NEW ZEALAND MAIL STEAM SERVICES.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 75, 24 July 1863, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND MAIL STEAM SERVICES.

TENDERS ARE REQUIRED BY THE -«J VERNMENT OF NEW ZE\LANI>HS THE PERFORM ANOB OF THE UNI « aMENTIONED SERVICES. iTsy — — Mt I A Steamer to leave Melbourno within ttfiy| -* • four hours after the due dote of tlrtflj rival of the European Mail Contract Bost"'ii Port Che' mers, Otago, calling at tho Bluff [*jj§ wait in Melbourne for fche Mail, if detained® 'r-i^S more than four days, after its due date. .;% 2. A steamer to leave Port Chalmers for |Sf; bourne, calling at the BlufT, carrying the Hp - * ward Mail of the Colony to Melbourne not pil than two p.m. on the lGfch of each month, 4fj| February, and then on tbe 14th. liSa The steamers employed must be subject r^g approval of the Government, and must be G$M i maintain an average speed of not less than^S" knots an hour on each voyage. tkM All Post Office Mails must be received onjl||and delivered to destination free of charge. |l| Mails to be taken from and delivered on§|| of the European Mail Contract Steamer hm^ ■ ■ son's Bay, afc the expense of the contractor. fv*M A free chief cabin passage must be at the . of a clerk or agent of the Post Oflice, on th« k '^m sition cl the Government, and proper accomylff tion provided fbr sorting letters. Yj||The tender to state the amount of pen^TSft coverable for general non-performance of coevgy a penalty of £100 per diem will be requiryTv delay in departure ofter the time fixed @IXa§ voyage, and an additional penalty of £h A^ failure, after such delay in delivering tho fA f| ward mail in Melbourne prior to the depart^! . fche European Mail Contract Boat from tholyY The tenders may state the sum fbr wlii ,7YY whole or any portion of the fbrementbned*^ 7yY will be undertaken. '{A& The contract to commence on January lsyaJ \ -i and to continue in force until the expiratioS?jly J calendar months' notice to be given by eil^lfrthe parties to the othor of his intention to£§|r : mine the same ; provided a lways that the #ij|| C shall not terminate before the 31sfc day of $Ws ;-... K. ber, 1864. "!IM~ -• The tenders to be endorsed "Tenders fjjj|| ; ' : " " New Zealand Mail Services," to-be addre*S fche Postmaster General of New Zealand, a & f||r. - : posted at Dunodin not later than tho 18th §|1| Y'vj September next. !«$9. Reader Giisoit ~W<$M : H General Post Office, llf Auckland, 22nd June, 1853 ||g