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New Zealand Gazette – 1885 – No. 33

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✨ Postal Service Contracts

May 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 685

POSTAL DISTRICT OF WELLINGTON—continued.

Service.	Frequency.	How performed.	Name of Contractor.	Annual Subsidy.	Date of Termination of Contract.
32 Palmerston North and Tahoraite ..	Daily ..	Coach ..	J. Macara ..	£ s. d. 195 0 0	31 Dec., 1885
33 Palmerston North and Terrace End ..	Daily ..	Foot ..	J. Laurensen ..	7 10 0	Performed by department’s Messenger
34 {Wellington and Foxton .. }	Daily ..	Coach ..	A. Hall ..	1,200 0 0	31 Dec., 1885
{Wellington and Paikakariki .. }
35 Wellington and Karori ..	Daily ..	Spring-cart ..	W. Gray ..	30 0 0	31 Dec., 1886
36 Wellington and Ohariu ..	Twice weekly ..	Cart ..	T. Bassett ..	15 0 0	"
37 Wellington and Wadestown ..	Daily ..	Trap ..	W. H. Wilton ..	5 0 0	†
38 {Wellington Post Office, Railway Station,}	As required ..	Mail-cart ..	H. Newson & Sons	185 0 0	31 Dec., 1886
{Wharves, and other work}
{Wellington Post Office, Te Aro Post}
{Office, and City Receiving Boxes}

POSTAL DISTRICT OF BLENHEIM.

| 1 Blenheim, Awatere, and Molesworth .. | Weekly .. | Pack-horse .. | Clark & Pickering | 90 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1886 |
| 2 Blenheim and Havelock .. | Twice weekly .. | Coach .. | William Pickering | 90 0 0 | " |
| 3 Blenheim and Kaikoura .. | Weekly .. | Coach & pack-horse | J. M. Allen .. | 150 0 0 | " |
| 4 Blenheim Post Office, Wharves, Vessels in Opawa and Wairau Rivers, and Railway Station | As required .. | Horse & coach | G. W. Riley .. | 30 0 0 | " |
| 5 Blenheim, Renwicktown, & Wairau Valley | Twice weekly .. | Coach .. | J. A. Simpson .. | 95 0 0 | " |
| 6 Havelock and Deep Creek .. | Twice weekly .. | Express .. | Thomas Brown .. | 25 0 0 | " |
| 7 Kaikoura Post Office and Vessels at Wharf and in Harbour | As required .. | Coach .. | Joseph Mitchell.. | 15 0 0 | " |
| 8 Picton Post Office, Vessels at Wharf and in Harbour, also Letter-carrier | As required .. | Foot .. | James France .. | 60 0 0 | * |
| 9 Picton, Torea, and Grove .. | Weekly .. | Steam-launch | Arthur Fisk .. | 52 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1886 |
| 10 Picton, Watamonga, and Port Underwood | Fortnightly .. | Boat and foot | John Aldridge .. | 28 0 0 | † |
| 11 Torea and Kenepuru .. | Weekly .. | Foot .. | James Gullery .. | 15 0 0 | † |
| 12 Waiau and Kaikoura .. | Weekly .. | Pack-horse .. | William R. Clark | 110 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1886 |

POSTAL DISTRICT OF NELSON.

| 1 Belgrove, Lyell, and Reefton, and Westport, Lyell, and Reefton (including daily service between Inangahua Junction and Westport) | Thrice weekly.. | Coach .. | Henry Newman.. | 1,250 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1886 |
| 2 Brightwater and Waimea West.. | Daily .. | Horse .. | William Satherley | 19 15 0 | " |
| 3 Collingwood and Fern Town .. | Six times m’thly | Boat .. | W. Scrimgeour .. | 15 0 0 | " |
| 4 Collingwood and Takaka .. | Weekly .. | Horse .. | Richard Peacock | 65 0 0 | |
| 5 Collingwood Post Office and Wharf .. | As required .. | Foot .. | William Williams | 4 8 0 | " |
| 6 East Takaka and Takaka .. | Six times m’thly | Horse .. | C. H. Fabian .. | 18 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1886 |
| 7 Foxhill Station and Foxhill .. | Daily .. | Foot .. | A. J. Palmer .. | 12 10 0 | † |
| 8 Hope Station and Post Office.. | Daily .. | Foot .. | Charles Balck· .. | 10 0 0 | † |
| 9 Lower Moutere and Ngatimote .. | Thrice weekly.. | Horse .. | B. Harford .. | 28 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1886 |
| 10 Motueka Wharf and Post Office .. | As required .. | Coach .. | W. W. Coppins .. | 6 0 0 | " |
| 11 Motupipi Post Office and Wharves, and Waitapu and Motupipi | As required .. | Horse .. | David J. Winter | 16 0 0 | " |
| 12 Nelson and Wakapuaka .. | Twice weekly .. | Horse .. | George Frost .. | 21 0 0 | † |
| 13 Nelson Chief Post Office and Railway Station | As required .. | Express .. | John Gaynor .. | 20 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1886 |
| 14 Nelson Chief Post Office and the Port .. | As required .. | Express .. | John Gaynor .. | 50 0 0 | " |
| 15 Nelson Chief Post Office and the Port .. | As required .. | Omnibus .. | Jonathan Harle.. | 10 0 0 | |
| 16 Richmond and Riwaka via Upper Moutere and Motueka | Thrice weekly.. | Coach .. | Felix Green .. | 75 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1886 |
| 17 Riwaka and Takaka .. | Weekly .. | Horse .. | P. L. Madigan .. | 70 0 0 | † |
| 18 Sherry River and Motupiko via Upper Motueka | Twice weekly .. | Horse .. | William Thomas | 35 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1886 |
| 19 Spring Grove Station and Post Office .. | Daily .. | Foot .. | Martha Walkden | 8 0 0 | † |
| 20 Stanley Brook and Wakefield via Thorpe, Dovedale (Upper), and Pigeon Valley | Twice weekly .. | Horse .. | W. Biggs .. | 51 19 0 | 31 Dec., 1886 |
| 21 Stoke Station and Post Office .. | Daily .. | Foot .. | A. M. Kavanagh | 10 0 0 | † |
| 22 Upper Moutere and Neudorf .. | Twice weekly .. | Horse .. | Henry G. Hill .. | 4 0 0 | † |
| 23 Waitapu Wharf and Post Office, Takaka | As required .. | Horse .. | John Cann, jun. | 12 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1886 |

POSTAL DISTRICT OF WESTPORT.

| 1 Brighton and Charleston .. | Weekly .. | Pack-horse .. | M. F. O’Brien .. | 9 19 6 | 31 Dec., 1886 |
| 2 Gibbs’s Accommodation-house and Murchison via Longford | Twice weekly .. | Horse .. | J. Rait.. | 20 0 0 | " |
| 3 Murchison and Upper Matakitaki .. | Weekly .. | Horse .. | R. McNee .. | 29 0 0 | " |
| 4 Ngakawau and Seatonville (Mokihinui Reefs) via Sweet’s | Weekly .. | Pack-horse .. | J. Petterson .. | 25 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1885 |
| 5 Westport and Charleston via Addison’s Flat | Twice weekly .. | Spring-cart .. | M. Quane .. | 52 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1886 |
| 6 Westport and Giles Terrace .. | Weekly .. | Pack-horse .. | A. McGillivray .. | 15 0 0 | " |
| 7 Westport Post Office, Vessels in Buller River and Lagoon, and Railway Station | As required .. | Express-trap | G. Holmes .. | 50 0 0 | " |

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VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1885, No 33

In 1865 Parliament moved to Wellington and sat in the Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted). Gradually expanded into a larger complex of buildings, it was replaced by the General Assembly Library in 1899

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🚂 List of Inland Mail Services (continued from previous page)

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated13 May 1885
KeywordsMail Services, Inland, Contracts, Subsidies, Contractors, Wellington, Blenheim, Nelson, Westport
👱🏽 Names

49 names identified

J. Macara, Contractor for Palmerston North and Tahora
J. Laurensen, Contractor for Palmerston North and Terrace End
A. Hall, Contractor for Wellington and Foxton
W. Gray, Contractor for Wellington and Karori
T. Bassett, Contractor for Wellington and Ohariu
W. H. Wilton, Contractor for Wellington and Wadestown
H. & Sons Newson, Contractor for Wellington Post Office, Railway Station, Wharves, and other work
Clark & Pickering Clark, Contractor for Blenheim, Awatere, and Molesworth
William Pickering, Contractor for Blenheim and Havelock
J. M. Allen, Contractor for Blenheim and Kaikoura
G. W. Riley, Contractor for Blenheim Post Office, Wharves, Vessels in Opawa and Wairau Rivers, and Railway Station
J. A. Simpson, Contractor for Blenheim, Renwicktown, & Wairau Valley
Thomas Brown, Contractor for Havelock and Deep Creek
Joseph Mitchell, Contractor for Kaikoura Post Office and Vessels at Wharf and in Harbour
James France, Contractor for Picton Post Office, Vessels at Wharf and in Harbour, also Letter-carrier
Arthur Fisk, Contractor for Picton, Torea, and Grove
John Aldridge, Contractor for Picton, Watamonga, and Port Underwood
James Gullery, Contractor for Torea and Kenepuru
William R. Clark, Contractor for Waiau and Kaikoura
Henry Newman, Contractor for Belgrove, Lyell, and Reefton, and Westport, Lyell, and Reefton
William Satherley, Contractor for Brightwater and Waimea West
W. Scrimgeour, Contractor for Collingwood and Fern Town
Richard Peacock, Contractor for Collingwood and Takaka
William Williams, Contractor for Collingwood Post Office and Wharf
C. H. Fabian, Contractor for East Takaka and Takaka
A. J. Palmer, Contractor for Foxhill Station and Foxhill
Charles Balck, Contractor for Hope Station and Post Office
B. Harford, Contractor for Lower Moutere and Ngatimote
W. W. Coppins, Contractor for Motueka Wharf and Post Office
David J. Winter, Contractor for Motupipi Post Office and Wharves, and Waitapu and Motupipi
George Frost, Contractor for Nelson and Wakapuaka
John Gaynor, Contractor for Nelson Chief Post Office and Railway Station
John Gaynor, Contractor for Nelson Chief Post Office and the Port
Jonathan Harle, Contractor for Nelson Chief Post Office and the Port
Felix Green, Contractor for Richmond and Riwaka via Upper Moutere and Motueka
P. L. Madigan, Contractor for Riwaka and Takaka
William Thomas, Contractor for Sherry River and Motupiko via Upper Motueka
Martha Walkden, Contractor for Spring Grove Station and Post Office
W. Biggs, Contractor for Stanley Brook and Wakefield via Thorpe, Dovedale (Upper), and Pigeon Valley
A. M. Kavanagh, Contractor for Stoke Station and Post Office
Henry G. Hill, Contractor for Upper Moutere and Neudorf
John, jun. Cann, Contractor for Waitapu Wharf and Post Office, Takaka
M. F. O’Brien, Contractor for Brighton and Charleston
J. Rait, Contractor for Gibbs’s Accommodation-house and Murchison via Longford
R. McNee, Contractor for Murchison and Upper Matakitaki
J. Petterson, Contractor for Ngakawau and Seatonville (Mokihinui Reefs) via Sweet’s
M. Quane, Contractor for Westport and Charleston via Addison’s Flat
A. McGillivray, Contractor for Westport and Giles Terrace
G. Holmes, Contractor for Westport Post Office, Vessels in Buller River and Lagoon, and Railway Station

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