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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 48

POSTAL DISTRICT OF OAMARU.

1. Awamoko Post Office and Railway Station, daily.
2. Awamoko Post Office and Railway Station, twice daily.
3. Enfield Post Office and Railway Station, twice daily.
4. Georgetown Post Office and Railway Station, daily.
5. Georgetown Post Office and Railway Station, twice daily.
6. Kakanui and Maheno, daily.
7. Livingstone and Duntronn, twice weekly.
8. Livingstone and Duntronn, via Maerewhenua, twice weekly.
9. Maerewhenua Post Office and River Crossing, twice weekly.
10. Weston Post Office and Railway Station, twice daily.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF DUNEDIN.

1. Balclutha and Bishop's, twice weekly.
2. Balclutha and Owake, twice weekly.
3. Balclutha Post Office and Railway Station, twice daily.
4. Cromwell and Bannockburn, thrice weekly; Bannockburn and Nevis, weekly.
5. Dunedin and Portobello, daily.
6. Dunedin and Sandymount, thrice weekly.
7. Dunedin, supplying mail-carts, with horses, harness, drivers, &c., for use at Post Office as required; and for clearing posting-boxes in city and suburbs; also supplying horses for two suburban letter-carriers.
8. Fairfield and Abbotsford Railway Station, daily.
9. Green Island, Saddle Hill, Brighton, Kuri Bush, and Taieri Beach, weekly.
10. Green Island, Saddle Hill, Brighton, Kuri Bush, and Taieri Beach, twice weekly.
11. Hamilton's and Linburn, and Linburn and Serpentine, weekly.
12. Heriot and Crookston, via Dunrobin, thrice weekly.
13. Hillend and Lovell's Flat, twice weekly.
14. Kaitangata and Wangaloa, twice weekly.
15. Kaitangata and Wangaloa, thrice weekly.
16. Karitane and Puketeraki Railway Station, twice weekly.
17. Kuri Bush and Otakaia, twice weekly.
18. Kyeburn, Hyde, and Hamilton's, weekly.
19. Lawrence and Tuapeka Mouth, via Tuapeka West, twice weekly.
20. Lawrence and Waipori, weekly.
21. Lawrence and Waipori, twice weekly.
22. Lawrence Railway Station and Post Office, as required.
23. Lawrence, Weatherstone, and Bluespur, daily.
24. Merton and Evansdale Railway Station, thrice weekly.
25. Mosgiel and East Taieri, daily.
26. Naseby and Gimmerburn, twice weekly.
27. Naseby and Kyeburn Diggings, via Little Kyeburn, weekly.
28. Ophir and Tinker's Gully, via Drybread, twice weekly.
29. Outram and Berwick, twice weekly.
30. Outram and Hindon, twice weekly.
31. Outram and Middlemarch, via Lee Stream and Clark's, weekly.
32. Outram and Waipori, weekly.
33. Owake and Purekereki, via Tahatika, weekly.
34. Pembroke and Cardrona, weekly.
35. Pembroke and Makarora, weekly.
36. Pomahaka Railway Siding and Schoolhouse, Waikoikoi, twice weekly.
37. Portobello and Otakou, thrice weekly.
38. Puarua and Port Molyneux, twice weekly.
39. Purakanui Post Office and Railway Station, twice weekly.
40. Queenstown and Pembroke, via the Crown Range, weekly.
41. Tapanui Post Office and Railway Station, as required.
42. Waihemo and Macrae's Flat, weekly.
43. Waihola and Taieri Beach, Taieri Mouth, twice weekly.
44. Waikai and Whitecombe, weekly.
45. Waitahuna and Waitahuna Gully, daily.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF INVERCARGILL.

1. Arrow River and Macetown, twice weekly.

2. Athol and Nokomai, weekly.
   *3. Edendale and Wyndham, as required.

3. Fortrose and Otara, weekly.

4. Fortrose and Otara, twice weekly.

5. Fortrose and Waikawa, via Otara, weekly.

6. Fortrose and Waikawa, via Tokanui Gorge, weekly.

7. Gore and Waikaka, via Chatton and Otama, twice weekly. (Service to commence either from Gore or Waikaka.)

8. Gore and Waikaka, via Chatton only, twice weekly.

9. Gore and Waikaka, via Chatton only, thrice weekly.

10. Invercargill and Wallacetown, daily.

11. Invercargill and West Plains, twice weekly.

12. Kingston and Queenstown, daily.
    *14. Lumsden and Mararoa, weekly (round service to be performed in two days).

13. Mill Road and Hedgehope, via Grove and Mabel, weekly.

14. Nightcaps and Annandale, twice weekly.
    *17. One-Tree Point Railway Station and Oteramika, weekly.

15. Otama and Chatton, twice weekly.

16. Otautau and Blackmount, via Wairaki, weekly.

17. Pukerau and Otaraia, twice weekly.
    †21. Queenstown and Arrow River, thrice weekly.

18. Queenstown and Kinloch, via Glenorchy, weekly.

19. Queenstown and Malaghan's, twice weekly.

20. Queenstown and Moke Creek, weekly.

21. Queenstown and The Reefs, via Post Office, Maori Point, and Skipper's, weekly.

22. Queenstown and The Reefs, via Maori Point and Skipper's, twice weekly.

23. Rees Gorge and Glenorchy, weekly.
    *28. Riversdale and Waikaia, daily.

24. Riverton and Groper's Bush, twice weekly.

25. Riverton Post Office and Railway Station, as required.

26. South Hillend and Heddon Bush, weekly.

27. South Hillend and Heddon Bush, twice weekly.

28. Thornbury and Heddon Bush, via Isla Bank and Drummond, twice weekly.

29. Winton and Hokonui, weekly.

30. Woodlands and Dacre, weekly.
    *36. Wyndham and Fortrose, thrice weekly.

31. Wyndham and Mokoreta, weekly.

The attention of intending tenderers is directed to the following clause of the terms and conditions of contract printed at the back of the tender-forms: “The days and hours of arrival and departure to be fixed from time to time as the Postmaster-General may direct. For services performed by coach no stage shall exceed twelve miles, except by special permission from the Postmaster-General, who shall determine whether or not longer stages are unavoidable.”

Contractors whose tenders may be accepted must be prepared to carry out the services for which they tender according to the time-tables framed by the department.

Forms of tender, with the terms and conditions of contract, may be procured at any post office.

No tender will be considered unless made on the printed form.

Tenders, indorsed “Tender for Mail Service, No. ,” to be addressed to the Postmaster-General, Wellington, and enclosed to the Chief Postmaster of the postal district to which the tender may specially refer.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

• Services may be affected by railway extension, and may be terminated by the Postmaster-General on his giving one month's notice in writing.
  † Services may be terminated by the Postmaster-General on his giving one month's notice in writing.
  ‡ Services may be terminated by the Postmaster-General on his giving three months' notice in writing.

Tenders for Telegraph Messengers' Overcoats.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 1st September, 1886.

TENDERS will be received at the General Post Office, Wellington, until noon of the 16th day of October next, for the supply and delivery to the Post and Telegraph Storekeeper, Wellington, of 100 Telegraph Messengers' Overcoats, of colonial manufacture both in respect to the material and make.

Specifications, as well as sample of cloth, style of overcoat, &c., may be seen at the Chief Post Offices, Thames, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Nelson, Blenheim, Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika, Timaru, Oamaru, and Invercargill, and at the Telegraph Offices, Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin.

Tenders to be addressed to the Superintendent of Posts and Telegraphs, Wellington, and indorsed outside, “Tender for Telegraph Messengers' Overcoats.”

By order.
C. LEMON,
Superintendent.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 10th September, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for McFarlane's Excelsior Wire Splicer and Strainer.

HUGH McFARLANE, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Hammerman, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 30th day of December next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 15th