New Zealand Gazette – 1883 – No. 37

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 37]

POSTAL DISTRICT OF WESTPORT.

Service Frequency How Performed Name of Contractor Annual Subsidy Date of Termination of Contract
1 Westport, Reefton, and Lyell vid Inangahua Junction Thrice weekly Coach Job Lines £ 280 s. d. 31 Dec., 1884
2 Westport and Charleston vid Addison's Flat Twice weekly Express-cart M. Quane 68 0 0 ,,
3 Gibbs's Accommodation-house and Upper Matakitaki vid Hampden Fortnightly Horse G. Moonlight 25 0 0 ,,†
4 Gibbs's Accommodation-house and Hampden vid Longford Weekly Horse J. Gibbs 10 0 0 ,,
5 Westport and Giles Terrace Weekly Pack-horse A. McGillivray... 15 0 0 ,,†
6 Brighton and Charleston Weekly Pack-horse M. O'Brien 12 0 0 ,,
7 Reefton and Boatman's Thrice weekly Coach P. McParland 25 0 0 ,,
8 Chief Post Office, Westport, and Railway Station, Vessels in River and Lagoon As required Express E. Quigley 48 0 0 ,,

POSTAL DISTRICT OF GREYMOUTH.

Service Frequency How Performed Name of Contractor Annual Subsidy Date of Termination of Contract
1 Greymouth and Cobden Daily Boat Jackson Brothers 13 0 0 31 Dec., 1884
2 Greymouth and Marsden Daily Coach A. Blair 20 0 0 ,,
3 Marsden and Dunganville Thrice weekly Coach A. Blair 15 0 0 ,,
4 Greymouth and Kumara, Delivering Paroa Twice daily } Tram Grey and Kumara Tramway Company (Limited) 200 0 0 ,,
Thrice weekly
5 Greymouth Chief Post Office and Wharf, Tram and Railway Stations As required Express, &c. G. H. Clarkson 30 0 0 ,,
6 Greymouth and Reefton, delivering Mails at Arnold, Twelve-Mile, No Town, Camptown, Ahaura, Totara Flat, Granville, Little Grey Junction, and Blackwater Thrice weekly Coach John Mitchell 125 0 0 ,,
7 Greymouth and Nelson Creek Thrice weekly Horse; jointly with No. 6 John Mitchell ... ,,
8 Greymouth and Redjack's, also Orwell Creek, Antonio's Flat, and Clonmore Once weekly Part coach, part horse, jointly with No. 6 John Mitchell ... ,,
9 Cobden and Barrytown Twice weekly Horse Denis Ryall 15 0 0 ,,
10 Greymouth and Rutherglen Once weekly Coach, jointly with No. 2 A. Blair ... ,,

POSTAL DISTRICT OF HOKITIKA.

Service Frequency How Performed Name of Contractor Annual Subsidy Date of Termination of Contract
1 Hokitika and Springfield Twice weekly Coach Chesney, Binney, and Cassidy 1,000 0 0 31 Dec., 1884
2 Hokitika and Kumara (morning) Daily Coach Bassett & Cameron 200 0 0 ,,
3 Hokitika and Kumara (afternoon) Daily Coach John Cameron 48 0 0 ,,
4 Kumara and Greenstone Twice weekly Spring-cart William Whitton 25 0 0 ,,
5 Kumara and Dillman's Town Daily On foot A. Foldi 20 0 0 ,,†
6 Hokitika and Ross and Rimu‡ { Twice daily Coach John Cameron ... 85 0 0 ,,
7 Ross and Gillespie's Beach Fortnightly Horse John Allen 154 0 0 ,,
8 Gillespie's Beach and Paringa Fortnightly Horse John Ritchie 43 0 0 ,,
9 Waimea and Fox's ... Twice weekly Horse L. Grant 30 0 0 ,,†
10 Hokitika and Humphrey's Weekly Horse R. A. Harcourt ... 25 0 0 ,,†
11 Hokitika and Jackson's Bay Quarterly Steamer William Durcan 350 0 0 July, 1883

‡ This part of the service is for three months only.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH.

Service Frequency How Performed Name of Contractor Annual Subsidy Date of Termination of Contract
1 Christchurch and Halswell Daily Horse Post Office, Christchurch 15 0 0 31 Dec, 1884*†
2 Tai Tapu and Lincoln Daily Horse S. Nutt 30 0 0 ,,
3 Christchurch and Sumner Twice daily Tramcar and coach W. Hayward 52 0 0 *
4 Christchurch and New Brighton Thrice weekly Coach D. W. Hamilton 25 0 0 31 Dec, 1884
5 Lyttelton and Pigeon Bay Thrice weekly Steamer William Cameron 250 0 0 ,,
6 Pigeon Bay and Akaroa Thrice weekly Coach Samuel Lee 100 0 0 *
7 Akaroa and Duvauchelle Weekly Coach Samuel Lee 150 0 0 ,,
8 Lyttelton and Port Levy Twice weekly Horse and boat John Kelly 35 0 0 31 Dec, 1884†
9 Lyttelton and Ohinetahi Twice weekly Horse Post Office, Lyttelton 15 0 0 *†
10 Governor's Bay and Rabbit Island Twice weekly Horse M. Wheeler 29 15 0 31 Dec, 1884
11 Lyttelton Post Office, Railway Station, and Vessels in Harbour As required Cart and boat Agar and Roberts 150 0 0 ,,
12 Duvauchelle and Okain's Bay Twice weekly Horse John Neligan 45 0 0 ,,
13 German Bay and Le Bon's Bay Thrice weekly Horse T. H. Oldridge... 35 0 0 ,,†
14 Akaroa and Wainui Twice weekly Steam-launch Wight and Bruce 30 0 0 ,,

‡ This part of the service is for three months only.



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🚂 Postal Contracts for Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika, and Christchurch Districts

🚂 Transport & Communications
8 May 1883
Postal contracts, Contractors, Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika, Christchurch, Coach, Boat, Horse
45 names identified
  • Job Lines, Contractor for Westport, Reefton, and Lyell service
  • M. Quane, Contractor for Westport and Charleston service
  • G. Moonlight, Contractor for Gibbs's Accommodation-house and Upper Matakitaki service
  • J. Gibbs, Contractor for Gibbs's Accommodation-house and Hampden service
  • A. McGillivray, Contractor for Westport and Giles Terrace service
  • M. O'Brien, Contractor for Brighton and Charleston service
  • P. McParland, Contractor for Reefton and Boatman's service
  • E. Quigley, Contractor for Westport Post Office and Vessels service
  • Jackson, Contractor for Greymouth and Cobden service
  • A. Blair, Contractor for Greymouth and Marsden service
  • A. Blair, Contractor for Marsden and Dunganville service
  • G. H. Clarkson, Contractor for Greymouth Chief Post Office and Wharf service
  • John Mitchell, Contractor for Greymouth and Reefton service
  • John Mitchell, Contractor for Greymouth and Nelson Creek service
  • John Mitchell, Contractor for Greymouth and Redjack's service
  • Denis Ryall, Contractor for Cobden and Barrytown service
  • A. Blair, Contractor for Greymouth and Rutherglen service
  • Chesney, Contractor for Hokitika and Springfield service
  • Binney, Contractor for Hokitika and Springfield service
  • Cassidy, Contractor for Hokitika and Springfield service
  • Bassett, Contractor for Hokitika and Kumara (morning) service
  • Cameron, Contractor for Hokitika and Kumara (morning) service
  • John Cameron, Contractor for Hokitika and Kumara (afternoon) service
  • William Whitton, Contractor for Kumara and Greenstone service
  • A. Foldi, Contractor for Kumara and Dillman's Town service
  • John Cameron, Contractor for Hokitika and Ross and Rimu service
  • John Allen, Contractor for Ross and Gillespie's Beach service
  • John Ritchie, Contractor for Gillespie's Beach and Paringa service
  • L. Grant, Contractor for Waimea and Fox's service
  • R. A. Harcourt, Contractor for Hokitika and Humphrey's service
  • William Durcan, Contractor for Hokitika and Jackson's Bay service
  • S. Nutt, Contractor for Tai Tapu and Lincoln service
  • W. Hayward, Contractor for Christchurch and Sumner service
  • D. W. Hamilton, Contractor for Christchurch and New Brighton service
  • William Cameron, Contractor for Lyttelton and Pigeon Bay service
  • Samuel Lee, Contractor for Pigeon Bay and Akaroa service
  • Samuel Lee, Contractor for Akaroa and Duvauchelle service
  • John Kelly, Contractor for Lyttelton and Port Levy service
  • M. Wheeler, Contractor for Governor's Bay and Rabbit Island service
  • Agar, Contractor for Lyttelton harbour services
  • Roberts, Contractor for Lyttelton harbour services
  • John Neligan, Contractor for Duvauchelle and Okain's Bay service
  • T. H. Oldridge, Contractor for German Bay and Le Bon's Bay service
  • Wight, Contractor for Akaroa and Wainui service
  • Bruce, Contractor for Akaroa and Wainui service

🚂 List of Postal Contracts for Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika, and Christchurch Districts (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Postal service, Contracts, Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika, Christchurch, Coach, Horse, Steamer, Tram, Boat, Express-cart
41 names identified
  • Job Lines, Contractor for Westport, Reefton, and Lyell
  • M. Quane, Contractor for Westport and Charleston
  • G. Moonlight, Contractor for Gibbs's Accommodation-house and Upper Matakitaki
  • J. Gibbs, Contractor for Gibbs's Accommodation-house and Hampden
  • A. McGillivray, Contractor for Westport and Giles Terrace
  • M. O'Brien, Contractor for Brighton and Charleston
  • P. McParland, Contractor for Reefton and Boatman's
  • E. Quigley, Contractor for Westport CPO and Railway Station/Vessels
  • Jackson Brothers, Contractors for Greymouth and Cobden
  • A. Blair, Contractor for Greymouth and Marsden
  • A. Blair, Contractor for Marsden and Dunganville
  • Grey and Kumara Tramway Company (Limited), Contractor for Greymouth and Kumara
  • G. H. Clarkson, Contractor for Greymouth CPO and Wharf/Stations
  • John Mitchell, Contractor for Greymouth and Reefton
  • John Mitchell, Contractor for Greymouth and Nelson Creek
  • John Mitchell, Contractor for Greymouth and Redjack's
  • Denis Ryall, Contractor for Cobden and Barrytown
  • A. Blair, Contractor for Greymouth and Rutherglen
  • Chesney, Binney, and Cassidy, Contractors for Hokitika and Springfield
  • Bassett & Cameron, Contractors for Hokitika and Kumara (morning)
  • John Cameron, Contractor for Hokitika and Kumara (afternoon)
  • William Whitton, Contractor for Kumara and Greenstone
  • A. Foldi, Contractor for Kumara and Dillman's Town
  • John Cameron, Contractor for Hokitika and Ross and Rimu
  • John Allen, Contractor for Ross and Gillespie's Beach
  • John Ritchie, Contractor for Gillespie's Beach and Paringa
  • L. Grant, Contractor for Waimea and Fox's
  • R. A. Harcourt, Contractor for Hokitika and Humphrey's
  • William Durcan, Contractor for Hokitika and Jackson's Bay
  • S. Nutt, Contractor for Tai Tapu and Lincoln
  • W. Hayward, Contractor for Christchurch and Sumner
  • D. W. Hamilton, Contractor for Christchurch and New Brighton
  • William Cameron, Contractor for Lyttelton and Pigeon Bay
  • Samuel Lee, Contractor for Pigeon Bay and Akaroa
  • Samuel Lee, Contractor for Akaroa and Duvauchelle
  • John Kelly, Contractor for Lyttelton and Port Levy
  • M. Wheeler, Contractor for Governor's Bay and Rabbit Island
  • Agar and Roberts, Contractors for Lyttelton Post Office/Railway/Vessels
  • John Neligan, Contractor for Duvauchelle and Okain's Bay
  • T. H. Oldridge, Contractor for German Bay and Le Bon's Bay
  • Wight and Bruce, Contractors for Akaroa and Wainui