INLAND MAIL-SERVICES, 1909-1910. [SERVICES PERFORMED BY POSTMASTERS PAYMENT FOR WHICH IS INCLUDED IN SALARY, AND BY THE RAILWAY DEPARTMENT, AND SEA SERVICES, ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS LIST.]

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1909 Session II, F-03

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1909. NEW ZEALAND.

INLAND MAIL-SERVICES, 1909-1910. [SERVICES PERFORMED BY POSTMASTERS PAYMENT FOR WHICH IS INCLUDED IN SALARY, AND BY THE RAILWAY DEPARTMENT, AND SEA SERVICES, ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS LIST.]

Presented to both House* of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

Post and Telegraph Department, General Post Office, Wellington, 11th October, 1909. The following is a list of inland mail-services being performed under contract or arrangement within the Dominion as on the Ist April, 1909. By order. J. G. Ward, Postmaster-General.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND.

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Frequency. Annual Subsidy. Performed under Contbai T. £ r. d. 1 4 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Ahuroa, Komokoriki, and Glorit .. Auckland (clearing receivers within a radius of three miles and a half of Chief Post-office) Auckland (landing service) .. Avondale, Titirangi, Brooklynn, and Huia Awanui Landing, Awanui, and Kaitaia Awhitu Central and Manukau Heads Awhitu Wharf, Awhitu, and Awhitu Central Birkenhead, Freeman's, Albany, and Dairy Flat Cabbage Bay and Port Charles Cambridge and Karapiro Cambridge and Cambridge West Cambridge, Cambridge West, Pukerimu, and Kaipaki Cambridge and Maungatautari Cambridge Post-office and Railway -station Clevedon and Maraetai .. .. Coromandel, Amodeo Bay, and Cabbage Bay Coromandel and Driving Creek Coromandel and Kennedy's Bay Coromandel Post-office and Wharf Coromandel, Tererenga, and Whangapoua Dargaville, Aoroa, Aratapu, and Te Kopuru Weekly Thrice daily As required Weekly Weekly Weekly Four times weekly .. Thrice weekly Weekly .. .. ! Thrice weekly Twice daily .. Daily Thrice weekly As required Weekly .. Weekly Daily Fortnightly As required Weekly Thrice weekly 18 10 0 539 010 150" 0 0 38 0 0 20 16 0 12 0 0 59 6 0 70 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 20 0 0 42 0 0 15 0 0 25 0 0 13 0 0 40 0 0 20 0 0 13 0 0 65 0 0 35 0 0 19 10 0 Carried forward I 1,245 2 0

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h8o § •Idf Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy Performed under Contract—e mtinued. £ s. d 26 27 28 30 Brought forward Devonport, Takapuna, Oneroa, Redvale, Wade, Orewa, Waiwera, and Puhoi Drury, Ramarama, and Bombay Ellerslie, Panmure, Pakuranga, and Howick Frankton Junction, Hamilton Post - office, Hamilton Railway-station, and Hamilton East Hairini and Te Awamutu Hamilton, Tamahere, Pukeroro, and Cambridge Hamilton, Whatawhata, Waitetuna, Te Uku, Okete, and Raglan Helensville, Parakai, and Parkhurst Weekly Daily Twice daily As required 1,245 2 0 156 0 0 40 0 0 100 0 0 110 0 0 31 32 33 Daily Daily Thrice weekly 30 0 0 75 0 0 175 0 0 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 34 Hikurangi, Mama, and Whananaki Hikurangi, Otonga, and Opuawhanga Pukenui and Houhora Houhora and Waihopo Houhora, Waihopo, Te Kao, and Parenga Howick and Whitford Hukerenui and Towai Hukerenui, Towai, Kawakawa, Pakaraka, Ohaewai, Ngawha, and Kaikohe Huntly and Pukemiro Kaeo, Otoroa, and Matauri Bay Kaiaua, Miranda, Maramarua, and Maungatawhiri .. Kaihu and Aranga Kaihu, Tutamoe, and Taheke Kaihu, Mangatu (rural delivery), and Tutamoe Kaipara Flats, Waiwawa, Tauhoa, Wharehine, and Port Albert Kaipara Flats, Streamlands, and Warkworth Kaitaia, Pukepoto, Ahipara, Herekino, and Owhata Kaiwaka, Hakaru, and Mangawai Kamo, Ruatangata, Aponga, and Moengawahine Kaukapakapa and Parakakau Kaukapakapa Railway-station and Post-office Kawhia and Hauturu Kawhia, Te Maika, Kinohaku, and Waiharakeke Kihikihi and Waimanu Mangapai, Moewhare, Ruarangi, and Waikiekie Mangapai Post-office and Wharf .. Mangonui and Kaeo Mangonui, Oram, Komiti, Peria, Kaiaka, Fairburn's, Rangitihi, and Kaitaia Mangonui and Taipa .. Manurewa, Alfriston, and Brookby .. Marsden Point and Waipu Twice weekly Helensville to Parkhurst, and daily Helensville to Parakai Twice weekly Twice weekly As required As required Fortnightly Thrice weekly Weekly Weekly 40 0 0 39 0 0 45 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 52 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 156 0 0 43 44 "45 46 46a 47 48 Weekly Weekly Weekly Twice weekly Weekly (Nov.-April) Weekly Twice weekly 12 0 0 15 0 0 59 0 0 20 0 0 *10 0 0 18 10 0 64 14 0 49 50 51 52 53 54 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 Four times weekly .. Weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly As required Weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly Twice weekly As required Weekly Twice weekly 120 0 0 70 0 0 38 0 0 69 0 0 16 0 0 15 0 0 12 10 0 20 0 0 55 0 0 34 0 0 15 0 0 74 0 0 195 0 0 63 64 65 Twice weekly Thrice weekly 6 days a week as required Weekly As required Weekly Weekly Weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly Weekly Twice weekly Weekly 36 0 0 40 0 0 150 0 0 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 Matakana and Whangaripo Matakohe Landing service Ma 11 ngakaramea and Tangiteroria Maungatapere, Otuhi, and Waiotama Maungaturoto and Waipu Mercer, Churchill, and Glen Murray .. ... Morrinsville and Kiwitahi (wayside delivery) Muripara and Te Houhi Ngaruawahia, Te Akatea, and Waingaro Waingaro, Waimai, and Pepepe 14 0 0 16 19 9 19 16 0 20 16 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 19 19 9 : 100 0 0 Carried forward 3,783 7 6 * For iriod of six months.

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Hi en -r" •ad £ Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy. Performed under Contract■continued. £ s. d. 75 75 Brought forward Ngaruawahia, Te Kowhai, Whatawhata, Karamu, Te Pahu, and Harapepe Creamery Daily in summer; thrice weekly in winter (May-Aug.) Twice weekly Weekly 3,783 7 6 55 0 0 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 76 77 Ohaewai, Ngawha, Kaikohe, Punakitere, and Taheke Ohaewai, Te Ahuahu, Okaihau, Utakura, Maraeroa, and Horeke Ohaewai, Waimate North, Waipapa, Kaeo, and Whangaroa Ohaeawai, Waimate North, Waipapa, and Kerikeri .. Ohaupo and Paterangi Ohaupo and Tuhikaramea Ohinewai and Matahuru Ohura and Tatu .. *.. Okaihau and Rangiahua Omanaia, Oue, and Whirinaki Omapere, Waiotemarama, and Waimamaku Waimamaku and Wekaweka Onehunga, Mangere Bridge, and Mangere Onewhero and Wairamarama Ongarue, Matiere, Nihoniho, and Ohura Oparau and Kawhia Opuawhanga, Helena Bay, and Whangaruru Orakei Road, Tamaki West, and St. Helier's Otahuhu and East Tamaki Pahi and Paparoa Papakura, Ardmore, and Clevedon Papakura, Ardmore, and Clevedon Papakura, Ponga, Hunua, and Paparimu Paparoa and Mareretu Parua Bay and Whangarei Heads Post - office, and Whangarei Heads Landing Piopio and Aria Pirongia, Puketotara, Te Rauamoa, and Oparau Pokeno, Pokeno Valley, and Maungatawhiri Pokeno and Razorback Poroti and Mangakahia Poroti, Titoki, and Parakao Port Albert and Wellsford Port Albert Post-office and Wharf Puhoi and Ahuroa Pukekohe, Patumahoe, Mauku, and Waiuku Pukekohe and Pukekohe East Pukekohe and Puni Putaruru and Mokai Putaruru, Lichfield, and Waotu 57 0 0 49 0 0 78 Weekly 100 0 0 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 Weekly Daily Thrice weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly Weekly Weekly Twice weekly Weekly Daily Weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly Weekly Daily Daily Thrice weekly Daily Weekly Twice weekly Weekly Weekly 40 0 0 45 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 50 0 0 20 16 0 16 0 0 : 70 0 0 87 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 35 0 0 15 0 0 150 0 0 38 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 28 0 0 37 0 0 60 0 0 15 0 0 52 0 0 14 10 0 19 10 0 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 Weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Weekly Twice weekly Weekly As required Twice weekly Daily Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Daily Twice weekly to Lichfield and weekly to Waotu Twice weekly Twice weekly Weekly Weekly Daily Weekly Weekly Weekly As required 47 0 0 175 0 0 52 0 0 15 0 0 18 0 0 35 0 0 i 15 16 0 108 109 110 111 112 113 30 0 0 95 0 0 25 0 0 22 10 0 52 0 0 45 0 0 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 Raglan, Te Mata, and Aotea Ramarama and Ararimu Rangiahua, Umawera, and Mangamuka Rangi Point, Mitimiti, and Whangape Rangiriri Railway-station and Post-office Rawene, Motukaraka, and Broadwood Rawene, Omanaia, Waima, and Taheke Rotoma, Atiamuri, Oruanui, Wairakei, and Taupo .. Rotorua Railway-station, Post-office, and Whakarewa51 10 0 16 10 0 20 0 0 54 0 0 15 0 0 42 10 0 28 0 0 125 0 0 35 0 0 123 123 rewa Rotorua, Waiotapu, Wairakei, and Taupo Daily in summer; thrice weekly in winter Twice weekly Weekly 150 0 0 124 125 124 125 Ruapekapeka and Towai Russell and Purerua 19 0 0 30 0 0 Carried forward 6,093 19 6

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1% i Ml Frequenoy. Annual Subsidy. PSBFOBMED UNDER CONTRACT —O Brought forward Tairua and Hikuai Taupiri and Gordonton Taupo and Tokaanu mtin-ued: £ s. d. 6,093 1!) 6 20 0 0 40 0 0 260 0 0 L26 lL>7 128 Four times weekly .. Daily Thrice weekly in summer, and twice weekly in winter Daily ISO LSI 132 133 1:'. I Te Awjitniitii Post-office, Railway-station, Hangapiko, and Pirongia Te Awamufcu Railway-station, Post-office, and Kiliikihi Te Kap;i> Landing sendee Te K'ljmm and Redhill .. Te Kuiti, Oparure, Mairoa, Ngapainga Koad, and Mangaohae Te Kuiti, Piopio, Paemako, and Uahoenni.. . Te Mata, Raglan, and Hamilton Road Tirau and Tapapa Tokaanu Landing and Post-office.. Tokatoka f-tmd'ng service and Rehia Totara North, Saies, and Wharf Twin- daily Thrice weekly Weekly Weekly 45 0 U 20 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 70 0 0 L3G 136 L37 138 159 l In Weekly .. Twice weekly Weekly As required As required Twice weekly both ways Thrice weekly one way and occasional boating to and from vessels Thrice weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly As required Weekly Thrice weekly ■ As required Thrice weekly Weekly 125 0 0 20 0 0 12 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 Saies, Totara North, and Whangaroa L 39 0 » 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 152 153 154 156 157 159 160 161 162 Its:. 164 165 166 L67 168 169 170 171 173 174 175 176 Tuakau and < taewhero .. Tuakau and Pukekawa .. Waerenga Railway-station and Post-offioe .. Waihou Railway-station and Post-office Waiotapu, Muiipara, and Te Whaiti Waiuku, Waipipi, Konekohe, and Pollofa Settlement Waiwera, between steamer and Post-office .. Waiwera and Upper Waiwera Warkworth, Matakana. Big Omaha, Whangateau, Leigh, and Pakiri Warkworth, Matakana Lower, and Mullet Point Wayby and Boteo North Wellsiord, Kaiwaka, .Maungaturoto, Rowsell's, Paparoa, and Matakohe Wellsford, Te Haua, North Alhertland, and Te Arai Whakapiraii, Maroheino, Rowsell's, and Maungaturoto Whangape, Owhata, and Herekino Wnangarei and Mangapai Whangarei, Bfaunsatapere, and Poroti Wnangarei Post-offioe, Wharf, and Railway-station .. Whangarei, Puwera, and Maungakaramea Whangarei, Waikaraka, and Parua Bay Whangarei and Whareora Wliangaroa and Kaeo Hamilton, Claudelands, and Rototuna Whitianga and Kuaotunu Waiharara and Kaimautnau Tairua, Whenuakite, and Whitianga Okoroire Post-office and Railway-station Hangatiki Railway-station and Waitomo Caves Morrinsville and Tahuna Matangi, Eureka, and Tauwhare . . Wnangarei and ■uripaka Kawakawa, Pakaraka, Ohaewai, Te Ahuahu, Okaihau, Utakura, Maraeroa, and iloreke Auckland Chief Post-office, Railway-station, and wharves Auckland (deliveries of letter-carriers' extra bags and deliveries of parcels) Weekly Weekly Weekly Weekly Twice weekly Weekly Weekly Thrice weekly As required Thrice weekly Weekly Weekly Thrice weekly Daily Weekly As required Weekly Twice daily Daily Twice weekly Daily Thrice weekly Twice weekly 111 4 (I :12 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 59 10 0 73 0 0 26 0 0 20 0 0 42 15 0 20 0 0 12 10 0 140 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 18 10 0 66 0 0 52 0 0 65 0 0 18 0 0 11 0 0 17 10 0 WOO 20 0 0 15 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 32 0 0 70 0 0 47 10 0 221 0 0 177 As required 975 0 0 178 As required (twice daily in city, once daily in suburbs) 482 0 0 Carried forward 9,677 9 0

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% i Frequency. Annual Subsidy Pkrformed under Arrange* Brought forward Awanui and Waipapakauri Awanui Post-office and Wharf Awhitu Wharf and Orua Bay Big Omaha Post-office and steamer Bombay and Paparata Cabbage Bav Post-office and Wharf Cambridge and Rotoorangi Clevedon and Ness Valley Cm andel Landing service (Jleu Murray and Woodleigh Hukerenui and Paiaka Hukerenui and Kiponui .. Hukeieiiui and Tapuhi .. • Kakepuku and Ormsby'e Farm .. Kinno and Ruatangata East Kiokio Railway-station and Post-office Koliuk-iliii and Rawene Makarau Rail way-station and Post-office Mangawai Post-office and steamer Mangawai and Tara Mangawai and Te Ami .. Mangonui and Kohumaru Matakana and Tawharanui Uatakohe and tuarna Okupu Landing service .. ( rpUS and Wailiaha Otaua and Waiuku Pahi and Matakohe Pahi Post-offioe and iteamex Parakao and Pakotai Parua Bay and Landing Peria and Te Koroa PoUtO Posl office and Meamer Porl Ktsroy PosVoffice and steamer Raurimu and Kaitieke Rawene, Colonel Noakes'a private bag, and Whakarapa Riverhead Post-office and Wliarf .. RoWSeU'l and Maunyiiturotu Russell and Rawniti Tangowahine and Onetes Tannoe and Mangaknra .. T.iuniareie Kailuav-station and Postroffioe I'-■ Whaiti and Ruatahuna Tokatoka Post-offioe and Wharf .. Towai and Marlow Tryphena (landing and shipping mails) Wade and Nanahu Waerenga and Okaeria \\ uietiga and Taniwha .. Kainiaumau Landing service Waikumi'le and Karekare ENT. £ «. d. I 2 S 4 6 7 6 9 10 19 Hi 17 18 19 21 22 23 21 38 36 27 28 '.".I 30 36 37 38 39 III 41 12 13 II a 17 18 I'.i BO 51 32 53 55 56 :.7 58 59 60 61 62 63 AsVequired As required Weekly As required Weekly As required Twice weekly Weekly V ir,|ilire,l Twice weeklv Twice weekly Weekly Weeklv .. Weeklv .. Weeklv .. Thrice weekly Daily Twioe weekly As requited Weekly Weeklv .. Weekly Weeklv Weekly As required Weekly .. Thrice weekly As required As required Twice weekly Twice weekly Weekly . . . . Font times weekly .. Weeklv .. Weeklv .. Weeklv Weekly Thrice weekly Weekly .. Weekly I'wiee weekly Twice weekly Weekly As required Weekly As required Weekly Twice Weeklv y Twee weekly Weekly Twice weekly (Novem* ber - April) : once weekly (May-Octo-ber) Daily Twice weekly Weekly ,. Tw ice weekly Twioe weekly, Se. b week Twice daily A - icijiiired Weekly .. As required Weekly .. 9,677 9 (I 10 0 0 4 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 6 0 0 16 II II 15 0 0 7 0 0 6 (I ll 2(1 (I I) 7 16 (I 4 0 0 7 16 0 I II II 6 0 0 7 0 0 6 0 0 16 0 0 6 0 0 II 9 0 0 7 0 0 HI (I II 10 0 0 6 111 0 9 0 0 19 10 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 12 I) 0 10 0 0 I I 6 II II 20 0 I) 7 0 0 III ll ll 5 IK II 7 III II 9 0 0 9 9 II III II II 6 0 0 :, ii ii 10 0 0 6 0 0 io D o in ii ii 15 (I 0 II II II 20 ll ll «4 ii:, 67 68 09 Waikuinele and Oratia Waiiiiiiuku and Waikoukou Waiotemarama and Kawerua Waiuku and Akaaka Waiuku and Rnakohua 8 0 0 6 (i 0 7 0 II II 13 0 0 70 71 78 7-1 7.') Walton Post-office and Railway-station Whakapirau Post-olfico and|Railway-station Whangapara Landing service Whangaparaoa Post-office and steamer Whangarei and Kaitara 3 (I II 5 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 12 0 0 Carried forward 10,227 18

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u ■&6i» Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy Performed under Arrangement —continued. £ s. d. 76 77 78 Brought forward Whangarei, Onerahi, and Limeetone ; Whangarei Heads and Landing Whitianga and Gunitown Twice weekly Weekly \x required, £1 per month Thrice weekly Twice weekly Weekly Weekly Daily Twice weekly As required Weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly I Weekly Pom times weekly .. Weekly Twice weekly As required As required Weekly Weekly 10,227 18 0 10 0 0 8 0 0 12 0 0 80 81 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 97 98 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 L36 136 Harapepe and Harapepe Creamery Taupo and Waitahanui Awanui and Mangatete Onewhero and Port Waikato Waharoa and Wardville Henderson and Te Atatu Wade Post-office and Wharf Okupu and Awanga Paranui and Oruru .. .. .. " Pokuru and Te Puhi Railway-station Taupiri and Orini .. „ '• • Ohautira and Waingaro . . Streamlands Post-office and coach Maramarua and Maungatawhiri Koromatua and Frankton Junction Oparau Post-office and Ferry Ongarue Post-office and Railway-station Waimatenui and Tutamoe Mangonui, Oruru, Komiti, Peria, Kaiaka, Fairburns, Rangitihi, and Kaitaia Manawaora and Russell Ruakiwi and Waingaro Settlement Ruawaro and Huntly Kinohaku and Waerengalmu Towai and Koraha Matieri and Otangiwai Taipa and Whatuwhiwhi Mangaohae, Moeatoa, Kiritehere, and Marokopa Kawakawa and Karetu Ohinewai and Waiterimu Mititai and Arapohue Te Rore and Pirongia Parua Bay and Whangarei Takahue, Victoria Valley, and Peria Wade and Orewa Awanui and Kaitaia Ngunguru and Kiripaka Kaitaia, Pukepoto, Ahipara, and Herekino Te Hana and Wellsford Taumarunui Post-office and River landing-place Moumoukai and Clevedon Taemaro and Mangonui Ohinewai and Te Hoe Taurikura and Aubrey Point Tanekaha and Hikurangi Tairua and Opoutere Ohura and Tokirima Matakohe and W'aihuiinaiuii .. Wayby Post-office and Railway-station Ruawai and Matakohe Raurimu Post-office and Railway-station Taumarunui Post-office and Railway-station Wellsford Post-office and Railway-station Weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly Weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly Weekly Weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly Weekly Twice weekly Weekly Weekly Thrice weekly Weekly Weekly Twice weekly Weekly Weekly Weekly Twice weekly Weekly Weekly Weekly Twice weekly As required Weekly As required As required *As required, 8s. per trip, say Weekly As required 10 0 0 18 0 0 7 16 0 16 0 0 15 0 0 7 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 6 0 0 15 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 12 0 0 6 0 0 10 0 0 3 0 0 15 0 0 25 0 0 8 0 0 16 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 12 0 0 15 0 0 6 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 6 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 7 0 0 40 0 0 10 0 0 16 0 0 47 10 0 49 0 0 12 0 o 5 10 0 10 0 0 7 0 0 15 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 26 0 0 10 0 0 12 0 0 35 0 0 10 8 0 52 0 0 6 0 0 137 138 Aranga and Rotorima Te Kuiti Post-office and Railway-station 9 0 0 52 0 0 11,098 12 0 Less contributions by other Departments and by jsettlers 65 0 0 Total £11,033 12 0 ♦Torn iorai service.

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■5,6-g Servioe. Frequenoy. Annual Subsidy Performed under Contrai CT. £ s. d. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i 2 3 I Hikutaia and Maratoto Omahu, Otamakitai, and Wharekawa Opotiki, Waiotahi, and Kutarere Opotiki, Torere, Omaio, Te Kaha, Raukokore, and Cape Runaway And supplementary mail between Opotiki and Omaio Opotiki and Ohiwa, and Opotiki Post-office and Wharf Paengaroa, Pongakawa, Matata, and Whakatane Rotorua, Rotoma, Te Teko, Poroporo, Otarere, Whakatane, Ohiwa, and Opotiki Paeroa and Komata Paeroa and Netherton Thrice weekly Weekly Weekly Fortnightly As required Twice weekly Twice weekly 25 0 0 52 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 12 10 0 1 I 500 0 0 Daily Daily, Sept. - May; thrice weekly, JuneAug. As required As required 40 0 0 30 0 0 80 0 0 70 0 0 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Paeroa Post-office and Railway-station and wharves.. Paeroa Post-office and steamers at the Junction and steamers at Te Puke Taneatua and Waimana Taneatua and Whakatane Taneatua, Opouriao, and Ruatoki Tapu and Waipatukahu Tauranga, Papamoa, Te Puke, Paengaroa, Te Ngae, and Rotorua Weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly 18 0 0 20 0 0 8 0 0 13 0 0 I 500 0 0 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 I 30 31 32 Tauranga, Gate Pa, Oropi, Ngawaro, and Rotorua .. Tauranga, Papamoa, and Te Puke .. .. ; Tauranga Post-office and wharves Te Aroha, Manawaru, Aratiatia, Shaftesbury, and Gordon Te Puke and Maketu Thames, Waiomio, and Tapu Thames Chief Post-office and Railway-station and steamers at wharves Waihi, Athenree, Katikati, Aongatete, Te Puna, and Tauranga Waihi Post-office and Railway-station Waikino Post-office and Railway-station Waikino and Waitekauri Taneatua and Whakatane j Waiotahi Bridge, Waiotahi, and Kutarere Ruatoki, Opouriao, and Taneatua Thames, Kerepehi, and Patetonga Nevesville, Puketui, and Hikuai Twice weekly Twice weekly As required Daily 58 0 0 25 0 0 109 0 0 Twice weekly Daily As required 24 0 0 23 0 0 50 0 0 Thrice weekly 200 0 0 Eight times daily .. Five times daily Daily Weekly as required Twice weekly Twice weekly Weekly Twice weekly 64 9 0 40 0 0 70 0 0 8 0 0 35 0 0 13 0 0 15 0 0 52 0 0 Performed under Arrangemen JT. 20 0 0 15 0 0 16 0 0 10 0 0 2 3 4 5 Hikutaia Post-office and Railway-station Kopu Post-office and Railway-station Mackaytown Post-office and Railway-station Ohiwa and Opotiki Daily Dailv Daily As required, 7s. 6d. per trip, say As required, 7s. 6d. per special trip, 3s. 6d. per ordinary trip, say Daily Thrice weekly Daily Weekly Twice weekly Daily, 6s. per week.. Twice weeklv .. i Daily .. .. 6 Ohiwa and Whakatane 10 0 0 7 8 9 10 II 12 L3 10 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 Omahu Post-office and Railway-station Oniokoroa Post-office and junction of Tauranga Road Puriri Post-office and Railway-station Taneatua and Waingarara Thames and Kauaeranga Wharepoa Railway-station and Post-office Puriri and Nevesville Paengaroa and coaches at stables .. .. 20 0 0 5 0 0 40 4 0 15 0 0 14 10 0 15 12 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 I Carried forward 2,451 5 0

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF GISBORNE.

•3.8 > 6 £ 55 -is Frequency. Annual Subsidy. Performed under Arrangement— continued. £ s. d. Id 17 IS 10 20 21 Brought forward Matahanea and Opotiki .. .. .. .. Weekly Turua Post-office and steamer .. .. As required Waimana and Kutarere .. .. .. Weekly Omarumutu and Motu Road .. .. .. Weekly Thames and Waitakaruru .. .. .. Weekly Mangaiii Post-offioe and Railway-station .. .. Twice daily 2,451 5 0 12 0 0 5 0 0 20 0 0 2 12 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 Less contribution by local body 2,515 17 25 0 0 0 Total .. .. .. £2,490 17 0

O o .2 .-C WO C Servioe. Frequenoy. Annual Subsidy. Performed under Contra( r. £ a. d. I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Gisborne, Te Hapara, and Patutahi Gisborne, Matawhero, Manutuke, and Muriwai Gisborne, Tatapouri, Pouawa, Whangara, Pakarae, Hauiti, and Tolaga Bay Gisborne, Waiohika, and Waimata Valley And Arakihi Gisborne, Waerengaokuri, Tiniroto, Marumaru, Frasertown, and Wairoa Gisborne, Wharerata, Tarewa, Morere, Nuhaka, and Wairoa Gisborne Post-office and wharves and Railway-station Gisborne wharves and vessels in roadstead Patutahi and Wharekopae Port Awanui, Kahukura, Rangitukia, Te Araroa, and Hicks Bay Te Karaka, Poututu, Whakarau, and Motu Puha and Whatatutu Tolaga Bay, Arero, Tokomaru Bay, Te Puia Springs, and Waipiro Bay Tolaga Bay, Hauiti, and Arataha And Ponana Tokomaru Bay and Huiarua Waipiro Bay, Whareponga, Tuparoa, and Port Awanui Waitakaro and Tuparoa Whakarau, Rakauroa, and Niel Road (Matawai) Daily Daily Twice weekly Thrice weekly Weekly Weekly Weekly As required As required Weekly Weekly I I 90 0 0 80 0 0 180 0 0 52 10 0 200 0 0 185 0 0 80 0 0 150 0 0 80 0 0 70 0 0 11 12 13 Twice weekly .. I Daily Twice weekly 140 0 0 25 0 0 195 0 0 14 Twice weeklv Weekly Weekly Twice weekly Weekly Twice weekly .. i I I 89 0 0 40 0 0 127 0 0 8 0 0 75 0 0 15 16 17 18 1 2 3 Performed under Arrange; [ENT. Beach and Post-office, Port Awanui Beach and Post-office, Tuparoa Beach and Post-office, Waipiro Bay When steamer calls.. When steamer calls.. When steamer calls, I s. per trip, say When steamer calls.. When steamer calls.. When steamer calls, 2s. per trip, say Twice weekly Weekly .. Twioe daily Twice daily 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 6 0 0 16 0 0 30 0 0 4 5 6 Beach and Post-office, Tokomaru Bay Tolaga Bay Post-office and vessels in roadsteads Beach and Post-office, Hicks Bay.. 7 8 9 10 Whatatutu and Wheturau Junction Gisborne Road and Hangaroa Makaraka Post-office and Railway-station Waerengaahika Post-office and'Railway-station Carried forward 1,963 10

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF NAPIER.

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!o g •!> = '£ Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy. Performed under Arrangement— ct, ntinnrd. £ s. d. Brought forward .. .. I 11 Ormond Post-office and Railway-station .. 12 Beach and Post-office, Te Araroa .. 13 Whatatutu and Iwiroa 11 Makauri Post-office and Railway-station 15 Te Karaka and Kanakanae | Twice daily As required Weekly Twice daily Twice weekly, Oct. May; weekly, JuneSept. Twice weekly Weekly, £10 per month for five months Twice daily Weekly .. 1,963 10 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 14 0 0 26 0 0 45 0 0 60 0 0 11 0 0 16 0 0 16 Manutuke and Waingake 17 Gisborne, Wharerata, Tarewa, Morere, Nuhaka, and Wairoa 18 Kaiteratahi Post-office and Railway-station 19 Junction of Wharekopae Road and Stock-track and Tahunga 20 Lower Hangaroa and Hafigaroa .. .. 21 Pouawa Post-office and junction of Gisborne-Tolaga Bay Road 22 Motu, Toatoa, and Opotiki 23 Gisborne and Mangapapa 21 1'ulia Post-office and Railway-station Weekly Twice weeklv 20 0 0 10 0 0 Weekly Daily' .. Daily 100 0 0 6 0 0 Less contributions by other Department and by 2,288 10 38 6 0 8 settlers Total £2,250 3 ■1

l-S 8 .2 .V »o £ © rr ll> US 55 oo Service. Frequenoy. Annual Subsidy Performed under Contrai £ a. d. 1 2 3 Aohanga, Akitio, and Ti-tree Point Dannevirke Post-office and Railway-station Dannevirke, Mangatoro, Toi Flat, Waipatiki, Weber, Ti-tree Point, Wimbledon, and Herbertville Dannevirke and Umutaoroa Dannevirke, Waitahora, and Mangatoro Valley Farndon and Clive Hastings and Havelock North Hastings and Railway-station Hastings, Fernhill, and Maraekakaho Hastings and Waimarama .. .. Kaikora North, Patangata, Elsthorpe, Mangakuri, and Te Apiti Maraekakaho and Kereru Napier, Port Ahuriri, Petane H.B., and Eskdale Napier, Awatoto, and Meeanee Napier. Evuripapango, and Moawhango .. Napier, Bissington, Patoka, and Puketitiri.. Napier, Greenmeadows, and Taradale Taradale and Fernhill, and Taradale and Puketapu Napier, Pohui, Te Haroto, Tarawera, Rangitaiki, and Taupo Napier Chief Post-office and Railway-station, Breakwater and Port Ahuriri, and distributing bags of newspapers for letter-carriers Also clearing letter-receivers and delivering correspondence at C.P.O. Ongaonga and Blackburn Ongaonga and Wakarara j. Thrice weekly As required Thrice weekly 110 0 85 0 325 0 0 0 0 4 5 6 7 8 9 1(1 II Daily Twice weekly Thrice daily Thrice daily As required Daily Weekly Twice weekly 54 0 50 0 36 0 30 0 24 0 60 0 45 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L2 13 11 16 16 Thrice weekly Twice daily Daily Weekly .. Thrice weekly Twice daily Daily Weekly 75 0 95 0 75 0 300 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 [ i 180 0 0 18 500 0 0 20 As required | 413 0 0 Twice daily 21 22 Twice weekly Twice weekly 29 10 40 0 0 0 i.i Carried forward 2,660 10 0

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ZS 8 'K 5rS Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy Frequency. Performed under Contract — c mtinued. £ s . d. 28 21 86 86 Carried forward .. - .. Ormondville, South Norsewood, and Norsewood Ormondville and Whetukura Petane H.B. and Te Kuta Takapau, Ashley-Clinton, and Makaret u 2,660 10 0 Twice daily .. 40 0 0 Four times weekly .. 50 0 0 Weekly .. .. 52 0 0 Daily, and thrice 65 0 0 weekly Twice weekly .. 52 0 0 Daily .. .. 38 0 0 Daily .. .. 40 0 0 Thrice weekly . . \ n Twice weekly .. f ,04 ° ° Daily .. .. i 40 0 0 Twice weekly, Nov.- I 300 0 0 April; weeklv, May -Oct. Weekly .. .. 49 0 0 As required .. 20 0 0 Thrice weekly .. 48 0 0 Twice weekly . . 860 0 0 27 28 39 no 31 32 Waipawa, Tamumu, Pourerere, and Hlaekhead Waipawa and Ongaonga Waipawa and Tikokino Waipukurau, Wanstead, Wallingford, and Porangahau And Wimbledon and Herbertville Wairoa and Prasertown Wairoa, Prasertown, Omahanui, and Government Accommodation-house, Waikaremoana 33 94 36 37 38 39 Waii-oa. Tuiiroa, and WahanTii Wairoa Post-office and vessels in river Woodville and Kumeroa Napier, Port Ahuriri, Petane, Tangoio, Putorino, Mohaka, Tnriroa, and Wairoa Weber and Waione Hastings and Whana Thrice weeklv .. 55 0 0 Twice weekly . 80 0 0 Performed under Arranoei rENT. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 j 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 IS 19 I 20' Anaroa and Pukehon Hastings and Mahora Hastings and Pukahu Kiritaki and Oringi Railway-station Maharahara West, Maharahara, and Matahiwi Railwaystation Mangatuna and Weber and Dannevirke Junction Napier and Pakowhai Dannevirke, Awariki, Mangahei, and Ngapaeruru j Nuhaka and Mangaone Valley Opoutama and Nuhaka Pakipaki and Railway-station Putere and Wahanui Ruakituri and mail-coach on Main Road Takapau and South Makaretu Waipawa and Railway-station Waipawa and Argyle East Waipatiki and Horoeka Whakatu Railway-station and Mangateretere Wairoa and Napier Daily .. .. , 20 0 0 Daily .. .. 5 0 0 Daily .. .. 20 0 0 Daily .. .. ! 25 0 0 Thrice weekly .. 40 0 0 Twice weekly .. 25 0 0 Daily .. .. 20 0 0 Twice weekly .. 50 0 0 Weekly .. .. 20 0 0 Twice weekly .. 52 0 0 Daily .. .. 6 0 0 Weekly .. .. 24 0 0 Weekly .. .. 22 0 0 Twice weekly 40 0 0 As required .. 15 0 0 Daily .. ... 20 0 0 Thrice weekly .. 45 0 0 Daily .. .. 6 0 0 By special running. 20 0 0 10s. per trip, say As required, 15s. per 10 0 0 trip, say Daily (September- 10 0 0 April). Four times weekly (May-Au-gust) Daily .. .. 25 0 0 Fortnightly .. As required .. I 26 0 0 Four times daily 31 4 0 Daily .. .. 20 0 0 Twice weekly .. j 42 0 0 Thrice weekly .. 10 0 0 Daily .. .. 25 0 0 21 Wairoa Beach (landing and shipping mails) 22 Norsewood and Ngamoko 21 86 27 2S 21) 30 31 38 24 26 27 28 89 30 31 32 j Dannevirke and Rangitane Waikokopu, Opoutama, Nuhaka, and Morere Landing and shipping mails at Napier Breakwater .. Waipukurau Post-office and Railway-station Dannevirke and Raumati Ormondville, Whetukura, and Te Uri Horoeka, Waimiro, and Waipatiki Dannevirke and Ruaroa Less contributions by other Department and by 5,227 14 0 settlers .. .. 170 0 0 5,227 14 170 0 0 0 Total "£5,057 14 0 '£5,057 14 0

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF WANGANUI.

itf! Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy. Performed under Contra T. £ s. d. 1 2 3 A Awakino and Mahoenui .. .. •. Inglewood, Kaimata, Tarata, and Purangi .. New Plymouth Chief Post-office and Railway-station New Plymouth, Omata, Oakura, Tataraimaka, Okato, I'tmiho, Warea, Pungarehu, Rahotu, Oaonui, and Opunake Stratford, Toko, Douglas, Strathmore, Huiakama, Pohokura, and Whangamomona Stratford Cardiff, Mahoe, Rowan, and Kaponga Weekly .. Daily As required .. j Daily 52 0 0 200 0 0 110 0 0 330 0 0 Thrice weekly 250 0 0 5 6 Daily, starting from Kaponga Tin ice weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly Daily As required 100 0 0 18 0 0 40 0 0 215 0 0 120 0 0 40 0 0 7 8 9 10 II Tutntawa and Douglas .. Qrenui and Pukearuhe I'renui, Uruti Road, Tongaporutu, Mokau, and Awakino Waitara, Onaero, and Urenui Waitara Post-office, Railway-station, wharves, and beach Whangamomona, Kohuratahi, Hurimoana, and Tahoia 12 Thrice weekly .. | 40 0 0 1 2 3 5 (i 9 m 11 12 13 Performed under Arrange; ENT. Huirangj Post-office and Railway-station, Sentry Hill New Plymouth and Kitzroy New Plymouth and Hillsborough Purangi and Matau Waitara and Maryville New Plymouth and Mangorei Inglewood and Egmont Village New Plymouth, Kent Road, and Korito Huiroa and Douglas Landing, checking, and despatching mails at New Plymouth Breakwater ; also reporting shipping and weather Inglewood and Kaimiro Ratapiko and Kaimata Waitui and Kaimata Waitara and Tikorangi Tongaporutu and Rerekapa Weekly Twice daily one way Thrice weekly Twice weekly About once weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly Twice weekly Tv\ ice weekly As required 8 0 0 16 0 0 10 0 0 13 0 0 * 10 0 0 12 0 0 6 0 0 9 0 0 150 0 0 11 15 L6 17 L8 Twice weekly Thrice weekly Twice weekly Tvi ice weekly Weekly 10 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 13 0 0 10 0 0 Total £1,807 0 0 £1,807 0 0 * Paid by gratuity.

I"S 8 X '■ x Servioe. Frequenoy. Ann Annual Subsidy. nual Subsidy. Performed under Contract. £ s. d. 1 2 Bull's and Greatford .. • • • ■ Four times daily Bull's, Parawanui, and Scott's Ferry (Anion's), (part Daily rural delivery) Bull's and Sanson .. .. • • • • Daily .. Eltham Post-office and Railway-station .. .. As required Eltham, Mangatoki, and Kaponga .. • ■ Daily Eltham, Rawhitiroa, and Mangamingi .. .. Thrice weekly And Matemateaonga and Omoana .. .. Twice Weekly Fordell, Kauangaroa, and Mangamahu .. .. Thrice weekly Hawera Post-office and Railway-station .. .. As required . . I 70 0 0 78 10 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 60 0 0 80 0 0 50 0 0 130 0 0 3 4 5 6 7 8 Carried forward 628 10 0

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.-» o O Service. Frequenoy. |Ar '/. 1 Frequency. I Annual Subsidy initial Subsidy Performed under Contract— continued. £ s. d. Brought forward .. .. I 9 Hawera and Ararata, via Fraser Road (rural delivery) Tinier weekly 10 Hawera, Tokaora, lnaha. Manaia, Kaupokonui, Ota- Daily .. .. keho, Pihama, and Opunake 11 Hawera and Manaia, via South Road .. .. Daily 12 Hunterville Post-office and Railway-station As required 13 Hunterville and Chirnside's, via Onga Road, Turakina Twice weekly River Junction, Fordell Road, and Mangahoe Road (rural delivery) 14 Hunterville and Pukeroa (rural delivery) .. .. Twice weekly 15 Hunterville, West Road (Burn's), and Watershed Twice weekl) Road (Earl's), (rural delivery) 16 Hunterville, Sandon Block, and Mangamako Road j Twice weekly (Stent's), (part rural delivery) 17 Makirikiri, Aberfeldie, and Kakatihi (Missen's), (rural Twice weekly delivery) 18 Manaia and Kapuni .. .. .. .. Daily .. .. : 19 Mangamahu and Ngamatea, via Wangaehu Valley Twice weekly Road (rural delivery) 20 Mangamahu and Waipapa, via Creek and Hales Roads Weekly .. (rural delivery) 21 Mangaweka Post-ollice and Railway-station .. As required .. j 22 Mangaweka, Hawainga, Kawhatau Junction, Kawha- Thrice weekly tau Valley, Auputu, Mangakoeke Road, and Upper Kawhatau to Bailey Bros.' (rural delivery) 23 Mangaweka to Kaweka Road (Cruickshank's), via Te Weekly .. .. Kapua Road (rural delivery) 21 Mangaweka, Ruahinc, and Rangiwahia .. .. Daily .. 26 Marton Post-office and Railway-station .. .. As required 26 Marton, Cliff Nine. Leedstown, Log Whare, and Mount Twice weekly Curl (rural delivery) 27 Marton, Porewa (Thorn's), and Porewa School (rural Twice weekly delivery) 28 Marton and South Makirikiri (rural delivery) .. I )aily 211 Marton, Fern Flat, Somerset Road, Bonny Glen, Tutae- Daily nui, and Newman's Gate (rural delivery) 30 Mataroa and Kocke, via Rongoiti and Panemango Twice weekly Roads (rural delivery) 31 Mataroa and Ruanui .. .. .. .. Thrice weeklj .. ! 32 Mataroa, Tiriraukawa, and Wairepo (part rural de- Twice weekly | livery) 33 Moawhango and Taihape .. .. .. Thrice weeklv .. I 34 Mokoia Railway-station, Mokoia, Ohangai, Whaka- Daily .. mara, and Meremere 35 Ngutuwera Post-office and Railway-station .. Daily 36 Ngutuwera and Orangimea, via Puao Road (rural Twice weekly delivery) 37 Normanby and Okaiawa .. .. .. Daily 38 ' Okoia No. 3 Line and Long Acre Valley (rural de- Twice weekly livery) 39 I Opunake, Te Kiii, Riverlea, Awatuna, Awatuna East, Daily Kaponga, Hangatoki, and Eltham 1(1 Parapara Road, from Parihauhau letter-box along Twice weekly Tauakira Road to Vile Bros.' homestead (rural delivery) 11 Patea Post-office and Railway-station .. .. As required 42 Pipiriki and Taumarunui .. .. .. Weekly (1st Maj 11th December); thrice weekly (15th De-cember-30th April) I'! Pukeroa, Pohonui, Mangamahoe Junction, Karetu Twice weekly Road, Turakina Valley Road, and Okaka Road to Koeke (Lewis's), (rural delivery) '.I 10 II 12 13 II 15 16 17 18 I'.l 20 21 22 23 21 2.") 86 27 62S 10 0 SO 0 0 175 0 0 74 0 0 60 0 0 70 0 0 105 0 0 75 0 0 60 0 0 95 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 80 0 0 21 0 0 89 15 0 80 (» 0 50 0 0 36 0 0 55 0 0 110 0 0 60 0 0 72 0 0 75 0 0 150 0 0 80 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 70 0 (I 35 0 0 200 0 0 45 0 0 im 0 0 400 0 0 100 0 0 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 3636 37 38 39 40 II 12 43 (Jarried forward .... ; 3,495 5 0 3,495 5 0

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h?o i 'trOO C « z 53 Servioe. Frequency Annual Subsidy Performed under Contract — continued. £ s. d. Brought forward 11 Ruanui and Bell's Junction, via Turakina Valley Road Twice weekly (rural delivery) 16 Taihape Post-office and Railway-station .. .. As required 47 | Turakina, Turakina Valley, and Mangara Creek (rural Thrice weekly delivery) 48 Utiku and Taoroa .. .. .. • • Thrice weekly And Pukeokahu .. .. Twice weekly .. I 19 Waitotara, Kaimanuka, Ngamatapouri, and Taumata- Twice weekly tahi (part rural delivery) 50 Wanganui, Papaiti, and Makirikiri .. .. Eight times weekly from Makirikiri and daily from Wanganui 11 15 17 IS 3,495 5 0 50 0 0 120 0 0 60 0 0 93 0 0 125 0 0 100 0 0 49 50 51 Wanganui Post-office, Railway-stations, and wharves As required 52 Wanganui, Mosstown, Tayforth, and Upper St. John 's Daily (rural delivery) 53 Wanganui Post-office and up-river wharves .. As required 54 Wanganui Post-office and Nos. 1 and 2 Lines, via Daily Warrengafce Road (rural delivery) 55 Waverley Post-office and Railway-station .. .. Six times daily 56 Wanganui, Matahiwi, Te Tuhi, Koriniti, Ranana, Jerusalem, and Pipiriki — 15th December to 30th April .. .. .. Five times weekly .. 1st May to 14th December .. .. .. Thrice weekly .. I 57 Raetihi and Oreore .. .. .. • • Weekly 59 Karioi and Ninia Railway-station.. .. .. Daily 60 Mataroa, rural delivery along Huia and Whaka roads Twice weekly 61 Mangaweka and Mamii .. .. .. .. Thrice weekly 62 Bull's and junction of Turakina and Pukepapa roads Daily (rural delivery) 63 Waverley and Mataimoana (part rural delivery) .. Weekly 64 Waverley and Motoroa road (rural delivery) .. Weekly 66 Raetihi, (Motete, Middle, and Hoehenga roads — Weekly .. part rural delivery), and Pukekata 67 Waverley, Kohi, Karahaki, and Putahi roads (rural Twice weekly delivery) 68 Eltham, Mata, and Rotokari .. .. .. Daily 69 Makirikiri Post-office and Makirikiri Valley (Lambert's) Twice we. 70 Waitotara Post-office and Railway-station .. As required 71 Otakeho and Auroa .. .. .. Daily 72 Moeawatea and junction of Mataimoana Road .. Weekly 73 Tokaanu and Waiouru .. .. .. ■• Thrice weekly (1 Nov. \ -30 April) Twice weekly (1 May -31 Oct.) I 74 Ohakuue and Raetihi .. .. ■• Twice daily 75 Raetihi, Mangaituroa, Mangoihe, and Pipiriki Thrice weekly (1 Nov. ) -30 April) Twice weekly (1 May- I 31 Oct.) J 76 Ohakune and Railway-station .. .. .. As required 51 52 53 51 ;.5 56 150 0 0 44 0 0 15 0 0 til 0 0 40 0 0 700 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 15 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 46 0 0 36 0 <l 50 0 0 29 0 0 34 0 0 25 0 0 75 0 0 45 0 0 12 0 0 350 0 0 50 0 0 175 0 0 70 0 0 • Performed under Arrangement. 1 Brunswick Post-office and Westmere Railway-station Daily 2 Ifurlcyville, Alton, and Ball's Road Railway-station Daily 3 Kakaramea Post-office and Railway-station .. Daily 4 Kauangaroa and Mangatipoua (rural delivery) .. Weekly 5 Manutahi Post-office and Railway-station .. .. Daily 6 Marton and Crofton .. .. .. •• Daily 7 Maxwelltown and Okehu.Ra'lway-station .. .. Daily 9 Pipiriki Post-office and steamers .. .. .. As required Carried forward 35 0 0 55 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 6,393 5 0 6,393 5 0

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF WANGANUI— continued.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF WELLINGTON.

I .-B Service. Frequency. U rur, S Frequency. Animal Subsidy. An tinual Subsidy. Perkormed under Arrangement— continued. £ s. d. Brought forward 11 Rapaimi Post-office and Westmere Railway-station .. Four times weekly .. 12 Raukura and Taihape (rural delivery) .. .. Twice weekly 14 Silverhope Post-office and Railway-station .. Daily .. .. i 15 Te Roti Post-office and Railway-station .. .. Twice daily 16 Te Roti and Matapu .. .. • • • ■ Daily • ■ 17 Utiku and Ohutu .. .. • • • • Daily 18 Utiku Post-office and Railway-station .. ... Six times daily 20 Wangaehu Post-office and Railway-station .. Daily .. 81 I Westmere Post-office and Railway-station .. .. Daily .. .. j 22 Whenuakura and Maben's RoadWhile creamery open .. .. • • • • Daily .. ... For rest of year .. .. • • • • Weekly .. 84 ; Wanganui and Castlecliff .. ■'■ ■■ Twice daily 86 Opaea Junction (no post-office) and Ngawaka .. Thrice weekly 27 Tuiangarere Post-office aniLRailway-station .. Daily 88 Tiriraukawa and Pukemaupo Road (rural delivery) .. ; Twice weekly 29 ' Castlecliff (deli yerv of correspondence) .. .. | Daily 30 Te Tuhi and Burnett's Homestead (rural delivery) .. Twice weekly 31 Ohakunc Railway-station and Township .. . . ! As required i 6,393 5 0 12 0 0 12 0 0 14 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 30 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 16 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 16 0 0 39 0 0 C C70 . K. A Less contributions by other Departments 6,672 5 0 960 0 0 6,672 5 0 960 0 0 Total £5,712 I £5,712 5 0 6 0

S-S 8 .23 .g BCO u M^02 Service. Frequenoy. Annual Subsidy Performed under Contr ,CT. £ s. d. 1 2 Alfredton, Saunders Road, and Pori Alfredton, Tiiaumea, Haunui, Waterfalls, and Waihoki Valley Apiti and Kimbolton Apiti and Table Flat (open delivery) Apiti, Kaheke, (Jmutoi, and Utuwai Ashhurst Post-office and Railway-station Ashhurst, Raumai, and Pohangina Carterton and Belvedere Carterton, Gladstone. Te Wharau, Land's End, Kaiwhata, to Kummerstein (delivering private bags or correspondence into boxes provided by settlers) Carterton, Parkvale, and Gladstone Carterton, South Carterton, and Railway-station .. Chatham Islands (Waitangi), Morerou, Whangaroa, Maunganui, and Waitangi West Chatham Islands (Waitangi), Whakaruru, Wharekauri, Matarakau, and Kaingaroa Chatham Islands (Waitangi), Orenga, and Manukau.. Twice weekly Weekly 30 0 0 135 0 0 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Daily Twice weekly Twice weekly Six times daily Daily Daily Twice weekly 65 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 75 0 0 22 10 0 70 0 0 10 11 12 Daily As required 11 trips per annum, £1 10s. per trip 11 trips per annum, £2 per trip 11 trips per annum, 15s. per trip 11 trips per annum, £1 per trip Daily 62 0 0 47 0 0 13 57 15 0 II 15 it; Chatham Islands (Waitangi), Te Ngaio, Awarakau, Ohinemama, Kaiara, Waikaripi, and Tuku Colyton, Wanganui Harbour Board Block, Spur Road, and Midland Road Eketahuna and Nireaha And Nireaha and Atea Eketahuna, Pleckville, Tawataia, and Alfredton Daily Thrice weekly Daily I I 83 0 0 80 0 0 17 is 64 0 0 Carried forward 891 5 0

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|«8 S 2 5 '3d d m Service. Frequenoy. Annual Subsidy Performed under Contract--conHnued. £ s. (1. 19 20 21 22 23 21 25 26 27 2S 89 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 43 13 44 45 46 17 Brought forward Eketahuna Post-office and Railway-station Eketahuna, Rongokokako, and Kaiparoro Eketahuna, Rongomai, Tane, Kaitawa, Mangaraniarama, and Pahiatua Featherston, Kahautara, Matawhero, Burnside, Tananui, Pirinoa, Turanganui, and Wangaimoana Featherston, Kaiwaiwai, and Martinborough Featherston and Tauherinikau Feilding, Awahuri, Sanson, and Ohakea Feilding, Cheltenham, Kiwitea, and Kimbolton Feilding and Colyton Feilding, Makino, Ridgelands, Cunningham's, and Waituna West Feilding Post-office and Railway-station Glen Oroua and Taikorea* Greytown Post-office and Railway-station .. Hinakura, Glendhu, Pahaoa, and Glenbun, Hinakura, Spring Grove (no post-office), and Martinborough Hutt Post-office and Railway-station And Hutt Post-office and Taita Johnsonville and Ohariu Karori and Makara Kimbolton, Kiwitea, Cheltenham, and Feilding Kimbolton, Peep-o'-Day, Mangarimu, Pemberton, and Rangiwahia Levin and Foxton Levin Post-office and Railway-station Makuri and Coonoor Makuri, Rakaunui, Pongaroa, Puketoi, and Mangatiti Mangahao, Makomako, Nikau, and Marima Mangamahoe and Hastwell's Mangamahoe and Ihuraua Mangatainoka, Kohinui, and Makaini Martinborough, Hautotara, W T hakapuni, Waipawa, Stony Creek, Tora, Te Awaite, Oroi, and White Rock (and return via Stony Creek, Waipawa, Whakapuni, and Hautotara) Masterton, Bideford, Glendonald, and Tanglewood . . Masterton, Brancepeth, and Stronvar Masterton Post-office and Railway-station Masterton and Kuripuni Masterton, Taueru, Te Nui, and Whakataki Masterton, Taueru, Carswell's, Blairlogie, Sevenoaks. Kohawai, Beaumaris, Riverdale, Eparaima, Waiorongo, Beaumont, Waikaraka, Fernglen, and Homewood Masterton, Te Whiti, Te Wharau, Land's End, and Flat Point Masterton and Waingawa Mauriceville and Ditton Mount Bruce and Masterton by way of Upper OpakiPirau Road (delivering correspondence en route into private boxes) Otaki Post-office and Railway-station Pahiatua, Konini, Hamua, Newman', and Eketahuna Pahiatua, Mangahao, and Ballance Pahiatua, Ngaturi, and Makuri Pahiatua Post-office and Railway-station Palmerston North and Kairanga Palmerston North, Newbury, Awahuri, Rongotea, and Carnarvon As required Daily Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Thrice daily Thrice weekly Daily Daily Daily Daily As required Daily As required Weekly Twice weekly Thrice daily Twice daily Twice weekly Thrice weekly Daily Daily Daily As required Twice weekly Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Thric" weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly Weekly •■ Sill 5 ss 16 70 0 125 0 130 0 80 0 15 0 89 0 110 0 22 0 98 0 60 0 20 0 32 0 52 0 100 0 65 0 20 0 30 0 100 0 125 0 30 0 11 0 60 0 150 0 60 0 16 0 25 0 52 0 KM) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 49 50 51 52 53 Twice weekly Weekly As required Daily Thrice weekly Twice weekly 65 0 60 0 100 0 24 0 225 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Twice weekly 45 0 0 51 55 56 57 Twice weekly Twice weekly Daily 26 0 38 0 99 17 0 0 6 68 59 60 61 62 63 61 As required Daily Daily Daily As required Daily Daily 32 0 140 0 78 0 60 0 85 0 30 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carried forward 4,138 17 6 4,138 17 6

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■h CJ >*H C *H O fj ■D ■-• •a>= t Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy. Performed under Contract — c mtinued. £ s. d. ! 65 '66 .67 68 69 71 '72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 81 82 83 84 85 86 Brought forward Palmerston North Post-office and Railway-station Palmerston North and Whakarongs Paremata and Pahautanui And Judgeford Parkvale and Ahiaruhe Petone Post-office and Railway-station Pongaroa and Maku Rangiwahia and Karewaiewa Raumai, Awahou, Ngaputahi Road Junction, Komako, and Piripiri Rewa and Waituna West And open delivery to Pakihikura Kongo tea and Glen Oroua Shannon. Moutoa, and Foxton Te Nui, Te Nui Valley, Pakowai, and Te Mai Te Nui, Manawa, and Annedale Te Nui Junction and Whareams .. Wainuiomata and Hutt Wellington and Karori .. Whakataki and Castlepoint Woodville Post-office and Railway-station Foxton, Moutoa, and Shannon Masterton, Bomebush, Te Whiti, Gladstone, and Longbush As required Daily Daily Thrice weekly Thrice weekly As required Weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly Daily Twice weekly Twice daily Daily Weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly Twice weekly Twice daily Thrice weekly As required Daily Daily i i i 4,138 17 6 118 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 66 0 0 25 0 0 16 0 0 114 0 0 86 0 0 35 0 0 45 0 0 32 0 0 26 0 0 35 0 0 30 0 0 85 0 0 26 0 0 90 0 0 25 0 0 30 0 0 Performed under Arrangem: :nt. 10 0 0 7 10 0 5 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 13 14 15 1617 18 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Admiral, Clifton Grove, and Gladstone Apiti, Roper's Woolshed, and Marton Block Bunnythorpe and Hiwinui Clareville and Railway-station Colyton and Te Awa (delivering correspondence at settlers' houses) Cunningham's to coach Eastbourne and Day's Bay Eketahuna and Mangaoronga Foxton Post-office and Railway-station Halcombe and Stanway And open delivery to Tokorangi Junction Hukanui and Maungaraupi Hukanui Post-office and Railway-station Kaitawa and Hinemoa Kaiwarawara delivery Karori (delivery of correspondence by subsidised carrier) Kopuaranga and Railway-station Koputarua Post-office and Railway-station Linton and Moturimu Maku and Pukehinau Mauriceville and Mauriceville West Nireaha and Putara Ohau Post-office and Railway-station Opaki and Rangitumau Palmerston North and Fitzherbert West Palmerston North and Kelvin (irove Palmerston North and Terrace End Parkvale and Waihakeke Peep-o'-Day Post-office and coach on Main Road Pemberton and Hinau Rakaunui and Waikereru Weekly Weekly Thrice weekly Thrice daily Weekly Daily Daily Twice weekly As required Daily Twice weekly Thrice weekly As required Weekly Twice daily Daily Daily As required Twice weekly Twice weekly Daily Twice weekly Thrice daily Thrice weekly Daily Daily Thrice daily Thrice weekly Daily Thrice weekly Twice weekly i i 10 0 0 8 10 0 8 0 0 5 0 0 45 0 0 10 0 0 14 0 0 10 0 0 26 0 0 70 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 15 0 0 17 0 0 32 0 0 13 0 0 15 0 0 31 0 0 10 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 12 0 0 5 0 0 12 0 0 20 0 0 Carried forward 5,558 17 6

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF WELLINGTON— continued.

i-H *-> O O in -r* "S>d £ Service. Frequenoy. Annual Subsidy Performed under Arrangement -continued. £ s. d. Brought forward 37 Rangiwahia and Whitebridge (rural delivery) 38 Rongotea and Kaimatarau 39 Sanson and Makowhai 11 Silverstream Post-office and Railway-station 12 Tararua and Aokautere 13 Upper Hutt and Akatarawa (delivering correspondence) 44 Upper Hutt and Wallaceville 16 Waikanae and Reikorangi 46 Waiowaka and Waikereru IS Wellington— (a) Anchorage to Wharf, (b) Wharf to Anchorage 49 Wellington—(a) Anchorage to Somes Island, (6) Somes Island to Wharf 50 Wellington (delivery of parcels throughout city) and suburbs of Kelbourne, Kprori, Island Bay. Kilbirnie, Roseneath, and Wadestown 51 Wellington and Day's Bay 54 Woodville and Mangarawa — Wellington Chief Post-office, wharves, railway-stations, and suburban and urban offices (by departmental employees and motor vehicles and other conveyances) 56 Komako (rural delivery along left bank of Pohangina River as far as Mr. Didsbury's house 57 Kaiwaiwai Post-office and road-junction) 58 Hourly clearances between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Molesworth Street Post-office to Chief Post Office, Wellington 59 Conveyance by tramway within the Wellington ward and suburbs of Brooklyn, Island Bay, Kilbirnie, &c, of all letter-carriers and telegraph-message boys in uniform, and all mails in charge of officials of the Post and Telegraph Department (amount of £375 apportioned thus : conveyance telegraph messengers (Miscellaneous Vote), £150; and mails and lettercarriers, £225) 80 Conveyance by tramway over the Miramar section of the tramway system of all letter-carriers and tele-graph-message boys in uniform, and all mails in charge of officials of the Post and Telegraph Department Daily Weekly Thrice weekly Daily Twice weekly Thrice weekly Twice weekly Daily Twice weekly As £2 10s. and £3 10s. a trip, say As required, £1 10s. a trip, say Twice daily, 2d. per parcel (town), and 3d. (suburbs), say Dailv Daily As required, say 5,558 17 6 15 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 12 0 0 61 0 0 12 10 0 20 0 0 10 10 0 175 0 0 30 0 0 190 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 2.511 0 0 Thrice weekly 25 0 0 Daily Daily, Is. per diem, say 8 0 0 15 13 0 As required 225 0 0 As required 7 10 0 60 61 Conveyance by tramway over the Karori section of the tramway system of all letter-carriers and tele-graph-message boys in uniform, and all mails in charge of officials of the Post and-iTelegraph Department 62 Martinborough, Dyerville, and O'Keeffe's 63 Whiterock and Homeburn 64 Ihuraua and Wairere (rural delivery) 65 Wellington and Seatoun 66 Eastbourne : Delivery of correspondence throughout borough and clearance of receivers 67 Hutt and Normandale (no post-office) (rural delivery) 68 Tokomaru Post-office and Railway-station 69 Featherston and Waiorongomai (no P.O.)(rural delivery) 70 Ohau and Muhunoa 71 Oioua Downs and llimitangi 72 Hautere Cross and Otaki Gorge 73 Pongaroa and Korora 74 Government Buildings and Chief Post Office, Wellington 61 As required 9 0 0 62 63 64 66 66 Thrice weekly Weekly Twice weekly Daily Daily 45 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 30 0 0 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 71 Thrice weekly Daily, 6s. a week, say Twice weekly Daily Daily Thrice weekly Twice weekly As required 6 0 0 15 12 0 52 0 0 10 0 0 20 () o 10 0 0 20 0 0 102 10 0 • 9.289 12 6 20 0 0 Less contribution by settlers Total £9,269 12 6

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF BLENHEIM.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF NELSON.

-Sow Servioe. Frequency. Annual Subsidy. Performed under Contr. .CT. £ s. d. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 I Blenheim Chief Post-office, Railway-station, and vessels in river Blenheim. Springlands, Renwicktown, Kaituna, Okarainio, Havelock Suburban, and Havelock Blenheim, Jordan, and Molesworth Blenheim, Renwicktown, Waihopai, and Wairau Valley Wairau Valley and Birch Hill Wairau Valley and Top Valley Canvastown and Deep Creek Havelock, Cullensville, Mahakipawa, Grove, and Grove Wharf • Kaituna and Onamalutu Picton, Hitaua, Onapua, Te Weka, and Te Awaite .. Picton, Punaruawhiti, Endeavour Inlet, and Resolution Bay Picton, Grove Wharf, and Torea Picton and Portage Manaroa, Portage, and Torea Renwicktown, The Delta, Leefield, Avondale, and Benhopai Seddon, Grassmere, Flaxbourne, Kekerangu, Clarence Bridge, Hapuku, Mangamaunu, and Kaikoura Tuamarina, Robin Hood Bay, Ocean Bay, and Port Underwood, via White's Bay Tuamarina and Waikakaho As required 85 0 0 2 Thrice weekly 75 0 0 3 I Weekly .. Twice weeklv .. ] Weekly . .. Twice weekly . . ) Twice weekly Twice weekly 95 0 0 100 0 0 30 0 0 90 0 0 Twice weeklv Weekly Weekly 20 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Twice weekly Four times weekly .. Twice weekly Twice weekly 80 0 0 50 0 0 65 0 0 70 0 0 Thrice weekly 350 0 0 Weekly 40 0 0 Weekly 13 0 0 Performed under Arrange] 1ENT. 1 2 3 6 7 8 9 10 Blind River Post-office and coach on Main Road .. Havelock Post-office and Wharf Picton Post-office, Railway-station, and wharves .. Renwicktown and Omaka Seddon and Richmond Brook Wairau Valley and Fabian's Valley Portage and Kenepuru Head Wairau Valley - Top Valley main coach road and Te Rou Thrice weekly As required .. i As required Twice weekly Twice weekly Weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly 15 0 0 12 0 0 110 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 12 0 0 12 0 0 5 0 () Total U.459 0 0

+H o o '§,= £ Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy. Performed under Contr. ,0T. t s. d. Motueka Post-office and Motueka Wharf .. Kohatu, Motupiko, Korere, Owen Junction, Murchison, Pern Flat, Newton Flat, Lyell, Three-channel Flat, and Inangahua Junction Westport, Berlin's, Inangahua Junction, Cronadon, and Reefton Nelson, Stoke, Richmond, Appleby, Redwood's Valley, Upper Moutere, Braeburn, Lower Moutere, Motueka, and Riwaka Nelson, Wakapuaka Suburban, Whangamoa, Flat Creek, Rai Falls, Canvastown, Havelock, Havelock Suburban, Okaramio, Kaituna, Renwicktown, Springlands, and Blenheim As required Twice weekly 40 0 0 Daily Daily • 8,600 0 0 Thrice weekly Carried forward 2,540 0 0

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF NELSON— continued.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF WESTPORT.

■s °| '3)6 r Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy. Performed under Contract — continued. £ a. d. I •i 5 6 7 Brought forward Nelson Chief Post-office andXRailway station .. | Nelson Chief Post-office and(,The Port (wharves) .. -As required "Nelson (delivery of parcels and letter-carriers' bags) .. J Riwaka, Upper Takaka, East Takaka, Takaka, Wai- Weekly tapu, Puramahoi, and Collingwood Stanley Brook, Thorpe, Dovedale, and Wakefield .. Thrice weekly Takaka and East Takaka .. .. .. Twice weekly ao required Takaka and Motupipi .. .. .. .. ' Six times weekly .. Takaka, Waitapu, and Waitapu Wharf .. As required Collingwood Post-office and Wharf .. As required Pokororo, Ngatimote, Orinoco, Neudorf, and Upper Thrice weekly Moutere 2,540 0 0 298 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 8 9 10 11 Hi 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 65 0 0 . Performed under Arrangement. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 17 18 19 Baton and Thorpe .. .. .. .. Weekly Belgrove and Tophouse .. .. .. .. Weekly, 2s. 6d. a trip Brightwater and Waimea West .. .. .. Daily Rockville, Aorere, and Bainham .. .. .. Twice weekly Collingwood and Ferntown .. .. .. Weekly Collingwood, Pakawau, and Puponga .. .. Twice weekly Collingwood, Mangarakau, and Golden Ridge .. Weekly Collingwood and Rockville .. .. .. Four times weekly .. Foxhill Post-office and Railway-station .. .. Daily Hope Post-office and Railway-station .. .. Daily Motupiko and Kohatu .. .. .. .. Thrice weekly Nelson, Wakapuaka Suburban, and Cable Bay .. Thrice weekly Nelson and The Port .. .. .. .. As required Pangatotara and Motueka .. .. .. Thrice weekly Riwaka and Sandy Bay .. .. .. •. Thrice weekly Roadstead and Wharf (The Port) .. .. As required, 3s. per trip, say Spring Grove Post-office and Railway-station .. Daily Tadmor Railway-station and Sherry River .. .. Thrice weekly Totaranui and Awaiti .. .. .. .. Weekly Wai-iti Post-office and Railway-station .. .. Daily Takaka and Uruwhenua .. .. .. .. Twice weekly Anatimo and Motupipi .. .. .. Weekly Wakapuaka Suburban and Nelson .. .. Thrice weekly Tatahi and Nelson .. .. .. .. Daily French Pass Post-office and vessels going through the Twice weekly Pass on their way from Nelson Belgrove, Golden Downs, and Tophouse .. .. Weekly 17 0 0 6 10 0 24 0 0 15 0 0 5 0 0 36 0 0 35 0 0 35 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 60 0 0 30 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 20 22 24 26 28 29 30 31 32 10 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0 12 0 0 8 0 0 24 0 0 12 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 50 0 0 ■ 33 60 0 0 Total £3,750 10 0

h§"S S Servioe. Frequenoy. Annual Subsidy. Performed under Contr. .CT. £ s. d. 1 Breakhead, Millerton, and Post-office, Millerton 8 Breakhead, Denniston, and Post-office, Denniston .. 3 Murchison and Upper Matakitaki 4 Westport, Addison's, and Charleston 5 Westport and Giles Terrace 6 Westport, and vessels in harbour, and Railway station Daily Twice daily Weekly .. Twice weeklv Weekly .. As required 12 0 0 35 0 0 35 0 0 94 0 0 15 0 0 98 0 0 Carried forward 289 0 0

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF GREYMOUTH.

Ll '5)6 £ Service. Frequenoy. Annual Subsidy Performed under Arrange [ENT. £ s. d. 1 3 4 5 6 Brought forward Tiromoana, St. Kilda, and Charleston Capleston, Cronadon, and Reefton Denniston and Burnett's Face Denniston and Conn's Creek Denniston and Burnett's Face Weekly Daily Daily Twice daily As required, 5s. per trip, say Daily Monthly .. As required Thrice weekly As required, 5s. per trip, say Daily Weekly As required, 10s. per day, say Thrice monthly Daily Weekly Twice weekly, 10s. per week, say 289 () 10 0 35 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 22 0 5 0 20 0 10 0 40 0 10 0 12 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 7 9 10 11 13 Granity and Breakhead, Millerton Karamea and Little Wanganui Karamea Post-office and steamers Longford and Murchison Waimangaroa and Denniston 14 15 16 Waimangaroa (letter-delivery) Upper Matakitaki, Warwick Junction, and Maruia .. Granity and Millerton .. ... 17 is 19 20 Kongahu and Karamea .. Granity and Mine Creek Karamea and Arapito Millerton and Mine Creek (temporary sen ice) Total £607 0 o

(1 - •— 1. •tt o & 1*1 Servioe. Frequency. Annual Subsidy. Performed under Contract. £ s. d. 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Ahaura and Orwell Creek .. .. .. Twice weekly Ahaura Post-office and Railway-station .. As required Blackball and Ngahere .. .. .. .. Twice daily Chief Post-office, Railway-station, and wharves .. As required .. i Greymouth, Rapahoe, Ten-mile Creek, and Barrytown Twice weekly .. ' Greymouth, Rutherglen, Marsden, and Dunganville .. Thrice weekly Main Road, Blackwater, and Upper Blackwater .. Daily •Ngahere and Nelson Creek .. .. .. Eight times weekly Reefton and Globe Mine .. .. .. .. Thrice weekly Reefton Post-office and Railway-station .. As required Reefton, Progress Junction, Merrijigs, and Big River Twice weekly Totara Flat, Granville, and Noble's .. .. Twice weekly Twelve-mile Landing and No Town .. .. Thrice weekly 15 0 0 5 0 0 40 0 0 95 0 0 50 0 0 66 0 0 30 0 0 50 0 0 34 0 0 22 0 0 4 15 0 30 0 0 18 0 0 Performed under Arrangement. 1 3 5 6 7 10 12 , Ahaura and Upper Moonlight .. .. .. Weekly Kokiri and Arnold .. .. .. .. Twice weekly Paroa Post-office and Railway-station .. .. Daily Poerua and Rotomana .. .. .. .. Twice weekly Reefton, Black's Point, and Crushington .. .. Daily Blackball and Atarau .. .. .. .. Weekly Blackball and Roa .. .. .. .. Daily 8 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 7 0 0 6 10 0 Total £505 5 0 £505 5 0

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF HOKITIKA.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH.

Service. Frequenoy. Annual Subsidy Performed under Contract. £ s. d 1 I Cook's Settlement. (Ryan's), Pekanga, and Gillespie's Weekly .. .. 35 0 0 Beach 2 Hokitika, Arahura, and Fox's .. .. .. Woekly .. .. S(l5 0 0 3 Hokitika, Ho Ho, and Humphrey's Gully .. Twice weekly .. 530 0 0 4 Hokitika Chief Post-office, Railway-station, and Wharf As required .. 100 0 0 5 Hokitika and Kanieri Forks .. .. Twice weekly .. 15 0 0 6 Hokitika, Lower Kokatahi, Upper Kokatahi, and Twice weekly .. I 40 0 0 Koiterangi 7 | Karangarua, Bruce Bay, Mahitahi, Paringa, Haast, Weekly to Paringa. 130 0 0 Pakorari, and Okura fortnightly to Okura. 8 Kumara and Dillmanstown .. .. .. Daily .. .. 15 0 0 9 Kumara, Westbrook, and Greenstone .. .. Twice weekly .. 25 0 0 10 Kumara Post-office and Railway-station ... .. As required .. I 125 0 0 11 Kumara, Goldsborough, Stafford, Three-mile, and Daily .. .. 200 0 0 Hokitika 12 Okarito and The Forks .: .. .. .. Weekly .. .. J50 0 (I 13 Ross, Ferguson's, Waitaha, Honde's Ferry, Harihari, Weekly .. .. 180 0 0 Mount Hercules, Wataroa, The Forks, Tatare, and Waiho Gorge 15 Waiho Gorge, Weheka, Pekanga, and Karangarua .. Weekly .. .. 96 0 0 Performed under Arrangement. 1 I Goldsborough and Callaghan's .. .. .. Weekly .. .. 6 10 0 2 I Kumara and Hohonu .. .. .. Twice weekly .. In 0 0 3 Ross Post-office-Railway-station .. .. As required .. 50 0 0 4 Rimu, Woodstock, Kanieri; and Hokitika .. .. Daily .. .. 20 0 0 Total .. .. .. j .. £1,141 10 0

hi • +> o o Service. Frequency. I Annual Subsidy Performed under Contr* CT. £ s. ( £ s. d. 1 2 3 4 "5 6 7 Akaroa, Long May Roatl, and Le Bon's Bay Alford Forest, Staveley, Springburn Post-office, and Springburn Railway-station Ainberley and Broomfield Annat and Russell's Flat Ashburton, Elgin, Wakanui, and Riverside And Seaview, Seafield, and Newland Ashburton, Greenstreet, and Ashburton Forks Ashburton, Wheatstone, Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach Ashley Bank, Loburn, and North Loburn Balcairn and Leithfield Barry's Bay, French Farm, and Wainui Thrice weekly Daily Thrice weekly Daily Daily Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Daily 66 0 l 85 0 l 20 0 i 20 0 i 100 0 I 40 0 i 100 0 i 66 0 0 85 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 100 0 0 s 9 10 Dailv Daily Daily Thrice weekly. Broken River and Otira Twice weekly, Otira and Kumara Daily 56 0 I 39 0 I 50 0 ( ) 1,100 0 ( 72 0 ( 56 0 0 39 0 0 50 0 0 11 Broken River, Cass, Bealey, Bealey Flat, Otira, | Aicken's, Jackson's, Taipo, Wainihinihi, and Kumara "i ) 1,100 0 0 12 Chertsey and Pendarves (including carriage of private bags) Cheviot, Spotsw r ood, Hawkeswood, Conway Flat, Hundalee, and Kaikoura Christchurch and Halswell Christchurch Post-office and Railway-station (providing mail-carts, horses, drivers, &c.) 72 0 0 11 Thrice weekly 150 0 ( 150 0 0 15 16 Daily As required 30 0 ( 335 0 ( 30 0 0 335 0 0 Carried forward 2,263 0 ( 2,263 0 0

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•3>o £ Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy. Performed under Contract — a ntinued. £ s. d. 17 Brought forward 7 Clearing receivers in Christchurch, Sydenham, St. Albans, Phillipstown, Linwood, &c. Twice daily in Christchurch and portion of Sydenham; daily, and once extra on Saturdays, in remaining portion of Sydenham, St. Albans, Phillipstown, Linwood, &c. Daily Dairy Daily Daily, and once extra on Wednesdays Daily Daily Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Daily 2,263 0 0 308 0 0 is ID 20 21 3 Coalgate and Hororata .. 9 Courtenay and Kirwee 0 Culverden, Upper, Waiau Ferry, and Hanmer Springs 1 Culverden, Rotherani. andfWaiau 41 0 0 40 0 0 300 0 0 60 0 0 22 83 21 86 26 2 Darfield, Greendale, Kimbesley, and Charing Cross .. 3 Dunsandel and Killinchy 4 Duvauchslle, Okain's Bay, Chorlton, and Tattle Akaloa 5 Ealing, Carew, andjRuapuna 6 Flaxton Post-office and|Railway-station, and. Flaxton and OhokaJ 7 Flemington and Longbeach.-Road | 8 Glentunnel, Glenroy, and Windwhistle House WindwhistleJHouse and Lake Coleridge .. 9 Halkett Town,jWest Melton, Weedon's Post-offioe,{and Weedon's Railway-station 0 Hinds and Lismore, and Hinds and Lowcliffe 1 Hurunui, Medbury, and Medbury Railway-station .. 2 Irwell Post-office, Railway-station, and Brookside 3 Kaiapoi, Courts Island, Clarkville, and Eyreton 4 Kaiapoi, Woodend, Waikuku, and Saltwater Creek .. 5 Kaikoura Post-office and Wharf 7 Little River, Barry's Bay, Duvauchelle, Robinson's Bay, German Bay, and Akaroa 8 Lyttelton, Rapaki, Governor's Bay, Allandale, and Teddington 9 Lyttelton and Port Levy 0 Mayfield and Valetta Railway-station 1 Medbury and The Peaks 2 Mount Somers and Ashburton Gorge 3 Oxford, Cooper's Creek, Bexley, View Hill, and Rockford 4 Pigeon Bay and Barry's Bay Saddle 6 1'i'ebbleton and Broadfield 6 Rakaia, Barr Hill, and Highbank 7 Rakaia, Overdale, Doric, and Kyle 8 Rangiora, Hayland, Rakahuri, Birch Hill, and Orahaki 9 Scargill, Motunau, and Stonyhurst Gate 0 Tai Tapu and Lincoln 1 Taumutu, Lakeside, and Leeston 2 Domett and Cheviot 3 Waiau, Kaikoura Suburban, and Kaikoura I Winslow, Willowby, and Eiffelton 5 Yaldhurst and Hornby .. 7 | Woodgrove and McDonald Downs 97 0 0 45 0 0 110 0 0 64 0 0 38 0 o 27 88 Daily Twice weekly Weekly Daily 10 18 0 i i 90 0 0 89 70 0 0 30 31 38 38 34 36 37 Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Daily Thrice weekly Daily As required Daily 76 0 0 38 0 0 48 0 0 35 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 250 0 0 38 Daily 100 0 0 39 lo II 12 43 Weekly Twice daily Thrice weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly 40 0 0 45 0 0 40 0 0 60 0 0 52 0 0 11 15 16 17 IS 49 60 51 68 63 64 66 57 Daily Thrice weekly Daily Daily Thrice weekly Daily Daily Daily Daily Thrice weekly Daily Daily Thrice weekly 150 0 0 19 0 0 95 0 0 95 0 0 50 0 0 85 0 0 40 0 0 85 0 0 12 0 0 200 0 0 45 0 0 24 10 0 40 0 0 Performed under Arrange ient. 5 0 0 16 0 0 30 0 0 55 0 0 2 10 0 15 0 0 I Annat Post-office and Railway-station 3 Christchurch and Marshland 4 Christchurch and New Brighton 5 Christchurch, Woolston, Redcliffs, and Sumner 6 Christchurch and Spreydon 7 Christchurch and Sydenham Twice daily Daily Twice daily Twice and thrice daily Daily Five times daily Carried forward 5,454 18

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH.— continued.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF TIMARU.

te o C Service. Frequenoy. Annual Subsidy Servioe. Performed under Arrangement— continued. £ s. d. 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Brought forward .. .. •• 5,451 IS 0 Christchurch, and Upper Riccarton .. . • Twice daily .. y 20 0 0 AndSockbum .. •• •• Daily ■• •• ' Christchurch (delivery of letter-carriers' bags in city As required, 3s. 6d. and suburbs) for each cart, say.. 20 0 0 Gebbie's Flat and Motukarara .. .. • • Four times weekly .. 4 0 0 Hawarden Post-office and Railway-station .. .. Twice daily .. 17 0 0 Hawarden and Woodgrove .. • • • • Daily .. .. 20 0 Kaiapoi Railway-station and Post-office .. As required, Is. per 22 0 0 trip, say Little Akaloa Post-office and Wharf .. As required .. 10 0 0 High Street (Christchurch) Post-office and Christchurch As required, 10s. per 26 0 0 Post-office week i Loburn and Okuku .. .. *•• ■ Daily .. .. 10 0 0 Lyttelton Post-office, Railway -station, and wharves.. As required .. 100 0 !,y tielt.m wharves and roadstead •• ..As required, £1 per 25 0 0 trip, say Marshland (delivery of correspondence by subsidised Daily .. .. 104 0 0 carrier) Ohoka Post-office and Railwav-station .. Daily .. .. 12 0 0 Okain's Bay Post-office and Wharf .. As required .. 5 0 0 Rangiora Post-office and Railway-station .. .. As required, 4d. per 6 0 0 trip, say Spreydon and Halswell Daily .. [5 J » Springston Post-office and Railway-station.. .. Daily 11 0 0 Waddington Post-office and Railwav-station .. Twice daily .. 10 0 0 Woodend and Tuahiwi Daily .. .. J 2 0 0 Springston Railway-station and Wakaipa .. .. Daily Little River and Puaha Daily .. .. 30 0 Kowai Bush Post-office and Railway-station .. Daily .. .. 13 Conway Flat and Finger-post, Hundalee .. .. Thrice weekly .. 15 0 0 Mavfie'ld and Porateko .. .. .. • • Thrice weekly Rakaia and Meade Thrice weekly Little River and Te Oka .. .. • • Twice weeklv .. 20 0 0 Christchurch and St. Albans Four times daily .. 15 0 0 Upper Waiau and Glynn Wye .. .. ■ • Weekly .. 20 0 Cheviot and Port Robinson .. .. . • Weekly . . .. 18 4 Kaiapoi and Ohapuku Thrice weekly .. j Waiau and Mendip Hills Weekly 44 10 ° 24 . 25 86 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 39 40 6.178 0 0 Less contributions by other Department and by settlers .. .. -200 0 0 settlers Total •• £5. 978 ° ° £5,978 0 0

'S. d u I Service. Frequency, Frequenoy. fAnn Annua] Subsidy mini Snlr bsidy Performed under Contract. £ «. <1. 1 Albury, Tengawai, Limestone Road, Coal-pits, Opawa, Thrice weekly and Mount Nessing (delivering correspondence) 2 Burke's Pass Post-office and Grampians, Gray's Hills, Weekly .. Haldon, and Black Forest Stations 3 Fairlie and Ashwick Flat .. .. • • Weekly .. Carried forward .. .. | •• 7(1 50 24 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 III 0 0

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'5b 6 i. Or >. © a .-p »0 u tKS. Service. Frequency. Frequency. Annual Subsidy. i^x> Performed under Contract— continued. £ s. d. I 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 6 7 8 ■ I Brought forward Fairlie, Kimbell. Hurke's Pass, Lake Tekapo, Balmoral. Lake Pukaki, and Hermitage— From 1st November to 30th April .. ... Thrice weekly Fairlie, Kimbell, Burke's Pass, and Lake Tekapo — From 1st May to 31st October .. Twice weeklv Also Fairlie, Lake Tekapo, and Lake Pukaki— From 1st May to 31st October .. .. Weekly Fairlie and Raincliff, rural delivery through Raincliff Twice weekly District, going via Middle Vallev and returning via Cattle Valley Geraldine, Pleasant Valley, Te Moana, Gapes Valley, Thrice weekly Wahimomona, Kakahu Bush, Kakahu School, and Hilton Glenavy, Ikawai, and Elephant Hill, returning by Twice weeklv Middle Road (delivering correspondence) Glenavy and Waikakahi, vta Pike's Point Road, Twice weekly returning by Dog-kennel Road (delivering correspondence) Makikihi and Hunter .. .. .. .. Daily Orari, Belfield, Rangitata, Rangitata Island, and Orton Thrice weekly Orari and Geraldine .. .. .. .. Four times daily Orari, Geraldine, Orari Bridge, and Woodbury .. Daily Peel Forest, Arundel, Rangitata .. .. .. Thrice weeklv Pleasant Point, Hazelburn, and Raincliff Station Daily (delivering correspondence through Totara Valley) St. Andrew's and Bluecliffs, returning via Lyalldale Thrice weekly (delivering correspondence) Temuka and Seadown .. .. .. .. Four times weekly .. Temuka and Hilton .. .. .. .. Thrice weekly Temuka, Ohape, and Clandeboye .. .. .. Thrice weekly Temuka, Rangatira Valley, Waitohi Flat, and Upper Thrice weeklv Waitohi Flat Timaru Post-office and Railway-station, Timaru Post- As required office and vessels at wharf, also distribution of bags of newspapers for letter-carriers Timaru, Fairview, Claremont, Southburn, Pareora, Daily Otipua, and Salisbury (delivering correspondence) Waitohi Road Railway-station and Kerry Town .. Daily Waimate, Arno, Waihao Forks, and Waihao Downs .. Daily Waihao Downs, Waihaorunga, and Pentland Hills .. Thrice weekly Waihao Downs and Grassy Hills .. .. .. Twice weekly Woodbury and Orari Gorge Station .. .. j Thrice weekly Otaio and Kohika .. .. .. I Thrice weekly i i 144 0 0 585 0 0 40 0 0 64 15 0 66 0 0 45 0 0 50 0 0 156 0 0 60 0 0 125 0 0 65 0 0 20 0 0 45 0 0 40 0 0 47 0 0 104 0 0 95 0 0 32 0 0 160 0 0 35 0 0 30 0 0 48 0 0 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 8 I 5 6 7 8 9 Performed under Arrangement. Cave to Cannington and Motukaika .. .. Twice weekly Levels Post-office, Rosewill, and Papaka Settlements Twice weekly Otipua and Adair .. .. .. .. Thrice weekly Sutherland's and Tycho Flat .. .. .. Twice weekly Timaru and Glen-iti .. .. .. .. Twice daily Wahimomona Post-office and Beautiful Valley .. Thrice weekly Waimate Post-office and Railway-station .. As required Morven and Waikakahi Settlement (rural delivery) . . Twice weekly 40 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 2,205 15 0 292 10 0 Less contribution by other Department Total .. .. .. £1,913 5 0

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF OAMARU.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF DUNEDIN.

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tf^tt Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy Performed under Contract. £ s. d. I 2 I 1 Awamoko Post-office ami Railway-station .. .. Daily Hakataramea, Station Creek, and Rocky Point, also Weekly Hakataramea, Station Creek, Hakataramea Station, and returning via Top Road (delivering correspondence where practicable) Kokoamo and Borton's Siding (delivering correspond- Twice daily ence where practicable) Kurow, Wharekuri, and Omarama (delivering corre- Twice weekly spondence where practicable) Livingstone, Maerewhenua, and Tokarahi .. .. Four times_ weekly .. Maheno and Incholme .. ... .. .. Three times weekly Maheno and Kakanui .. .. .. .. Daily Oamaru Post-office, Railway-station, and Breakwater As required Omarama, Benmore Station, and Lake Pukaki, from Weekly 1st November to 30th, April 14 0 0 30 0 0 35 0 0 130 0 0 5 6 7 8 9 50 0 0 26 0 0 46 0 0 136 0 0 50 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Performed under Arrangement. Alma and Railway-station (Deborah) .. .. Twice daily Enfie'd and Railway-station .. .. .. Twice daily Georgetown and Railway-station (Uxbridge) .. Twice daily Kurow and Hakataramea .. .. .. Twice daily Otiake and Railway-station (Strachan's) .. .. Twice daily Waianakarua and Railway-station .. .. Twice daily Weston and Railway-station .. .. .. Twice daily Windsor and Railway-station .. .. .. Twice daily Oamaru and Ardgowan .. .. .. .. Daily Whitstone and Oamaru .. .. .. .. Daily 20 0 0 15 0 0 13 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 Total £615 0 0

Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy i 2 3 4 5 6 Performed under Contr. Abbotsford and Fairfield Fairfield and Saddle Hill Abbotsford, Brighton, Kuri Bush, Taieri Mouth, and Taieri Beach Alexandra South Post-office and Railway-station Balclutha, Stony Creek, Bishop's, Hillend, Awamangu, Pukeawa, and Pukepito Balclutha Post-office and Railway-station Cromwell and Bannockburn Bannockburn and Nevis — From 1st October to 31st May From 1st June to 30th September Dunedin Chief Post - office, Railway - station, and wharves; also supplying horse and vehicle for letter - carrier, North - east Valley, and two horses and vehicles with drivers for conveying officers of the Department, clearing city and suburban letterboxes and receivers, and delivery of letter-carriers' bags, and delivery of parcels in the city and suburbs Dunedin, North-east Harbour, Broad Bay, and Portobello Portobello and Otakou . Dunedin, Highcliffe, Pukehiki, The Camp, and Sandymount Hawea Flat and Maungawera Henley and Berwick lCT. Daily Thrice weekly Thrice weekly As required Thrice weekly As required Daily Twice weekly Weekly As_required I I £ s. d 25 0 0 75 0 0 52 0 0 90 0 0 20 0 0 135 0 0 580 0 0 Daily 1 ) 150 0 0 Thrice weekly Thrice weekly 9 63 0 0 10 11 Twice weekly Thrice weekly 40 0 0 30 0 0 Carried forward 1,260 0 0

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■l.cs'E Service, Frequenoy. Annual Subsidy. Performed under Contract—i 'xmtinued. £ s.. d. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 31 35 36 37 38 3D 10 II •12 43 14 15 16 Brought forward .. Heriot, Crookston, Dunrobin, and Parkhill.. Hinton Post-office and Railway-station .. Kaitangata and Stirling .. .. .. Kaitangata and Wangaloa .. .. Kyeburn and Kokonga Post-office and Railway-station Lawrence and Waipori .. .. .. Merton, Beaconsfield, and Evansdale Milton, Akatore, and Glenledi Mosgiel and East Taieri Naseby and Kyeburn Diggings Omakau, Matakanui, and Drybread Ophir Post-office and Omakau Railway-station Ophir, Poolburn, and Moa Creek Outram, Lee Stream, and Clarlcls Outram, Woodside, and Maungatua Owaka Post-office and Railway-station Owaka and Pounawea Owaka, Owaka Valley, Tahatika, and Purekireki Papatowai, Tarara, and Ratanui Ratanui Post-office and Catkin's River Railwaystation Ratanui, Tarara, Papatowai, and Tahakopa Patearoa and Waipiata Patearoa and Paerau .. .. .. Pembroke, Makarora Wharf, and Makarora Port Chalmers Post - office, Railway - station, and wharves Puerua, Romahapa, and Port Molyneux Purakanui Post-office and Railway-station Ratanui and Houipapa Stirling and Inch-Clutha Tapanui Post-office and Railway-station Waikoikoi Post-office and Pomahaka Railway-siding Waipiata and Gimmerburn Waipiata and Hamilton South Waitahuna and Waitahuna Gully Waitahuna, Waitahuna West, and P.uketi .. Waitepeka Post-office and Railway-station.. .. j Waiwera South, Ashley Downs, Taumata, and Clydevale Clyde, Waenga, and Cromwell .. .. Beck's and Lauder .. .. .. 'Cromwell, Lowburn Ferry, Bendigo, and Tarras .. Cromwell, Lowburn Ferry, Queensberry, Luggate, Hawea Flat, Albert Town, and Pembroke Lawrence Post-office and Railway-station Lawrence, Tuapeka West, Kononi, Tuapeka Mouth, and Greenfield Lawrence, Evans Flat, Beaumont, Rae's Junction, Island Block, Horseshoe Bend, Miller's Flat, Ettrick, Dumbarton, and Roxburgh Naseby, Eweburn, and Ranfurly Palmerston, Shag Valley, Dunback, Green Valley, and Morrison's Palmerston, Shag Valley, Dunback, Macrae's Flat, and Moonlight Pembroke, Cardrona, and Arrowtown Rough Ridge, Blackstone Hill, St. Bathan's, and Cambrian Roxburgh, Coal Creek Flat, Bald Hill Flat, and Alexandra South Clyde, Waenga, Cromwell, Kawarau Gorge, Waitiri, Gibbston, Arrowtown, Frankton, Lower Shotover, and Queenstown Tautuku and Papatowai Thrice weekly Twice weekly Daily Thrice weekly Daily Thrice weekly Daily Twice weekly Daily Weekly Thrice weekly Twice daily Thrice weekly Twice weekly Daily As required Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Weekly Daily Weekly .. Thrice weekly Weekly Weekly As required Thrice weekly Daily Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Thrice daily Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Twice weekly Daily Twice weekly Daily Thrice weekly 1,260 0 0 96 0 0 30 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 45 0 0 40 0 0 52 0 0 36 0 0 25 0 0 24 10 0 47 10 0 50 0 0 59 0 0 60 0 0 80 0 0 26 0 0 13 0 0 55 10 0 104 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 18 0 0 22 10 0 30 0 0 10 0 0 31 0 0 33 0 0 17 0 0 26 0 0 38 0 0 30 0 0 75 0 0 ■17 Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly As required Thrice weekly ;- -2,604 15 0 Daily Daily Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Weekly .. Daily Thrice weekly Thrice weekly 30 0 0 Twice weekly 48 Carried forward 5,368 15 0

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Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy. Performed under Arrange £ s. d. ir-iN i. Brought forward 5,368 15 0 17 0 0 23 8 0 10 0 0 8 0 0 25 0 0 16 0 0 .» 10 11 12 u II 15 16 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 Allanton and Momona Balclutha and Te Houka Clarksville Post-office and Railway-siding Clinton and Popotunoa Deep Stream and Clark's Dunback and Stoneburn Dunedin, Anderson's Bay, and Caversham Dunedin North North-east Valley South Dunedin And conveyance of letter-carriers Dunedin and Mornington Dunedin and Mount Cargill Dunedin and Roslyn Dunedin and Whare Flat Forsyth Post-office and Railway-station Glenore Post-office and Railway-station Goodwood and Flag Swamp Green Island Post - office and Abbotsford Railway - station Henley Post-office and Railway-station Heriot and Moa Flat Estate (rural delivery) Kaka Point and Port Molyneux Kakapuaka Post-office and Railway-siding Katea Post-office and Hunt's Road Railway-siding .. Kononi and Rongahere Lawrence, Weatherstone, and Bluespur Miller's Flat Post-office and coach Milton and Moneymore Milton and Table Hill Milton and Waronui (Fortification), (conveying correspondence each way) Mosgiel Post-office and Railway-station Daily Twice weeklv Daily Weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly I As required Twice daily Twice weekly Twice daily Twice weekly Thrice weekly Daily Daily Twice daily 110 10 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 8 0 0 17 18 1!) 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 Twice daily Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Daily Thrice weekly Twice weeklv Daily Daily Thrice weekly Twice weeklv Daily 15 0 0 45 0 0 12 0 0 5 0 0 20 0 0 12 0 0 35 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 41 ■12 13 North Taieri Post-office and Railway-siding Otokia Post-office and Railway-siding Papatowai and Kahuika Pembroke and Cardrona.. Port Chalmers and Otago Heads Toiro Post-office and Railway-siding Warrington Post-office and Railway-station Cromwell and Lowburn Ferry Omakau and Matakanui Wedderburn Post-office and Railway-station Tahakopa and Whai'iiai'imu Houipapa and Tawanui North-east Harbour Post-office and coach .. As required, 6d. per trip, say Dailv Daily Weekly Weekly, £1 per trip (winter service) Thrice Daily .. Daily .. Weekly Thrice weeklyj Twice daily Weekly Weekly Daily 7 10 0 15 0 0 8 0 0 14 0 0 26 0 0 5 0 0 18 0 0 5 0 0 7 16 0 20 0 0 io 0 0 18 4 0 10 8 0 5 0 0 I«88 contribution by settlers 6,062 li 22 10 0 0 Total £6,040 1 0

hS-ssI ■Sio'EI Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy. Performed under Contract. £ s. d. 1 Arrowtown and Macetown .. .. .. Twice weekly 2 Arrowtown, Lower Shotover, Frankton, and Queens- Four times weekly . town Carried forward 30 70 0 0 0 0 100 0 0

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5"S | ■a ■•- '5)6 fc Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy, Performed under Contract—« mtinued. £ s. d. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Brought forward Athol and Nokomai Bluff and Ruapuke Island Brown's, Hokonui, and Spring Hills Centre Bush Railway-siding and Otapiri Gorge Colac Bay and Round Hill Edendale, Menzies' Ferry, and Seaward Downs Fortrose, Otara, and Haldane Fortrose, Tokonui Gorge, Quarry Hills, Niagara, and Waikawa Fortrose and Waimahaka Railway-station Weekly Fortnightly Twice weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly Twice weekly Twee weekly Thrice weekly 100 0 0 25 0 0 45 0 0 35 0 0 23 8 0 30 0 0 28 0 0 41 12 0 75 0 0 11 Daily, and extra trip one way weeklv Weekly (Oct.-May).. Twice weekly Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Thrice weekly As required, 6d. per load, say Twice weekly Daily Weekly 36 0 0 12 13 14 15 16 18 Garston and Nevis, via Upper Nevis Glencoe and Hedgehope Railway-station Glenorchy and Paradise Gore and Croydon Bush Gore, East Chatton, Chatton, and Otama Invercargill Chief Post-office *and Railway-station 35 0 0 15 0 0 12 10 0 15 0 0 52 0 0 100 0 0 19 20 21 22 Invercargill and Otatara Invercargill, Waikiwi, Lome, and Wallacetown Kapuka and Waituna .. .. .. Lumsden, Mossbum, The Key, and Te Anau— 1st May to 31st October 1st November to 30th April 12 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 Weekly Twice weekly 15s. a week for weekly service, LumsdenMossbum, 24th June-31st Oct., say i i 350 0 0 13 10 0 23 21 25 26 27 28 29 30 I 31 32 33 3435 Manapouri and Hillside Creek — 1st May to 31st October 1st November to 30th April Mataura and Ferndale Mataura and Tuturau Mataura and Waimumu .. .. .. Merino Downs anil Dickie's Bridge Mill Road, Myross Bush, Roslyn Bush, Grove Bush and Mabel Bush Mossbum and Matuku — 1st May to 31st October 1st November to 30th April Muddy Creek and Weni lonside Niagara and Chasland's Nightcaps, Opio, and Annandale Ord's Crossing and South Hillend Orepuki, Waihoaka, TeWaewae.Te Tua, andTuatapere Otautau, Orawia, Eastern Bush, Clifden, Mangapiri, and Blackmount Otautau, Orawia, Eastern Bush, and Clifden Otautau and Scott's Gap Otautau Post-office and Railway-station .. Papatotara and Tuatapere Paterson's Inlet and Half-moon Bay ; and delivering and collecting correspondence at settlements in Paterson's Inlet and South-west Bay (in Glory Harbour) ' Pukerau and Benio Pukerau, Kaiwera, and Otaraia Queenstown, Arthur's Point, and Malaghan's .. Queenstown and Moke Creek Queenstown, Arthur's Point, Maori Point, and Skipper's Queenstown Post-office and steamers Riversdale and Waikaia .. • .. .. Riversdale and Wendon Riverton, Gummie's Bush, and Groper's Bush Riverton Post-office and Railway-station Weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly Weekly Twice weeklv Twice weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Twice weekly Weekly i i 38 0 0 20 0 0 39 0 0 26 0 0 20 0 0 59 16 0 24 0 0 29 17 6 52 0 0 34 15 0 28 0 0 37 0 0 82 0 0 36 37 38 39 40 Weekly Twice weekly As required Weekly Weekly 45 0 0 18 0 0 16 0 0 12 0 0 85 0 0 41 42 43 ■14 46 Twice weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly Weekly Twice weekly 18 0 0 30 0 0 26 0 0 20 0 0 70 0 0 46 17 ■18 49 60 As required Daily Twice weekly Thrice weekly As required 32 10 0 70 0 0 21 10 0 45 0 0 26 0 0 Carried forward 2,092 8 6

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en -r •a 5 £ Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy Performed under Contract—cv ntinued. £ s. d. 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 Brought forward Skipper's and Upper Shotover Thombury, Isla Bank, and Drummond Tussock Creek and Wilson's Crossing Waianiwa and Otahuti Waianiwa and Spar Bush Waikaka and Greenvale Waikaka and Wendon Valley Wairio and Aparima West Plains Post-office and Railway-station Wild Bush and Main Road Winton, Oreti and Heddon Bush Woodlands and Dacre Wyndham, Glenham, and Pine Bush Wyndham and Mimihau.. Wyndham and Mokoreta Balfour and Hiwiroa Waianiwa and Taramoa Riversdale and Kaweku W'aipounamu Post-office and coach on RiversdaleWaikaia Road Nightcaps and Wairaki (no P.O.) (rural delivery) i Weekly .. Daily Twice weekly Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly Twice weekly Daily Thrice weekly Thrice -weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly Daily 2 092 8 6 15 0 0 96 0 0 12 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 24 14 0 37 1 0 25 0 0 18 0 0 10 0 0 65 0 0 25 0 0 44 0 0 30 0 0 48 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 19 0 0 15 12 0 70 Weekly 30 0 0 Performed under Arrange: [ENT. 1 2 Dalmore Post-office and Railway-siding Glade House and Milford Sound (November to April, inclusive) Glenorchy Post-office and Wharf Haldane Post-office and Slope Point Kingston and Queenstown Kinloch Post-office and Wharf Makarewa Post-office and Railway-station Middlevale Post-offioe and Railway -station.. Queenstown, Glenorchy, Kinloch, and Creighton Te Anau and Glade House (November to April, inclusive) Waikawa Valley and Main Road .. Wright's Bush Post-office and Railway-station Clifden and Wairoto (rural delivery) Waikaka Post-office and Railway-station .. Waikaka Valley Post -office and Railway-station Daily Fortnightly 8 0 0 25 0 0 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Twice weekly Twice weekly Daily Twice weeklv .. j Thrice weekly Daily .. ..I Twice weekly Twice weekly, £2 per trip, say Thrice weekly .. j Daily Weekly .. Daily ' .. Daily .. .. 7 10 0 6 0 0 500 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 4 0 0 55 0 0 110 0 0 7 0 0 7 10 0 15 0 0 31 4 0 15 0 0 UCT 111 U 11 12 13 14 15 Less contribution by other Department 3,467 19 6 70 0 0 3,467 19 70 0 6 0 Total £3,397 19 6 £3,397 19 6 Grand total £i £62,928 14 .62,928 14 4 1