New Zealand Gazette – 1891 – No. 16

Page 287

✨ Postal District Mail Services



Feb. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 287

POSTAL DISTRICT OF THAMES—continued.

Service. Frequency. How performed. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
Te Aroha Post Office and Railway Station Twice daily Cart and foot E. Gallagher £ s. d. 20 0 0 31 Dec., 1892.
Te Puke and Maketu Twice weekly Horse W. Rogers 32 0 0 "
Te Puke and Opotiki Twice weekly Horse C. Rogers 259 0 0 "
Thames and Tapu Twice weekly Horse James Bennett 20 16 0 "
Thames and Tararu Daily Horse C. J. Ellis 20 0 0 "
Thames Chief Post Office and the Wharves As required Cart S. Mears 25 0 0 *
Thames, Paeroa, and Te Aroha Daily 4-horse coach T. Bradley and Co. 225 0 0 31 Dec., 1892.
Thames Chief Office and Miranda via Kaiawa Weekly Sailing-boat C. Rolton 17 10 0 "
Waitekauri Post Office and junction of Waitekauri and Tauranga Roads Twice weekly Horse Thomas Gordon.. 18 0 0 "
Whakatane and Te Teko Weekly Horse Himiona 10 0 0 "
Thames, Landing and Shipping Mails As required Foot F. Arms 10 0 0 "

POSTAL DISTRICT OF NEW PLYMOUTH.

| Inglewood and Tarata | Twice weekly | Horse | Joseph George | 15 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1892. |
| New Plymouth and Opunake | Thrice weekly | Coach | M. Jones | } 214 0 0 | " |
| New Plymouth Post Office and Railway Station | As required | Trap | M. Jones | | |
| New Plymouth, Landing and Shipping Mails | As required | Boat | Harbour Board | 60 0 0 | .. |
| Lepperton Post Office and Railway Station | Twice weekly | Horse | J. T. Campbell | .. | † |
| Pukearuhe and Awakino | Weekly | Horse | F. Willson | 37 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1892. |
| Receiving and Despatching Mails at Breakwater, and Reporting Shipping | As required | .. | Railway Department | 20 0 0 | |
| Sentry Hill and Huirangi | Weekly | Horse | John Andrews | 8 0 0 | *† |
| Stratford and Cardiff | Twice weekly | Horse | S. W. Ralfe | 10 0 0 | † |
| Waitara Post Office, Wharves, and Beach | As required | Trap | Isaac Johnson | 30 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1892. |
| Waitara to Urenui | Twice weekly | Trap | } C. .M Rowe | 30 0 0 | † |
| Waitara to Pukearuhe | Weekly | Trap | | | |

POSTAL DISTRICT OF GISBORNE.

| Gisborne and Muriwai via Te Arai Bridge | Thrice weekly | Coach | J. Dixon | 25 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1892. |
| Gisborne and Ormond via Makaraka | Daily | Coach | E. C. Whitlock | 26 0 0 | " |
| Gisborne and Patutahi via Matawhero | Thrice weekly | Coach | L. Stevens | 20 0 0 | " |
| Gisborne and Port Awanui via Coast Offices | Weekly | Horse | E. Walker | 200 0 0 | " |
| Gisborne and Waimata Valley | Weekly | Horse | W. F. Richardson | 20 0 0 | " |
| Gisborne and Wairoa via Tiniroto and Frasertown | Weekly | Horse | A. Devery | 97 0 0 | " |
| Gisborne and Whatatutu via Tekaraka | Weekly | Coach | A. Devery | 35 0 0 | " |
| Gisborne Post Office, Wharf, and Breakwater | As required | Hand-cart | G. Burnand | 40 0 0 | " |
| Port Awanui and Hicks Bay via Rangitukia and Te Araroa | Fortnightly | Horse | E. H. Henderson | 30 0 0 | " |
| Gisborne Wharf and Vessels in Harbour | As required | Steam-launch | Union S.S. Co. | 50 0 0 | * |

POSTAL DISTRICT OF NAPIER.

| Danevirke and Weber via Waipatiki | Weekly | Horse | A. Hagensen | 39 17 6 | 31 Dec., 1892. |
| Farndon and Clive | Daily | Foot | J. R. Martin | 25 0 0 | " |
| Frasertown and Waikaremoana (Onepoto) | Weekly | Horse | J. R. Phillips | 30 0 0 | " |
| Hastings and Havelock North | Twice daily | Coach | James Cooper | 30 0 0 | " |
| Hastings and Kereru | Twice weekly | Horse | James Semple | 17 0 0 | " |
| Hastings and Mangakuri via Waimarama | Weekly | Horse | J. G. Sutherland | 65 0 0 | " |
| Hastings and Maraekakaho | Daily | Coach | James Semple | 0 17 0 | " |
| Kaikora North and Pouretere via Patangata and Tamumu | Twice weekly | Horse | J. A. Westmoreland | 85 0 0 | " |
| Moawhanga and Karioi | Weekly | Horse | E. McDonnell | 30 0 0 | " |
| Napier and Fernhill | Daily | Coach | George Rymer | 40 0 0 | " |
| Napier and Moawhanga via Kuripapanga | Weekly | Coach | A. Macdonald | 160 0 0 | " |
| Napier and Petane | Daily | Coach | C. Villers | 30 0 0 | " |
| Napier and Port Ahuriri, and as required for sea-mails between Napier and Port Ahuriri and the Breakwater and Napier | Twice daily, and as required for sea mails | Express | J. Owens | 60 0 0 | " |
| Napier and Puketapu | Daily | Coach | George Rymer | 30 0 0 | " |
| Napier Post Office and Railway Station | As required | Express | Barry Brothers | 65 0 0 | " |
| Napier and Taradale | Daily | Coach | George Rymer | 55 0 0 | " |
| Napier and Taupo | Weekly | Coach | A. Peters | 234 0 0 | " |
| Napier and Wairoa | Weekly | Horse | W. McKinlay | 145 0 0 | " |
| Ongaonga and Blackburn.. | Weekly | Horse | J. Doar | 15 0 0 | " |
| Ongaonga and Makaretu | Thrice weekly | Horse | A. Peterson | 24 0 0 | " |
| Ormondville and Norsewood | Daily | Coach | A. B. Thomson | 24 0 0 | " |
| Porangahau and Herbertville | Twice weekly | Horse | Robert Hall | 65 0 0 | " |
| Port Ahuriri and Vessels in Harbour | As required | Steam-launch | Union S.S. Co. | 100 0 0 | " |
| Puketapu and Puketitiri via Rissington and Patoka | Puketitiri and Patoka, w'kly; Rissington, twice weekly | Express (when road good) and horse | A. A. McIntyre | 46 0 0 | " |
| Takapau and Ashley-Clinton | Thrice weekly. | Coach | J. Ireland | 24 0 0 | " |



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

🚂 Transport & Communications
24 February 1891
Mail Services, Inland, Postal District, Thames, Contracts, Subsidy
11 names identified
  • E. Gallagher, Contractor for Te Aroha Post Office and Railway Station
  • W. Rogers, Contractor for Te Puke and Maketu
  • C. Rogers, Contractor for Te Puke and Opotiki
  • James Bennett, Contractor for Thames and Tapu
  • C. J. Ellis, Contractor for Thames and Tararu
  • S. Mears, Contractor for Thames Chief Post Office and the Wharves
  • T. and Co. Bradley, Contractor for Thames, Paeroa, and Te Aroha
  • C. Rolton, Contractor for Thames Chief Office and Miranda via Kaiawa
  • Thomas Gordon, Contractor for Waitekauri Post Office and junction of Waitekauri and Tauranga Roads
  • Himiona, Contractor for Whakatane and Te Teko
  • F. Arms, Contractor for Thames, Landing and Shipping Mails

🚂 List of Inland Mail Services

🚂 Transport & Communications
24 February 1891
Mail Services, Inland, Postal District, New Plymouth, Contracts, Subsidy
11 names identified
  • Joseph George, Contractor for Inglewood and Tarata
  • M. Jones, Contractor for New Plymouth and Opunake
  • M. Jones, Contractor for New Plymouth Post Office and Railway Station
  • Harbour Board, Contractor for New Plymouth, Landing and Shipping Mails
  • J. T. Campbell, Contractor for Lepperton Post Office and Railway Station
  • F. Willson, Contractor for Pukearuhe and Awakino
  • Railway Department, Contractor for Receiving and Despatching Mails at Breakwater, and Reporting Shipping
  • John Andrews, Contractor for Sentry Hill and Huirangi
  • S. W. Ralfe, Contractor for Stratford and Cardiff
  • Isaac Johnson, Contractor for Waitara Post Office, Wharves, and Beach
  • C. M. Rowe, Contractor for Waitara to Urenui

🚂 List of Inland Mail Services

🚂 Transport & Communications
24 February 1891
Mail Services, Inland, Postal District, Gisborne, Contracts, Subsidy
10 names identified
  • J. Dixon, Contractor for Gisborne and Muriwai via Te Arai Bridge
  • E. C. Whitlock, Contractor for Gisborne and Ormond via Makaraka
  • L. Stevens, Contractor for Gisborne and Patutahi via Matawhero
  • E. Walker, Contractor for Gisborne and Port Awanui via Coast Offices
  • W. F. Richardson, Contractor for Gisborne and Waimata Valley
  • A. Devery, Contractor for Gisborne and Wairoa via Tiniroto and Frasertown
  • A. Devery, Contractor for Gisborne and Whatatutu via Tekaraka
  • G. Burnand, Contractor for Gisborne Post Office, Wharf, and Breakwater
  • E. H. Henderson, Contractor for Port Awanui and Hicks Bay via Rangitukia and Te Araroa
  • Union S.S. Co., Contractor for Gisborne Wharf and Vessels in Harbour

🚂 List of Inland Mail Services

🚂 Transport & Communications
24 February 1891
Mail Services, Inland, Postal District, Napier, Contracts, Subsidy
25 names identified
  • A. Hagensen, Contractor for Danevirke and Weber via Waipatiki
  • J. R. Martin, Contractor for Farndon and Clive
  • J. R. Phillips, Contractor for Frasertown and Waikaremoana (Onepoto)
  • James Cooper, Contractor for Hastings and Havelock North
  • James Semple, Contractor for Hastings and Kereru
  • J. G. Sutherland, Contractor for Hastings and Mangakuri via Waimarama
  • James Semple, Contractor for Hastings and Maraekakaho
  • J. A. Westmoreland, Contractor for Kaikora North and Pouretere via Patangata and Tamumu
  • E. McDonnell, Contractor for Moawhanga and Karioi
  • George Rymer, Contractor for Napier and Fernhill
  • A. Macdonald, Contractor for Napier and Moawhanga via Kuripapanga
  • C. Villers, Contractor for Napier and Petane
  • J. Owens, Contractor for Napier and Port Ahuriri, and as required for sea-mails between Napier and Port Ahuriri and the Breakwater and Napier
  • George Rymer, Contractor for Napier and Puketapu
  • Barry Brothers, Contractor for Napier Post Office and Railway Station
  • George Rymer, Contractor for Napier and Taradale
  • A. Peters, Contractor for Napier and Taupo
  • W. McKinlay, Contractor for Napier and Wairoa
  • J. Doar, Contractor for Ongaonga and Blackburn
  • A. Peterson, Contractor for Ongaonga and Makaretu
  • A. B. Thomson, Contractor for Ormondville and Norsewood
  • Robert Hall, Contractor for Porangahau and Herbertville
  • Union S.S. Co., Contractor for Port Ahuriri and Vessels in Harbour
  • A. A. McIntyre, Contractor for Puketapu and Puketitiri via Rissington and Patoka
  • J. Ireland, Contractor for Takapau and Ashley-Clinton