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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3890, 9 February 1870, Page 5

Tenders.

T INTER-PROVINCIAL STEAM MAIL SERVICES. 1 f I LENDERS will be received at the General » I Post Office at Wellington till SATUR- [ DAY, the sth March next, for t the PERJ FORMANCE of the undermentioned alter- \ native MONTHLY STEAM MAIL SERL VI3ES, in accordance with Time Tables '■ annexed, for a period of six months from the 1 commencement of contract, determinable at that date, or any subsequent date by three months' notice given on either side. No. I—From1 — From the Bluff to Port Chalmers, and from Port Chalmers to the Bluff. No. 2 — From Port Chalmers to Wellington, j calling at Lyttelton, and from Wellington to Port Chalmers, calling at Lytte! ton. No. 3. — From Oamaru to Lyttelton, calling at Timaru and Akaroa, and from Lyttelton to Oamaru, calling at Akaroa and Timaru. No. 4. — From Wellington to Auckland vift Napier, and from Auckland to Wellington via Napier. No. 5. — From Wellington to Napier, and from Napier to Wellington. No. 6. — From Auckland to Napier, and from Napier to Auckland. No. 7. — From Wellington to Manukau, vi& Whanganui and Taranaki, and from Manukau to Wellington, via Taranaki and Whanganui. No. 8. — From Whanganui to Manukau, via Taranaki, and from Manukau to Whanganui via Taranaki. No. 9.— From Wellington to Manukau, via Picton, Nelson, and Taranaki, and from Manukau to Wellington via, Taranaki, Nelson, and Picton. No. 10. — From Hokitika to Nelson via Greymouth andWestport, and from Nelson to Hokitika via Westport and Greymouth. No. 11.— From Hokitika to Manukau via Greymouth, Westport, Nelson, and Taranaki, and from Manukau to Hokitika via Taranaki, Nelson, Westport, and Greymouth. No. 12. — From Wellington to Whanganui, and from Whanganui to Wellington, A proper and secure room to be provided for the custody of the mails, and a chief cabin passage, free of cost, for a postal officer, if required. All mails to be landed, shipped, and transhipped, by and at the expense of the contractor, excepting at Taranaki. The names, tonnage, and horse-power of the vessels proposed to be employed m these services to be stated, and the vessels to be approved by the Postmaster-General, and subject to be surveyed by some person appointed by him whenever he may consider it necessary. The Postmaster-General to have the power of detaining the vessel for two days at Auckland, or Manukau, as the case may be, if rej quired to await the arrival of the steamer •■ fiom San Francisco, without charge ; the rate of demurrage pei hour for any fuither detention to be stated. A penalty of five pounds per hour will be enforced for delay in departure from any port after the time fixed on each voyage, to be remitted at the option of the Postma.sterGeneral, if the steamer arrive at its destination at its proper time, Also, in addition, a penalty of one hundred and fifty pounds for failure to deliver the outward Mails in time for tho homeward steamer in Auckland. Tenders to state the rate per diem, or otherwise, for passages for members of the General Assembly and officers of the General Government, exclusive of wines, spirits, &c. Tenders to be addressed to the PostmasterGenera], Wellington, and endoi sed — ' ( Tenders for New Zealand Inter-Provmoitil Steam Mail Service, No. —." ' " JULIUS VOGEL, Postmaster-General. Auckland, N.Z., February 4, 1870.

iVABJLES. Service No. 1.

Leave the Bluff at noon. Arrive Port Chalmers following day, at 8 a.m. Leave Port Chalrne^ n,o,t raor.e than six ham's after arrival of Steamer with Mails. Arrive Bluff not later than fourteen hours thereafter. Service No. 2. ' Leave Port Chalmers at noon, arrive at Wellington fifty hours thereafter, including stay of not les3 than three hours at Lvttafton. " •l A l^P,ve Welfy^qn i^ hier tfyan six h.ours after arrival of "steajner with, English Matts, ariive a.'t Port Chalmers fifty hours thereafter, moluding atay at Lyttolton of not less +v ' three hours, "^ Service No. 3. Leaye Oamaru at 10 a.m., arrive in Lyttelton at 10 a.m. on the following day. Leaxe Lyttelton not more than four hor,r-s ?,fter arrival of English Mail, arrive at Oamaru not more than, twenjjy-six houva thereafter. Service No. 4.

Leave Wellington 5 p in., arrive Auckland sixty-seven houra thereafter, including stay at Napier of not more than three hours, leave Auckland not later than six hours after arrival of English Mail; arrive at Wellington sixty-seven hours thereafter, including aiay at Napier of n.Qt lei^s than three hours. Service No. 5.

Leave Wellington not more than four hours after arrival of English Mail, arrive Napier twenty -four hours thereafter, leave Napier at 11 a.m. on the day previous to the outward mail leaving Wellington, and arrive Wellington at 11 a.m. following day, Service No. 6,

Leave Auckland not later than four hours after arrival of English Mail, arrive Napier forty-eight hours thereafter. Leave Napier at noon two days before the date of departure of steamer for San Francisco, arrive Auckland not later than forty-eight hours froni Napier. Service No. 7.

Leave Manukau not later than six hours after arrival of English Mail, arrive Wellington, including stay at Taranaki and Whanganui, in not more than fifty-four hours thereafter, and Aace versa, arriving at Onehunga at 9 a. in, on the day fixed for the departure of the outward mail steamer. SERVICE! No, 3,

Leave Manukau not later than six houra after arrival of English Mail, arrive Whanganui, including stay at Taranaki, not more than thirty-six hours thereafter, and vice versft, arriving at Onehunga at 9 a.m. on the day fixed for the departure of the outward Mail steamer. Service No. 9.

Leave Manukau not later than six hours after arrival of English Mail, arrive at Wellington, including stay at Taranaki, Nelson, and Picton, in sixty -five houra thereafter, and vice versa, arriving at Onehunga at nine a.m. on the day fixed for the departure of the outward Mail. Service No. 10.

Leave Nelson not more than four hours after the arrival of the English Mail, arrive at Hokitika, including stay at Westport and Greymouth, in forty-eight hours, and vice versa, arriving at Nelson on the evening previous to the outward Mail leaving that port. Service No. 11.

Leare Manukau not more than six hours after arrival of inward English MaiL arrive Hokitika, including stay at Taranaki, Nelson, Westportj and GreymQuth, ia watty houn f wd Tin nril, «riTio| tl Qaifiu*|*