The Government Buildings at Picton are of wood, and stand close to the water's edge, at the corner of Wellington Street and London Quay. They contain departments for the Post Office, Telegraph Office, and Telephone Office; the Post Office Savings Bank, Government Insurance, Customs; Receipt of Gold Revenue, and the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages; and also Roads and Bridges. Mr. Thomas William Le Cocq is the present Postmaster and Officer-in-Charge of the Customs.