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Lyttelton Times, Volume XIII, Issue 750, 14 January 1860, Page 3

*0 *O*^I>UBUC NOTICE. CONVEYANCE OF MAILS. L y T TELTON & CHRISTCHURCH MAIL. Ln?tf DERS will be received at this office T rf noon on Friday, the 20th day of X- iQQQ f or the conveyance of a mail boJalUial r' Helton and Christchurch, and tho delivery tfft>ClV diily on the line of road betwoon tho two ot nd at the residences either in Lyttelton or toff? s/iniTh to the persons to whom they are adChnstcbnicn^ lsfc im dr nM nviil to start from Lyttelton daily (except' a hvs) "fc 9 o'clock a.m., conveying letters parcels, and newspapers for dolivory 11 I'ost-olnce, Chvistclmvoh,'-and an open bag at t'l?. T ' i e j tovs and newspapers for delivery to contaniiHn the roa(i side a i oug t he line of persons l«in» route it to stavt f vom Christchurch daily A"°; !, Sundays) at 9 o'clock a.m., conveying (except °n p -; iporg f or delivery at the Postlettcvs aw and an open bag containing letters otce,liJ ul fol , delivery to persons living on 'attdWf F ,i!onff the lino of route. the' . «nvn'ls arc expected yearly from England \ T"'e 'f.'lia The contractor to undertake to i r ; ; 5 iiisti. or any colonial mail brought convey any - p orfc j^iton out to Christchurch, /V!hrwl>e^ev required, at anytime between he hours *>f 6 o'clock a.m., and 8 o'clock p.m., XSr^t state whether it is proposed to J y the mil by the Sumner-road or by the bridlePlll letters and papers to be delivered on the day rti w wcrivef either at the respective PostSLJJattho residences, either ,n Lyttelton or Sich, of the persons to whom they are addlht' delivery to include all letters and news- ' Jell from other Post-offices, handed by the postmister to the contractor. I 2 CHRISTCIiURCH & KAIAPOI MAIL. ! Tenders will be received at this office nntil noon I on Friday the 20th day ot January 1860, for the Zl evince of a mail between Clmstchurch and Sffi daily (Sundays excepted) for 12 months, f -mn tiie U 'day of April, 18U0. The wwil to start from Christchurch at noon, and | - leave Kaiapoi for Christchuvch at the same hour. 3 KVIVPOI & EINGIORA MAIL.

T'nders will be received at this office until noon on Fridiy the 20ih January, 1860, for the conveyance" of wails between Kaiapoi and Rangiora twice a week, for 13 months, from the Ist day of PMails to' start from Kaiapoi on Mondays and Thursdays, half an hour after the arrival of the f mail from Christchurch, and from Rangjora on j Tuesdays and Fridays, so as to reach Kaiapoi by 11.30 a'in. 4, CARRIAGE OF MAIL BETWEEN ! KAIAPOI & SALTWATER CREEK, | ONCE A WEEK. Tenders will be received at this office until noon i on Friday, the 20fch January, 1860, for the # conveyance of mails once a week between Kaiapoi and Saltwater Creek, for 12 months, from the Ist day of April, 1860. ' Mails to start from Kaiapoi every Tuesday at 9 a.m., leaving Saltwater Creek on the return .to Kaiapoi at 3 p.m. on the same day. 5. LYTTELTON & AKAROA MAIL. Tenders will be received at this office until noon on Friday, the 20th day of January, 1860, for the conveyance of a mail weekly between Lyttelton and Akaroa, for 12 months, from the Ist day of April, 1860, by one of the following routes: — Ist. By the route by boat to Pigeon Bay; thence by land to Duvauchelle Bay, thence by boat to Akaroa, or varying this latter part of the route by land from Duvauchelle Bay to Akaroa. 2nd. Prom Lyttelton to Purao (or Rhodes' Bay), from Purao by the direct road to Duvauchelle Bay, thence to Akaroa by land or water. j Tenders must provide for receipt and delivery of the Pigeon Bay mail on the journey either way between Akaroa and Lyttelton. An open bag. to be taken up and delivered'at Duvauchelle Bay if required. No mail to exceed 40 pounds in weight. Three hours to be allowed at Akaroa after the delivery of a mail to the Postmaster for the return mail to be made up. j The mail to start from Lyttelton every Tuesday, and from Akaroa every Thursday. Tenders for j this service must include the cost of conveyance of branch mails to and from Pigeon Bay, and must state the route proposed to be adopted and the spot \ at which the branch mails will join the main line. : The Pigeon Bay mail not to exceed 28 lbs. in ; weight.

6. AKAROA TO OKAIN'S BAY.

Tenders will be received at this office until noon on Friday, the 20th day of January, 1860, for the conveyance of a mail once a fortnight between Akaroa and Okain's Bay, for the 12 months, from the first Thursday in April, 1860. The contractor to start from Akaroa two hours alter the arrival of the mail from Lyttelton at that place. 7. CHEISTCHURCH & WAITANGI MAIL. Tenders will be received at this office until noon on Kriday, the 20th day of January, 1860, for the conveyance of a ma il fortnightly between Christcjurohwid the river Waibmgi, for 12 months, from the Ist day of April, 1860. Mcept owing to unavoidable accident, the mail jot to be more than three days in summer, and jour days in winter on the route to Timaru, and ™> days from Timaru to the river Waitangi, refining at least four hours in Timaru and the rone period at the Waitangi. (Summer months to 6 considered from the Ist day of November to the 31 ,1 7 ? n^ff\; Winter 'lst da^ of APril t0 *lst day of October.)

GENERAL CONDITIONS.

Untractors will not be allowed to take up at any ITjt. T mile of a letters or newstwVi 1 Very on theroad side without having STvi? at, the offi«.«»dm like manner will not be allowed to deliver within one mile of any w av ; ■ H ters, °. r newspapers taken up on the news? IIOUSI lOUS t0 H leir bein» taxed' Bufc !•"*» a»d twenT m't yhQ ««nWby the contractors bemi dfc f °ng tl the^ oad which are more than a Oml? from tlie po«t-office. KwSSr mU. St r^ 1"^ receive and deroad Zt i ? UC' h houses Ol" Pk(ses alon^ the Con n,? d l e,sired the Postmaster. ° 't rS Wi lU b, 6 b°Und t0 Proceed witn mails £tilhl mt c deia y°r rtoPW on theroad ThJ V.I o[ de PartinS ftom the Post-office. of deLvftf *" t0- have the °Ption at a"y tj ™ iSto^T 16' for half an hour •*« the &nSsrf« * haVe -° findsu^^ the pertnSro it "f lOnßi-° m t, he aniounta due t0 co«Ger t?i putta.ng ft^ bonds in ™{*" ratehtfj ' received for «ther service sepa«V» or tor two or more services together.

P. E. WRIGHT, Office, Lyttelton, Dec. 20,1859 POSfcmaßter<