Early history of the New Zealand Post Office /
Maker and role
D Robertson, Compiler
Production date
1905
Object detail
Accession number
PUB-2020-20
Maker
Description
Chapter I: Before the coming of the Pakeha -- Mr. Powditch's post-office in 1831 -- First government post -- Rates of postage -- Buildings -- Revenue
Chapter II: Sea postages -- Mr. Montefiore complains -- Changes of postmasters -- First postage ordinance, and how it became inoperative -- Mr. G. Cooper's appointment as deputy of the British postmaster-general -- Early post-routes -- Native mail-carriers
Chapter III: The Wellington post-office -- Mail-routes -- Mr. Mantell as postmaster -- The Wanganui post-office -- Complaints -- Some newspaper clippings -- Mr. Connell's troubles
Chapter IV: Letter-smuggling by the government -- A committee of inquiry -- The post-offices in the Bay of Islands
Chapter V: How letters were sorted -- The wreck of the "Falco" -- The lieutenant-governor opens the "Bandicoot's" mails -- Governor Grey's postage ordinance -- Dr. Martin's opinion of the post office -- Stoppage of the overland mails -- Visit of British postal commissioners -- The isolation of the settlements. Chapter VI: The Otago and Canterbury post-offices -- A notable proclamation -- Sir George Grey's postage rates -- New South Wales advocates reforms -- Wellington to Auckland vis Sydney -- Postage-stamps -- Native mail-carriers again. Chapter VII: The Auckland-Onehunga mails -- Arrears of accounts, and an inquiry there-upon -- Colonel Hulme's appointment as postmaster at Auckland -- Mr. Petre's appointment as postmaster-general -- Primitive arrangements at Auckland -- Mr. John Hoggard -- A breeze at Christchurch. Chapter VIII: The general assembly of 1854 -- Attach on the postmaster-general -- Coastal steam-services -- Auckland-Sydney service. Chapter IX: The "Wonga-wonga" - Mr. William Gray -- Mr. W. Corbett -- The Otago Post-office -- How letters went to Madiera -- The Local Posts Act of 1856 -- Destruction of the Wellington post-office -- Trouble with natives -- The Auckland-Ahuriri route -- The Chatham Islands post-office -- A vote for a mail-service. Chapter X: Gratuities to shipmasters -- Newspaper postage -- The Post Office Act of 1858. Chapter XI: The arrival of English mail in 1853 -- The first regular mail-service from Engliand to Australia -- The second service -- Branch services from Australia to New Zealand
Chapter II: Sea postages -- Mr. Montefiore complains -- Changes of postmasters -- First postage ordinance, and how it became inoperative -- Mr. G. Cooper's appointment as deputy of the British postmaster-general -- Early post-routes -- Native mail-carriers
Chapter III: The Wellington post-office -- Mail-routes -- Mr. Mantell as postmaster -- The Wanganui post-office -- Complaints -- Some newspaper clippings -- Mr. Connell's troubles
Chapter IV: Letter-smuggling by the government -- A committee of inquiry -- The post-offices in the Bay of Islands
Chapter V: How letters were sorted -- The wreck of the "Falco" -- The lieutenant-governor opens the "Bandicoot's" mails -- Governor Grey's postage ordinance -- Dr. Martin's opinion of the post office -- Stoppage of the overland mails -- Visit of British postal commissioners -- The isolation of the settlements. Chapter VI: The Otago and Canterbury post-offices -- A notable proclamation -- Sir George Grey's postage rates -- New South Wales advocates reforms -- Wellington to Auckland vis Sydney -- Postage-stamps -- Native mail-carriers again. Chapter VII: The Auckland-Onehunga mails -- Arrears of accounts, and an inquiry there-upon -- Colonel Hulme's appointment as postmaster at Auckland -- Mr. Petre's appointment as postmaster-general -- Primitive arrangements at Auckland -- Mr. John Hoggard -- A breeze at Christchurch. Chapter VIII: The general assembly of 1854 -- Attach on the postmaster-general -- Coastal steam-services -- Auckland-Sydney service. Chapter IX: The "Wonga-wonga" - Mr. William Gray -- Mr. W. Corbett -- The Otago Post-office -- How letters went to Madiera -- The Local Posts Act of 1856 -- Destruction of the Wellington post-office -- Trouble with natives -- The Auckland-Ahuriri route -- The Chatham Islands post-office -- A vote for a mail-service. Chapter X: Gratuities to shipmasters -- Newspaper postage -- The Post Office Act of 1858. Chapter XI: The arrival of English mail in 1853 -- The first regular mail-service from Engliand to Australia -- The second service -- Branch services from Australia to New Zealand
Media/Materials
Physical description
66 pages, 13 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Credit line
D Robertson. 1905. Early history of the New Zealand Post Office /, PUB-2020-20. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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