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POSTAL DISTRICT OF GISBORNE.

z » Servioe. Frequency. Annual Subsidy. Performed under Arrangement. £ s. il. 2,084 9 0 15 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 38 0 0 Brought forward 1 Golden Cross and Waitekauri .. .. .. Twice weekly 2 Hikutaia Post-office and Railway-station .. .. Daily 3 Kopu Post-office and Railway-station .. .. Daily 4 Mackaytown Post-office and Railway-station .. Four times daily 5 Ohiwa and Opotiki .. .. .. As required, 7s. 6d. per trip, say 6 Ohiwa and Whakatane .. .. .. As required, 7s. 6d. per special trip, 3s. 6d. per ordinary trip, say .. 7 Omahu Post-office and Railway-station .. .. Daily 8 Omokoroa Post-office and junction of Tauranga Road Thrice weekly 9 Puriri Post-office and Railway-station .. .. Daily 10 Taneatua and Waingarara .. .. .. Weekly 11 Thames and Kauaeranga .. .. .. Twice weekly 12 Wharepoa Railway-station and Post-office .. Daily, 6s. per week, say 13 Puriri and Nevesville .. .. .. .. Twice weekly 1 2 3 1 5 (i 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 35 0 0 15 0 0 14 10 0 15 12 0 20 0 0 Less contributions by other Departments and by settlers 2,317 11 55 0 0 0 Total £2,262 11 0

'-'on Service. Frequency. Annual Subsidy. Performed under Contract. £ s. d. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 Gisborne, Te Hapara, and Patutahi .. .. Daily 2 Gisborne, Matawhero, Manutuke, and Muriwai .. Daily 3 Gisborne, Tatapouri, Whangara, Pakarae, Hauiti, and Twice weekly Tolaga Bay 4 Gisborne, Waiohika, and Waimata Valley .. .. Twice weekly And Arakihi .. .. .. .. .. Weekly 5 Gisborne, Waerengaokuri, Tiniroto, Marumaru, Fraser- Weekly town, and Wairoa 6 Gisborne, Wharerata, Tarewa, Morere, Nuhaka, and Weekly Wairoa 7 Gisborne Post-office and wharves and Railway-station As required 8 Gisborne wharves and vessels in roadstead .. As required 9 Patutahi and Wharekopae .. .. .. Weekly [0 Port Awanui, Kahukura, Rangitukia, Te Araroa, and Weekly Hicks Bay LI Te Karaka, Poututu, Whakarau, and Motu .. Twice weekly 12 Te Karaka and Whatatutu .. .. .. Daily 13 Tolaga Bay, Tokomaru Bay, and Waipiro Bay .. Twice weekly 14 Tolaga Bay, Hauiti, and Arataha .. .. .. Twice weekly And Ponana .. .. .. .. .. Weekly .5 Tokomaru Bay and Huiarua .. .. .. Weekly .6 Waipiro Bay, Whareponga, Tuparoa, and Port Awanui Twice weekly 7 Waitakaro and Waipiro Bay .. .. .. Weekly .8 J Whakarau, Rakauroa, and Niel Road (Matawai) .. Twice weekly I 90 0 0 80 0 0 180 0 0 35 0 0 200 0 0 185 0 0 80 0 0 150 0 0 80 0 0 70 0 0 II 12 13 II 140 0 0 30 0 0 195 0 0 I 89 0 0 15 16 17 IS 40 0 0 127 0 0 8 0 0 75 0 0 Performed under Arrangement. 5 0 0 5 0 0 1 Beach and Post-office, Port Awanui .. ... When steamer calls .. 2 Beach and Post-office, Tuparoa .. .. .. When steamer calls .. 3 Beach and Post-office, Waipiro Bay .. .. j When steamer calls, Is. per trip, say 4 Beach and Post-office, Tokomaru Bay .. .. When steamer calls .. 5 i Tolaga Bay Post-office and vessels in roadstead .. When steamer calls .. 5 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 Carried forward 1,884 0 0