CONVEYANCE OF OVERLAND MAILS.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, December 2nd, 1857. TENDERS will be received at this office until the 13th of February next, from persons desirous of contracting to perform the following service, for 12 months from the acceptance of the contract, viz: To convey mails once a week between Auckland and New Plymouth. The contractor to lake the Mails from the Post Office in Auckland at two p.m. every Monday, and deliver them at the Post Office in New Plymouth at one p.m. on the following Saturday; and, in like manner, to lake the Mails from the Post Oifiee in New Plymouth at two o'clock every Monday, and deliver i_h.':»i at the Post Office in Auckland at one o'clock on the following Saturday—leaving •and calling for Mails at Waingaroa and Kawhia, and waiting half an hour at each of those Post Offices. No to be carried to exceed 28 lbs. ra weight. Further particulars maybe ascertained on application to the. Postmasters at Auckland, Kawhia, and New Plymouth, a«d to the Rev. J. Wallis, at Whaisigaroa. Every Tender must specify the time at which the subscriber will be prepared to commence the service, and security will be required for the due performance of the Contract. Payments to the Contractor will be made monthly by the Postmaster at Auckland, or New Plymouth, at the option of the contracr tor. E. W. Stafford.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume IV, Issue 14, 15 December 1857, Page 3
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232CONVEYANCE OF OVERLAND MAILS. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume IV, Issue 14, 15 December 1857, Page 3
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