PAPERS RELATING TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS IN THE NORTH ISLAND.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1871 Session I, D-01a

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PAPERS RELATING TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS IN THE NORTH ISLAND.

11. CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO UP TO 30th JUNE, 1871.

PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BY COMMAND OE HIS EXCELLENCY.

WELLINGTON.

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SCHEDULE of CONTEACTS for the CONSTRUCTION of ROADS under " Immigration and Public Works Act, 1870," to 30th June, 1871.

Locality. Contractor's Names. as Quantities. Nature of Work. Bate. Amount. Total. Remarks. Taueansa to Judea. £ s. d. £ s. d. Under Mr. A. C. Turner, Engineer, Tauraaga. Kopurrrerua Swamp ... ii •! •»• ••• W. Cameron J. Fielding Ngaiterangi ... J.J.Redmond 13 chains Erecting 1 Bridge ... Fainting „ ... ... ... Improving Boad ... ... ... Ditching, clearing Slips, &c. ... ... For ... ii ... ... 146 12 0 4 10 0 350 0 0 25 6 0 ii ii ••• ••• ii ..* ... ii ii ••« ... n ... ... Under Mr. A. C. Turner, Engineer, Tauraaga. Tauranga, Maestu, Whakatanb, Ohiwa, • Ofotiki, Ovaee, Tobeee, Coast Line. 526 8 0 Matapihi to Maramakei Tuua ... Ngaiterangi 2j miles For 250 0 0 Cutting, filling and forming 18 feet wide, making and fixing 1 Culvert. Cutting, filling and forming 18 feet wide ... it ii it ••• >i ii ii ••• Whakatane to Obope... Materawaho Ngatematuka ... Ngatepukeko ... Ngatiawa Ngntepukeko ii » >i ii ii ... Constructing Eoad ... ii ... ... ii ... ... ii ..» ... ... ... 80 0 0 70 0 0 123 13 0 175 13 6 50 13 6 12 0 0 100 0 0 24 0 0 8 0 0 ii ii ••• •■• N ii ••• ... ... *.. n ••■ ... ii ii ••• ••• ii ii ••* ... ... «•• „ Bridge over Wairere ■ Road ... Repairing „ ii »•* ... it ii ••• »•• ii ... Wepiha 51 chains ... ii ... ... ii ii •>• •■■ ii «•« >•• ii ii ... ... Katilm Eichardson & Delaney n ... ... ii ii •■• ••• Opotiki to Otara i 85J chains ... (ii chains 31 chains M II ••• ... ... ... Forming „ ... ... ,. n n ••• ... ... ... •i ... ... 199. per chain £2 4s. per chain ... £114s. per chain.., £1 10s. each 10s. per chain 81 4 6 14 6 0 5 19 0 10 10 0 4 10- 0 ... ... n it ... ... 3. Euslilon 9 chains ... ii ii ••* ... ... ... Making and fixing 7 Culverts Fascining ... ... ... ... ... 83 2 6 18 0 3 0 0 116'"9 6 95 chains Forming ... Making and fixing 2 Culverts ... ii n 2 larga Culverts 17«. 6d. per chain 14s. each £1 10s. each ... ii ii ... ii »i ••• ... ii ii ... ... Opape to Torera .;. A. Smith T. Black Ranapia Ngafcai ... W. Kingi 3 4 95 chains 1U i chains 77 chains 216 chains 211 chains Clearing and forming ii ii ... .. ... Additional Culvert ... Constructing Track ... ... ... £1 5s. 7d. per chain £1 7s. 6d. per chain For ... ... 87 10 6 121 10 5 153 6 3 8 3 3 58 0 0 70 0 0 80 0 0 >i ... ... ii ii ... ... »i » ■•• ••• ... ... ii ... ... ii ii •*. ii )i ••• ... ... ... ii ... ... ... 1588 19 11

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SCHEDULE of CONTEACTS— continued. Locality. Contractor's Name. Id Quantities. Nature of Work. Bate. Amount. Total. Remarks. Oromn to Waioeka. Clearing and forming Fuscir.ing ... Constructing Bridge and largo Culvert... Cl Hs. Od. per chain 6s. per chain For £ s. d. 156 15 0 13 13 0 17 5 0 £ s. d. Under Mr. A. C. Turner, Engineer, Tauranga. Opotiki to Waioeka ... A. Smith 132 chains 45 i chains ... 187 13 0 Under Mr. A. C Turner, Engineer, Tauranga. Maketu to Taheko ... II H ... II II Wata Taranui Pokiba Matene Ilapita Ilaona Ngahoa Pita MAKETU TOWABDS ROTOBTJA. Constructing Boad ... ... ji >) ••■ ••• ••• ••• JI )> ••• ••• •*• '•• For ,i ... j, ... ... .... ... 122 10 0 115 0 0 215 0 0 87 10 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 II II JI II ... ... JJ }J ... ... *•• ••• ji ... ... )» )) ••• "• ••• ■" i, ... ... II JI ... ... a a ... ..* ..» ... 600 0 0 Under Mr. A. C. Turner, Engineer, Tauranga. Tauranga to Greerton „ Wnimapnu „ Whakapuukarukiu ,, Waioroi ... Lea and Watson 14Oi3 yards 1270 foet Taueanga towards Taoto, TnEoron Makooebwa Fobest. For D. Kennedy Cutting Forming ... Making and fixing 4 Culverts... Clearing and forming Boad and making and fixing 1 Culvert. Constructing Boad ... ... ... Cutting Fern Bemoving Land Slips Claying Embankment, 6 ins,; 1 Culvert and fixing Staking, fascining and claying Embankment Iron Plates for Bridge Guard Bails ,, „ Bock instead of Earth Cutting Felling Bush, chain wide ") Forming 45,600 yards Side Cutting [ Eoad, 18 18,400 „ Small Cuttings and filling) feet wide 3G0 feet Bridging ... » ••■ ••• ... 34 0 0 22 12 0 25 0 0 41 0 9 ,i ... ... ... H . .4 ii ... ... Waioroi to Oropi E. C. Jordan „ extras 8 miles 5i miles £-i per mile For 1300 0 0 21 0 0 2 5 0 30 0 0 10 10 0 2 18 0 7 0 0 91 19 0 ii >i ... )i »•■ 700 feet" 7 chains ii jj ... ... ji ... £1 10s. per chain For I, it ... ... ii ••• ... it ij ... ... j» ••• ... ii j, ... ... >) 122G yards 8$ miles ,i ... ... Is. 6d. per yard ... Oropi to Te Kerenga tt ... £200 per mile ... 1750 0 o n ii n ... ji ii „ Puhirua n •• • For 1430 0 0 » (•• Carried forward £4768 4 9 •

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Locality. Contractor's Name. o . S ° Quantities. Nature of Work. Rate. Amount. Total. Remarks. £ s. d. £ s. d. 4768 4 9 Brought forward TAUBANGA TOWAKD8 TAUPO, THBOUaH Makgobewa Fobesi — continued. Te Rerenga to Puhirua Ngatirangiwewehi ... 8 miles, 5 chains Felling Bush, chain wide ~* — 49,082 yards Side Cuttings | - B°rn- ln 8 13,600 „ Small Cuttings, filling, \ !L**\ and forming | » *' et 7,918 yards Side Cutting, soft rock J l e * Forming 18 feet Road, 11,205 yards filling, 1632- *, yards cutting and filling, 8835 yards small f cuttings 6720 yards ditching and filling, 55 L chains cloaring Manuka, and 10 culverts. J £200 per mile ... Waititi taTe Hemo ... Ngatiirhakaue 7 mis. 48 eh. 60 Iks. 1712 10 0 I For 600 0 0 Iliaiu 7080 14 9 Waikato to Taupo. Niho-o-te-kiore to Tuparahaki ... Clearing, draining and forming 18 feet Road; Bridges and Culverts. Clearing, draining and forming 10 feet Road; Bridges and Culverts. 650 0 0 Under Mr. E.H. Bold, Engineer. o 8 miles Tupaiahaki to Taputiekaruru ... Hohepa 1 12 miles 500 0 0 1150 0 0 Under Mr. E.H. Bold, Engineer. Tapuaeharuru to Orangteahou... Poihipa M'Kenzie, Camphell and Co. ( 7546 feet j. 3952 feet (3708 feet { 3265 feet Taupo TO-tVAin>3 Napihe. Constructing Road ... Squaring | T;mber Sawing y 12s. per 100 feet ... 12s. „ „ ... 15s. „ „ 450 0 0 Rangitaiki 1! ridge 45 5 6 29 12 10 22 4 11 24 9 9 Waipunga „ ii ii Rangitaiki & Waipunga Bridges Waipunga Bridge ... ii ii Frazer and Butler ... Erecting ... ... 121 13 0 94 10 0 , 311 5 0 ii ,.f ... ... ... ... ... * 977 8 0 !

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PEOVINCE OF HAWKE'S BAT. Locality. Contractor's Kamo. o . Quantities. Nature of Work. Bate. Amount. Total. Remarks. NAPIEE TOWABDS TaTOB. £ s. d. £ s. d. Under Mr.E.H. Bold, Engineer. KaiwakaHill D. Boss ... 25 chains Formation Grading Line £7 128. 6d. per chain 190 12 6 15 0 0 205 12 6 Eangimai papa Hill ... Brennan and Co. ... 59 „ Formation 9 Culverts... £4 2s. 6d. per chain £2 each... 243 7 6 18 0 0 Pohiu to Titiokura ... Titiokura to 1st Bridge 1st Bridge to Mohaka Cutting ... Mohaka Cutting Hollis, Harrison & Co. »» ii ii J. Tracey ... ii ... ... 3 4 5 6 6a 7 8 9 11 253 „ 70 „ 200 „ 60 „ Formation ... i) ... ... ... ... )i ... ... ... ... Extra Cutting and 1 Culvert... Clearing, forming, draining, hedging and culrerting Side cutting „ „ forming Clearing at £1 10s., side cutting at £2 5s., and draining at £1 5s. Clearing at £1 15s., side cutting and forming at £4 15s., and draining, £1 5s. Erecting 3 Bridges, 60, 27, and 23 feet, 110 feet Constructing 200 feet Culverts For £1 18s. per ohain... £3 10s For £1 per chain £2 5s. per chain ... For ... 261 7 6 436 5 0 153 10 0 380 0 0 210 0 0 54 0 0 80 0 0 180 0 0 260 0 0 210 0 0 Church Flat, Mohaka n ... ... Fitzgibbon ... 80 „ 80 „ 100 „ 80 „ Mohaka towards Te Harolo ... Stoney Creek ii ... J. Anderson W. Parsons „ ... ... j» ii ••• • •• ii ... 12 W „ ii ••• ••• 365 0 0 Mohaka towards Te Haroto ... M'Konzio & Campbell 13 £2 10a. per foot ... 58. „ 275 0 0 50 0 0 325 0 0 210 15 0 1000 0 0 Te Haroto to Tupurupuru „ „ Wainone Bawira 281 „ 5i miles Felling BuBh, GG feet wide ; clearing 30 feet ... 16 feet, cutting, forming, draining, hedging, and culverting. Timber for culverts... Felling Bush, 66 feet wide ; clearing 30 feet 16 feet, cutting, forming, draining, aid culverting 15s. per chain For ... i, ... ... I „ „ Tarawera Tarawera to Bunanga „ towards Bunanga ... Longman & Anthony Hamuera ... 240 chains 5 miles 13s. per 100 sup. ft. 15s. per chain For 52 0 0 180 0 0 800 0 0 ii ... ... ... 5363 10 0

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Locality. Contractor's Name. u - E a> Quantities. Nature of Work. Bate. Amount. Total. Bemarks. Nafiee to Manawatu Gorge, theough Seventy Mile Bush. £ s. d. £ s. d. Under Mr. C. H. Weber. Takapau Takapau to Tawhiti ... Tawhiti to Mangatewai-nui Mgatewai-nui to Mangatawai-iti Mangatewai-iti to Whakaroa-tapu Whakaroa-tapu to Piri Piri Piri Piri to Tahoraito Tahoraite to Matahiwi Matabiwi ... ... ,., A. Livingstone Inia Hudson and White... M. Davis ... Hudson and White... M. Davis ... Hudson and White... 1a 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 chains 2 miles 35 „ 2 „ 2 „ 2 „ 2 „ 2 „ 2 .. 102 chains Forming, metalling, draining, culverting Clearing Bush, 1 chain wido ... ii ii ii ii ••• ••• ■ ■•• ii n ii 'i ••• ... ... ii ii n ii ••• ••• ii n ii n ••• ••• ... ii ii ii ii ••• ••• ••• For £2 8s. per chaia ... £3 9s £3 £217s.6d. ,',' '.'.'. £3 £217s.6d.,, £2 6s. „ £3 £3 9s £3 3s. 2d. „ £3 5s. „ £3 10s. „ £2 10s. „ 70 10 0 384 0 0 897 0 0 480 0 0 517 0 0 540 0 0 805 0 0 3G8 0 0 480 0 0 552 0 0 505 6 8 520 0 0 560 0 0 255 0 0 11 ii ••• J. Dunbar Hudson and White... J. Dunbar i, ii ii ii ... ... ... ii - ii ii ii ••• ■•• ••» ii ii ii ii ••• ••• ••• ii ii ii ii ••• ••• ••• Gorge Entrance ii •■• ii ••• Rangitaue ii ii ii ii •■• »•• ••• ii ii ii ii ••• •■• ••• n II J-2 ii ii •■• ••• ... 6933 16 8 \Vairoa to Ickapu J. Steer ... W. Maloney J. Carroll... A. Gardner 1 mile 1 ,i H » Povbbty Bay—Inland Linb. For Under Mr. J. Drummond. )i » ••• •■• 1 i Forming ... ii ■•• ••• ••• »» ... ... 140 0 0 84 0 0 94 0 0 195 0 0 » ii »•• ••• )> n 11 ••• ••• ,, ... ... ... ... ... 1) ... ■•■ 513 0 0 Under Mr. O. L. W. Bousfield. Mahia to Te Muriwai Paoro Ihaka 25 miles Povebty Bay—Coast Line. For Forming Track 400 0 0

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SCHEDULE OF CONTRACTS for the CONSTRUCTION of ROADS under " Immigration and Public Works Act, 1870," to 30th June, 1871.

PROVINCE OF TAEANAKI. Locality. Contractor's Name. U u C 4) O Quantities. Nature of Work. Kate. Amount. Total. Kemarkn. White Cliifs to New Plymouth. £ s. d. £ s. d. Under Mr. O. Carrington. Mirai to Urenui ... Urenui to TikoraDgi ... Pareirika Knumona... Bush Bangers 140 chains 1 mile Forming ... Earthworks, culverts, ditching, &c. Forming, rounding up, and completing... Earthworks, culverts, ditching, &c. ... Levelling roadway, 20 feet wida ... For U 14 0 33 10 0 14 3 0 4 0 0 GO 0 0 1 ,, ... ... 2 H ,, ... ... Under Mr. O.' Carrington. ,, ... ... ,, ..• ... 96 7 0 RiverKaihihitoKiverHangatab.au W. N. Syme 165 chains New Plymouth to Patba. ii ... ... 83 0 0 Kiver Hangatahau Hangatahnu to Waiweranui R.Rundle... Komeni & Minernpn 6* 4 milea, 50 chains, and 50 links. Forming, removing boulders from 50 chains, making and fixing 2 culverts. Erecting 1 Bridge ... Cutting, clearing bush, scrub, fern, &c. Earthwork, including ditching, outlet drains, &c. Culverts ... Bounding up, &c. ... ,, ... ... ,, ... ... 102 10 0 358 0 9 119 0 0 93 0 0 229 0 0 ,, ... ... Urnuroa to Taungatara Honi Mira 7 miles 4 n 3000 cubic yards i, ... ... ,, ... ... 56 0 0 112 0 0 112 10 0 60 0 0 672 10 9 Clearing ... ... ... Draining ... ... ... ... ... Cutting 12CuWerts £8 per mile £28 „ 9d. per cubic yard £5 each 340 10 0 Umuroa to Otahi Kahiu 2 miles, 2 chains Earthwork, ditching, and outlet drains... Culverts ... Levelling and gravelling Extra ditching and culvert ... For 104 19 6 14 14 0 73 14 0 12 10 0 j, ... ... 60 chains 31 31 „ 31 „ ,, ... ... 204, 17 0 j, „ ... )i ■■« ... Ditching and outlet drains Clearing flax, &c. ... ... ... Spreading and rounding up ... Gravelling... 1 culvert ... Lengthening 1 culvert i, ... ... 12s. per chain 2s. 2s. 6d. „ £2 For 36 0 0 3 2 0 3 17 6 62 0 0 4 0 0 10 0 Otabi to Taungatara ... Para 3 miles, 60 chains ,, ... ... 109 19 6 Earthwork, including ditching, &a. Culverts ... Gravelling ... ... ... ... i, ... 07 10 0 3 10 0 65 3 9 ,, ... ••• 166 3 9 • ,, ■•■ ... Carried forward 1962 8 6

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Locality. Contractor's Name. Quantities. Nature of Work. Rate. Amount. Total. Remarks. Brought forward £ a. d. £ s. d. 1,962 8 6 New Plymouth to Patba— continued. For 12a. per chain 2s. 2s. 6d. „ £2 „ 36 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 Under Mr. O. Carrington. Opunake Swamp Waiana to Tuimgatara Ngahine ... To A wo ... ■S GO chains 20 20 „ 20 „ Improving road Ditching ... Clearing flax, &c. Spreading and rounding Gravelling Punehu Oeo Taungatara to Rawa ... Ngabino ... Eepairing drains ... „ ford Clearing ... Cutting 15 culverts ... ... ... For 80 10 0 14 0 0 25 0 0 j> ••• £8 per mile 9d. per yard £5 each 56 0 0 225 0 0 75 0 0 a ••• 7 miles 6000 yards 356 0 0 J> II ••• jj ... o 7 miles, 74 chains Earthwork, stumping, ditching, and draining Culverts ... Levelling, rounding up For 155 2 6 30 10 0 64 7 6 56 chains 423 yards 49 chains 250 0 0 it » • •• „ ■•! Ditching ... Earthwork... Clearing ilax, &c. ... ... ... Lengthening Culvert Repairing ford at Punehu „ „ Ouri 12s. per chain 6d. per y»rd Is. per chain For 33 12 0 10 11 6 3 9 0 10 0 10 0 0 8 0 Rawa to Waingongoro Manaia ... 13 miles 5000 yards Clearing Cutting 20 culverts n ••• ,, ... £8 per mile 9d. per yard £5 each... 104 0 0 187 10 0 100 0 0 49 0 6 )» j» )] ■•! 12 miles, 63 chains Extra work ... Eartliworks, ditching, levelling Culverts Repairing ford on West bank „ fords Altering course of stream For 200 0 0 20 0 0 3 15 0 2 10 0 10 0 391 10 0 58 10 0 >i )> JJ ... T ,, ... Eiver Waingongoro ... Mangawhero and Otakiho 'Xiikatu-iti ... )) ... 3, ... „ ... 227 5 0 JJ ... )> ■ ■ • J) ••• ... ,, Carried forward 3,444 4 0

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Locality. Contractor's Name. o . o O Quantities. Nature of Work. Rale. Amount. Totals. Remarks. Brought, forward £ s. d. £ 8. d. 3,444 4 0 New Plymouth to Patea — continued. 9 2 6 Under Mr. O. Carrington. Cutting deviation from present track to Kaupakanui (bridge Bite) on to Kapuni. Ditching ... Clearing Kepuiring fords and cutting drains, Rawa Kaupakanui. Repairing roads at Otakiho For Rawa to Waingongoro Man»ia 10 11 chains 12s. per chain 1» For G 12 0 0 11 0 3 10 0 River Waingongoro ... Ngiihine ... 918 yards ii ... ... 2 6 0 22 19 0 110 32 0 0 22 1 6 Earthwork at ford on East bank ... Removing houldera ... Clearing 3G feet wide 6d. per yard For 2s. per chain 56 0 0 1280 0 0 35 0 0 9 0 0 74 5 4 107 19 3 101 15 0 182 15 0 201 8 0 201 12 6 247 0 0 473 0 0 226 14 3 240 0 0 92 0 0 Waingongoro towards Hawera... R. Rundlo 4 miles Rivers Waingongoro, Tangahoe, nnd Manawapou. Tangahoe Constructing 3 bridges Extra 1 Culvert ... Side cutting Heavy „ Gravelling Forming ... For »> ■■■ t.t Hawera Militia 3 I- chains 21 „ 59 „ 43 „ 54 „ 50 „ 17 „ 38 „ 43 „ 45 „ ,) ... ... River Tangahoe, North side ... ji ii ■•• D. Hughes J. Traynor A. Mitchell 3. Truynor W. Sigley 8 7 5 4 3 9 11 10 I) ••• ••• )» ... ... „ ,, South side „ Manawapou, North „ „ South Manutahi Gully ,, Gorge Flax Bridge, near Kakaramea ... Maori Bridze Tungahoo, Manawapou, Manutahi, and Maori Bridge. ii Nathan and Bailey ... G. Beamish J. G-. George ,, ... ... ... ... ... ,, ... ... ... ... ... ii ... ..» ..« ... ... >t ••• ••• jl ... ... jt ... j) ..< ... )) ... ... )) ... ... I I ii •.• ... ... ... ... j] ... ... Constructing and fixing 30 box Culverts I] ... »»■ £■7054 14 10 Speeke and Burke ... Knight and M'Gee ... Sommerfield & Gleed 561 chains 38 „ 117 „ 3094.V yards 200 „ 431 „ Inland Road to beae op Hottut Eqmont. 8s. 6d. per chain ... Under Mr. T. L. Humphries. Prom New Plymouth... Felling, chain wide ; clearing track, 30 feet 23 18 1 16 3 0 52 17 6 49 5 6 77 7 3 5 0 0 12 11 4 102 10 0 ii »i it ••• ••• I, ii >» ••• ••• » ji ii ••• ••• W. Wiltshire P. Gildea P. Morgan S. Hall 1 a 3 4 5 6 7 ii ii ii i) ••• ii n ii ii •■• ii ii ii i] ... Cutting 9f. Os 6d. per yard 6d. „ 7d. „ For 11 ii n ••• ... » ii ji ••• ■•• I ,, ... ..* ... ... ... ... 11 ii ii ••• Constructing bridge over Mangamahoe ... H II 1) "• *•• I ... £339 12 8

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SCHEDULE of CONTRACTS for the CONSTRUCTION of ROADS under "Immigration and Public Works Act, 1870," to 30th June, 1871.

Locality. Contractor's Names. CD O I" Quantities. Nature of Work. Eate. Amount. Total. Remarks. Patea to Waitotara. tinder Mr. O. Carrington. Widening and gravelling ... „. Side cutting, embanking, completing ... Widening and gravelling ... Repairing approaches Heavy eido cutting ... Metalling ... t s. d. £ s. d. 15G 5 0 70 0 0 234 0 0 7 10 0 05 12 6 196 0 0 Patea Hill, South side of River... Oika N.W. side Whenuakura ... ,, South side ,, P Dmovan J. Wilkie ... Connell and Banks ... 2 lA 50 chains 27 72 £3 2s. 6d. per chain For £3 5s. per chain ... For ,1 »» ,1 ■•• Waipapa Gully Waitotara, North Bank Patea Militia J. Bradley 46 70 „ £2 I63. per chain... Under Mr. W. H. Hales. Waitotaba towards Wanganui. For 207 0 0 „ South side ... »» ,» ••• Kaipo Reid, Paimer, and Johnston. Burrows and Kerr ... O'Hara arid Emery... M. Conroy n. J. Eeid ,..i 59 „ 11 56 „ 31 „ 68 „ ( 32 „ 1100,, 76 „ 113 112 „ 110 „ 4 chains 80 links 114 „ 80 „ Forming, and 19 culverts Metalling ... Forming ... Clearing and levelling temporary lino ... Metalling ... Forming ... Cutting and forming, and 2 culverts Metalling ... Side cutting, flat forming, and 3 culverts „ embankment, &e. Metalling ... 1 culvert, 109 x 9 x 8 feet Side cutting, fiat forming, &c. Metalling ... Side cutting Metalling ... 2 stone culverts Side cutting, &c. "i £2 per chain £2 18s. 6d. per ch. 17s. per chain For 22 0 0 163 16 0 26 7 0 120 0 0 ,) *.. Ml ••• 10 ,, ... ... 540 0 0 Ototoko M. Conroy J. M'Pherson A. M'Donnell J. Emery M'Donougii & Emery Penby and Co. S. Kennedy J. Tracey W. M'Donald J. Donoran W. M'Donald X. Potter and Co. ... 9 8 5 1 5 17s. 6d. per chain 8s. £4, 14 3 For ,, ... ... £110s. per chain... For 66 10 0 45 4 0 531 2 0 75 0 0 139 0 0 516 12 0 215 0 0 55 0 0 512 0 0 110 0 0 417 0 0 50 0 0 53 0 0 4 3 3 128 chains 128 „ 139 „ 139 „ £4 per chain For £3 per chain For "a 111 chains ,, ... ... Carried forward 4,593 18 6

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Locality. Contractor's Name. a, o IS Quantities. Nature of Work. Rate. Amount. Total. Remarks. - s. d. £ 8. d. 4,593 18 6 Brought forward Waitotaea towaeds Wangantji — continued. £2 l7s.6d. per chain For £2 4s. 6d. per chain For Under Mr. W. H. Hales. Ototoko Rivers Okchu and Kai Iwi J. Nathan T. Potter J. Paterson W. Robertson W. Nixon S. S. Goodall.No. 1... H. M'Neill, No. 2 ... Denby, Nixon & Lees 2 1 1 9 HO 110 chains 68 links 78 chains Metalling ... Side cutting, &c. ... ... ... ... Metalling ... Side cutting, embankment, &c. 68 culverts, 30 feet, 10 x 12 ... Erecting 2 Bridges ... 316 5 0 58 0 0 173 11 0 50 0 0 238 0 0 436 10 '0 795 0 0 152 0 0 j> ... I J» ii ii 11 Puketotara Creek ij ii ••• ••• ■•• ••• Constructing piled culvert, 87 feet, 8x7 feet jj ..• ... 6313 4 6 Foxton to Oroua Fbom: Foxton to Manawatu Gouge. For ... • T. U. Cook Clearing, forming, and culverting 103 8 6 61 1 0 55 0 0 122 10 0 72 10 0 5000 0 0 Under Mr. J. T. Stewart, District Engineer. ,i ii Rangi P. Stewart T. Syrnons Clark, Dunn and Co. 1 2 3 ... II 31 11 •■• •■• Scrubbing and soiling Cutting sand hill and laying in 70 chains . Cutting terrace Constructing ... .„ Extra side cutting, earth and stono ... \ „ „ earth ... ... ) ,, ,.. j, „ ... ... £ 1 15s. per chain For About ... ii ii Nrawhakarau, PalmorBton Manawatu Gorge 4,430 yards ... 3,000 575 0 0 5989 9 6 Ngawbakarau, Palmerston Manson& Bartholomew Henderson and Co.... R. Taylor O. Oekenden 5,000 2,500 20,000 Tea-way, Ngawiiakabau to Palmebston. Sawing Matai rails ... Sleepers, splitting ... 6s. 6d. per 100 feet Is. each 600 0 0 250 0 0 125 0 0 166 13 4 ii ji ,, ,, notching ... 16s! 8d. per 100 '.'.'. ii n 1141 13 4 Masterlon to Manawatu Gorge.,, J. Rochfort Mastekton to Mana-wattj Goege. 65 Miles Survey ... For *650 0 0 * This contract is for survey only, and amounts to £1,3C0, but one moiety of it is charged to Railways.