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- It is lastly agreed by and between the said parties hereto, that the service hereby contracted for shall commence on the eleventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and shall be carried on; and this contract shall continue in force until determined by notice, under the provisions of the fourteenth clause hereof, or until one of the said parties hereto have given to the other of them six months’ notice of an intention to determine the same, and until the said six months shall have expired; provided always that the said service and contract shall not be determined by such notice as last aforesaid, before the eleventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, except in the case of habitual negligence, or wilful default, as hereinbefore provided.
In witness whereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and seals, the day, month, and year first hereinbefore written.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the said James M’Meckan, J. H. Blackwood, and John Hutchinson Blackwood, in presence of
R. W. Nutt,
Solicitor and Notary Public, Melbourne.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by Thomas Bannatyne Gillies, Post Master-General of the Colony of New Zealand, in the presence of
John Richmond, Clerk, Dunedin.
POSTAL.
Reduced Rates of Postage to California, Oregon, British Columbia, Vancouver’s Island, and the Sandwich Islands.
General Post Office,
Auckland 3rd March, 1864.
THE following despatch is published for general information, and the attention of the several Postmasters in the Colony is specially directed to it.
THOMAS BANNATYNE GILLIES,
Postmaster-General.
General Post Office London,
10th December, 1863.
SIR,—I am directed by the Postmaster-General to inform you that the postage of letters forwarded from the United Kingdom to California, Oregon, British Columbia, Vancouver’s Island, and the Sandwich Islands has been reduced.
In future, upon letters sent through the United Kingdom to any of the above-mentioned places, the new rates of postage to be accounted for to this office will be:—
FOR A LETTER VIA SOUTHAMPTON.
| Addressed to | Not exceeding ½ oz. | Above ½ oz. and not exceeding 1 oz. | Above 1 oz. and not exceeding 2 oz. | Every ounce after the first. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | |
| California and Oregon....................... | 0 8 | 1 4 | 2 8 | 1 4 |
| British Columbia, Vancouver’s Island, and the Sandwich Islands | 0 11 | 1 10 | 3 8 | 1 10 |
The Postmaster-General, Auckland, New Zealand,
I am, Sir, your most obedient Servant,
J. TILLY.
POSTAL.
Archibald Kennedy, Esq., appointed Inspector of Steam-vessels for the Colony of New Zealand.
General Post Office,
Auckland, 2nd March, 1864.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
ARCHIBALD KENNEDY, ESQ.,
to be an Inspector of Steam Vessels for the Colony of New Zealand, under the “Steam Navigation Act, 1862.”
THOMAS BANNATYNE GILLIES,
Postmaster-General.
From the New Zealand Gazette, No. 19, March 24, 1864,
POSTAL.
Appointment of Postmasters.
General Post Office,
Auckland, 15th March, 1864.
IN virtue of the powers delegated to me by His Excellency the Governor, the following appointments have been made in the service of the Colony.
THOMAS BANNATYNE GILLIES,
Postmaster-General.
Otago.
Thomas Milner Dobson to be Postmaster at Hamilton’s from the 1st February, 1864.
Charles Reynolds to be Postmaster at Otepopo, from the 1st January, 1864.
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Otago Provincial Gazette 1864, No 299
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Contract for Mail Service between Melbourne and Dunedin
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🚂 Transport & Communications29 February 1864
Postal, Mail Service, Melbourne, Dunedin, Contract, Steamships, Penalties, Performance
- James M’Meckan, Party to the contract
- J. H. Blackwood, Party to the contract
- John Hutchinson Blackwood, Party to the contract
- Thomas Bannatyne Gillies (Post Master-General of the Colony of New Zealand), Party to the contract
- R. W. Nutt, Solicitor and Notary Public, Melbourne
- John Richmond, Clerk, Dunedin
🚂 Reduced Rates of Postage to California, Oregon, British Columbia, Vancouver’s Island, and the Sandwich Islands
🚂 Transport & Communications3 March 1864
Postage rates, California, Oregon, British Columbia, Vancouver’s Island, Sandwich Islands
- Thomas Bannatyne Gillies, Postmaster-General
- J. Tilly
🚂 Appointment of Inspector of Steam-vessels
🚂 Transport & Communications2 March 1864
Steam-vessels, Inspector, Appointment
- Archibald Kennedy (Esquire), Appointed Inspector of Steam-vessels
- Thomas Bannatyne Gillies, Postmaster-General
🚂 Appointment of Postmasters
🚂 Transport & Communications15 March 1864
Postmasters, Appointments, Otago
- Thomas Milner Dobson, Appointed Postmaster at Hamilton’s
- Charles Reynolds, Appointed Postmaster at Otepopo
- Thomas Bannatyne Gillies, Postmaster-General