The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Post Office
Post Office.
The Circulation Branch of the Wellington Post Office is, of course, quite distinct from the general offices, although it occupies a portion of the same building. The ground floor on the left of the entrance is the portion set apart for the Circulation Branch. There is a large room for the reception of parcels, the sale of stamps and the delivery of letters, etc., over the counter, a smaller one for the Savings Bank and Money Order Office, and a very commodious sorting-room, besides the necessary rooms for the Chief Clerk and his more immediate assistants. For some inscrutable reason Wellington is denied the dignity of a postmaster, and quietly submits to her principal officer being called a chief clerk. The officers of the Wellington Circulations, consist of the Chief Clerk, the superintendent of the mailroom, the senior money order clerk, about thirty other clerks, twenty letter-carriers, and five messengers. The private boxes number 385, and are nearly all occupied. Mails are usually made up forty minutes before the ascertained time of departure of steamers; but the Postal Guide should be consulted on all matters concerning inland mails. The hours are 9 to 5, but occasionally the office is opened in the evening for the delivery of English mails.