • J. A. Mitchell, Mail Contractor for Service 20
  • J. Young, Mail Contractor for Service 21
  • T. McEwen, Mail Contractor for Service 22
  • A. A. Young, Mail Contractor for Service 23

🗺️ Public auction notice for leasing rural land in Whangarei District

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
20 May 1879
Lease, Rural land, Auction, Depasturing, Whangarei District, Popouwenua Block
  • D. A. Tole, Commissioner of Crown Lands

🗺️ Public auction notice for sale of rural lands in Auckland

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
20 May 1879
Sale, Rural lands, Auction, Auckland, Waste Lands Board
  • D. A. Tole, Chief Commissioner of Waste Lands Board