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Wellington — As required : Eketahuna Post-office-Railway-station ; Hukanui Post-office-Bailway-station. Daily: Pahiatua-Mangaramarama; Palmerston North-Terrace End-Whakaronga (see " Extended "). Thrice weekly : Colyton-Spur Boad ; Hukanui-Maungaraupi; Mangamahoe-Hast-well's (giving Hast well's a daily mail); Porirua-Paremata (delivery of letters); Bangitumau-Opaki; Te Nui-Annedale-Manawa. Twice weekly : Carterton-Gladstone-Te Wharau-Land's End (no post-office); Horne-wood-Flat Point-Waikekino ; Korora-Pongaroa; Masterton-Te Whiti; Bakau-nui-Waikereru. Weekly: Glendhu (no post-office)-Glenburn (no post-office) ; Kaitawa-Pori; Puke-hinau-Maku; Waikereru-Waiowaka. The following services were extended : — Auckland— Birkenhead-Birkdale (letter-delivery) to include Borough of Birkenhead as far as Hadfield's Corner on Eoberts Eoad. Dunedin — Dunedin-South Dunedin tram-service to include conveyance of mails between Dunedin, North-east Valley, and Caversham, and also conveyance of letter-carriers ; St. Bathan's-Cambrian to Beck's. Nelson — Collingwood-Parkeston to Golden Eidge (new office : Parkeston closed). New Plymouth — Whangamomona-Kohuratahi to Tuhara. Wanganui— Mangaweka-Kawatau to junction of Kawatau Valley and Auputu Eoads, and to Upper Kawatau and Mangakoheka, weekly. Wellington— , Alfredton-Waterfalls and Alfredton-Pori to Saunders Road (new office); Karori letter-delivery to Creswick and Northlands, and to Tinakori Eoad boundary; Pahiatua-Konini-Hamua-Newman to Eketahuna; Palmerston North-Terrace End to Whakaronga; Utuwai-Apiti to Umutoi (post-office reopened). The frequency of the following services was increased : — Auckland — Once to twice daily : Te Awamutu-Hairini. Twice to thrice weekly : Manurewa-Alfriston-Brookby ; Pirongia-Karamu ; TauhoaMaugakura. Twice and once weekly (summer and winter) to thrice and once weekly (Ist Novem-ber-30th April, Ist May-31st October) ; Taupo-Tokaanu. Once to twice weekly : Coromandel-Cabbage Bay; Mangapai-Euarangi-Waikiekie ; Porootarao-Ongarue. Christchurch— Daily to iwice daily : Christchurch-Glentunnel; Tinwald-Christchurch. Five times weekly to daily (in afternoon), with morning mails twice weekly : Christ-church-Methven-Lauriston-Lyndhurst-Cairnbrae. Twice weekly to daily (5/12/01 to 30/4/02; twice weekly for remainder of year): Kowai Bush-Springfield. Dunedin — Thrice weekly to daily : Outram-Woodside-Maungatua. Gisborne — Thrice weekly to daily : Gisborne-Kaiteratahi-Te Karaka-Whatatutu. Fortnightly to weekly: Te Araroa-Hicks Bay section of Port Awanui-Hicks Bay service (whole service now weekly). Greymouth — Four times weekly to daily: Greymouth-Paroa section of Greymouth-Dunganville service. Hokitika — Twice to thrice weekly : Kumara-Westbrook-Greenstone. New Plymouth — Weekly to twice weekly : Purangi-Matau. Timaru— Thrice weekly to daily : Timaru-Fairview-Claremont-Priest's Corner (no post-office)-Southburn-Pareora (terminal point)-Otipua-Kingsdown (no post-office)-Salis-bury-Timaru (round service). Wanganui — Twice and once weekly (summer and winter) to thrice and twice weekly (Ist Novem-ber-30th April, Ist May-31st October); Tokaanu-Waiouru-Karioi-Ohakune-Eaetihi-Mangaituroa-Pipiriki. Wellington— Once to twice weekly : Utuwai-Apiti. The frequency of the following service was diminished : — Christchurch — Twice to once daily : Springston Post-office-Railway-station.