MAIL CONTRACTS
Pickett; 1st May, 1880—Mr. F. C. McClure; 14th January, 1881—Mr. A. A. Winterburn; 10th August, 1894—Miss Edith Julius; 1st September, 1896—Miss Mary McCarthy; 1st January, 1902—Miss Lizzie Verdon; 30th April, 1917—Mrs. Agnes McManus; 28th September, 1920—Miss Ethel Powell; 1st April, 1923—Mrs. Frances A. Smith; 1st March, 1924—Miss Ethel Powell; 30th March, 1925—Mrs. Lucy M. Dalkie; 1st May, 1929—Mrs. Eliza L. Robertson; 1st August, 1937—Miss Jessie Robertson. The office was conducted on a non-permanent basis (i.e., the person in charge was not on the permanent staff of the Department) from 10th August, 1894, until 1st July, 1908 (under Miss Verdon) and reverted to permanent basis in 1917 under Mrs. McManus.
Staff: 1871-1874—James Duigan and —. Sampson; 1875 —W. Petre, 1876—C. J. McCarthy; 1877—Arthur Cavell; 1878—C. D. R. Treadwell; 1879—I. Faris; ?—W. Dickson.
MAIL CONTRACTS.
The carrying of mails on horseback from Charleston to Westport, and return mails from Westport to Charleston, involved a journey of 36 miles, leaving Charleston at 6 a.m. and returning 5.30 p.m. on the same day. An extra led-horse was required for unusually heavy mails.
Charleston to Brighton: Mails were carried by horse, up to 1875, the contractors being Thomas Dollman, 1872; James Moles, 1873; Daniel Maloney, 1874; Samuel McKittrick, 1875. In 1876 it was conducted on foot by A. Hinde, and Hinde Junior. The service was twice weekly in 1872, and weekly thereafter, the subsidy varying from £65 in 1872 to £24 in 1876. Later the service was again by horse and weekly; the subsidy varying from £6 to £24. The contractors were M. O’Brien, 1877; M. F. O’Brien, 1879; and Joseph Wareham, M. O’Brien, M. F. O’Brien, S. Price, Wm. L. Price, W. Price, and T. E. Price during the period from 1881 to 1904.
Tiromoana to Charleston: The service was by horse and weekly from 1909 to 1924, the contractors being W. L. Price, W. Price, and T. E. Price, and the subsidy from £10 to £20.
Charleston to Tiromoana: A service “weekly or twice--
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