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Table No. 10. Inland Mail-services established, accelerated, etc.

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District. Name of Service. Frequency. Remarks. .uckland Hautapu Post-office-Railway-station Matangi-Tamahere Railway-station.. Ngaruawahia-Te Kowhai Taupiri-Gordonton Kihikihi-Te Awamutu Hukerenui Post-office-Rail way-station Ongarae- Taumarunui Waikumete-Nihotupu Waiuku-Akaaka Waiuku-Otaua Cambridge-Maungatautari Coromandel-Cabbage Bay Daily Four times weekly Thrice weekly Twice weekly Established. Weekly „ (Giving Cabbage Bay a twiceweekly mail.) Galatea-Muripara.. Hikuai-Puketui Hukerenui-Tapuhi Kawhi a-Kinohaku Manukau Heads-Orua Bay Ohaeawai Okaihau „ (Giving Okaihau a twice-weekly mail.) Ohaeawai-Whangaroa Okupu-Owana Tangowahine-Onetea Totara North- Saies Tryphena-landing and shipping mails Tuakau—Pukekawa Waerenga-Tangawahia Whangarei-Kaitara Pukekohe-Mauku-Waiuku „ (First subsidised service.) Kihikihi-Te Awamutu Te Awamutu-Railway-station Howick-Whitford Extended to Waiuku, thrice weekly, giving Waiuku a daily mail. Frequency increased : from daily to twice daily four days a week (daily the other two). Ditto. Frequency increased: twice to thrice weekly. Ditto. Rotorua-Waiotapu-Wairakei-Taupo Tuakau-Onewhero Rotorua-Atiamuri.. Frequency increased: once to twice weekly. (See Curtailed.) Curtailed to Rotorua-Atiamuri, but frequency increased; and frequency of Rotorua-Waiotapu - Wairakei - Taupo service also increased. Altered: to terminate at Muripara instead of Galatea (alteration of route). Abolished. (See Otherwise Altered.) Rotorua-Atiamuri-Taupo Rotorua-Galatea Galatea-Te Whaiti Kaukapakapa-Makarau - KomokorikiGlorit Porootarao Post-office-Railway-station Te Aroha Post-office-Railway-station Renwicktown-Omaka Seddon-Richmond Brook Fabian's Valley-Wairau Valley Wairau Valley-Top Valley Twice weekly Established. Blenheim Weekly ! '. Christchurch.. Anama Post-office-Railway-station .. Mayfield-Valetta Railway-station Springfield-Porter's Pass-Castle Hill-Bealey-Otira Railway — Aicken's-Jackson's-Taipo Lyttelton-Chatham Islands Oxford-Cooper's Creek-View Hill Waiau-Conway Flat Christchurch-Coalgate (railway) Christchurch-Halswell Christchurch-Little River Twice weekly Frequency increased: once to twice weekly. Established. „ (Giving Mayfield a daily service.) „ (Renewal, 1/1/02.) Six times a year.. „ (Renewal.) Extended to Rock Ford (new office). Extended to Claverley (office reopened). Frequency increased: daily to twice daily. Ataahua Post-office-Kaituna Railwaystation Kowai Bush-Springfield Frequency increased: two additional mails each way on Thursdays. Frequency increased : by an extra mail on Thursdays. Frequency decreased : daily to twice weekly for winter. Curtailed to Scargill-Domett-Cheviot; Waipara and Omihi to be served by railway. Abolished. Established. Waipara-Cheviot Dunedin Mount Somers-Ashburton Gorge Clyde-Springvale (no post-office) Houipapa-Ratanui Pembroke-Cardrona Daily Weekly Taioma-Barewood-Sutton, &c. tt • • (One way only.) „ (Winter service: 17thApril31st October, 1902.) Extended : first to Wedderburn, then to Ida Valley (by extension of railway). Curtailed : by extension of railway from Rough Ridge to Ida Valley. Rough Ridge-Ida Valley-Ophir-Chatto Creek-Alexandra South-Clyde Two services: Thrice weekly