Postal Service Contracts




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

POSTAL DISTRICT OF WESTPORT.

No. of Service. Service. Frequency. How performed. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
£ s. d.
1 Brighton, St. Kilda, and Charleston Weekly Horse S. Price 9 2 0 31 Dec., 1902.
2 Lyell and Inangahua Junction Weekly Coach Newman Brothers 50 0 0 "
3 Longford and Murchison.. Twice weekly 1-horse trap.. R. McNee 12 0 0 "
4 Murchison and Upper Matakitaki Weekly 3-horse trap R. McNee 28 0 0 "
5 Westport and Charleston, via beach Twice weekly 2-horse coach W. Hanna 59 0 0 "
6 Westport and Giles Terrace Weekly Spring-trap.. A. McGillivray 15 0 0 "
7 Westport and vessels in harbour and railway station As required Express W. Tottenham 92 0 0 "

PERFORMED UNDER ARRANGEMENT WITH POSTMASTERS, ETC.

| 1 | Capleston and Cronadon | Daily | Horse | F. A. G. Archer | 35 0 0 | |
| 2 | Denniston and Burnett's Face | Daily | Foot | James Ormond | 31 4 0 | |
| 3 | Karamea Post Office and steamer | As required | Foot | Joseph Avery | 5 0 0 | |
| 4 | Lyell and Alpine Hill | Twice weekly | Foot | P. S. Carroll | 10 0 0 | |
| 5 | Upper Matakitaki and Warwick Junction | Weekly | Horse | Vincent Gibbins | 12 0 0 | |
| 6 | Denniston Letter-delivery | Twice daily | Foot | P. McGlone | 10 0 0 | |
| 7 | Waimangaroa Letter-delivery | Twice daily | Foot | A. H. Richards | 15 0 0 | |

SEA SERVICES.

| 1 | Westport and Karamea | Thrice monthly | Steamer | John Kirkcaldie | 400 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1902. |
| 2 | Westport and Little Wanganui | Monthly | | | | |

POSTAL DISTRICT OF GREYMOUTH.

PERFORMED UNDER CONTRACT.

| 1 | Ahaura and Orwell Creek.. | Twice weekly | Coach | Fanny Haines | 20 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1902. |
| 2 | Blackball and Ngahere | Daily | Coach | Campbell and Kin-sella | 52 0 0 | " † |
| 3 | Chief Post Office, Railway Station, and wharves, and attending steamers arriving and leaving at night | As required | Express | Charles Rugg | 105 0 0 | " ‡ |
| 4 | Greymouth, Ten-mile Creek, and Barrytown | Twice weekly | 3-horse wagon | George Musson and James Foster | 40 0 0 | "
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| 5 | Greymouth, Paroa, Ruther Glen, Marsden, and Dunganville | Daily | Coach | William Brown | 80 0 0 | " |
| 6 | Ikamatua and Little Grey Junction | Daily | Horse or foot | E. J. McInroe | 12 0 0 | "
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| 7 | Ngahere and Nelson Creek | Daily | Coach | J. H. Williams | 20 0 0 | " |
| 8 | No Town and Red Jack's.. | Weekly | Foot | William Weir | 9 10 0 | "
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| 9 | Reefton and Globe Mine | Thrice weekly | Horse | James Billett | 20 0 0 | " § |
| 10 | Reefton Post Office and Railway Station | As required | Coach | W. Cochrane | 15 0 0 | " |
| 11 | Reefton, Progress Junction, Merrijigs, and Big River | Twice weekly | Spring-cart.. | Charles Wolf | 20 0 0 | " ||
| 12 | Totara Flat, Granville, and Noble's | Twice weekly | Spring-cart.. | William Young | 24 0 0 | "
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| 13 | Twelve-mile Landing and No Town | Thrice weekly | Horse | Patrick Gillin | 13 15 0 | " * |

PERFORMED UNDER ARRANGEMENT WITH POSTMASTERS, ETC.

| 1 | Atarau Post Office and Ahaura | Weekly | Horse | R. Devereux | ¶ | |
| 2 | Ahaura Post Office and Railway Station | As required | Coach | Sydney G. Haines | 6 0 0 | |
| 3 | Blackball and Minerva | Weekly | Packhorse | Thomas Jolliffe | 6 0 0 | |
| 4 | Kokiri and Arnold | Twice weekly | Foot | John Hinnegan | 5 0 0 | |
| 5 | Main Road, Blackwater, and Upper Blackwater | Twice weekly | Horse | Charles Lloyd | ¶ | |
| 6 | Mawheraiti and Antonio's Flat | Weekly | Foot | Samuel Furness | 11 0 0 | |
| 7 | Mawheraiti Post Office and Railway Station | Thrice weekly | Foot | George Burton | ¶ | |
| 8 | Reefton, Black's Point, and Crushing ton | Daily | Spring-cart.. | A. E. J. Bullen | 10 0 0 | |
| 9 | Teremakau Post Office and Railway Station | Twice weekly | Foot | Neils Paulsen | 5 0 0 | |
| 10 | Nelson Creek and Bell Hill | Once weekly | Packhorse | John Tobin | 5 0 0 | |

  • Renewed. † New as a contract service: from 1st January, 1900. ‡ Under special conditions, 2a on tender form; renewed. § New service. || Renewed, with extension to Big River. ¶ Paid as salary.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF HOKITIKA.

PERFORMED UNDER CONTRACT.

| 1 | Gillespie's Beach, Bruce Bay, Mahitahi, Paringa, Haast, Okura, and Jackson's Bay | Fortnightly | Packhorse | M. and R. Power | 70 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1902. |
| 2 | Hokitika and Fox's | Weekly | Spring-cart.. | G. Muller | 12 0 0 | " |
| 3 | Hokitika, Ho Ho, and Humphrey's | Twice weekly | Spring-cart.. | J. Olson | 25 0 0 | " |
| 4 | Hokitika Chief Post Office, Wharf, and Railway Station | As required | Spring-cart.. | D. Walker | 20 0 0 | " |
| 5 | Hokitika and Kanieri Forks | Twice weekly | Spring-cart.. | J. Kennedy | 18 0 0 | " |
| 6 | Hokitika, Lower Kokatahi, and Upper Kokatahi | Weekly | Horse | Samuel Meharry | 8 9 6 | " |
| 7 | Kumara and Dillmanstown | Daily | Foot | T. N. Warren | 18 0 0 | " |
| 8 | Kumara, Goldsborough, Stafford, Three-mile, and Hokitika | Daily | Coach | John Cameron | 125 0 0 | " |
| 9 | Kumara, Westbrook, and Greenstone | Twice weekly | Spring-cart.. | Wm. Whitton | 15 0 0 | " |
| 10 | Kumara Post Office and Railway Station (Kumara Junction) | As required | Coach | James Rugg | 50 0 0 | " |
| 11 | Ross, Ferguson's, Waitaha Ferry, Hende's Ferry, Wataroa, The Forks, Okarito, Waikukupa, and Gillespie's Beach | Weekly | Spring-cart to Okarito and packhorse thence to Gillespie's Beach | John Adamson | 130 0 0 | " |
| 12 | Ross, Rimu, Woodstock, Kanieri, and Hokitika | Daily | Coach | J. Cameron | 150 0 0 | " |
| 13 | The Forks and Waiho Gorge | Weekly | Horse | John Donovan | 16 0 0 | " |



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🚂 Postal Services in Westport District

🚂 Transport & Communications
Postal District, Westport, Mail Services, Contracts, Contractors, Subsidies, Coaches, Horses, Express, Trap, Sea Service
14 names identified
  • S. Price, Contractor for Brighton, St. Kilda, and Charleston service
  • Newman, Contractor for Lyell and Inangahua Junction service
  • R. McNee, Contractor for Longford and Murchison service
  • W. Hanna, Contractor for Westport and Charleston service
  • A. McGillivray, Contractor for Westport and Giles Terrace service
  • W. Tottenham, Contractor for Westport and vessels in harbour and railway station service
  • F. A. G. Archer, Contractor for Capleston and Cronadon service
  • James Ormond, Contractor for Denniston and Burnett's Face service
  • Joseph Avery, Contractor for Karamea Post Office and steamer service
  • P. S. Carroll, Contractor for Lyell and Alpine Hill service
  • Vincent Gibbins, Contractor for Upper Matakitaki and Warwick Junction service
  • P. McGlone, Contractor for Denniston Letter-delivery service
  • A. H. Richards, Contractor for Waimangaroa Letter-delivery service
  • John Kirkcaldie, Contractor for Westport and Karamea sea service

🚂 Postal Services in Greymouth District

🚂 Transport & Communications
Postal District, Greymouth, Mail Services, Contracts, Contractors, Subsidies, Coaches, Horses, Express, Trap, Sea Service
23 names identified
  • Fanny Haines, Contractor for Ahaura and Orwell Creek service
  • Charles Rugg, Contractor for Chief Post Office, Railway Station, and wharves service
  • George Musson, Contractor for Greymouth, Ten-mile Creek, and Barrytown service
  • James Foster, Contractor for Greymouth, Ten-mile Creek, and Barrytown service
  • William Brown, Contractor for Greymouth, Paroa, Ruther Glen, Marsden, and Dunganville service
  • E. J. McInroe, Contractor for Ikamatua and Little Grey Junction service
  • J. H. Williams, Contractor for Ngahere and Nelson Creek service
  • William Weir, Contractor for No Town and Red Jack's service
  • James Billett, Contractor for Reefton and Globe Mine service
  • W. Cochrane, Contractor for Reefton Post Office and Railway Station service
  • Charles Wolf, Contractor for Reefton, Progress Junction, Merrijigs, and Big River service
  • William Young, Contractor for Totara Flat, Granville, and Noble's service
  • Patrick Gillin, Contractor for Twelve-mile Landing and No Town service
  • R. Devereux, Contractor for Atarau Post Office and Ahaura service
  • Sydney G. Haines, Contractor for Ahaura Post Office and Railway Station service
  • Thomas Jolliffe, Contractor for Blackball and Minerva service
  • John Hinnegan, Contractor for Kokiri and Arnold service
  • Charles Lloyd, Contractor for Main Road, Blackwater, and Upper Blackwater service
  • Samuel Furness, Contractor for Mawheraiti and Antonio's Flat service
  • George Burton, Contractor for Mawheraiti Post Office and Railway Station service
  • A. E. J. Bullen, Contractor for Reefton, Black's Point, and Crushing ton service
  • Neils Paulsen, Contractor for Teremakau Post Office and Railway Station service
  • John Tobin, Contractor for Nelson Creek and Bell Hill service

🚂 Postal Services in Hokitika District

🚂 Transport & Communications
Postal District, Hokitika, Mail Services, Contracts, Contractors, Subsidies, Coaches, Horses, Express, Trap, Sea Service
12 names identified
  • Power, Contractor for Gillespie's Beach, Bruce Bay, Mahitahi, Paringa, Haast, Okura, and Jackson's Bay service
  • G. Muller, Contractor for Hokitika and Fox's service
  • J. Olson, Contractor for Hokitika, Ho Ho, and Humphrey's service
  • D. Walker, Contractor for Hokitika Chief Post Office, Wharf, and Railway Station service
  • J. Kennedy, Contractor for Hokitika and Kanieri Forks service
  • Samuel Meharry, Contractor for Hokitika, Lower Kokatahi, and Upper Kokatahi service
  • T. N. Warren, Contractor for Kumara and Dillmanstown service
  • John Cameron, Contractor for Kumara, Goldsborough, Stafford, Three-mile, and Hokitika service
  • Wm. Whitton, Contractor for Kumara, Westbrook, and Greenstone service
  • James Rugg, Contractor for Kumara Post Office and Railway Station service
  • John Adamson, Contractor for Ross, Ferguson's, Waitaha Ferry, Hende's Ferry, Wataroa, The Forks, Okarito, Waikukupa, and Gillespie's Beach service
  • John Donovan, Contractor for The Forks and Waiho Gorge service