✨ Postal and Land Notices
NEW ZEALAND MAIL SERVICE.
A BONUS of £350 will be paid by the Sub-Treasurer of the New Zealand Government at Dunedin, to the master of any steam vessel fulfilling these Melbourne with the New Zealand Government Mail, within twenty-four hours after the mail has left without them, and deliver the same to the Postmaster at Dunedin, Otago, (landing the South Island portion at the Bluff, weather permitting,) within nine days of leaving Melbourne.
This Bonus will be paid for each of the months of August, September, October, November and December of this year, immediately after the arrival of the Mail Agent.
The Postmaster-General of Melbourne, or some person appointed by him, must be satisfied that any boat offering has sufficient steam-power for the service required; and in case of choice of boats, the selection to rest with that officer.
(Signed) READER GILSON WOOD,
General Post Office,
New Zealand,
July 16th, 1863.
POSTAL.
ALTERATION OF HOURS.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on and after this day, the Chief Post-office, Dunedin, will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Local Mails, which formerly closed at 4 p.m., will during winter, close at 5, and during the summer, at 7 p.m.
Letters for the local mails, which leave Dunedin on Monday morning, can be posted till 4 a.m. on that day.
ARCHD. BARR,
Chief Post-office, Dunedin,
28th July, 1863.
MAILS TO ARTHUR’S POINT.
TENDERS will be received at this office, or at the Post Office, Queenstown, on or before the 10th August, proximo, for the conveyance of Mails Twice Weekly, between Queenstown and Maori Point, Arthur’s Point, from as early a date as practicable, and to be terminable by either party, on one month’s notice given to the other party, by either the Government or the Contractor.
Tenders to be at per annum, and security will be required. Days and hours of arrival and departure to be fixed by the Postmaster.
Parties tendering are required to designate the conveyance by which they propose carrying out the service; and also, to give the names of their proposed sureties.
ARCHIBALD BARR,
Chief Postmaster
Chief Post Office,
Dunedin, July, 1863.
WANTED an Assistant Mining Surveyor for the Wakatipu District. Apply to the Secretary of the Gold Fields Department.
OUT GOVERNMENT TOWN LAND
WAIPORI (LAMBERT’S GULLEY),
On the Middle Ton, East Taieri
On Monday, the 17th day of August, 1863,
At 12 o’clock.
WAIHOLA,
At the School-house there,
On Tuesday, the 18th day of August,
At 12 o’clock.
FAIRFAX (TOKOMAIRIRO),
At the Court-house, Tokomairiro,
On Wednesday, the 19th day of August,
At 12 o’clock.
BALCLUTHA (CLUTHA FERRY),
At the Ferry,
On Friday, the 21st day of August,
At 12 o’clock.
MOLYNEUX (MOUTH OF THE CLUTHA),
At the Ferry,
On Friday, the 21st day of August,
Immediately after the sale at Balclutha.
W. H. CUTTEN,
Chief Commissioner,
Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin, 25th July, 1863.
- Erroneously advertised as the 20th and 22nd of August in “Gazette” of 22nd July.
Printed for the Provincial Government by DANIEL CAMPBELL, Dunedin, Otago, N.Z.
Otago Provincial Gazette 1863, No 257
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Tenders for Mail Services
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🚂 Transport & Communications17 July 1863
Mail Services, Tenders, Dunedin, Oamaru, Clutha Ferry, Kaitangata
- Reader Gilson Wood, General Post Office
🚂 Alteration of Hours at Chief Post-office, Dunedin
🚂 Transport & Communications28 July 1863
Post Office Hours, Local Mails, Dunedin
- Archeibald Barr, Chief Postmaster
🚂 Tenders for Mail Services to Arthur’s Point
🚂 Transport & Communications1 July 1863
Mail Services, Tenders, Queenstown, Arthur’s Point
- Archibald Barr, Chief Postmaster
🌾 Wanted: Assistant Mining Surveyor for Wakatipu District
🌾 Primary Industries & ResourcesAssistant Mining Surveyor, Wakatipu District
🗺️ Sale of Government Town Land
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey25 July 1863
Government Town Land, Sales, Waipori, Waihola, Fairfax, Balclutha, Molyneux
- W. H. Cutten, Chief Commissioner, Waste Land Board