INLAND MAIL-SERVICES, 1912-1913. [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, 1912 Session II, F-03

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INLAND MAIL-SERVICES, 1912-1913. [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 Houses of the General Assembly by Cunfuand of His Excellency.

Post and Telegraph Department, General Post Office, Wellington, 3rd June, 1912. The following is a list of inland mail-services being performed under contract or arrangement within the Dominion as on the Ist April, 1912. By order. H. G. Ell, Postmaster-General.

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OS **-t ff> •a> d E 03 a? Service. Frequency. j Annual Subsidy. Peefobmed undee Cont: ACT. £ s. d. Auckland Chief Post - office, Railway - station, and Wharves Delivery of letter-carriers' extra bags Also delivery of parcels in city and suburbs As required V 1,649 0 0 As required Twice daily in city, and once in suburbs Thrice daily J 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Auckland (clearing receivers within a radius of four miles of Chief Post-office) Auckland landing service (landing and shipping mails from, and to vessels in stream)-' Avondale, Titirangi, Brooklynn, and Huia Awanui Landing, Awanui, and Kaitaia Awhitu Wharf, Awhitu, and Awhitu Central Birkenhead, Glenfield, Albany, and Dairy Flat . . Cambridge, Leamington, Pukerimu, and Kaipaki And Cambridge and Monavale Cambridge and Maungatautari Cambridge Post-office and Railway-station Coromandel, Amodeo Bay, and Cabbage Bay Coromandel Post-office and Wharf Coromandel, Te Rerenga, and Whangapoua Devonport, Takapuna, Oneroa, Redvale, Silverdale, Orewa, Waiwera, and Puhoi Drnry, Ramarama, and Bombay Ellerslie, Panmure, Pakuranga, and Howick Fairburn's, Victoria Valley, and Takahue As required Weekly Twice weekly Four times weeklv .. Thrice weekly Daily Thrice weekly Thrice weekly As required Weekly As required Weekly Weekly 1,099 0 0 200 0 0 40 0 0 40 16 0 60 0 0 75 0 0 161 0 0 I 22 10 0 30 0 0 39 0 0 55 0 0 27 10 0 156 0 0 15 17 Daily Twice daiiy Twice weekly 67 0 0 100 0 0 52 0 0 Carried forward 3,873 16 0

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03 trr 03 \ In ° ° ■a, o 't i Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy. p5 oo I Peefobmed undee Contract — continued. £ s. d. Brought forward .. . . . . I . . 3,873 16 0 18 Frankton Junction, Hamilton Post-office, Hamilton As required .. 150 0 0 Railway-station, and Hamilton East 19 Hairini and Te Awamutu . . . . . . Daily . . .. 35 0 0 20 Hamilton, Claudelands, and Rototuna . . . . I Daily . . . . 45 0 0 21 Hamilton, Hamilton East, Tamahere, Pukeroro, and ; Daily . . .. 75 0 0 Cambridge 22 Hamilton, Whatawhata, Waitetuna, Te Uku, Okete, Thrice weekly .. 210 0 0 and Raglan 23 Hangatiki Railway-station and Waitomo Caves .. Twice daily in summer 26 0 0 when convenient; daily in winter 24 Helensville, Parakai .. . . . . .. Daily .. .. ) 57 o 0 And Parkhurst .. .. . . .. Twice weekly .. 1 25 Hikurangi, Marua, and Whananaki .. . . Twice weekly .. 44 10 0 26 Houhora Landing, Pukenui, and Houhora . . .. j As required . . 25 0 0 27 Houhora, W'aihopo, Tekao, and Parenga .. . . Fortnightly .. 48 0 0 28 Howick and Whitford .. .. .. . . Thrice weekly .. 30 0 0 29 Kaiaua, Miranda, Maramarua, and Maungatawhiri . . Weekly .. .. 76 0 0 31 Kaipara Flats, Streamlands, and Warkworth . . Four times weekly .. 175 0 0 32 Kaitaia, Pukepoto, Ahipara, and Herekino.. ... Twice weekly .. 121 4 6 33 Kamo, Ruatangata, Aponga, and Moengawahine . . Twice weekly .. 50 0 0 34 Kawakawa, Pakaraka, Ohaeawai, Te Ahuahu, Okai- Thrice weekly .. 1 hau, Marangai, Utakura, Maraeroa, and Horeke y 450 0 0 And Ohaeawai, Ngawha, and Kaikohe .. .. | Weekly . . • ■ J 35 Kihikihi, Pukeatua, and Waimanu (rural delivery) . . ! Thrice weekly .. 42 0 0 36 Mangaohae, Moeatoa, Kiritehere, and Marokopa .. ; Weekly .. . . 50 0 0 37 Mangapai, Moewhare, Ruarangi, and Waikiekie .. Thrice weekly .. 40 0 0 38 Mangonui and Kaeo .. .. . . .. Weekly ..' .. 100 0 0 39 Mangonui, Oruru, Komiti, Peria, Kaiaka. Fairburns, Thrice weekly .. 250 0 0 Rangitihi, and Kaitaia 40 Mangonui and Taipa .. .. .. .. Twice weekly .. 30 0 0 41 Manurewa, Alfriston, and Brookby .. .. Thrice weekly .. 45 0 0 42 Marsden Point, Lower Ruakaka, and Waipu .. Thrice weekly .. 165 0 0 43 Matangi, Eureka, and Tauwhare .. . . .. Daily .. . . 69 0 0 45 Mercer, Churchill, Glen Murray Landing, and Glen Twice weekly . . 40 0 0 Murray Post-office 46 Morrinsville and Kiwitahi (wayside deliver)-) . . Twice weekly . • ■ "1 Morrinsville Post-office and Railway-station .. As required . . y 100 0 0 Morrinsville and Tahuna .. . . .. Twice weekly .. J 47 Ngaruawahia, Te Akatea, Huntly Fingerpost, Wai- Thrice weekly .. ngaro, and Raglan Landing y 150 0 0 And Waingaro, Waimai, and Pepepe .. •... Weekly .. • • J 48 Ngaruawahia, Te Kowhai, Whatawhata . . .. Daily . . • • 1 And Karamu Creamery, Te Pahu, and Harapepe Daily in summer; I .„„ Creamery thrice weekly in j winter j 49 Ngunguru and Kiripaka .. . . . , Thrice weekly .. 48 0 0 50 Ohaeawai, Ngawha, Kaikohe, and Taheke . . . . Twice weekly .. 85 0 0 51 Ohaeawai, Waimate North, Kerikeri, and Waipapa . . Weekly .. .. n ,_ - . And W'aimate North and Ohaeawai . . . . Weekly, one way only ' 1 52 Ohaeawai, Waimate North, Waipapa, and Kaeo .. Weekly .. .. I 150 0 0 53 Ohaupo and Paterangi . . .. .. .. Daily . . . . I 44 0 0 54 Ohaupo and Tuhikaramea .. . . .. Thrice weekly .. 27 0 0 55 Ohinewai, Waiterimu, and Matahuru .. .. Twice weekly .. 40 0 0 56 Okaihau, Rangiahua, Umawera, Taikawhana, and Weekly .. .. j 49 10 0 Mangamuka 57 Okoroire Post-office and Railway-station .. As required . . j 25 0 0 58 Omapere, Waiotemarama, and Waimarnaku .. Twice weekly .. h aq 10 n And Waimarnaku and Wekaweka . . . . Weekly .. .. 60 ' Ongarue, Matiere, Nihoniho, and Ohura .. .. Daily, 1st Nov. to 265 0 0 30th April ; thrice j weekly, 1st May to 31st October 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 50 57 58 60 ; Carried forward , . .. . , i .. 7,540 10 6 7,540 10 (i

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Iks £ Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy. Peefobmed under Contract —c :oniinued. £ s. d. 61 62 64 65 Brought forward Oparau Ferry and Kawhia Opuawhanga, Helena Bay, Whangaruru, and Punaruku Pahi and Paparoa .. . ■ • • • • j Papakura, Ardmore, Clevedon South, and Clevedon.. Thrice weekly Weekly Thrice weekly Daily ; twice on Saturday j Thrice weekly Daily .. 7,540 10 6 34 10 0 27 15 0 70 0 0 65 0 0 66 67 Papakura, Whitiki, and Hunua .. .. - - j Papatoetoe Railway-station, Post-office, and East Tamaki Patumahoe and Waiau Pa (rural delivery) Pirongia, Puketotara, Te Rauamoa, and Oparau Ferry | Pokeno, Pokeno Valley, Maungatawhiri, and Maungatawhiri Valley 42 0 0 30 0 0 68 69 71 Thrice weekly 1 Thrice weekly Daily in . summer ; thrice weekly in winterTwice weekly Four times weekly .. Twice weekly Daily 27 15 0 225 0 0 52 0 0 72 73 74 75 Titoki and Parakao . . .. • • Port Albert and Wellsford .. • • Puhoi and Ahuroa Pukekohe, Patumahoe, Mauku, Pukeoware, and Waiuku Pukekohe and Pukekohe East .. .. Pukekohe and Puni Putaruru and Lichfield Putaruru and Mokai Putaruru and Waotu Raglan, Te Mata, and Aotea Rangi Point, Mitimiti, and Whangape Rangiriri Railway-station and Post-office Raurimu and Kaitieke (wayside delivery) Rawene, Omanaia, Oue, and Whirinaki Rotorua, Atiamuri, Oruanui, Wairakei, and Taupo . . Rotorua Railway-station, Post-office, and Whakarewa43 0 0 70 0 0 34 10 0 110 0 0 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 Daily Daily Twice weekly Daily Twice weekly Twice weekly Weekly I Daily Twice weeklyWeekly Weekly ,. As required 50 0 0 42 10 0 25 0 0 52 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 54 10 0 22 0 0 40 0 0 26 0 0 125 0 0 50 0 0 88 rewa Rotorua and Waiotapu Daily in summer; thrice weekly in winter Weekly Weekly As required Twice weekly Daily Thrice weekly in summer ; twice weekly in winter Daily 100 0 0 89 90 91 Russell and Purerua Tairua, Whenuakite, and Whitianga Taumarunui Post-office and Railway-station And River Landing-place Taupiri and Gordonton Taupo and Tokaanu 30 0 0 50 0 0 } 70 0 0 92 93 40 0 0 250 0 0 94 Te Awamutu Post-office, Railway-station, Mangapiko, and Pirongia Kaiwaka, Maungaturoto, Rowsell's, Paparoa Matakohe, Maungaturoto, and Waipu Te Hana, North Albertland, and Te Arai Te Kuiti, Oparure, Mairoa, Ngapaenga, and Maiigaohae Te Kuiti, Arapae, Piopio, and Aria And Paemako and Mahoenui Te Kuiti Post-office and Railway-station Te Mata and Raglan-Hamilton Road | Tokatoka Landing Service and Rehia | Totara North, Saies, and Whangaroa Tuakau and Onewhero Tuakau and Pukekawa Waiharara and Kaimaumau Waihou Railway-station and Post-office Waiotapu, Muripara, and Te Whaiti Waiotapu, Wairakei, and Taupo 45 0 0 96 Twice weekly Weekly Twice weekly Weekly 138 10 4 97 98 37 0 0 99 0 0 99 Thrice weekly Twice weekly As required Twice weekly As required Thrice weekly Daily Thrice weekly As required As required Weekly Daily in summer; thrice weekly in winter ( 160 0 0 100 101 102 103 105 106 107 108 109 110 75 0 0 25 0 0 35 0 0 65 0 0 28 0 0 35 0 0 30 0 0 25 0 0 . 59 10 0 250 0 0 Carried forward 10,581 0 10

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too (, Xt^ui Service. Frequency. Annual SubsidyPerformed under Contract— •ontinued. £ s. d. Ill 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 Brought forward Te Kauwhata Railway-station, Te Kauwhata, and Waerenga Post-office Waiuku, Waipipi, Kohekohe, and Pollok Settlement Waiwera, between steamer and Post-office Waiwera and Upper Waiwera Warkworth, Matakana, Big Omaha, Whangateau, and Leigh Wellsford, Whangaripo, and Pakiri W T hakapara, Otonga, and Opuawhanga Whakapirau, Marohemo, Rowsell's, and Maungaturoto Whangape and Herekino Whangarei and Kiripaka Whangarei, Mangapai Wharf, and Mangapai Whangarei, Maungatapere, Poroti, and Titoki Whangarei Post-office, Wharf, and Railway-station Whangarei, Puwera, and Maungakaramea Whangaroa and Kaeo W T harehine, Tauhoa, Hoteo, and Hoteo Railwaystation Matamata and Okauia Te Awamutu, Mangapiko, and Pirongia Whangarei and Tangiteroria Cambridge and Frankton Junction Railway-station .. Towai Post-office and Railway-station Aukopae and Roto Matiere and Otangiwai Glen Murray and Woodleigh Raglan Landing and Raglan Ruawai, Matakohe, and Paparoa Onctea and Parakao Kihikihi and Wharepuhunga Russell, Rawhiti, and Cape Brett Kohukohu, Paponga, and Broadwood Otorohanga, Rangiatea, and Maihiihi Dargaville Post-office, Railway-station, and Wharf. . Helensville Post-office, Railway-station, and Wharf.. Waimiha and Tangitu Morrinsville and Tauhei (rural delivery) Kaihu, Whatoro, Mangatu, and Tutamoe Kawakawa Post-office and Railway-station 10,581 0 10 Thrice weekly .. 35 0 0 Thrice weekly .. 75 0 0 As required .. 26 0 0 Thrice weekly .. 30 0 0 Weekly .. .. 46 16 0 Weekly .. .. 30 0 0 Twice weekly .. 35 0 0 Twice weekly .. 40 0 0 Weekly .. .. 32 15 6 Thrice weekly .. 43 10 0 Weekly .. .. 21 0 0 Thrice weekly .. 54 10 0 As required .. 42 10 0 Thrice weekly .. 64 0 0 Four times weekly .. 40 0 0 Twice weekly . . 48 0 0 Daily .. .. 25 0 0 Six times a week .. 60 0 0 Twice weekly .. 50 0 0 Daily .. .. 115 0 0 Five times weekly .. 26 0 0 Twice weekly .. j 25 0 0 Twice weekly .. 40 0 0 Twice weekly .. 35 0 0 Thrice weekly .. 24 0 0 Twice weekly .. 65 0 0 Weekly .. .. 21 0 0 Weekly .. .. 25 0 0 Weekly .. .. 32 0 0 Twice weekly .. 75 0 0 Weekly .. .. 23 0 0 As required .. 42 0 0 As required .. 52 0 0 Twice weekly . . 25 0 0 Twice weekly .. 26 0 0 Weekly .. ,. j 23 10 0 Thirteen trips weekly, 50 0 0 at 17s. 6d. per week, say Twice daily .. 50 0 0 Daily *.. .. : 26 0 0 Weekly, 12s. 6d. per 25 0 0 trip 1st May to 31st October; 6s. per trip 1st November to 30th April, say Twice weekly .. | 25 0 0 Twice weekly .. 49 0 0 Twice weekly; 6s. per 35 0 0 trip, say Daily .. .. 40 0 0 Twice weekly .. 22 0 0 Twice weekly .. 23 0 0 Weekly . .' .. : 39 10 0 Twice daily to Kihi- \~) k i hl [ I 25 0 0 Thrice daily from > j Kihikihi .. jj Twice weekly in 40 0 0 summer; weekly in winter .. Daily .-. .. I 31 4 0 150 151 152 Auckland and Takapuna Ruakohua, Waiuku, and Pukekohe Road Silverdale, Red Vale, and Dairy Flat y 153 154 155 Waingaro, Te Akau, and Mangati Ohura and Tatu Cambridge and Whitehall 156 157 158 159 160 Hamilton and Rukuhia (rural delivery) Mititai and Arapohue Tangowahine-Onetea Kaihu, Whatoro, Mangatu, and Tutamoe Te Awamutu Railway-station, Te Awamutu Post-office And Kihikihi.. 161 W'aikumete-Karekare 162 Matamata and Taihoa Carried forward 12,535 6 4

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in UH 4> Servioe. Frequenoy. j Annual Subsidy. Performed under Arrange: [ENT. £ s. d. I 3 4 Brought forward Ahuroa, Koinokoriki, and Glorit Aria and Kaeaea Auckland Suburban Post-offices and Chief Post-office Weekly Weekly Hourly between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Weekly As required As required Weekly W'eekly As required Weekly Weekly As required Thrice weekly Twice daily Twice weekly Weeklv Daily Fortnightly As required Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Daily in summer; thrice weekly in winter Twice weekly Weekly Weekly Twice weekly Weekly Weekly, and additional weekly service from October to April, at 2s. per week, say Weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly Weekly Twice weekly Weekly Twice weekly Thrice weeklv ; 6s. per week, say Weekly Twice weekly As required Twice weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly Weeklv Weekly Thrice weekly Daily Twice weekly Weekly Twice weekly As required As required Weekly Weekly Weekly 12,535 6 4 18 10 0 20 0 0 257 0 0 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 N 15 16 17 19 21 22 23 24 25 27 Awanui and Mangatete Awanui Post-office and Wharf Awanui and Waipapakauri Awhitu Central and Manukau Heads Awhitu Wharf and Oroua Bay Big Omaha Post-office and Steamer Bombay and Paparata Cabbage Bay and Port Charles Cabbage Bay Post-office and Wharf Cambridge and Karapiro Cambridge and Leamington Cambridge and Rotoorangi Clevedon, Ness Valley, and Moumoukai Coromandel and Driving Creek Coromandel and Kennedy's Bay Coromandel Landing Service Dargaville, Aoroa, Aratapu, and Te Kopuru Frankton J unction and Koroniatua Harapepe and Harapepe Creamery 7 16 0 4 0 0 10 0 0 12 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 6 0 0 25 0 0 16 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 17 0 0 20 0 0 13 0 0 6 0 0 19 10 0 11 0 0 10 0 0 28 29 30 31 32 33 Henderson and Te Atatu Hikurangi and Tanekaha Houhora and Waihopo Hukerenui and Paiaka Hukerenui and Riponui Hukerenui and Tapuhi 7 .10 0 5 0 0 18 0 0 7 16 0 4 0 0 ■> 7 .16 0 3 0 0 34 35 36 37 38 10 H 43 Huntly and Pukemiro .. .. Huntly and Ruawaro Hunua and Paparimu Kaeo, Otoroa, and. Matauri Bay Kaihu and Aranga Kaimaumau Landing Service Kaiwaka and Hakaru Kamo Post-office and Railway-station 12 0 0 20 0 0 7 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 LI 0 0 ' 20 0 0 15 12 0 11: 15 16 17 48 L-9 50 51 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 Kamo and Ruatangata East Kaukapakapa and Parakakau . . Kaukapakapa Railway-station and Post-office Kawhia and Hauturu Kawhia, Te Maika, and Waiharakeke And Kinohaku Kinohaku, Taumatatotara, and Awamarimo Kinohaku and Waerengahou Kiokio Railway-station and Post-office Kohukohu and Rawene Komiti and Paranui Kuaotunu and Whitianga Makarau Railway-station and Post-office Mangapai Post-office and Wharf Mangawai Post-office and Steamer Mangawai and Tara Mangonui and Kohumaru Mangonui and Taemaro 6 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 20 0 0 16 0 0 15 0 0 6 0 0 10 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 Carried forward 13,480 16 4:

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-t J 03 <*-t. 03 ° .3 l$r2 « a £- 03 ! Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy. Frequency. _ i . Peefobmed under Arrangement— continued. £ a. <|. 63 64 Brought forward .. .. j 13.480 16 4 Matakana and Tawharanui .. .. . . Weekly . . . . I 10 0 0 Matakohe and Ararua .. .. .. .. Twice weekly in sum- 15 0 0 mer; weekly in winter ; £10 as from 1st Sept. to 30th April; 7s. 6d. per ' trip from 1st May to 31st August, say Matakohe Landing Service .. .. As required .. 17 17 7 Matakohe and Oparakau .. .. .. Twice weekly .. 10 0 0 Matakohe and Waihungarua . . .. .. Twice weekly . . 10 0 0 Maungakaramea and Tangiteroria. . .. ... Weekly .. .. , 1.9 16 0 Maungatawhiri and Maramarua .. .. . . ! Twice weekly .-. . 17 7 6 Muripara and Te Houhi .. .. .. .. J Weekly .. .. I 19 19 9 Northcote Post-office and Wharf .. .. . . Weekly ; 2s. per trip, 5 4 0 65 66 67 70 71 73 74 74a 75 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 96 97 98 100 101 102 103 105 106 108 109 say Ohautira and, Ngaruawahia-Raglan Road .. . . Weekly . . . ■-. 5 0 0 Ohinewai and Te Hoe .. . . . . ;. Weekly . . '.'••' 15 0 0 Okupu and Awanga . . .. .. .. Weekly . . .'. 10 0 0 Okupu Landing Service . . .. .. As required .'. ' j 6 10 0 Onewhero and Port W 7 aikato . . .. .. Weekly . . .. 16 0 0 Onewhero and Te Hirua .. . . . . Thrice weekly . . J 2 10 0 Onewhero and Wairamarama .. .. .. Twice weekly . . ! 13 0 0 Ongarue Post-office and Railway-station .. .. As required . . j 10 0 0 Oparau Post-office and Ferry . . .. As required ... 1000 Opua and Waihaha . . .. . . .. Weekly . . .. 9 0 0 Pahi and Matakohe . . . . . . As required .. 5 0 0 Pahi Post-office and Steamer . . .. As required .. 5 0 0 Paparoa and Mareretu . . . . .. . . ! Weekly . . .. 20 0 0 Parakao and Pakotai .. . . .. . . ! Twice weekly . . 17 0 0 Parua Bay Post-office and Landing .. . . j Twice weekly .. 10 0 0 Parua Bay, Whangarei Heads Post - office, and I Weekly . . .. 19 10 0 Whangarei Heads Landing Peria and Te Koroa ... .. . . • .. j Weekly . . .. 10 0 0 Pirongia and Te Rore .. .. .. . . Thrice weekly ... 15 0 0 Pokeno and Razorback .. .. .. . . | Thrice weekly . . 18 0 0 Port Fitzroy and Motairehe .. . . . . Fortnightly .. 110 0 Port Fitzroy Post-office and Steamer .. . . i Weekly . . . . 110 0 Pouto Post-office and Steamer .. .. .. Four times weekly .. 10 0 0 Ramarama and Ararimu. . .. .. .. j Twice weekly .. j 20 0 0 Raurimu Post-office and Railway-station . . . . As required .. 10 8 0 Rawene and Whakarapa. . .. .. .. j Weekly .. .. .15 0 0 Riverhead Post-office and Wharf .. .. .. j Thrice weekly .. 10 0 0 Ruakiwi and Waingaro Settlement .. .. Twice weekly . . 16 0 0 Russell and Manawaora . . . . . . .. Weekly .. ;. 8 0 0 St. Helier's Post-office and WharL .. .. Twice daily .. 20 0 0 St. Helier's, Tamaki West, and St, John's College ] Daily .. .. 15 0 0 private bag Streamlands Post-office and Coach .. .. j Four times weekly .. 5 0 0 Taheke and Waima .. .. .. .. Twice weekly .. 8 0 0 Taipa and. Whatuwhiwhi .. .. . . Weekly . . . . 6 0 0 Tairua and Hikuai .. . . % .. ... Four times weekly .. I 20 0 0 Tairua and Opoutere .. .. . . .. Weekly . . .. 15 0 0 Tairua Post-office and Wharf . . .. . . Weekly .. . . 4 10 0 Tangowahine Post-office and Steamer . . .. As required . . 10 0 0 Tauhoa and Mangakura . . .. . . . . Twice weekly .. 9 9 0 Taumarere Railway-station and Post-office . . I Twice weekly . . 10 0 0 Taumarunui and Matapuna .. .. .. Daily .. .. 13 0 0 Taumarunui and Otunui. . .. .. .. j Weekly .. .. 10 0 0 Taupiri and Orini .. .. . . . . Thrice weekly .. 15 0 0 Taurikura and Aubrey Point . . . . .. J Twice weekly .. 5 0 0 Te Hana Post-office and Railway-station .. .. I Four times weekly . . 17 10 0 Carried forward .. .. .. ' .. 14,110 18 2 110 111 112 113 114 115 117 118 119 120 121 123 125 127

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--Co .9 .-S ■ Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy. Performed under Arrangement— continued,. £ s . d. 128 129 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 143 1.44 j 145 146 147 149 151 152 153 154 156 157 ' 158 159 160 161 162 . 163 i 164 ; 165 ! 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 ! 176 177 178 ■ 179 I 180 ■ 181 182 ; 183 i 186 187 188 190 191 192 193 128 129 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 143 144 145 146 147 149 151 152 153 154 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 Brought forward .. .. ..I- .. 14,110 18 2 Te Kapa Landing'Service . . . . .. j Thrice weekly .. 20 0 0 Te Kopuru and Red Hill .. ... .. 'Weekly .. .". 15 0 0 Te Whaiti and Ruatahuna . . . . .. Fortnightly . . 10 0 0 Tirau and Tapapa. .. . . .. .. Weekly .. .. 12 0 0 Titoki and Houto .. . . .. • - j Twice weekly Tokaanu Landing and Post-office .. .. .. j As required .. 20 0 0 Tokatoka Post-office and Wharf .. .. .'.As required .. | 5 0 0 Towai and Koraha . . .. .. - - Twice weekly .. j 12 0 0 Towai and Marlow .. .. .. - - Weekly .. .. 10 0 0 Towai and Ruapekapeka . . .. .. j Twice weekly . . 20 0 0 Tryphena Landing and shipping mails .. .. As required .. j 6 0 0 Tutamoe and Waimatenui .. .. .. Twice weekly .. 1 30 0 0 Silverdale and Nanahu .. .. .. .. Weekly .. .. j 10 0 0 Silverdale Post-office and Wharf .. .. . ' .. I As required .. j 10 0 0 Silverdale and Upper Orewa . . .. .. j Twice weekly ., 5 0 0 Waerenga and Okaeria .. .. . - .. Twice weekly .. 10 0 0 Waerenga and Taniwha .. .. .. .. Twice weekly .. 15 0 0 Waharoa and Wardville .. .. .. .'. Daily .. .. 15 0 0 Waikumete and Oratia .. .. .. .. Daily .. .. 12 0 0 Waiotemarama and Kawerua .. .. ... Weekly .. .. ' 7 0 0 Waipapa and Kerikeri .. .. .. .. Weekly .. .. I 13 0 0 Waiuku and Akaaka .. . . . . . . I Twice weekly .. ; 10 0 0 : Waiuku and Otaua .. .. .. .. Thrice weekly .. j 19 10 0 Walton Post-office and Railway-station . . . . I Twice daily .. j 3 0 0 Warkworth, Matakana Lower, and Mullet Point .. Weekly .. .. ! 20 0 0 Wayby and Hoteo North .. ... .. Weekly .. 12 10 0 Wayby Post-office and Railway-station . . .. Twice weekly .. j 15 0 0 Whakapirau Post-office and Steamer .. . . As required . . j 5 0 0 Whangapara Landing Service .. . . . . Weekly .. . . | 4 0 0 ! Whangaparaoa Post-office and Steamer .. . . As required .. I 5 0 0 j Whangarei and Kaitara .. .. .. .. Weekly .. .. 12 0 0 : Whangarei and Limestone .. . . . . Twice weekly .. 10 0 0 Whangarei and Parua Bay . . . . .. Weekly .. . . 7 0 0 Whangarei Town Wharf and Railway Wharf .. As required ; 7s. 4d. 5 0 0 per trip, say Onerahi, Waikaraka, and Parua Bay .. . . Weekly .. .. 18 0 0 Whangarei and Whareora .. . . . . Weekly .. .. 13 0 0 Whangarei Heads Post-office and Landing .. Weekly .. .. 8 0 0 WTiitianga and Gumtown .. .. . . As required ; £1 per 12 0 0 month, say Roto and Tokirima .. .. .. . . Twice weekly .. 15 0 0 Pakotai and Nukutawhiti .. .. .. Twice weekly .. 5 0 0 Awarata, Junction of Ohura and Toroto Roads . . Twice weekly .. 10 0 0 Piopio, Mangaotaki, and Haku .. .. .. Weekly .. ... 25 0 0 Ponga and Hunua Siding . . .. Twice weekly ... 10 0 0 Te Awamutu Railway-station and Post-office .. To meet M.T. Express 15 0 0 ■ Maungatapere and Otuhi .. .. .. Weekly .. .. 13 0 0 I Rawene and Motukaraka .. .. .. Twice weekly .. 15 10 0 i-Ngongotaha Post-office and Railway-station .. Twice daily .. 5 0 0 I Te Mata and Te Papatapu . . . . . . Weekly .. .. 10 0 0 ; Kaihu and Rotorima . . .. .. .. Weekly . . .. 9 0 0 ! Papakura and Clevedon .. .. . . . . Daily from Mondays 20 0 0 to Fridays Te Awamutu and Pokuru .. .. .. Twice weekly .. j 8 0 0 Mairoa and Mangeao .. .. . . . . Weekly .. .. 13 0 0 i Pokeno, Pokeno Valley, and Maungatawhiri .. Weekly from 1st Sep- 11 14 0 tember to 31st May at 6s. per trip, say Orewa and Waiwera . . . . .. .. Twice weekly . . 10 0 0 Taringamotu Railway-station and Post-office . . Daily .. .. I Kawhia and Pukeinoi . . . . .. . . Weekly . . .. 5 2 0 Mangakahia and Titoki .. .. .. .. Twice weekly .. j 12 0 0 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 186 187 188 190 191 192 193 Carried forward .. .. .. .. 14,759 4 2 14,759 4 2

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF THAMES.

55 *** t -p o o Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy Performed under Arrangement■continued. £ s. d. 194 195 196 197 198 Brought forward .. Te Mapara Post-office and Junction Main Road Amodeo Bay Post-office and Steamer Maraetai Post-office and Wharf Mangonui and Lake Ohia Taupo Post-office and Lake Landing Twice weekly As required As required Twice weekly As required ; Is. per trip, say Weekly Thrice weekly As required ; 15s. per j trip, say .. < Weekly ; Is. per trip, I 14,759 4 2 8 0 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 12 0 0 13 0 0 199 200 201 i Kaikohe and Ohaeawai Kauroa and Hamilton-Raglan Road Te Arai and Mangawai .. 12 0 0 7 0 0 5 0 0 202 ! Tokatoka Wharf and Post-office .. 2 12 0 203 204 205 206 207 209 210 212 213 214 215 216 • Parua Bay and Taraunui j Kakahi Post-office and Railway-station • Kihikihi and Korakonui '. Mareretu and Taipuha Waiotapu and Rotorua Russell and Kerikeri Whakapirau and Pahi Morrinsville and Motumaoho G-ordonton and Whitikahu Kirikau and Kokakonui Landing Wainoni Post-office and Wharf Oparau Ferry, Post-office, and River-bank say j Twice weekly Twice daily Weekly Weekly Weekly from 1st May to 30th November Weekly Twice weekly ; 2s. per week, say Daily Twice weekly Thrice weekly Thrice weekly As required ; 3d. per trip, say Weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly Weekly Daily ; 3s. per week Daily Thrice weekly 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 7 11 8 10 0 0 5 4 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 Rangiriri and Awaroa River Junction Otorohanga, Otewa, and Tahaia Tangitu and Mapui Tangitu and Mokauiti Waitomo Caves - Putaki Auckland and Onehunga Waitoa Post-office and Railway-station Karapiro-Taotaoroa 10 0 0 19 0 0 6 0 0 12 0 0 15 0 0 7 16 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 Less contributions by other Departments and by settlers 15,035 7 10 208 10 0 Total 14,826 17 10

■i>o'E Service. Frequency. \ Annual Subsidy. Performed under Contract. £ s. d. 1 2 Kutarere, Waiotahi, and Waiotahi Bridge .. . . Thrice weekly Opotiki, Torere, Omaio, Te Kaha, Raukokore, and Cape Fortnightly Runaway And supplementary mail between Opotiki and Omaio Paengaroa, Pongakawa, and Matata . . .. Twice weekly Matata to Onepu Junction .. .. . . Thrice weekly Rotorua, Rotoiti, Rotoma, Te Teko, Otarere, Poro- Thrice weekly poro, Whakatane, Ohiwa, and Opotiki Taneatua and Whakatane .. . . .. Thrice weekly Tauranga, Papamoa, Te Puke, Paengaroa, Te Ngae, Thrice weekly and Rotorua Tauranga, Gate Pa, Oropi, Ngawaro, Te Pu, and Twice weekly Rotorua .. j 35 0 0 .. ! 100 0 0 h .. j \ 1,100 0 0 Carried forward 1,235 0 0 I 1,235 0 0

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03 *t-t 03 m •— '5b 6 Z 03 ry 03 Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy. Peefobmed undee Conteact —a mtinued. £ s. d. Brought forward Puriri, Nevesville, Puketui, Hikuai, and Omahu And Omahu, Wharekawa, and Otamakitai Paeroa and Komata Paeroa and Netherton Paeroa Post-office, Railway-station, and Wharves Paeroa Post-office and Steamers at the Junction, and Steamers at the Puke Taneatua, Opouriao, and Ruatoki Tauranga, Papamoa, and Te Puke Tauranga Post-office and Wharves Te Aroha, Te Aroha West, Manawaru, Shaftesbury, and Gordon Te Puke and Maketu Thames. Waiomio, and Tapu Thames Chief Post-office and Railway-station, and Steamers at Wharves Thames, Kerepehi, Rawerawe, and Patetonga Waihi, Katikati, Aongatete, Te Puna, and Tauranga Waihi Post-office and Railway-station Waikino and Waitekauri Te Puke, Papamoa, and Tauranga Tauranga and Mount Maunganui Twice weekly Weekly Daily Thrice weekly As required 1,235 0 0 4 | 112 0 0 5 6 7 40 0 0 30 0 0 1 y 195 0 0 J 8 9 10 11 Twice weekly Twice weekly As required Daily 26 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 99 0 0 12 13 14 Twice weekly Daily As required 25 0 0 15 0 0 49 0 0 15 16 17 .18 19 20 Twice weekly Thrice weekly Eight times daily .. Daily Twice weekly Thrice weekly 51 0 0 200 0 0 75 0 0 70 0 0 50 0 0 26 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Peefobmed undee Aerangi IMENT. 20 0 0 15 0 0 16 0 0 5 0 0 18 0 0 10 0 0 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 If, 17 Hikutaia Post-office and Railway-station Kopu Post-office and Railway-station Mackaytown Post-office and Railway-station Mangaiti Post-office and Railway-station Matahanea and Opotiki Ohiwa and Opotiki Ohiwa and Whakatane Omahu Post-office and Railway-station Omarumutu and Motu Road Omokoroa Post-office and junction of Tauranga Road Puriri Post-office and Railway-station Taneatua and Waingarara Thames and Kauaeranga Thames and Waitakaruru Turua Post-office and Steamer Waimana and Kutarere Wharepoa Railway-station and Post-office Daily Twice daily Daily Twice daily Weekly As required ; 7s. 6d. per trip, say As required ; 7s. 6d. per trip, say Twice daly Weekly Thrice weekly As required Weekly Twice weekly Weekly As required Weekly Daily ; 6s. per week, say As required Weekly Weekly Weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly in summer ; weekly in winter Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Weekly 10 0 0 20 0 0 2 12 0 5 0 0 35 0 0 20 0 0 14 10 0 19 10 0 5 0 0 20 0 0 15 12 0 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 Opotiki and Ohiwa and Opotiki Post-office and Wharf Oponae and Matahanea Whakatane and Taneatua Taneatua and Waimana Taneatua and Opouriao West Tauranga and Omanawa Falls Matata and Lake Rotokohio (rural delivery) 12 10 0 25 0 0 13 0 0 26 0 0 1 0 0 23 0 0 12 0 0 26 27 28 Te Puke and Tapuwae Te Puke and Te Matai Kaimai and Tauranga 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 0 0 Total 2,793 14 0

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF GISBORNE.

' & £ fc Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy. Peefobmed undee Contej .CT. £ s. d. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 I 2 3 1 5 Arataha and Arakihi Gisborne, Matawhero, Manutuke, and Muriwai Gisborne and Patutahi Gisborne, Waerengaokuri, Tiniroto, Te Reinga, Marumaru, Frasertown, and Wairoa Gisborne, Tamarau, Tatapouri, W'hangara, Pakarae, Tolaga Bay, Arero, Tokomaru Bay, Te Puia Springs, and Waipiro Bay Gisborne, Wharerata, Tarewa, Morere, Nuhaka, and Wairoa Gisborne Post-office and Wharves and Railwaystation Gisborne, Waiohika, and Waimata Valley Gisborne Wharves and vessels in roadstead Manutuke and Waingake Matawai and Johnstones (rural delivery) Motu, Toatoa, Omarumutu, and Opotiki Otoko, Rakauroa, and Matawai Patutahi, W r henuanui, Rere, and Wharekopae Port Awanui, Kahukura, Rangitukia, Te Araroa, and Hicks Bay Puha and Whatatutu .. .. ■ Te Karaka and Kanakanae Weekly Daily Daily Weekly Twice weekly Weekly As required Thrice weekly As required Twice weekly Twice weekly W r eekly Twice weekly Weekly Weekly 20 10 0 130 0 0 130 0 0 325 0 0 650 0 0 300 0 0 96 0 0 104 0 0 150 0 0 37 0 0 23 0 0 100 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 75 0 0 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Tokomaru Bay and Huiarua Tolaga Bay, flauiti, and Arataha And Ponana Tuparoa, Tapuwaeroa, and Pakihiroa Waerengaahika Post-office and Railway-station Waikohu, Whakarau, and Motu Waipiro Bay, Whareponga, Tuparoa, and Port Awanui Whatatutu and Wheturau Whatatutu and Iwiroa Beach and Post-office, Tokomaru Bay Tokomaru Bay : Steamers in roadstead Daily Twice weekly, 1st Oct. to31stMay; weekly, 1st June to 30th Sept. Weekly Twice weekly Weekly Weekly Twice daily Twice weekly Twice weekly Weekly Weekly As required As required 104 0 0 35 0 0 77 0 0 99 10 0 52 0 0 30 0 0 140 0 0 150 0 0 30 0 0 25 0 0 52 0 0 75 0 0 1 2 3 Peefobmed undee Aerang: 2MENT. 7 10 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 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 ; Is. per trip, say When steamer calls; 2s. per trip, say W T hen steamer calls.. DailyWeekly Weekly 5 Beach and Post-office, Hicks Bay.. 5 0 0 6 7 8 9 Beach and Post-office, Te Araroa Gisborne and Mangapapa <' .. Junction Gisborne Road and Hangaroa Junction of Wharekopae Road and Stock Track and Tahunga Kaiteratahi Post-office and Railway-station Lower Hangaroa and Hangaroa Makaraka Post-office and Railway-station Makauri Post-office and Railway-station Ormond Post-office and Railway-station Patutahi and Whenuanui Tolaga Bay Post-office and vessels in roadstead Waikohu and Otoko Waitakaro and Tuparoa Waikohu Post-office and Railway-station 5 0 0 5 0 0 14 0 0 15 0 0 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 Twice daily Weekly Twice daily Twice daily Twice daily Weekly W : hen steamer calls.. Twice weekly Weekly Twice weekly ; 2s. 6d. per trip, say Weekly Fortnightly 11 0 0 20 0 0 16 0 0 14 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 18 0 0 8 0 0 13 0 0 21 23 Gisborne and Tamarau Hicks Bay and Cape Runaway 5 0 0 30 0 0 i Carried forward 3,396 10 0

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF NAPIER.

l"S 8 •| d '£ Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy Performed under Arrangement■continued. £ s. d. Brought forward 24 i Gisborne, Wharerata. Tarewa, Morere, Nuhaka, and Wairoa ■M Weekly, 1st December to 30th April; £10 per month, say Weekly .. .. '■ Weekly .. .. 3,396 10 50 0 15 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 25 Whatatutu and Tahunaroa 26 Tiniroto and Kairoa 25 26 Less contributions by settlers 3.467 10 25 0 0 0 Total 3,442 10 0

s-t on ° ° ■§3 ■ '£ Service. Frequency. a»| Service. ; Annual Subsidy. L Performed under Contract. £ s. d. 1 j Aohanga, Akitio, Ora, and Ti-tree Point . . .. Thrice weekly 2 j Dannevirke Post-office and Railway-station .. As required 3 j Dannevirke, Mangatoro, Waipatiki, Weber, Ti-tree Thrice weekly j Point, Wimbledon, and Herbertville 4 Dannevirke and Umutaoroa .. .. . . Daily 5 Dannevirke, Waitahora, and. Mangatoro Valley . . Twice weekly 6 Dannevirke, Awariki, Mangahei, and Ngapaeruru . . Twice weekly t 7 Farndon. and Clive .. . . . . . . Thrice daily 8 Hastings and Haveiock North .. .. .. Thrice daily 9 Hastings and Railway-station .. .. ... As required 10 Hastings, Fernhill, and Maraekakaho .. .. Daily 11 : Hastings and Waimarama (to cover carriage private Weekly mail-bags) 12 | Hastings and Whana . . . . .. .. Twice weekly 13 ] Kiritaki, and Oriiigi Railway-station .. . . Daily 14 Maharahara West, Maharahara. and Maharahara Rail- ' Daily way-station 15 Mangatuna and Dannevirke - Weber Junction .. Thrice weekly 16 . Maraekakaho and Kereru . . . . .. Thrice weekly 17 I Napier, Port Ahuriri, Petane, and Eskdale.. .. Twice daily 18 j Napier, Awatoto, and Meeanee . . .. . . Twice daily 19 j Hastings, Kuripapango, and Mangaohane Junction . . Weekly 20 ' Napier, Rissington, Patoka, and Puketitiri .. J Thrice weekly 21 Napier, Greenmeadows, and Taradale .. . . Twice daily Taradale and Puketapu , . .. .. Twice daily Taradale and Fernhill . . .. . . _ .. Once daily 22 I Napier, Pohui, Te Haroto, Tarawera, and Taupo .. Weekly 23 i Napier Chief Post-office and Railway-station, Break- As required water, and Port Ahuriri, and distributing bags of newspapers for letter-carriers' Also clearing receiving-boxes and delivering cor- Twice daily respondence at Napier Chief Post-office 24 j Napier : Delivery of parcels throughout the town . . I Once daily 25 \ Napier, Port Ahuriri, Petane, Eskdale, Putorino, Twice weekly Mohaka, and Wairoa 26 Ongaonga and Blackburn . . .. .'. Twice weekly 27 Ongaonga and. Wakarara .. .. .. j Twice weekly 28 i Ormondville, Whetukura, and rural delivery from I Twice weekly Whetukura, Te Uri, and Mr. Dassler's house 29 | Opuatama and Nuhaka .. .. .. .. Twice weekly 30 I Ormondville, South Norsewood, and Norsewood . . Twice daily .. ! 98 0 0 .. 55 0 0 500 0 0 30 0 0 78 0 0 78 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 36 0 0 95 0 0 65 0 0 80 0 0 25 0 0 65 0 0 30 0 0 .. j 95 0 0 100 0 0 85 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 .-. y 200 o o • • J 400 0 0 I V 565 0 0 •• I i j 120 0 0 .. j 860 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 50 0 0 . . I 55 0 0 70 0 0 Carried forward .. .. .. ' Weekly Weekly 4,415 0 0 4.415 0 in

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF NAPIER— continued.

t-t n> *- © +* o © 05 ■ — '§> - & Service. Frequency. Aunual Subsidy. Performed under Contract—i '.ontinued. £ s. d. 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 11 42 13 Brought forward Petane and Te Kuta (to cover carriage of private mail-bags) I Ruatikuri and coach on Main Road : Takapau and Ashley-Clinton And Makaretu Takapau and South Makaretu (letter-delivery) . Waipawa, Tamumu, Omakere, Pourere, and Blackhead "Waipawa, Ruataniwha, and Ongaonga Waipawa Post-office and Railway-station Waipawa and Tikokino Waipatiki, Horoeka, and Waimiro Waipukurau, Wanstead, Wallingford, and Porangahau Waipukurau Post-office and Railway-station Wairoa and Frasertown Wairoa, Frasertown, and Government Accommoda-tion-house, Waikaremoana Weekly Weekly Thrice weekly Daily Twice weekly Twice weekly Twice daily As required Daily Thrice weeklyDaily As required Twice daily Twice weekly, 1st Nov. to 30th April; once weekly, 1st May to 31st Oct. Weekly .. .. i As required .. Thrice weekly Daily ..' Thrice weekly Weekly Weekly .. Weekly As required Once weekly from 1st May to 31st Oct.; £2 10s. per week, 1 I 4,415 0 52 0 42 0 103 0 40 0 40 0 60 0 24 5 49 0 50 0 130 0 33 18 50 0 275 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 45 46 17 48 Wairoa, Turiroa, and Wahanui Wairoa Post-office and vessels in river Weber and Waione and Kumeroa Frasertown-Maromauku And Bryne's Havelock North and Maraetotara Napier and Te Pohue Takapau Post-office and Railway-station Wairoa, Nuhaka, and Morere 45 0 25 0 49 15 100 0 0 0 0 0 i 45 0 0 49 50 51 52 i 25 0 40 0 30 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 53 Hatuma and Flemington (rural delivery) say Twice weekly 45 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Performed under Arrange: KENT. 20 0 10 0 10 0 20 0 17 0 20 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Anaroa and Pukehou Dannevirke and Ruaroa .-. Dannevirke and Raumati Dannevirke and Te Rehunga Hastings and Mahora Hastings and Pukahu Kaikora North, Patangata, Elsthorpe, Mangakuri, and Te Apiti Mohaka and coach on Main Road Napier and Pakowhai Napier and Wairoa Daily Daily Daily Daily Twice daily Daily Daily 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 y Nuhaka and Mangaone Valley Norsewood and Ngamoko Ormondville and Whetukura Pakipaki and Railway-station Putere and Wahanui Waipawa, coach on road, and Argyll East Wairoa Beach (landing and shipping mails) Twice weekly Daily By special coach when running; 10s. per trip, say Once weeklv Daily Four times weekly .. Twice dailyWeekly Daily As required ; 15s. per trip, say Daily As required Twice daily Twice weekly ; 5s. per week, say 10 0 20 0 30 0 20 0 10 0 20 0 6 0 24 0 20 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 20 21 22 Whakatu Railway-station and Mangateretere Napier Breakwater : Landing and shipping mails Matamau Post-office and Railway-station Nuhaka and. Steed's Store 6 0 26 0 10 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 Less_contributions by other Departments and by settlers 6,170 18 187 10 0 0 Total 5,983 8

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF NEW PLYMOUTH.

4J © O ■!> = '£ Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy Peefobmed under Contra CT. £ s. d. 1 2 3 4 5 Douglas, Tututawa, and Puniwhakau Inglewood, Kaimata, Tarata, Taramauku, and Purangi New Plymouth Chief Post-office and area covered by letter-carriers' deliveries for delivery of Post parcels New Plymouth Chief Post-office and Railway-station New Plymouth, Omata, Oakura, Tataraimaka, Okato, Puniho, Warea, Pungarehu, Rahotu, Oaonui, and Opunake Stratford, Cardiff, Mahoe, Rowan, and Kaponga Tariki and Ratapiko Urenui and Pukearuhe Waitara, Onaero, Urenui, Uruti, Tongaporutu, Mokau, and Awakino. (Contractor to pay Mokau Ferry toll each way) Thrice weekly Daily Daily ; 2£d. per parcel, say ' As required Daily 50 0 0 200 0 0 75 0 0 95 0 0 275 0 0 6 8 9 10 Daily Thrice weekly Twice weekly Daily to Urenui and' twice on Saturday ; twice weekly from Urenui to Awakino As required 111 0 0 23 0 0 40 0 0 275 0 0 Waitara Post-office, Railway-station, Wharves, and Beach Whangamomona, Kohuratahi, Hurimoana, and Tahora Whangamomona and Tahunaroa (rural delivery) Te Wera, Huiakama, and Strathmore Te Wera, Reporua, Pohokura, and Whangamomona Whangamomona, along Mangare Road as far as the Waitara River (rural delivery) Waitara, Onaero, and Urenui 32 0 0 II 12 Thrice weekly 75 0 0 13 11 15 16 Weekly Daily Thrice weekly Weekly 35 0 0 50 0 0 96 0 0 20 0 0 17 Daily 25 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Performed under Arrange VIENT. 10 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 12 0 0 10 0 0 19 10 0 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 23 24 25 26 27 Douglas Post-office and Railway-station Huiroa Post-office and Railway-station Huirangi and Waitara Inglewood and Egmont Village Inglewood and Kaimiro Lowgarth and junction Hastings and Opunake Roads Hillsborough and Bell Block New Plymouth and Mangorei New Plymouth, Lower Mangorei, Kent Road, and Korito Okau and Kotare Purangi and Matau Tongaporutu and Rerekapa Waitara and Pariwaro Waitara and Tikorangi Waitui and Inglewood Kotare and Waitaanga .. y • ■ Taurakawa and Puniwhakau Kiore and Railway-station Wharehuia, Te Popo, and Kupe (rural delivery) Uruti and Pehu Uruti and Ngatamiro Huatoki - New Plymouth Bell Block and Railway-station As required Daily Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly Daily .. Twice weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly Weekly As opportunity offers Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Once weekly Once weekly Twice weekly Daily 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 23 0 0 15 0 0 * 22 10 0 10 0 0 .10 0 0 10 0 0 3 0 0 31 4 0 13 0 0 13 0 0 12 0 0 14 0 0 Less contributions by settlers 1,789 4 10 10 0 0 Total 1,778 14 0 * Paid b gratuit-

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF WANGANUI.

©,*M © ■+» o © © ,.*- <S Service. Frequency. Service. Frequency. Aunual Subsidy I Performed undee Contract. £ s. d. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Bull's and. Greatford .. .. .. .. Four times daily Bull's, Parawanui, and Scott's Ferry (part rural Daily delivery) Bull's and Sanson .. .. . . . . Daily Bull's to Junction Pukepapa Road, via Turakina Road Daily (rural delivery) Eltham Post-office and Railway-station .. As required Eltham, Mangatoki, and Kaponga .. .. Daily Eltham, Mata, and Rotokari .. .. .. ' 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 Hawera and Ararata, via Fraser Road (rural delivery) Daily Hawera and Manaia, via South Road .. .. Daily Hawera, Tokaoia, Inaha, Manaia, Kaupokonui, Ota- Daily keho, Oeo, Pihama, and Opunake Hunterville Post-office and Railway-station .. As required Hunterville, Ongo Road, Turakina River Junction. I Twee weekly Fordell and Mangahoe Roads (rural delivery) Hunterville and Pukeroa (rural delivery) .. . . Twice weekly Hunterville, West Road (Burn's), and Watershed Twice weekly Road (Earle's), (rural delivery) Hunterville, Sandon Block, and Mangamako Road Twice weekly (Stent's), (part rural delivery) Hurleyville, Alton, and Ball's Road .. . . Daily Kai Iwi Post-office and Upper Kai Iwi, via Rangitatau Twice weekly Road to Hunter Bros, (rural delivery) Karioi Post-office and Railway-station . . . . Daily Makirikiri Post-office and Makirikiri Valley (Lam- Twice weekly bert's), (rural delivery) Manaia and Kapuni .. .. . . . . Daily Mangamahu and Ngamatea. via Wangaehu Valley Twice weekly Road (rural delivery) Mangamahu and Waipapa, via Creek Road (rural Weekly delivery) I Mangaweka Post-office and Railway-station . . As required Mangaweka, Hawainga, and Kawhatau Junctions, Thrice weekly Kawhatau Valley, Auputu, Mangakoeke Road, and Upper Kawhatau (Bailey Bros.), (rural delivery) Mangaweka and Kaweka Road (Cruickshank's), via Twice weekly Te Kapua Road (rural delivery) Mangaweka, Ruahine, and Rangiwahia . . . . Daily Marton Post-office and Railway-station .. As required Marton, Onepuhi Bridge, Gower's Gate (Leedstown), Thrice weekly and Cliff Road (rural delivery) Marton and South Makirikiri (rural delivery) .. Daily Marten, Tutaenui, Jenkins's Corner, Newman's Gate, Daily Fern Flat, and Bonny Glen (rural delivery) Mataroa and Koeke, via Panemango and Rongoiti I Twice weekly Roads (rural delivery) Mataroa and Ruanui (part rural delivery) . . . . j Thrice, weekly Mataroa, Tiriraukawa, and Wairepo (Routley's), (part : Twice weeklyrural delivery) Moawhango and Taihape .. .. . . Thrice weekly Mokoia Railway-station, Mokoia, Ohangai, Whaka- j Daily mara, and Meremere Ngutuwera and Orangimea, via Puao Road (part | Twice weeklyrural delivery) Normanby and Okaiawa. . . . .. .. Daily Ohakune and Raetihi .. . . . . .. Twice daily Okoia, Long Acre Valley, and No. 3 Line (rural delivery) : Twice weekly Opunake, Te Kiri, Riverlea, Awatuna, Awatuna East, | Daily Kaponga, Mangatoki, and Eltham Otakeho and Auroa .. .. .. ... Daily 60 0 0 60 0 0 60 0 0 30 0 0 I. .. I 70 0 0 .. I 100 0 0 .. ! 34 0 0 '• ! 112 0 0 • • 11 .. | 100 0 0 140 0 0 .130 0 0 .. ; 65 0 0 150 0 0 60 0 0 .. | 70 0 0 105 0 0 75 0 0 60 0 0 65 0 0 52 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 44 10 0 60 0 0 60 0 0 .. I 26 0 0 .. ! 75 0 0 40 0 0 . . j 79 0 0 . . i 80 0 0 80 0 0 54 0 0 130 0 0 .. 48 10 0 .. ■ 69 10 0 .. | 71 15 0 150 0 0 80 0 0 30 0 0 .. !' 70 0 0 150 0 0 35 0 0 270 0 0 .. 45 0 0 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 42 43 14 45 Carried forward . . . . . . j 3,411 5 0

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.4 .! 03 q_j © ■2 .-S P5«oo 'P Service. Frequency. i Annual Subsidy. 5 4> I -'oo Peefobmed undee Conteact— continued. £ s . d. Brought forward .. .. .. ... 3,411 5 0 46 Parapara Road, from junction of Parih.auh.au Road Twice weekly . . 45 0 0 along Taukira Road to Vile Bros.' Homestead (rural delivery) 1:7 Patea Post-office and Railway-station . . As required .. 70 0 0 18 Pukeroa, Pohonui, Mangamahoe Junction, Karetu Twice weekly .. ; 100 0 0 Road, Turakina Valley Road, and Okaka Road to Koeke (part rural delivery) 19 Raetihi, Hohenga, and Motete Roads, Pukekaha and Twice weekly .. 90 0 0 Middle Roads (rural delivery) 50 Raetihi and Ore Ore (part rural delivery) .. . . Twice weekly .. 52 0 0 51 Raetihi, Mangaituroa, Mangoihe, and Pipiriki . . Twice weekly, 1st May 175 0 0 to 31st Oct. ; thrice weekly, 1st Nov. to 30th April 53 Taihape Post-office and Railway-station .. As required . . 105 0 0 54 Te Tuhi Landing and Burnet's Homestead (rural Weekly .. .. 25 0 0 delivery) 55 | Tokaanu and Waiouru .. .. .. . . Thrice weekly, 1st 375 0 0 Nov. to 30th April; twice weekly, 1st May to 31st Oct. 56 j Turakina. Turakina Valley, and Mangara Greek, via Thrice weekly .. j 40 0 0 Fitzherbert's (rural delivery) 57 , Utiku, Taoroa, and Pukeokahu (part rural delivery) Thrice weekly .. 90 0 0 58 Utiku Post-office and Railway-station .. .. As required .. j 40 0 0 59 Waitotara Post-office and Railway-station . . . . ! As required .. 50 0 0 60 Waitotara, Ngutuwera, Kaimanuka, Ngamatapouri, i Twice weeklv .. 120 0 0 | and Taumatatahi (part rural delivery) 61 i Wanganui Post-office, Railway-station, and Wharves j As required .. 150 0 0 62 ' Wanganui Post-office, Mosstown, Tayforth, Upper • Daily .. i 82 0 0 St. John's, Rapanui, and Westmere (rural delivery) 63 ! Wanganui Post-office, and Nos. 1 and 2 Lines, via War- Daily .. . . j 85 0 0 rengate Road (rural delivery) 61 Wanganui and Makirikiri .. .. .. Daily .. .. \ ... . And Kakatihi (part rural delivery) .. . . Twice weekly .. j 65 i Wanganui : Delivery of parcel-post parcels in the Twice daily; 3d. per 160 0 0 i borough and suburbs within area of two miles from parcel, say Post-office Also clearing of town and suburban receivers at j Once daily .. 52 0 0 5 a.m., and conveying contents to Chief Post-office 66 ! Wanganui, Koriniti, Ranana, Jerusalem, and Pipiriki ; Thrice weekly .. And Pipiriki, Patunga, Aukopae, and Taumarunui ! Thrice weekly, Dec. i , „-._ . to April;' twice > l^M ° ° weekly, May to Nov. J 67 Waverley Post-office and Railway-station . . .. As required . . 48 0 0 69 Waverley and Mataimoana (part rural delivery) . . I Weekly -.. .. 55 0 0 70 Waverley and Motoroa (Dessiei-'s). via Okutuku Road ; Weekly .. .. 37 0 0 (rural delivery) 71 j Karioi Post-office, Karioi Road, Kennedy's Track, | Twice weekly .. 48 0 0 Rangiwaea Road, Field's Track to Karioi (rural delivery) 72 | Ruanui and Bell's Junction, via Turakina Valley Road : Thrice weekly . . 80 0 0 (rural delivery) 73 j Ohakune Post-office and Railway-station . . As required .. 150 0 0 74 Utiku Post-office along Gorge Road, across the Oma- Thrice weekly .. 50 0 0 tana Bridge, and up the Makopua Road as far as Obrist's farm (rural delivery) 75 Raetihi-Ruatiti and Junction of the Manganui-o-te-au .. 40 0 0 and Ohura Roads (rural delivery) 76 Bull's, Brandon Hall, and Raumai Roads (rural delivery) 1 Thrice weekly .. 42 10 0 Peefobmed undee Aeeangement. 1 Brunswick Post-office and Westmere Railway-station Daily .. .. 45 0 0 2 Castlecliff: Delivery of correspondence by subsidized Daily .. .. | 25 0 0 letter-carrier within one mile of Post-office Carried forward .. .. .. .. 7,287 15 0

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF WANGANUI— continued.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF WELLINGTON.

'Sb= £ Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy Performed under Arrangement--continued. £ s. d. 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 13 14 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Brought forward Kakaramea Post-office and Railway-station Kuangaroa and Mangatipoua (rural delivery) Makirikiri and Papaiti Mangaweka and Manui Manutahi Post-office and Railway-station Maxwelltown and Okehu Railway-station Moeawatea and Junction Mataimoana Road (part rural delivery) Ngutuwera and Moumahaki Railway-station Omoana and Moeroa (part rural delivery) Opaea Junction and Ngawaka Post-office Pipiriki Post-office and Steamers Raiikura and Taihape (rural delivery) Silverhope Post-office and Railway-station Te Roti and Matapu Te Roti Post-office and Railway-station Tiriraukawa and Pukemaupo Road (rural delivery) .. Utiku and Ohutu Waitotara and Rangitatau (part rural delivery) Daily '.'. Weekly Daily Thrice weekly .. | Daily .. .. I Daily Weekly Daily Weekly Twice weekly As required .. ] Twice weekly .. j Daily .. .. | Daily . . .. | Daily .. .. j Twice weekly Twice daily .. j Weekly ; 10s. per week; 7,287 15 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 16 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 12 0 0 14 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 26 0 0 25 26 27 29 30 Wangaehu Post-office and Railway-station Wanganui and CastleclifT Wanganui Post-office and Up-river Wharves Whenuakura and Mahen's Road Koriniti Post-office and Landing-stage say As required .. I Twice daily .. S As required Weekly Daily .. .. ! 15 0 0 20 0 0 18 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 Less contributions by other Departments and by| settlers 7,665 15 1,060 0 0 0 Total .. .. .. i 6,605 15 0

c *« si '5b 6 u Service. Frequency. ! ' j Annual Subsidy. Performed under Contr. .CT. £ s. d. 1 2 Alfredton, Saunders, and Pori Alfredton, Tiraumea, Haunui, Waterfalls, and Waihoki Valley Apiti and Kimbolton .. . . Apiti and Table Flat (rural delivery) Apiti, Kaheke, Umutoi, and Utuwai Ashhurst Post-office and Railway-station Ashhurst and Raumai Awahuri, Sanson, and Ohakea Carterton, Gladstone, and Te Wharau Carterton, Parkvale, and Gladstone Carterton, South Carterton, and Railway-station Colyton, Wanganui Harbour Board Block, Spur Road, and Midland Road Eketahuna and Nireaha And Nireaha and Atea Eketahuna, Pleckville, Tawataia, and Alfredton Eketahuna Post-office and Railway-station Eketahuna, Rongokokako, Kaiparoro, and Hastwe.il's Featherston, Kahautara, Matawhero, Burnside, Tanunui, Pirinoa, Turanganui, and Wangaimoana Featherston, Kaiwaiwai, and Martinborough Featherston and Wairongomai (rural delivery) Twice weekly Weekly 30 0 0 115 0 0 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Daily Twice weekly Twice weekly As required Daily Daily Twice weekly Daily As required Daily 80 0 0 30 0 0 48 0 0 30 0 0 65 0 0 85 0 0 69 0 0 75 0 0 49 10 0 100 0 0 13 Daily Thrice weekly Daily As required Daily Thrice weekly 60 0 0 14 15 16 17 75 0 0 95 0 0 100 0 0 130 0 0 18 19 Thrice daily Twice weekly 100 0 0 52 0 0 Carried forward 1,388 10 0

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF WELLINGTON— continued.

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a <« id *j o o MO C OS ry 03 Servi«.. Frequenoy. Annual Subsidy. Peefobmed undee Conteact— continued. £ s. d. Brought forward Featherston Post-office and Railway-station Also Featherston, Tauherenikau, and Featherston South (rural delivery) Feilding, Cheltenham, Kiwitea, and Kimbolton Feilding and Colyton Feilding, Makino, Ridgelands, Cunningham's, and Waituna West Feilding Post-office and Railway-station Foxton, Moutoa, and Shannon Glen Oroua and Taikorea (see 69) Greytown Post-office and Railway-station Halcombe and Stanley . . ... And open delivery to Tokorangi Junction Hinakura, Glendhu, Pahaoa, and Glenburn And Hinakura, Spring Grove (no post-office), and Martinborough (rural delivery) Hutt Post-office and Railway-station And Hutt Post-office and Taita Karori and Makara Kimbolton, Kiwitea, Cheltenham, and Feilding Kimbolton, Peep-o'-day, Mangarimu, Pemberton, and Rangiwahia (part rural delivery) Komata and left bank Pohangina River (rural delivery, serving settlers as from Didsbury's house) Levin and Foxton Levin Post-office and Railway-station Makuri and Coonoor Mangahao, Makomako, Nikau, and Marima Mangamahoe and Ihuraua Mangatainoka, Kohinui, and Makairo Martinborough, Dyerville, and O'Keeffe's (no postoffice) Martinborough, Hautotara, Whakapuni, Waipawa, Stony Creek, Tora, Te Awaite, Oroi, White Rock, and Homeburn (and return via Stony Creek, Waipawa, Whakapuni, and Hautotara) Masterton, Bideford, and Glendonald Masterton, Brancepeth, and Stronvar Masterton, Homebush, Te Whiti, Gladstone, Longbush, and Spring Grove Masterton, Te Wharau, and Land's End (part rural delivery) Masterton Post-office and Railway-station Masterton, Taueru, Carswells, Blairlogie, Sevenoaks, Kohawai, Beaumaris, Riverdale, Eparaima, Waiorongo, Beaumont, Waikaraka, Fernglen, and Homewood Masterton, Taueru, Tinui, and Whakataki Mauriceville and Ditton .. Mauriceville and Mauriceville West Mount Bruce and Masterton by way of Upper OpakiPirau Road (delivery of correspondence en route into private boxes) Opaki and Rangitumau Otaki Post-office and Railway-station Pahiatua, Konini, Hamua, Newman, Eketahuna, Rongomai, Tane, Kaitawa, Mangaramarama, and Pahiatua Pahiatua, Mangahao, and Ballance Pahiatua, Ngaturi, Makuri, Mangatiti, Puketoi, and Pongaroa As required Daily 1,388 10 0 20 1 y us o o J 21 22 23 Daily Daily Daily 100 0 0 30 0 0 80 0 0 24 25 26 27 28 As required Twice daily Daily As required Daily Twice weekly Weekly Twice weekly 75 0 0 35 0 0 35 0 0 32 0 0 29 45 0 0 y 158 0 0 J 156 0 0 30 As required Twice daily Thrice weekly Daily Daily 31 32 33 30 0 0 100 0 0 138 0 0 34 Thrice weekly 24 0 0 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 Twice daily As required Twice weekly Daily Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Daily 50 0 0 25 0 0 39 0 0 90 0 0 37 10 0 51 0 0 100 0 0 42 Weekly 110 0 0 43 44 45 Twice weekly Weekly Daily 70 0 0 80 0 0 70 0 0 46 Twice weekly 60 0 0 47 48 As required Twice weekly 105 0 0 150 0 0 49 50 51 52 Thrice weekly Twice weekly Daily Daily 225 0 0 32 0 0 32 0 0 100 0 0 53 54 55 Thrice weekly As required Daily 24 0 0 32 0 0 175 0 0 56 57 Daily Daily, 1st Nov. to 30th April; thrice weekly, 1st May to 31st Oct. As required Daily 93 12 0 375 0 0 58 59 Pahiatua Post-office and Railway-station Palmerston North and Kairanga 110 0 0 36 0 0 Carried forward 4,813 12 0

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF WELLINGTON— continued.

03 t* C I *J O c i 'Sod £ .2 2; 8 Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy, Peefobmed undee Contbact—i -continued. £ s. d. 60 61 62 63 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 Brought forward Palmerston North, Newbury, Kauwhata, Awahuri, Rongotea, and Carnarvon Palmerston North Post-office and Railway-station .. Palmerston North, Whakaronga, and Kelvin Grove . . Petone Post-office and Railway-station Rakaunui and Makuri Road Junction Rakaunui, Waikereru, and Mara Raumai, Awahou, Ngaputahi Road Junction. Komako, and Piripiri Rewa and Waituna West And open delivery to Pakihikura Rongotea and Glen Oroua Tinui, Manawa, and Annedale . . ... Tinui, Tinui Valley, Pakowai, and Te Mai Tinui Junction and Whareama Upper Hutt and Akatarawa (delivery of correspondence) Wainuiomata and Hutt Wellington (delivery of parcels, &c, throughout city).. Wellington and Karori .. W r hakataki and Castlepoint Woodville Post-office and Railway-station Pukehinau and Pongaroa Pohangina and Raumai Hamua and Hukanui Johnsonville, Pukehuia, and Paparangi (rural delivery) Shannon and Victoria Road (rural delivery) Upper Hutt, Silverstream, Whiteman's Valley, and Wallaceville (rural delivery) Linton, Moturimu (to South Road), and Kahatarawa (to Smith's), (rural delivery) Carterton, along Belvedere Road to Cobden Road, Hinau Gully, Hururua Road, Mangatariri Road, and Haringa Road to Clareville and Carterton (rural delivery) Dyerville, along Dry River Road to Dixon's (rural delivery) Daily As required Daily As required Thrice weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly Daily Twice weekly Twice daily Twice weekly Weekly Thrice weekly ) Thrice weekly Twice weekly Twice daily Twice daily Thrice weekly As required Thrice weekly Daily Daily Daily Thrice weekly Twice weekly 4,813 12 0 90 0 0 175 0 0 40 0 0 85 0 0 50 0 0 30 10 0 114 0 0 86 0 0 35 0 0 26 0 0 60 0 0 35 0 0 61 0 0 30 0 0 380 0 0 85 0 0 26 0 0 90 0 0 42 0 0 30 0 0 25 0 0 35 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 85 Once weekly 25 0 0 86 Thrice weekly 52 0 0 87 Thrice weekly 45 0 0 Peefobmed under Arrangen MENT. 1 4 5 6 Admiral; Clifton Grove, and Gladstone .. [ Carterton and Belvedere. . . . ., Chatham Islands (Waitangi), Morerou, Whangaroa, j Maunganui, and Waitangi West Chatham Islands (Waitangi), Whakuru, Wharekauri, I Matarakau, and Kaingaroa Chatham Islands (Waitangi), Ouenga, and Manakau . . Weekly Daily Eleven trips per annum at £1 10s. per trip Eleven trips per annum at £2 per trip Eleven trips per annum at 15s. per trip Eleven trips per annum at£l 2s. 6d. per trip Thrice dailyWeekly .'. 10 0 0 20 0 0 i . y 59 2 6 7 1 I 8 Chatham Islands (W r aitangi), Te Ngaio, Awarakau, Ohinemana, Kaiara, W r aikeripi, Tuku, and Te Whariki Clareville Post-office and Railway-station Colyton and Te Awa (delivering correspondence to settlers) Cunningham's to coach Eastbourne and Day's Bay Eastbourne, Rona Bay, Day's Bay (daily delivery of correspondence in borough and clearance of receivers) Eketahuna and Mangaoronga Feilding, Awahuri, and Rongotea Foxton, Himatangi, Makowhai, and Sanson Foxton Post-office and Railway-station Government Buildings and Post-office i | 9 10 J 20 0 0 10 0 0 II 12 13 Daily DailyDaily 10 0 0 8 10 0 70 0 0 14 15 16 17 1.8 Twice weekly Daily Five times weekly . . As required As required ; £3 per week Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Thrice weekly W T eekly 8 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 156 8 0 19 20 21 24 Hautere Cross and Waihoanga (open delivery) .. ' Hutt and Normandale (rural delivery) ... .. ' Hukanui and Maungaraupi .. .. ' Kaitawa and Hinemoa . . .. .. 15 0 0 15 0 0 18 0 0 10 0 0 Carried forward 7,101 2 6

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF WELLINGTON— continued.

ot **-t 03 JJ O 03 2*& Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy Performed undeb Arrangement--continued. £ s. d. 25 27 28 Brought forward Kaiwaiwai Post-office and Road Junction Karori (delivery correspondence by subsidized carrier) Karori (conveyance letter-carriers in uniform, telegraph messengers, and mails in charge of Post-office officials over Karori section of tramway) Kopuaranga and Railway-station Koputaroa Post-office and Railway-station. . Miramar (conveyance of letter-carriers, telegraph messengers in uniform, and all mails in charge of officials of Post and Telegraph Department over Miramar section of tramways) And carriage of mails to and from Seatoun Nireaha and Putara Ohau Post-office and Railway-station Ohau and Muhunoa Oroua Downs and Himatangi Palmerston North and Fitzherbert West Palmerston North and Terrace End Paremata and Pahautanui And Pahautanui and Judgeford Parkvale and Ahiaruhe Parkvale and Waihakeke Peep-o'-day Post-office and coach on Main Road Pemberton and Hinau Pongaroa and Korora Rangiwahia and Karewarewa Rangiwahia and White Bridge (rural delivery) Rongotea and Kaimatarau Silverstream Post-office and Railway-station Tararua and Aokautere Upper Hutt and Wallaceville Waikanae and Reikorangi Wellington Chief Post-office, wharves, railway-stations, and suburban and urban offices (by departmental employees and motor vehicles and other conveyances) Wellington and Day's Bay Wellington (conveyance of mails by tramway within Wellington Ward, and to suburbs of Brooklyn, Island Bay, Kilbirnie, Wadestown, and of all letter-carriers and telegraph messengers in uniform, and all mails in charge of Post Office officials) Woodville and Mangarawa Te Wharau, Kaiwhata (rural delivery), and Kummerstein Konini Post-office and Railway-station Wellington — (a) Anchorage to Wharf ; (b) Wharf to Anchorage y Daily Daily As required 7,101 2 6 8 0 0 70 0 0 30 0 0 29 30 33 Daily As required As required 5 0 0 10 0 0 > 16 10 0 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 •47 48 49 50 52 53 Twice daily Thrice weekly Thrice daily Daily Daily Daily Thrice daily Daily Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Daily Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Thrice weeklyDaily Daily Daily Twice weekly Twice weekly Daily As required, say } 26 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 15 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 12 0 0 5 0 0 12 0 0 29 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 12 0 0 12 10 0 20 0 0 2,700 0 0 56 57 Daily As required 25 0 0 400 0 0 58 59 Daily Twice weekly 14 0 0 15 0 0 60 61 Daily As required ; £2 10s. per trip; if oillaunch used 17s. 6d. per trip, and 5s. per hour between 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. when " Janie Seddon " used solely for mail 19 0 0 175 0 0 Chief Post-office, Wellington, and Parcels Office 62 64 65 66 67 Kaingaroa and Waitangi. . .. ., ■ Waikanae Post-office and Railway-station .. j Bunnythorpe and Hiwinui (rural delivery) | Ashhurst and Hiwinui via the Feilding-Ashhurst and the Bunnythorpe-Ashhurst Roads purposes Hourly daily; 10s. per week, say As required ; £1 per trip, say As required Daily Daily 26 0 0 12 0 0 10 0 0 Less contributions by settlers . * 10,950 2 6 29 0 0 Total 10,921 2 6

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF BLENHEIM.

I "8 8 .2 .-p 03 ry 03 Service. Frequency. I Annual Subsidy. Performed under Contract. £ s. d. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Blenheim Chief Post-office, Railway-station, and '' As required vessels in river Blenheim, Renwicktown, Kaituna, Okaramio, Have- Thrice weekly lock Suburban, and Havelock Blenheim, Jordan, and Molesworth .. . . I Weekly Blenheim, Renwicktown, Waihopai, Wairau Valley, : Twice weekly Top Valley And Wairau Valley and Birch Hill .. .. Weekly Canvastown and Deep Creek . . .. . . Twice weekly Havelock, Cullensville, Mahakipawa, Grove, and Twice weekly Grove Wharf Picton, Hitaua, Onapua, Te Weka, Te Awaiti .. i Weekly Picton, Punaruawhiti, Endeavour Inlet, and Reso- W r eekly lution Bay Picton and Grove Wharf .. .. . . Twice weekly Picton and Portage .. . . .. .. Daily Renwicktown, Delta, Leefield, Avondale, and Ben- Twice weekly hopai Ward, Kekerangu, Clarence Bridge, Mangamaunu, Thrice weekly Hapuku, and Kaikoura Tuamarina, Robin Hood Bay, Ocean Bay, and Haka- ' Weekly haka Portage, Te Mehia, Waitaria, St. Omer, Mahau, Whata- Weekly nihi, Pinohia, Maori Bay, Nydia Bay, Yncyca Bay, Tira-ora, Te Rawa, Homewood, Manaroa, Hopai, and Crail Bay Ngakuta, Whangakoko, Hakahaka, Ocean Bay, Robin Once weekly Hood Bay, and Blenheim 1 > J 1 J 100 0 75 0 95 0 100 0 30 0 75 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 9 60 0 65 0 0 0 10 201 18 6 11 56 0 0 155 0 0 55 0 0 Performed under Arrangement. 15 0 12 0 12 0 20 0 12 0 26 0 110 0 7 0 12 0 14 0 13 0 5 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1] 12 13 Blind River Post-office and main coach road .. I Thrice weekly Fabian's Valley and Wairau Valley .. . . Weekly Havelock Post-office and Wharf .. . . As required Kaituna and Onamalutu.. .. .. .. Twice weekly Kenepuru Head and Portage .. . . .. Weekly Marama and Seddon . . .. .. .. Twice weekly Picton Post-office, Railway-station, and Wharves .. As required Rapaura and Spring Creek . . . . .. Daily Renwicktown and Omaka .. .. .. Twice weekly St. Omer and Portage .. .. .. .. Weekly Tuamarina and W T aikakaho .. .. .. Weekly Wairau Valley main coach road and Te Rou .. Twice weekly Blenheim : Parcels delivery within the letter-carriers' Once daily ; 2|d. per delivery parcel, say Grassmere Post-office and Railway-station .. .. Daily y 14 12 0 0 Less contribution by settlers 1,542 18 15 0 6 0 Total 1,527 18 6

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF NELSON.

■£ ° 2 on •-* '5b d £ 03 iy os Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy. Peefobmed under Contra .CT. £ s. d. 1 2 3 Baton and Thorpe Belgrove, Golden Downs, and Tophouse Cable Bay, Wakapuaka Suburban, Atawhai, and Nelson Collingwood Post-office and Wharf Collingwood and Mangarakau Collingwood, Pakawau, and Puponga Collingwood and Rockville And Rockville, Aorere, and Bainham French Pass Post-office, and vessels going through the Pass Motueka Post-office and Wharf Nelson Chief Post-office and Railway-station Nelson Chief Post-office and The Port Post-office .. Nelson Chief Post-office and The Port Wharves Delivery of parcels and carriers' bags within Nelson carriers' delivery Kohatu, Motupiko, Korere, Owen Junction, Murchison, Fern Flat, Newton Flat, Lyell, Threechannel Flat, Inangahua Junction Westport, Berlin's, Inangahua Junction, Cronadun, and Reefton Nelson, Atawhai, Wakapuaka Suburban, Whangamoa, Flat Creek, Rai Falls, Canvastown, Havelock, Havelock Suburban, Okaramio, Kaituna, Renwicktown, Springlands, and Blenheim Nelson, Wakatu, Stoke, Richmond, Appleby, Redwood's Valley, Upper Moutere, Braeburn, Lower Moutere, Motueka, and Riwaka Pokororo, Orinoco, Ngatimote, Neudorf, and Upper Moutere Motueka, Riwaka, Upper Takaka, East Takaka, and Takaka Stanley Brook, Thorpe, Awa, Dovedale, and Wakefield Tadmore, Matariki, and Sherry River Takaka and Motupipi Weekly Weekly Thrice weekly 20 0 0 55 0 0 60 0 0 4 5 6 7 As required Weekly Twice weekly Four times weekly .. Twice weekly Twice weekly 26 15 0 35 0 0 35 0 0 52 0 0 8 50 0 0 9 10 As required 75 0 0 yAs required 300 0 0 11 J Twice weekly > 1,600 0 0 Daily 12 Thrice weekly600 0 0 13 Daily 500 0 0 14 Thrice weekly 96 0 0 15 Twice weekly .. j 200 0 0 16 17 18 Thrice weekly .. j Thrice weekly .. i Thrice weekly, double trips Twice weekly As required 90 0 0 37 0 0 29 10 0 19 20 Takaka, Hamama, and Uruwhenua Takaka, Waitapu, and Waitapu Wharf 31 0 0 30 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Performed under Arrang: ement. 12 0 0 24 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 0 0 Anatimo and Motupipi Brightwater and Waimea West Collingwood and Ferntown Foxhill Post-office and Railway-station Hope Post-office and Railway-station Motupiko and Kohatu Pangatotara and Motueka Riwaka and Sandy Bay Spring Grove Post-office and Railway-station Tahunanui and Nelson Totaranui and Awaiti Tui and Kiwi Wai-iti Post-office and Railway-station Wakapuaka Suburban and Nelson Once weekly Daily Weekly Twice daily Twice daily Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Twice daily Daily Weekly Twice weekly Twice daily Thrice weekly, one way only Weekly ; 4s. per trip, say Twice weekly 14 0 0 10 0 0 15 Puramahoi and Takaka .. .. 10 8 0 16 Kaka and Tumanako 10 0 0 Total. • • 4,104 13 0

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF WESTPORT.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF GREYMOUTH.

*3 O O <D i-, Q) 23 m Service. Frequency. j Annual Subsidy Performed under Cont 1ACT. f g. d. 1 2 3 4 Breakhead, Millerton, and Millerton Post-office Breakhead, Denniston, and Denniston Post-office Fern Flat and Paenga (Mid.-Maruia) Granity and Millerton (by road) Daily .. .. 15 0 0 Twice daily .. 40 0 0 Weekly .. .. 30 0 0 Twice daily as re- 40 0 0 quired ; 5s. per trip, say Weekly; 12s. 6d. per 35 0 0 trip, say Weekly .. .. 98 0 0 5 6 Karamea, Kongahu, and Little Wanganui (alternative to services by arrangement) Murchison, Matakitaki, Upper Matakitaki, Warwick.. Junction, and Maruia Murchison and Longford Westport, vessels in harbour, and Railway-stations .. Westport, Addison's, Rahui, and Charleston 7 8 9 Twice weekly .. 22 0 0 As required .. 97 0 0 As required .. 93 0 0 1 2 3 Performed under Arrang: IMENT. 4 5 6 ' 7 8 9 10 11 Capleston and Cronadun Denniston and Burnett's Face Denniston and Burnett's Face (by road) Denniston and Conn's Creek Fern Flat and Sullivan's Bridge Granity, Breakhead, Millerton, and Mine Creek Karamea and Arapito Karamea Post-office and Wharf Murchison and Tutaki Tiromoana, St. Kilda, and Charleston Waimangaroa and Denniston (by road) Thrice weekly .. 20 0 0 Daily As required; 5s. per 15 0 0 trip, say Twice daily Twice weekly .. 9 0 0 Daily Weekly .. .. 12 0 0 As required .. 10 0 0 Twice weekly, sum- 20 0 0 mer; weekly, winter Weekly .. .. 10 0 0 As required; 5s. per 30 0 0 trip, say Daily . . .. 20 0 0 Twice weekly .. 15 0 0 Daily Once daily .. 10 0 0 Daily .. .. 15 0 0 Weekly .. Daily Twice daily .. 26 0 0 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 Waimangaroa letter-delivery Westport and Giles Terrace Granity and Mangatina Granity Post-office and Coal-bins Westport, &c. : Clearance of boxes St. Helen's and Corbyvale Ngakawau and Darlington Ngakawau Post-office, Westport Stockton Coal Company's Incline and Ngakawau Railway-station Te Namu and Little Wanganui St. Helen's, Corbyvale, and Te Namu Arapito and Junction of Arapito and Little Wanganui Roads 21 22 23 Weekly .. .. 6 10 0 Weekly Once in four weeks at 2 0 0 2s. 6d. per trip, say Total 690 10 0 690 10 0

.3 .-C m o r Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy. Performed under Contr. CT. £ 8. d. 2 3 4 5 6 Chief Post-office, Railway-station, and Wharves fGreymouth, Rapahoe, Ten-mile Creek, and Barrysi town Greymouth, Rutherglen, Marsden, and Dunganville .. , Ikamatua, Hukarere, Blackwater, and Waiuta Ngahere Railway-station, Ngahere, and Nelson Creek As required 148 0 0 Twice weekly Thrice weekly Daily Eight times weekly 50 65 45 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carried forward 878 0 0

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF HOKITIKA.

S3 ■« <£ +3 o o .2 . '3 50 o C Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy Performed under Contract — continued. Brought forward .. .. 7 Reefton, Progress Junction, and Globe Mine .. j Daily 8 Reefton Post-office and Railway-station .. .. As required 9 Blackball Post-office and Railway-station .. .. Twice daily £ s. 378 0 100 0 80 0 30 0 d. 0 0 0 0 Performed under Arrangement. 1 Ah aura and Orwell Creek .. .. .. Twice weekly 2 Ahaura Post-office and Railway-station .. As required 3 Reefton, Progress Junction, Merrijigs, and Big River.. Twice weekly 4 Kamaka and No Town .. . . .. .. Twice weekly 5 Kokiri and Arnold . . .. .. ■ .. Twice weekly 6 Paroa Post-office and Railway-station .. .. Daily 7 Rotomana Post-office and Railway-station .. .. Four times weekly .. 8 Reefton, Black Point, and Crushington .. .. Daily 9 Blackball and Roa .. .. .. .. Daily 10 Blackball to Atarau .. .. .. .. Twice weekly And Upper Moonlight .. .. .. Once weekly 11 Totara Flat and Granville .. .. . . Twice weekly 12 Totara Flat and Noble's .. .. .. Weekly 13 Roa, Middle Camp, and Soldiers Creek .. .. Thrice weekly ) I 9 0 15 0 10 0 15 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 10 0 6 10 15 0 8 0 19 10 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 723 0 723 0 0 0

o o ■|, o 'P Service. Frequency. I Frequency. Annual Subsidy Performed under Contract. £ s. d. 1 Kumara, Dillmanstown, Goldsborough, Stafford, Three- Daily mile, and Hokitika 2 Hokitika, Ho Ho, and Humphrey's Gully . . .. Twice weekly 3 Hokitika Chief Post-office, Railway-station, and As required Wharf 4 Hokitika and Lower Kokatahi .. .. .. Twice weekly And Hokitika, Upper Kokatahi, and Koiterangi . . Once weekly 5 Hokitika, Kanieri, Woodstock, and Rimu . . . . Daily 6 ; Kumara, Westbrook, Greenstone, and Hohonu . . Thrice weekly 7 | Kumara Post-office and Railway-station .. As required 8 | Kumara and Wainihinihi .. . . .. Once weekly 9 i Okarito and The Forks .. .. .. . . Twice weekly 10 i Pekanga, Karangarua, Bruce'" Bay, Mahitahi, and Weekly Paringa And Haast, Pakorari, and Okura . . . . Fortnightly 11 Pekanga and Gillespie's Beach .. .. .. Weekly 12 Ross, Ferguson's, Pukekura, Hende's Ferry, Te Taho, Weekly Harihari, Wataroa, Matainui, The Forks, Tatare, Waiho Gorge, and Weheka 13 Ross Post-office and Railway-station .. As required j 150 0 0 30 0 0 120 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 32 0 0 125 0 0 20 10 0 50 0 0 I 130 0 0 26 0 0 220 0 0 30 0 0 Performed under Arrangement. 6 10 0 15 0 0 13 0 0 15 0 0 1 Goldsborough and Callaghan's .. .. • • • I Twice weekly 2 Hokitika, Arahura, and Fox's .. .. .. Weekly 3 Hokitika and Arahura .. .. .. .. Twice weekly 4 Hokitika and Kanieri Forks .. .. .. Twice weekly Total 1,053 0 0

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH.

S3 v 6 o o '5c d £ 03 ry 03 Service. Frequenoy. Annual Subsidy Performed under Contr. .CT. £ s. d. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Akaroa, Long Bay Road, and Le Bon's Bay Alford Forest, Staveley, Springburn Post-office and Railway-station Ashburton, Greenstreet, Ouihi, and Spreadeagle Ashburton, Wheatstone, Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach Ashburton, Elgin, Wakanui, and Riverside And Seafield, Seaview, and Newland Balcairn and Leithfield Barry's Bay, French Farm, and Wainui Cass, Bealey, Bealey Flat, and Otira Railway Chertsey and Pendarvis Cheviot, Spotswood, Hawkeswood, Conway Flat, Hundalee, and Kaikoura Christchurch Post-office and Railway-station, and High Street, as required. Clearing receivers in Christchurch, portion of Sydenham, twice daily; also in remaining portion of Sydenham, St. Albans, Phillipstown, Linwood, &c, daily, and once extra on Saturdays Coalgate and Hororata Courtenay and Kirwee Culverden, Rotheram, and Waiau Four times weekly . . Daily Thrice weeklv Daily Daily Thrice weekly Daily Daily Thrice weekly Daily Thrice weekly f 68 0 0 67 10 0 45 0 0 100 0 0 92 10 0 39 0 0 50 0 0 635 8 2 68 0 0 250 0 0 12 Daily 570 10 0 13 14 15 Twice daily Daily Once daily; twice on Wednesdays Daily Daily Daily Thrice weekly 55 0 0 38 0 0 52 0 0 16 17 18 19 Darfield, Greendale, Kimberley, and Charing Cross Mina and Cheviot Dunsandel and Killinchy Duvauchelle, Okain's Bay, Chorlton, and Little Akaloa Ealing, Carew, and Cross Roads Receiving-box, Ruapuna Flaxton Post-office and Railway-station, Flaxton, and Ohoka Glentunnel, Glenroy, and Windwhistle House And Glentunnel and Lake Coleridge Halkett Town, West Melton, Weedon's Post-office, and Weedon's Railway-station Hawarden and Woodgrove And Woodgrove and McDonald Downs Highbank and Methven Hinds and Lismore And Hinds and Lowcliffe Hurunui, Medbury Railway-station, and Medbury . . Irwell Railway-station, Post-office, and Brookside . . Kaiapoi, Coutt's Island, Clarkville, and Eyreton Kaiapoi, Woodend, Waikuku, and Saltwater Creek .. Kaikoura Post-office and Wharf y ,. Little River, Barry's Bay, Duvauchelle, Robinson's Bay, German Bay, and Akaroa Little River and Puaha Lyttelton, Rapaki, Governor's Bay, Allandale, and Teddington Lyttelton and Port Levy Mayfield and Valetta Railway-station Mayfield and Porateko Medbury and The Peaks Mount Somers and Ashburton Gorge Oxford, Cooper's Creek, Bexley, View Hill, and Rockford 102 10 0 20 0 0 65 0 0 130 0 0 20 Thrice weekly 64 0 0 21 Daily 38 0 0 22 Twice weekly Weekly Daily 1 80 0 0 23 70 0 0 24 Daily Thrice weekly Four times weekly .. Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Daily Thrice weekly Daily As required Daily 46 0 0 40 0 0 35 0 0 25 26 1 f 75 0 0 27 28 29 30 31 32 40 0 0 65 0 0 35 0 0 45 0 0 16 0 0 150 0 0 33 34 Daily Daily 30 0 0 100 0 0 35 36 37 38 39 40 Weekly Twice daily Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly 40 0 0 45 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 60 0 0 65 0 0 41 42 43 44 Parnassus Ferry and Mendip Hills Pigeon Bay and Hill-top Hotel Rakaia, Barrhill, and Highbank Rakaia, Overdale, Dorie, and Kyle Thrice weekly Daily Daily Daily 52 0 0 130 0 0 110 0 0 100 0 0 Carried forward 4,049 8

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t-t -*5 o o Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy. Peefobmed under Contract — co\ \tinued. £ s. d. 45 46 47 48 49 51 52 53 54 55 Brought forward Rakaia, Te Pirita, and Meade Rangiora, Hayland, Rakahuri, and Birch Hill Rangiora, Loburn, North Loburn, and Tokama Scargill, Motunau, and Stonyhurst Gate Spreydon, Halswell, and Taitapu Taumutu, Lakeside, and Leeston Waiau, Kaikoura Suburban, and Kaikoura Winslow, Willowby, and Eiffelton Yaldhurst and Hornby East Oxford and Glentui (rural delivery) Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Daily Daily Twice daily Daily Thrice weekly Daily Twice daily Daily 4,049 8 2 45 0 0 50 0 0 126 0 0 100 0 0 70 0 0 82 14 1 240 0 0 45 0 0 26 0 0 75 0 0 1 2 3 4 13 Pebformed undee Arrang: :ment. 20 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 90 0 0 14 15 16 17 18 Amberley and Broomfield Annat and Russell's Flat Ashburton and Porowhita Cheviot and Port Robinson Christchurch City and Suburbs (delivery of lettercarriers' bags) Conway Flat and Finger Post Flemington and Longbeach Road Gebbie's Flat and Motukarara Kaiapoi and Ohapuku Kaiapoi Post-office and Railway-station Thrice weekly Daily Thrice weekly Once weekly As required ; 3s. 6d. each cart, say Thrice weekly Daily Four times weekly .. Thrice weekly As required ; 9d. per trip, say 15 0 0 10 18 0 4 0 0 11 10 0 30 0 0 19 20 21 22 23 24: Kowai Bush Post-office and Railway-station Little Akaloa Post-office and Wharf Little River and Te Oka Loburn and Okuku Lyttelton Post-office, Railway-station, and Wharves Lyttelton Wfiarves and Roadstead Daily As required Thrice weekly Daily As required As required ; £1 per trip, say Daily As required Thrice weekly As required ; 9d. per trip, say Daily Daily .. Weekly 13 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 25 26 28 29 Ohoka Post-office and Railway-station Okain's Bay Post-office and Wharf Prebbleton and Broadfield Rangiora Post-office and Railway-station 12 0 0 5 0 0 19 0 0 35 0 0 30 31 32 Springston Post-office and Railway-station.. Springston Railway-station and Wakaipa Upper Waiau, Hopefield Station, Waiau Station, and Glynn Wye Waddington Post-office and Railway-station Woodend and Tuahiwi Christchurch and Marshland Christchurch and Suburbs (delivering parcels) 11 0 0 13 0 0 20 0 0 33 34 35 36 Twice daily Daily Daily Daily ; within Town Belts, 2d. ; outside, 4d. per parcel, say As required Twice weekly 10 0 0 12 0 0 16 0 0 100 0 0 37 39 Christchurch and all offices on tramway routes Oxford and Whakahua 200 0 0 45 0 0 Less contributions by settlers 5,821 10 137 0 3 0 Total 5,684 10 3

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF TIMARU.

$«rt Oi •! = •£ Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy Perfoemed undee Conte; .CT. £ s. (1. I Albury, Tengawai, Limestone Road, Coalpits, Opawa, and Mount Nessing (delivering correspondence) Burke's Pass Post-office, and Grampians, Gray's Hills, Haldon, and Black Forest Stations (delivering correspondence) Cave to Cannington and Motukaika Also Ormsby's (delivering correspondence) Fairlie, Waikarua, and Ashwick Flat Fairlie and Raincliff, rural delivery through Raincliff District, going via Middle Valley, and returning via Cattle Valley Fairlie, Kimbell, Burke's Pass, Lake Tekapo, Balmoral, Lake Pukaki, and Hermitage — From 1st November to 30th April Also Fairlie, Kimbell, Burke's Pass, Lake Tekapo, Balmoral, and Lake Pukaki— From 1st May to 31st October And Fairlie, Kimbell, and Burke's Pass— From 1st May to 31st October Geraldine and Orari Geraldine, Orari Bridge, and Woodbury Geraldine, Pleasant Valley, Te Moana, Gapes Valley, Wahimomona, Kakahu Bush, Kakahu School, and Hilton Glenavy, Ikawai, and Elephant Hill, returning by Middle Road (delivering correspondence) Glenavy and Waikakahi, via Pike's Point Road, and returning by Dog-kennel Road (delivering correspondence) Makikihi and Hunter Orari, Belfield, Rangitata, Rangitata Island, and Orton Otaio and Kohika, going via Lower Kohika Road, and returning via Upper Kohika Road (delivering and collecting correspondence) Peel Forest, Arundel, and Rangitata (delivering correspondence) Pleasant Point, Hazelburn, and Raincliff Station (delivering correspondence through Totara Valley) St. Andrew's and Bluecliffs, returning via Lyalldale (delivering correspondence) Temuka and Hilton Temuka, Ohape, Clandeboye, and Orakipaoa (part rural delivery) Temuka, Rangatira Valley, Waitohi Flat, and Upper Waitohi Flat Timaru Post-office and Railway-station, Timaru Postoffice and vessels at Wharf, also distribution of bags of newspapers for letter-carriers Timaru, Fairview, Claremont, Southburn, Pareora, Otipua, and Salisbury (delivering correspondence) Timaru and Glen-iti Timaru Post-office via Grant's and Page's Roads, by Hadlow to Tycho Flat School, then back by Rolling Ridges and Rosewill School past Harper's, Davies' and Kelland's, and Lindsay's corner to Timaru Post-office Waitawa Railway-station and Kerrytown Waihao Downs, Waihaorunga, and Pentland Hills (delivering correspondence) Waihao Downs and Grassy Hills (delivering correspondence) Waimate Post-office and Railway-station Waimate, Arno, Waihao Forks, and Waihao Downs. . Thrice weekly 75 0 0 2 Weekly .. 65 0 0 3 4 5 Twice weekly Once weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly | i 1 J 50 0 85 0 0 0 5 a Thrice weekly Once weekly > 850 0 0 6 7 8 Once weekly Four times daily Daily Thrice weekly 79 0 77 0 85 0 0 0 0 9 Twice weekly 1 10 Twice weekly I > 55 0 0 11 12 13 Daily Thrice weekly Twice weekly .. 45 0 48 0 26 0 0 0 0 14 Thrice weekly 50 0 0 15 Thrice weekly 95 0 0 16 Thrice weekly 65 0 0 17 18 Thrice weekly Thrice weekly 45 0 60 0 0 0 19 Thrice weekly 47 0 0 20 As required 135 0 0 21 Daily 100 0 0 22 22a Twice daily Daily 30 0 163 15 0 0 23 24 Daily Thrice weekly 32 0 65 0 0 0 25 Thrice weekly 40 0 0 26 27 As required Daily 23 10 75 0 0 0 Carried forward 2,566 5

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF OAMARU.

o o •f c j 'P Service. Frequency. An a> S g «2 • Frequency. Annual Subsidy. nnual Subsidy yPerformed tjndf.r Contract— continued. £ s. d. Brought forward 28 j Waimate and W 7 aiariari . . .. . . .. Thrice weekly 29 i Woodbury and Orari Gorge Station (delivering corre- Daily spondence) 30 Timaru (parcel-delivery between Chief Post-office and Daily ; 2|-d. per parcel, boundary of letter-carriers' deliveries say 31 Temuka Post-office and Railway-station . . As required 32 Burke's Pass, Braemar, Lake Tekapo, and Tasman Once weekly .. [ Islands 2,566 5 25 0 50 0 40 0 36 0 60 0 o o 0 0 0 0 Performed under Arrangement. 2 Levels Post-office, Lower Rosewill, and Papaka Settle- Twice weekly ments (delivering correspondence) 3 Morven Post-office and Waikakahi Settlement (rural Twice weekly delivery) 4 Otipua and Adair .. .. .. .. Thrice weekly 6 Temuka and Seadowu . . .. .. .. ! Four times weekly .. 7 Wahimomona Post-office and Beautiful Valley (de- Thrice weekly livering correspondence) 9 Lake Te Kapo and Burke's Pass . . .. ... Weekly ; 1st May to » 31st October 10 Southby's corner and Pleasant Point Post-office . . Thrice weekly 2 3 4 6 7 5 0 10 0 7 10 20 0 20 0 20 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 10 Less contributions by other Departments and byi settlers 2,871 15 530 0 2,871 15 530 0 0 0 0 0 Total .. .. .. .. j 2,341 15 2,341 15 0 0 j_ _ _ ,

© q5 +a © O MO J Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy. Performed under Conti ;ACT. £ s. d. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kokoamo and Borton's Siding (delivering correspondence where practicable) Kurow, Wharekuri, and Omarama (delivering correspondence where practicable) Livingstone, Maerewhenua, and Tokarahi Maheno, Incholme, and Kauru Hill Maheno and Kakanui Oamaru Post-office, Railway-station, and Breakwater Omarama, Benmore Station, and Lake Pukaki (from 1st November to 30th April) Hakataramea, Rocky Point, Dip Creek Once daily Twice weekly Four times weekly .. Thrice weekly Daily As required Weekly 30 130 65 47 50 120 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Twice weekly Rocky Point; weekly Dip Creek Thrice weekly ; once via Top Road And Hakataramea and Station Creek I 100 0 0 Performed under Arrange: J 4ENT. 20 15 15 13 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 2 3 -1. 6 7 8 Alma and Railway-station (Deborah) Awamoko and Railway-station (Aitcheson's) Enfield and Railway-station Georgetown and Railway-station (Uxbridge) Kurow and Hakataramea Oamaru and Ardgowan Oamaru and Whitstone Twice daily Twice daily Twice daily Twice daily Twice daily Daily Daily Carried forward 675 0 0 V

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POSTAL DISTRICT OF DUNEDIN.

•3 o o -a,o-g Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy Performed under Arrangement -continued. £ s. d. 9 10 11 12 13 Brought forward Otiake and Railway-station (Strachan's) Waianakarua and Railway-station Weston and Railway-station Windsor and Railway-station Hakataramea, Station Peak, Clarkesfield, to terminal settlement, Mt. Parker Maruakoa-Windsor Twice daily Twice daily Twice daily Twice daily Twice weekly 675 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 5 0 0 25 0 0 it Daily 10 0 0 Less contributions by settlers 740 0 0 10 0 0 Total 730 0 0

±> O o Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy Performed under Contr. .CT. £ s. d. 1 2 Abbotsford and Fairfield And Fairfield and Saddle Hill Burnside, 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 and Te Houka Bannockburn and Nevis— From 1st October to 31st May . From 1st June to 30th September Beck's and Lauder Cromwell and Bannockburn Dunedin Chief Post-office, Railway-station, and Wharves; also supplying horse and vehicle for letter-carrier, North-east Valley, as required; Dunedin, supplying three horses and vehicles with drivers for conveyance of officers of the Department, clearing city and suburban letter-boxes and receivers, delivery of letter-carriers' bags, and delivery of parcels in the city and suburbs within a radius of four miles of the Chief Post-office as required Dunedin, North-east Harbour, Broad Bay, and Portobello And Portobello and Otakou Dunedin, Highcliffe, Pukehiki, The Camp private bag, and Sandymount Hawea Flat and Maungawera Henley and Berwick Heriot and Moa Flat Estate (rural delivery) Heriot, Crookston, Dunrobin, and Parkhill. . Hindon Post-office and Railway-station Kaitangata and Inch-Clutha Kaitangata and Stirling Katea Post-office and Hunt's Road Railway-siding .. Kyeburn, Kokonga Post-office and Railway-station .. Daily Thrice weekly Thrice weekly 1 I 30 0 0 70 0 0 3 4 As required Thrice weekly 40 97 0 5 0 0 5 6 Twice weekly 23 8 0 7 8 9 Twice weekly Weekly Thrice weekly Daily As required 1 J 60 69 70 753 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Daily 10 Thrice weekly Thrice weekly \ J 150 0 0 11 73 0 0 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly Twice daily Thrice weekly Daily 40 40 45 85 30 30 60 32 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (I 0 Carried forward 1,849 13 0

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l"S 8 •|o'E Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy. Performed under Contract--continued. £ s. d. Brought forward 1 Lawrence, Whenuakoa, Tuapeka West, Kononi, and Tuapeka Mouth 2 Lawrence and Waipori 3 Lawrence, Weatherstone, and Bluespur ;4 Merton, Beaconsfield, and Evansdale 5 Milton, Akatore, and Glenledi 6 Mosgiel and East Taieri .. 7 Naseby and Kyeburn Diggings 8 Naseby, Eweburn, and Ranfurly .. 9 Omakau and Matakanui And Drybread 0 Ophir Post-office and Omakau Railway-station 1 Ophir, Poolburn, and Moa Creek .. '2 Oturehua, Blackstone Hill, St. Bathan's, and Cambrian 3 Outram, Lee Stream, and Clark's .. 4 Outram, Woodside, and Maungatua 5 Owaka Post-office and Railway-station •6 Owaka, Owaka Valley, Tahatika, and Purekireki •7 Palmerston, Glenpark, Dunback, Green Valley, and Morrison's >8 Palmerston, Glenpark, Dunback, Macrae's Flat, and Moonlight '9 Patearoa and Waipiata 0 Patearoa and Paerau 1 Pembroke, Makarora Wharf, and Makarora 2 Port Chalmers Post-office, Railway-station, and Wharves 3 Puerua, Port Molyneux, and Romahapa 4 Ratanui Post-office and Catlin's River Railway-station And Papatowai, Tarara, and Ratanui And Ratanui, Tarara, Papatowai, and Wharuarimu 5 Tautuku and Papatowai 6 Waikoikoi Post-office and Pomahaka Railway-siding 7 Waipiata and Gimmerburn :8 Waitahuna and Waitahuna Gully. . :9 Waitahuna, Waitahuna West, and Pukete .. iO Waitepeka Post-office and Railway-station.. '1 Waiwera South, Ashley Downs, Taumata, and Clydevale '2 Clyde, Waenga, and Cromwell Cromwell, Kawarau Gorge, Waitiri, Gibbston, Arrowtown, Lower Shotover, Frankton, and Queenstown Cromwell, Lowburn Ferry, Bendigo, Lindis Crossing, and Tarras Cromwell, Lowburn Ferry, Queensberry, Luggate, Hawea Flat, Albert Town, and Pembroke Lawrence Post-office and Railway-station Lawrence, Evans Flat, Beaumont, Rae's Junction, Island Block, Horseshoe Bend, Miller's Flat, Ettrick, Dumbarton, and Roxburgh Pembroke, Cardrona, and Arrowtown Roxburgh, Coal Creek Flat, Bald Hill Flat, and Alexandra South Thrice weekly 1,849 13 0 90 0 0 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Thrice weekly Daily Daily Twice weekly Daily Twice weekly Daily Daily Thrice weekly Twice daily Thrice weekly Daily Twice weekly Daily As required Thrice weekly Thrice weekly 60 0 0 40 0 0 90 0 0 29 15 0 25 0 0 36 0 0 29 10 0 75 0 0 30 31 32 -",3 34 35 36 37 60 0 0 55 0 0 170 0 0 60 0 0 80 0 0 26 0 0 75 0 0 120 0 0 38 Thrice weekly 130 0 0 39 40 41 42 Thrice weekly Weekly Weekly As required 50 0 0 26 0 0 95 0 0 24 0 0 13 44 45 46 47 48 19 50 5.1 Thrice weekly Daily Weekly Weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Daily Thrice weekly 25 00 "1 y 156 11 0 J 30 0 0 35 0 0 33 0 0 28 0 0 85 0 0 30 0 0 75 0 0 52 Daily Thrice weekly "*i Twice weekly Thrice weekly As required Daily 15 0 Weekly Thrice weekly Perfoemed under Arrange: [ENT. 1 Allanton and Momona 2 Balclutha Post-office and Railway-siding 3 Clarksville Post-office and Railway-siding 4 Clinton and Popotunoa (rural delivery of correspondence) Daily As required Daily Weekly 17 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 Carried forward .. .. 6,042 4 0

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H-S 8 -2 ,-p ao o £ Service. Freq uency. Annual Subsidy Peefobmed undee Arrangement— continued. £ s. d. 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 5 6 7 Brought forward Cromwell and Lowburn Ferry . . .. .. Weekly Dunback and Stoneburn.. .. .. .. Twice weekly Dunedin and Anderson's Bay .. .. • • "1 Caversham .. .. .. .. Dunedin North .. .. .. ••La ' • > I North-east Valley . . .. .. f South Dunedin And conveyance of letter-carriers .. Dunedin and Mornington .. .. . . Twice daily Dunedin and Mount Cargill .. .. . . Twice weekly Dunedin and Roslyn . . . . .. . . Twice daily Dunedin and Whare Flat .. . . .. Twice weekly Forsyth Post-office and Railway-siding . . ... Thrice weekly Glenore Post-office and Railway-siding . . .. Daily Goodwood and Flag Swamp . . . . .. Daily Henley Post-office and Railway-station .. .. Twice daily Houipapa Post-office and Railway-siding . . .. Thrice weekly Kaka Point and Port Molyneux .. .. .. Thrice weekly Kakapuaka Post-office and Railway-siding .. Daily Kaitangata and Wangaloa .. .. . . Thrice weekly Kononi and Rongahere . . . . . . . . Twice weekly Miller's Flat Post-office and Coach, and delivery of Daily telegrams at Miller's Flat Milton and Moneymore .. .. .. .. Thrice weekly Milton and Table Hill . . . . .. .. Twice weekly Milton and Waronui (delivery of correspondence each Daily way) Mosgiel Post-office and Railway-station .. As required ; 6d. per trip, say North-east Harbour Post-office and Coach .. .. Daily North Taieri Post-office and Railway-siding .. Daily Otokia Post-office and Railway-siding .. .. Daily 7 Owaka and Pounawea .. .. . . . . Thrice weekly ; and. extra thrice-weekly service from middle of December to end j of January at 17s. ; 6d. per week, say £5 Pembroke and Cardrona .. .. .. Weekly ; £1 per trip, winter service, say '", Port Chalmers and Otago Heads .. .. . . Thrice weekly Purakanui Post-office and Railway-station . . ! Daily Tapanui Post-office and Railway-station . . ,. i As required Toiro Post-office and Railway-siding .. .. Daily Waipiata and Hamilton South .. .. .. I Twice weekly Warrington Post-office and Railway-station . . Daily .. Wedderburn Post-office and Railway-siding . . Daily .. Wharetoa and Clydevale.. .. . . .. Thrice weekly .. I The Reefs Post-office and Railway-platform . . ; Twice daily Kahuika-Houipapa Post-office and Houipapa Railway- Twice weekly station Greenfield and Pukete .. . . .. .. Thrice weekly .. [ Waipiata Post-office and Railway-station .. .. Daily .. Tawanui Post-office and Papatupu Railway-station . . Twice weekly .. Puketiro Post-office and Railway-siding .. .. Twice weekly .. j Clyde and Earnscleugh .. . . ■. . ,. Thrice weekly . . Lindis Pass and Tarras .. . . . . .. Weekly 6.042 4 0 7 16 0 19 0 0 110 10 0 15 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 5 0 0 20 0 0 12 0 0 21 0 0 15 10 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 20 0 0 28 29 30 31 5 0 0 1.5 0 0 8 0 0 25 0 0 30 0 0 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 10 II 12 44 5 0 0 18 0 0 20 0 0 18 0 0 17 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 ■ 6 0 0 30 0 0 45 t-6 17 48 19 5(1 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 30 0 0 32 10 0 i Less contributions by settlers . . .. ; J 6.776 10 10 0 0 0 Total .. .. .. |

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«D *** 01 ■*> O O .2 ,-p © ry 53 Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy. Peefobmed undee Conte. ,CT. £ s. d. 1 2 Arrowtown and Macetown Arrowtown, Lower Shotover, Frankton, and QueensTwice weeklyDaily 30 0 0 120 0 0 3 4 5 6 7 8 town Athol and Nokomai Brown's and Hokonui Centre Bush Railway-siding and Otapiri Gorge Colac Bay and Round Hill Fortrose, Otara, Haldane, and Slope Point.. Waikawa, Niagara, Quarry Hills, Tokonui Gorge, and Tokon ui Railway-station Fortrose and Waimahaka Railway-station Weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly Twice weekly Four times weekly .. 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 10 0 28 10 0 45 0 0 90 0 0 9 10 II 12 Freshford Railway-station and Wendonside Gore, East Chatton, Chatton, Kna.pdale, and Otama Invercargill Chief Post-office and Railway-station Daily, and two extra trips weekly Daily Thrice weekly As required ; 6d. per load, say Twice weekly 50 0 0 33 0 0 85 0 0 110 0 0 13 Lumsden and Mossburn . . . . The Key and Te Anau— From 1st November to 30th April From 1st May to 31st October Mossburn — From 1st May to 31st October Twice weekly W T eekly 1 J 300 0 0 Extra trip weekly at 15s. per week, say 21 0 0 II 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Manapouri and Hillside Creek— From 1st November to 30th April From 1st May to 31st October Mataura and Tuturau Mataura and Waimumu Merino Downs and Dickie's Bridge Mill Road Railway-station, Myross Bush, Roslyn Bush, Grove Bush, and Mabel Bush Mossburn and Matuku— From 1st May to 31st October From 1st November to 30th April Niagara and Chasland's Nightcaps to Opio and Beaumont Schools Nightcaps and Wairaki (rural delivery 7 ) Centre Bush and South Hillend Otautau and Aparima Otautau, Orawia, Eastern Bush, Clifden, Mangapiri, and Blackmount (with extension to Manapouri from 1st November to 30th April) Otautau, Orawia, Eastern Bush, and Clifden Paterson Inlet and Half-moon Bay ; also collecting correspondence from The Neck, and delivering to The Neck and North Arm settlements Pukerau, Kaiwera, and Otaraja And Pukerau and Benio Queenstown, Arthur's Point, and Malaghan's (Wharehuanui) Queenstown, Arthur's Point, Maori Point, and Skipper's Riversdale and Wendon Riverton, Gummie's Bush, and. Groper's Bush Riverton Post-office and Railway-station Skipper's and Upper Shotover Thornbury, Isla Bank, and Drummond Waikaka and Greenvale Waikaka Post-office and Railway-station Waikaka and AVendon Valley .. Wairio and Wrey's Bush Winton, Oreti, and Heddon Bush Woodlands and Dacre Wyndham, Menzies Ferry, Seaward Downs, and Mataura Island Twice weekly Weekly Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly Weekly Twice weekly Twice weekly Thrice weekly Weekly Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Weekly Twice weekly 7 Weekly I j 35 0 0 39 0 0 '26 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 24 0 0 46 0 0 36 0 0 30 0 0 27 0 0 25 0 0 190 0 0 75 0 0 85 0 0 28 Thrice weekly Thrice weekly Twice weekly i 60 0 0 29 i 20 0 0 30 Twice weekly 57 10 0 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Twice weekly Thrice weekly As required Weekly Daily Twice weekly Twice daily Thrice weekly Daily Thrice weekly Twice weekly Daily 24 10 0 45 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 95 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 35 0 0 60 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 Carried forward 2.328 0 0

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Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given; printing (1,000 copies), £26.

By Authority : John Maokay, Government Printer, Wellington. —19.12.

Price 9d.]

45 *y, 53 Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy, Peefobmed undee Contract — continued. £ s. d. Brought forward 43 Wyndham and Mimihau .. .. .. Twice weekly 44 Wyndham and Mokoreta .. .. .. Twice weekly 45 Bluff and Ruapuke Island .. .. .. Fortnightly 2,328 0 0 39 0 0 39 0 0 43 0 0 Peefobmed under Arrangement. 1 Balfour and Hiwiroa .. . . .. .. Twice weekly 2 Clifden and Wairoto (rural delivery) .. .. Twice weekly 3 Glade House and Milford Sound — From 1st November to 30th April .. .. Fortnightly 4 Hedgehope Railway-station and Glencoe .. .. Twice weekly 5 Glenorchy and Paradise— From 1st May to 31st October .. .. . . Twice weekly From 1st November to 30th April .. .. Thrice weekly 6 Gore and Croydon Bush . . .. .. . . Thrice weekly 7 Invercargill and Otatara .. . . . . Twice weekly 8 Invercargill, Waikiwi, Lome, and Wallacetown .. Daily 9 Kapuku and Waituna .. .. .. .. Weekly 10 Kingston and Queenstown .. .. .. Daily 11 Kinloch Post-office and Wharf — From 1st May to 31st October .. .. .. Twice weekly From 1st November to 30th April .. .. Thrice weekly 13 Mataura and Ferndale . . . . '.'. .. Thrice weekly 14 Middlevale Post-office and Railway-station .. Daily 15 Otautau and Gladfield (rural delivery) .. .. i Twice weekly 16 Otautau and Scott's Gap .. .. .. Thrice weekly 17 Otautau Post-office and Railway-station .. .. ! As required 18 Pahia Post-office and Railway-station . . .. Daily 19 Papatotara and Tuatapere .. .. .. . Weekly 20 Queenstown, Glenorchy, Kinloch, and Creighton — From 1st May to 31st October . . .. . . j Twice weekly From 1st November to 30th April . . . . Thrice weekly 21 Queenstown and Moke Creek .. .. .. Weekly 22 Riversdale and Kaweku .. .. .. .. ! Twice weekly 23 Te Anau and Glade House — From 1st November to 30th April .. Twice weekly ; £2 per trip, say 24 Titiroa and Pine Bush .. .. .. .. Daily 25 Tussock Creek and Wilson's Crossing .. .. Twice weekly 26 Waianiwa and Otahuti .. .. .. . . Thrice weekly 27 Waianiwa and Spar Bush . . . . .. Thrice weekly 28 Waianiwa and Taramoa .. . . .. .. J Twice weekly 29 Waikaia Post-office and Railway-station .. . . Twice daily .. j 30 Waikaka Valley Post-office and Railway-station . . Daily 31 Waikawa Valley and Main Road . . . . . . Thrice weekly 32 Waipounamu Post-office and Railway-station .. Daily 33 West Plains Post-office and Railway-station . . ! Daily 34 Wild Bush and Main Road .. .. ... Thrice weekly 35 Wright's Bush Post-office and Railway-station .. | Daily 36 Invercargill (delivery of parcels in the town and As required; 3d. per suburbs of Invercargill) parcel, say 37 Nightcaps and Birchwood . . .. .. Thrice weekly 38 Half-moon Bay and Murray River .. .. Weekly 6 7 8 9 10 II 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 t I ! i i 20 0 0 30 0 0 25 0 0 16 0 0 12 10 0 15 0 0 12 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 500 0 0 5 0 0 20 0 0 4 0 0 12 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 8 0 0 12 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 19 0 0 110 0 0 20 0 0 12 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 12 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 7 0 0 20 0 0 18 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 12 0 0 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 TJ) I \ju v v 3,703 104 0 0 0 0 Less contributions by other Departments 104 0 0 Total .. .. .. .. i 3,599 0 0 3,599 0 0 i Grand total . . ... .. £ £73,572 18 £73,572 18 1 1