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Star (Christchurch), Issue 729, 23 September 1870, Page 4

POST-OFFICE NOTICE. A Late Letter Box has been fixed at the Christchurch Railway Station, in which letters for ship mails, bearing the usual late fee, can be posted until within fire minutes of the departure of the train taking the mails. On and after this date, the rate of postage on letters posted at any office in the colony for delivery from any other office in the colony, is twopence the half ounce. If for delivery at the office at which posted, the rate , is one penny per half ounce BOAT HIRE. The Provincial Gazette of Sept. 2, states that the following Tariff of charges at the port of Lyttelton is now in operation : — s d From any wharf or jetty to the steamers, single fare to or from ... 1 0 From any wharf or jetty to any place or to any vessel other than steamers lying within a space bounded on the east by a line drawn from Stoddart's to Sticking Point, and on the west by a line drawn from Naval Point to the eastern point of Church Bay... 1 6 From any wharf or jetty to any vessel lying to the eastward of Sticking and Stoddart's Points, and to the westward of Battery Point and the buoy on Parsons' Rock ... 2 6 From any wharf or jetty to Churcb Bay 4 6 From any wharf or jetty to Gollan'a Bay 2 0 From any wharf or jetty to Rhodes BayOne passenger 3 6 Two or more, each 2 6 From any wharf or jetty to the Quarantine stationOne passenger 10 0 Two or more, each 7 0 To the Heads or head of the Bay as per agreement. WHEN EXTRA. CHAKGEB HAT BE LEVIED. Double the above fares may be charged after dark. Double the above fares may be charged to vessels lying off or to the eastward of Officer's Point when an easterly sea is on, provided the boat is manned by two hands. For detention of boat for a period exceeding twenty minutes, an extra charge of 6d for every quarter-of-an-hour during which the boat shall be detained. During stormy weather, of which notice will be given by hoisting a Ball, painted red, on a staff near the usual landing' place, Four shillings each passenger may be charged to and from the steamers, provided the boat is manned by two hands. TELEGRAPH STATIONS. The following list of telegraph stations in New Zealand is published in a New Zealand Gazette, dated Dec. 10 :— Name, a, s, Province. o o a.m. p.m. Alexandra ... 9 5 Auckland. Alexandra ... 9 5 Otago Auckland ... 9 5 Auckland Balclutha ... 9 5 Otago Bealey «. 9 5 Canterbury' Blenheim ... 9 5 Marlborough Bluff ... 9 5 Southland Brighton ... 9 5 Westland Cambridge ... 9 5 Auckland Castle Point ... 9 5 Wellington Che, viot ... 9 5 Nelson Christchurch ... 8 8 Canterbury Charleston ... 9 6 Westland Clyde ... 9 5 Otago Cromwell ... 9 5 Otago Dunedin ... 8 8 Otago Featherston ... 9 5 Wellington Oreymouth ... 9 5 Westland Greytown ... 9 5 Wellington Hokitika ... 9 6 Westland Hamilton ... 9 5 Auckland Havelock ... 9 5 Marlborough Invercurgill ... 9 5 Southland Kaiapoi ... 9 5 Canterbury Kaikoura ... 9 5 Marlborough Lawrence ... 9 5 Otago Lyttelton ... 8 8 Canterbury Masterton ... 9 5 Wellington Mercer ... 9 5 Auckland Napier ... 8 8 Hawke's Bay Newcastle ... 9 5 Auckland Nelson ... 8 8 Nelson Oamaru ... 9 5 Otago Onehunga ... 9 5 Auckland Picton ... 9 5 Marlborough Port Chalmers... 8 S Otago Queenßtown ... 9 5 Otago Roxburgh ... 9 5 Otago Selwyn ... 9 5 Canterbury Spit ... 9 5 Hawke's Bay Tokomairiro ... 9 5 Otago Timaru ... 9 5 Canterbury Temuka ... 9 5 Canterbury Wanganui ... 9 5 Wellington Waipukurau ... 9 5 Hawke's Bay Waipawa ... 9 5 Hawke's Bay Wellington ... 8 8 Wellington Govt Buildings . 10 4.30 Wellington Waikouaiti ... 9 5 Otago Westport ... 9 5 Westland White's Bay ... 8 8 Marlborough N.B. — On Sundays, Public Holidays, and within each province the Anniversary of such province, from 10 a.m. to 10.30 a.m , and from 5 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. T>RINTED FORMS FOB THE TRANSFER OF GOLD MINING SHARES CAN BE OST^INED AT THE OFFICE OF THIS PAPER.