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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 50

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 Duntroon, twice weekly.
8. Livingstone and Duntroon, 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 Taiari Beach, weekly.
10. Green Island, Saddle Hill, Brighton, Kuri Bush, and Taiari 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 Otakai, 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 Taiari, daily.
26. Naseby and Gimmerburn, twice weekly.
27. Naseby and Kyeburn Diggings, via Little Kyeburn, weekly.
28. Ophir and Tinker's Gully, via Drybroad, 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 Taiari Beach, Taiari Mouth, twice weekly.
44. Waikai and Whitcombe, 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 Daere, 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.

Goldfields Notices.

Gold-mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 18th September, 1886.

It is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-mining leases cancelled, and that the ground is now open for application as if no leases of the said ground had ever been applied for:—
No. 943. Section 52, Block VIII., Kawatiri; 7 acres 1 rood 32 perches; R. W. Jenkins and party.
No. 949. Sections 9 and 10, Block II., Waitakere; 9 acres 1 rood 21 perches; F. J. Souza and party.
No. 1257. Section 18, Block V., Marina; 14 acres 1 rood 10 perches; Golden Crown Gold-mining Company.
No. 1380. Section 13, Block VI., Kawatiri; 16 acres 2 roods; F. McLean and party.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

Gold-mining Lease to be granted.

In conformity with the thirty-seventh section of "The Mines Act, 1877," and with the regulations made under that Act for the granting of leases for gold-mining purposes, it is hereby notified that it is intended to grant a lease of Crown lands for gold-mining purposes to the applicant specified in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objections against such lease.