New Zealand Gazette – 1881 – No. 42

Page 719

✨ Postal Service Contract Tables



JUNE 2.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 719

POSTAL DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH—continued.

Service. Frequency. How Performed. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
36 Coalgate and Hororata ... Daily ... Coach Edwin Derrett £ s. d.
37 Glentunnel Railway Station, Wind- Weekly ... Coach T. and H. Brown 45 0 0
whistle House, and Lake Coleridge 52 0 0 ”
38 Dunsandel and Killinchy ... Thrice weekly ... Horse H. J. Unwin ... 33 16 0
39 Rakaia and Barr Hill ... Thrice weekly ... Horse and cart Thomas Mutter 45 0 0
40 Kyle and Seafield ... Daily ... Horse and cart Thomas Lunt ... 20 0 0
41 Methven Railway Station and Alford Thrice weekly ... Coach J. Tisch ... 50 0 0
Forest
42 Ashburton and Mount Somers Twice weekly ... Coach E. Cookson ... 45 0 0
43 Ealing Railway Station and Cracroft ... Twice weekly ... Horse A. Jackson ... 49 10 0
44 Ashburton and Seafield vid Elgin, Waka- Thrice weekly ... Horse J. G. Cox ... 55 0 0
nui, and Newland
45 Ashburton and Longbeach ... Daily ... Coach Thomas Cotton 55 0 0
46 Hind's Railway Station and Mayfield ... Weekly ... Horse J. Bowick ... 20 0 0
47 Upper Riccarton Post Office and Middle- Daily ... Horse J. E. Hanson ... 10 0 0
ton Railway Station
48 East Oxford Post Office and Railway Daily ... C. A. Thompson 15 0 0
Station
49 Christchurch Post Office and Railway As required ... Mail-cart F. G. P. Leech 240 0 0
Station and Town Receivers
50 Pigeon Bay and Akaroa ... Thrice weekly ... Coach S. Lee 100 0 0
51 Chief Post Office and Sydenham Four daily ... Tram-car Christchurch 15 0 0
Tramway Co.
52 Waipara and Cheviot Weekly ... Horse J. Boyce ... 110 0 0

POSTAL DISTRICT OF TIMARU.

Service. Frequency. How Performed. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
1 Waitohi Flat Railway Station and Post Twice weekly ... Foot James Riordan 15 0 0
Office, Kerry Town
2 Peel Forest and Rangitata South Thrice weekly ... Coach G. F. Newnan 60 0 0
3 Orari and Woodbury vid Geraldine Daily ... Coach William Kennedy 52 0 0
4 Geraldine and Hilton vid Pleasant Twice weekly ... Horse David Denoon ... 30 0 0
Valley and Gapes Valley
5 Temuka and Waitohi Flat Twice weekly ... Horse A. Mahan ... 16 0 0
6 Albury and Burke's Pass Thrice weekly ... Coach John Hinkley ... 140 0 0
7 Burke's Pass and Dr. Fisher's Station Weekly ... Horse A. Spalding ... 35 0 0
8 Pleasant Point and Raincliffe Station... Weekly ... Horse J. Worthington 32 10 0
9 Timaru and Pareora Twice weekly ... Horse J. C. Knight ... 50 0 0
10 St. Andrews and Blue Cliffs Twice weekly ... Horse J. J. Daily ... 46 16 0
11 Rangitata and Bulmer via Rangitata Twice weekly ... Horse W. Ellery ... 52 0 0
Island and Canavan's
12 Waimate and Upper Ferry Twice weekly ... Express James Vining ... 75 0 0

POSTAL DISTRICT OF OAMARU.

Service. Frequency. How Performed. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
1 Maheno and Kakanui Daily ... Horse J. P. Mason ... 39 0 0
2 Aitchison's Siding and Awamoko Twice weekly ... Foot Thomas King ... 20 0 0
3 Duntroon Post Office and Railway Station Twice daily ... Foot T. W. Le Coeq 12 0 0
4 Duntroon and Oramarama Twice weekly ... Coach W. Goddard ... 135 0 0
5 Duntroon and Livingstone Twice weekly ... Express B. B. Welsh ... 30 0 0

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 W. Riddell ... 48 0 0
2 Dunedin and Portobello Thrice weekly ... Mail-cart J. Pickering ... 62 10 0
3 Portobello and Otakou Twice weekly ... Horse T. Hape ... 16 10 0
4 Purakanui Post Office and Railway Station Twice weekly ... Horse J. Foote ... 9 0 0
5 Outram and Hindon Weekly ... Horse or trap George Hagerty 17 10 0
6 Outram and Waipori Weekly ... Horse Cox and Brensell 65 0 0
7 Outram and Middlemarch via Lee Weekly ... Coach and horse Cox and Brensell 100 0 0
Stream, Deep Creek, and Rocklands
8 Outram and Berwick Twice weekly ... Coach J. Christie ... 40 0 0
9 Waihola and Taieri Beach Weekly ... Horse M. E. Whalan ... 25 0 0
10 Kaitangata and Wangaloa Thrice weekly ... Horse T. Johnston ... 22 0 0
11 Balclutha Railway Station and Owake Twice weekly ... Coach A. Ironside ... 98 0 0
12 Puarua and Port Molyneux Twice weekly ... Spring-cart A. A. Paterson 24 17 6
13 Balclutha Post Office and Railway Station Thrice daily ... Cart John Platt ... 36 0 0
14 Lawrence, Weatherstone, and Bluespur Daily ... Horse George Jeffery 28 0 0
15 Lawrence, Weatherstone, and Bluespur Twice weekly ... Horse Hugh Bruce ... 43 0 0
16 Lawrence and Waipori Weekly ... Horse G. Hinchliffe ... 32 10 0
17 Pukerau Railway Station and Otaraia... Twice weekly ... Horse J. McPhail 24 10 0


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🚂 Continuation of Postal Mail Service Contracts for Several Districts (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
2 June 1881
Postal contracts, Mail services, Contractors, Subsidies, Christchurch, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin
52 names identified
  • Edwin Derrett, Contractor for Coalgate and Hororata service
  • T. and H. Brown, Contractors for Glentunnel service
  • H. J. Unwin, Contractor for Dunsandel and Killinchy service
  • Thomas Mutter, Contractor for Rakaia and Barr Hill service
  • Thomas Lunt, Contractor for Kyle and Seafield service
  • J. Tisch, Contractor for Methven Railway Station service
  • E. Cookson, Contractor for Ashburton and Mount Somers service
  • A. Jackson, Contractor for Ealing Railway Station service
  • J. G. Cox, Contractor for Ashburton and Seafield service
  • Thomas Cotton, Contractor for Ashburton and Longbeach service
  • J. Bowick, Contractor for Hind's Railway Station service
  • J. E. Hanson, Contractor for Upper Riccarton Post Office service
  • C. A. Thompson, Contractor for East Oxford Post Office service
  • F. G. P. Leech, Contractor for Christchurch Post Office service
  • S. Lee, Contractor for Pigeon Bay and Akaroa service
  • J. Boyce, Contractor for Waipara and Cheviot service
  • James Riordan, Contractor for Waitohi Flat Railway Station service
  • G. F. Newnan, Contractor for Peel Forest and Rangitata South service
  • William Kennedy, Contractor for Orari and Woodbury service
  • David Denoon, Contractor for Geraldine and Hilton service
  • A. Mahan, Contractor for Temuka and Waitohi Flat service
  • John Hinkley, Contractor for Albury and Burke's Pass service
  • A. Spalding, Contractor for Burke's Pass and Dr. Fisher's Station service
  • J. Worthington, Contractor for Pleasant Point and Raincliffe Station service
  • J. C. Knight, Contractor for Timaru and Pareora service
  • J. J. Daily, Contractor for St. Andrews and Blue Cliffs service
  • W. Ellery, Contractor for Rangitata and Bulmer service
  • James Vining, Contractor for Waimate and Upper Ferry service
  • J. P. Mason, Contractor for Maheno and Kakanui service
  • Thomas King, Contractor for Aitchison's Siding and Awamoko service
  • T. W. Le Coeq, Contractor for Duntroon Post Office service
  • W. Goddard, Contractor for Duntroon and Oramarama service
  • B. B. Welsh, Contractor for Duntroon and Livingstone service
  • W. Riddell, Contractor for Dunedin and Sandymount service
  • J. Pickering, Contractor for Dunedin and Portobello service
  • T. Hape, Contractor for Portobello and Otakou service
  • J. Foote, Contractor for Purakanui Post Office service
  • George Hagerty, Contractor for Outram and Hindon service
  • Cox, Contractor for Outram and Waipori service
  • Brensell, Contractor for Outram and Waipori service
  • Cox, Contractor for Outram and Middlemarch service
  • Brensell, Contractor for Outram and Middlemarch service
  • J. Christie, Contractor for Outram and Berwick service
  • M. E. Whalan, Contractor for Waihola and Taieri Beach service
  • T. Johnston, Contractor for Kaitangata and Wangaloa service
  • A. Ironside, Contractor for Balclutha Railway Station service
  • A. A. Paterson, Contractor for Puarua and Port Molyneux service
  • John Platt, Contractor for Balclutha Post Office service
  • George Jeffery, Contractor for Lawrence, Weatherstone, and Bluespur service
  • Hugh Bruce, Contractor for Lawrence, Weatherstone, and Bluespur service
  • G. Hinchliffe, Contractor for Lawrence and Waipori service
  • J. McPhail, Contractor for Pukerau Railway Station service