CORRESPONDENCE WITH AGENT-GENERAL, LONDON.

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CORRESPONDENCE WITH AGENT-GENERAL, LONDON.

I.-MEMORANDA FOR THE AGENT-GENERAL.

Note. — The merely formal Memoranda ordering railway plant have been omitted, but the whole ofthe material ordered and arrived has been, for convenience, scheduled and inserted at the end of this Paper.

No. 1. Memorandum No. 122, 1872, for the Agent-General, London. Referring to several Memoranda that have been addressed to you from time to time in reference to the necessity for reducing the cost of passage and freight to all the ports in the Colony, I have now forwarded copy of a letter from tho Chairman of the Otago Freight Association on the same subject. In doing so, I take the opportunity to repeat that while the Government does not wish to interfere with the discretion which must necessarily be left to you in matters of this kind, it appears to them very desirable to assist any well-considered plan which may be put in operation for securing to the colonists of New Zealand a reduction in the high rates of freight they have hitherto been obliged to pay. J. D. Ormond. Public Works Office, Wellington, 24th October, 1872.

Enclosure in No. 1. Mr. Prosser to tho Hon. the Minister for Public Works. Sir, — Otago Freight Association, Dunedin, 25th September, 1872. I have the honor to inform you that the merchants of Dunedin, who, in common with the merchants in the other Provinces of the Colony, for many years have been suffering from the monopoly of the carrying trade between England and this Colony enjoyed by Messrs. Shaw, Saville, and Co., have formed an association having for its objects the breaking down of that monopoly, and obtaining a reduction in the freights of goods shipped to this Colony. The Otago Freight Association is not a trading undertaking, but a combination of merchants who have mutually agreed to employ such ships only whose owners shall undertake to despatch regularly and punctually to this port first-class vessels at such rate of freight as shall enable importers resident in this Province to compete with the increasing efforts of Australian merchants, who, being favoured with extremely low rates of freight to Melbourne and Sydney, are able to undersell the New Zealand merchants. By their articles of association, which have been signed by nearly all the merchants and importers in Dunedin, the members are bound under a heavy penalty to import their goods only by ships under engagement with this Association; and they have appointed the Manager of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company in London to be their agent, with instructions to enter into arrangements with shipowners for tho despatch of Al ships from London punctually at frequent intervals, full or not full, at such rates of freight as shall be agreed upon, but as nearly as possible the current rates from London to Melbourne. The General Committee of the Association therefore solicit the co-operation of the Government to assist in breaking down the monopoly the mercantile community has so long suffered; and they have the honor to request that the Government will forward to the Agent-General such instructions as shall insure for the ships engaging with this Association his countenance and support, by preference being given to these ships for the conveyance of Government goods and passengers. I have, &c, E. Prosser, Chairman of the General Committee.

No. 2. Memorandum No. 124, 1872, for the Agent-General, London. With reference to that portion of Memorandum No. 64,1872, addressed to you on the sth June, which relates to the importance of employing an efficient officer to supervise the whole of the shipping arrangements connected with your Agency, I have now to inform you that the Government are of I—E. 3.

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opinion that the time has arrived when those arrangements should be intrusted to an officer specially appointed thereto, and whose services should be exclusively devoted to the duties of his office. J. D. Ormond. Public Works Office, Wellington, 28th October, 1872.

No. 3. Cablegram to the Agent-General, London. Wellington, 19th November, 1872. Delay arrival rails rolling stock creates greatest inconvenience. Pray ship with least possible delay. Featherston, Westminster Chambers, London. Waterhouse.

No. 4. Memorandum No. 127, 1872, for the Agent-General, London. In accordance with pledges given to the General Assembly, contracts have been entered into for the construction of railways in various parts of the Colony, the carrying out of which involves the delivery within reasonable time ofthe plant and permanent-way materials ordered in Memoranda Nos. 53,1871, and (Auckland) 24, 1872, dated 25th November, 1871, and 23rd January, 1872. Great inconvenience and loss to the Colony is now accruing from want of portions of the above. To enable the Government to keep faith with Parliament, it is indispensably necessary that no delay should take place in the shipment of all material ordered by the Government from England through the Agent-General, and that, as far as possible, such shipments should be made direct to the port for which the material is ordered. The necessity for special charter, if necessary, was pointed out iv Hon. Mr. Gisborne's Memorandum ofthe 21st December, 1871, No. 59, 1871, and in the enclosure from the Hon. the Resident Minister for the Middle Island ; but under the present system of shipment, material is taken by ships virtually as ballast to any port convenient to the shipowner, in some cases to be transhipped at the ship's expense ("England," "William Prowse," and others), and in other cases to ports where no material has at present been ordered to be sent, and with no arrangement for transhipment, as per " Asterope " and " Chaudiere " to Nelson. Probably, in this latter case, the rails are a portion of the material ordered for some other port, in respect to which the advice has not yet come to hand. It is presumed that they are a portion of the order for Picton and Blenheim and Canterbury railways enclosed in the Memorandum of 23rd January last. The loss resulting from the system of indirect shipment will be at once evident when I mention, for instance, that although the " William Prowse " reached Nelson three months and a half ago, Messrs. Shaw, Saville, and Co.'s agents have so far only transhipped about 60 rails out of 600, while every pressure short of legal proceedings has been brought to bear upon them without success, tho agents objecting to charter a vessel for conveying the whole, on the ground that the low freight at which the rails are brought from England will not allow of it. Meanwhile the works in Canterbury are delayed for the want of these rails. The loss incurred in this case through the delay in the delivery would have far more than covered the difference between the freight now paid and any extra freight consequent on the material being shipped direct. In every case where material is shipped to ports other than that of the Province where it is intended to be used, contracts should be made in such terms as will insure the material being forwarded with quick despatch to its final port of destination over the ship's side, as recommended in my predecessor's Memorandum No. 123-72, or if landed then to be transhipped within a fortnight from the date of discharge from the English vessel. Freights to be distinctly made payable only on the landing of the material at its final port of delivery. With reference to the orders for rolling stock (carriages and waggons, &c), I note with regret that no advice is vet to hand of your having ordered them, and trust that the cablegram of this day's date may have been acted upon immediately on its receipt, as portions of some of the lines for which the stock is wanted are fast progressing towards completion. It is absolutely necessary that the Government should be informed every month of what is being done by you with reference to all orders sent from the Colony. A return is requested to be furnished monthly similar to that dated 15th June, 1872, enclosed in your letter of the 26th of same month, with the addition of a column showing how and when the items enumerated in each order have been shipped to the Colony. Edward Richardson. Public Works Office, Wellington, 19th November, 1872.

No. 5. Memorandum No. 130, 1872, for the Agent-General, London. Ml attention has been drawn to the rates of freights paid by the Government to Mesrs. Shaw, Saville, and Co., for rails and rolling stock, and on inquiry in various quarters 1 find that dead weight is brought put at lower rates than those the Government are paying, independently of the cost of transhipment caused by the necessity which has sometimes existed for sending these materials to ports other than those at which they arc wanted for use, tho rate,for transhipment varying from 10s. to 20s. and even more per ton, coupled with the cost of extra insurance. I hope it is only necessary to draw the Agent-General's attention to this subject to insure in future better arrangements.

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In my Memorandum No. 127, of the 19th November, I have already drawn your attention to the importance of direct shipments, and you will readily understand how much better it will be to pay an advanced rate in order to get the goods shipped to the port for which they are wanted. My attention has also been directed to the question of rates of insurance. I find the ordinary rates paid for insurance of heavy goods is 255., against 40s. paid by the Government. This one statement will be sufficient to induce you to give your best attention to the subject, with the view of insisting on better terms. I have to request that future shipments of carriages and locomotives may be insured free of all average charges, so as to cover any damage which may accrue from any source, from the date of their shipment to that of their landing in the Colony. Edward Richardson. Public Works Office, Wellington, 18th December, 1872.

No. 6. Memorandum No. 131, 1872, for the Agent-General, London. With reference to the statement of railway plant shipped and to be shipped contained in your letter of the 4th October, I desire to call attention to the practice hitherto in force as regards shipment of permanent way material, viz., that of shipping rails by themselves in certain ships, and the necessary fastenings in others ; the result being that if anything goes wrong with any one ship, a large quantity" of material to hand in the other ships is rendered useless in the Colony, at least for a considerable time. As this has already resulted in loss and great inconvenience. I shall be obliged by your arranging that all future shipments of rails are invariably accompanied by the necessary fastenings in order to make each shipment complete in itself, so that if a vessel is lost or meets with serious delay, all the materials that have been received may be at once made use of. In giving this direction, I have not overlooked the remarks as to fastenings in your letter of the 4th October above mentioned, and venture to express a hope that you have not in the meanwhile put a very large quantity of these fastenings in any one ship, as in the case of the " Agamemnon," which vessel, although sailing from London in March, has not yet arrived. Edward Richardson. Public Works Office, Wellington, 18th December, 1872.

No. 7. Memorandum No. 132, 1872, for the Agent-General, London. Since writing to you on the 19th ultimo (Memorandum No. 127, 1872), the " Christian McAusland" and the " Palmerston" have arrived, with portions of rolling stock for the Dunedin and Clutha Railway, and advices have been received of further shipments in the "Zealandia," but as yet no advices are to hand of the shipment of any rolling stock for the Auckland and Mercer Railway, the works on which line are now being delayed in consequence. I would again strongly urge on you the necessity for much greater expedition in the execution of orders from the Colony, in order to enable the Government to keep faith with those contractors with whom contracts have been entered into by a preceding Government, in anticipation of receiving by this date the rolling stock and permanent way materials ordered in November, 1871, and January, 1872, of tho shipment of a great portion of which the Government have as yet received no tidings. I take this opportunity of drawing your attention to the omission of drawings in reference to the rollin« stock already shipped, and request that the omission may be forwarded without delay, and that all future shipments of machinery and rolling stock which have to be fitted together in the Colony may be accompanied by detailed drawings. Edward Richardson. Public Works Office, Wellington, 18th December, 1872.

No. 8. Memorandum No. 133, 1872, for the Agent-General, London. With reference to the question of shipment of railway material and other goods ordered for the public works of the Colony, 1 have been requested to intimate to you that a local company has been established in a very large scale in Canterbury, which proposes to charter vessels in the first place, and afterwards build their own, with the view of trading to the various ports of the Colony, and that the company will be in a position to commence operations in England in April or May next. Your attention was called in the Hon. Mr. Ormond's Memorandum No. 122, 1872, of 24th October, to a similar company established in Dunedin; and while (as therein stated) the Government does not wish to interfere with the discretion which must necessarily be left to you in matters of this kind, it appears to them very desirable to assist any well-considered plan which may be put in operation for securing to the Colonists of New Zealand a reduction in the high rates of freight they have hitherto been obliged to pay. Edward Richardson. Public Works Office, Wellington, 19th December, 1872.

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No. 9. Memorandum No. 135, 1872, for the Agent-General, London. On the 12th instant, the Government received from you the following telegram:— "London, Bth November. Colonial Secretary, Wellington.—Engineer advises race trough will speedily corrode; recommends wood; shall iron be ordered? —Featherston." And on the 16th the following reply was sent: — " Featherston, Westminster Chambers, London. —Emigration contract not cancelled. Full information November mail. Send race trough as ordered. —Waterhouse." I trust that you have already put the order in hand, and that you will use the utmost expedition in shipping the material to its destination. Edward Richardson. Public Works Office, Wellington, 19th December, 1872.

No. 10. Cablegram to the Agent-General, London. Melbourne, 4th January, 1873. * * * Hasten all plant ordered. * * * Vogel. Reynolds.

No. 11. The Hon. Mr. Waterhouse to the Agent-General, London. (No. 176.) Colonial Secretary's Office, Sir, — Wellington, 16th January, 1873. I enclose herewith the copy of a Memorandum by the Minister of Public Works upon the subject of the delay in shipment of material and rolling stock for railways in New Zealand. The Cabinet have unanimously adopted the enclosed Minute, and I wish to draw your particular attention to the urgent necessity which exists for the shipment of these materials with the least possible delay. I have, &c, G. M. Waterhouse, I. E. Peatherston, Esq., (for the Hon. the Colonial Secretary.) Agent-General for New Zealand, London.

Enclosure in No. 11. Memorandum for the Hon. the Premier. On taking charge of the Public Works Department, one of the first duties which I undertook was to have an account prepared showing what amount of permanent way material and rolling stock was in the Colony, and what amount we had intimation of shipment from England. The result of this inquiry led me to suggest the sending home of the cablegram of 19th November, and Memorandum to AgentGeneral by maii of same date. During the past few days I have again gone into this subject carefully, with the following results: — 1. By the order sent home on the 25th November, 1871, 4,970 tons of rails and fastenings, together with a large amount of rolling stock, were ordered. 2. By order sent home on 10th January, 1872, 5,460 tons rails and fastenings, together with further large amount of rolling stock, were ordered. 3. 5,000 tons of rails and fastenings, with rolling stock, were ordered for Canterbury on Bth June, 1872. 4. 2,100 tons of rails and fastenings were ordered, with rolling stock, on 28th October, 1872, for Canterbury railways. 5. 3,500 tons of rails and fastenings, with rolling stock, were ordered for various lines on 28th October, 1872. The above is exclusive of order for Dunedin and Clutha Railway plant, ordered earlier in the year 1871, the greater portion of which has been received. Of the Ist and 2nd orders, 25th November, 1871, and 10th January, 1872, the following quantities have been received or are afloat according to latest advices : —2,795 tons rails, with their fastenings, and none of the rolling stock. Of the 3rd order, Sth June, 1872, 800 tons rails and fastenings only have been received or advised. Erom the above, it wall be seen that there are at present orders in England for 17,435 tons rails, besides a very large quantity of rolling stock, of which we have no advices. And in addition to the above, for the Canterbury Northern Railway, and the Nelson and Foxhill lines, there will be some 4,000 tons ordered by this or next outgoing mail. At the present moment there are railway lines under Messrs. Brogden's contracts ready for the permanent way, which absolutely require more rails than we have on hand or are advised of the shipment of; and if the Agent-General fails to take notice ofthe request contained in Mr. Gisborne's Memorandum of 21st December, 1871, the cablegram herewith enclosed, and my memorandum of 19th November last, all of which point to the necessity for chartering ships to send out railway material, I can see nothing before the Government but a general stoppage of the works on the various railways throughout the

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Colony. I feel it my duty, as head of this Department, to urge the Cabinet to send by first opportunity a cablegram to the Agent-General, pointing out again to him the great loss and injury to the Colony which the delay in sending forward the various materials ordered for the public works will cause, and insisting that, at whatever cost, vessels should be chartered to bring out these goods. If three or four vessels were chartered, it would relieve the Department from the necessity of stopping the works generally, provided that better arrangements were made to insure keeping up the supplies in future. Edward Richardson. Public Works Office, Wellington, 15th January, 1873.

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Memorandum No. 139, 1873, for the Agent-General, London. With reference to my Memorandum No. 130, 1872, of the 18th December, I beg to call your attention to the increased rates of freight which are being demanded for the transhipment of railway material, owing to the scarcity of suitable vessels. The lowest tender for the transhipment of the " Jessie Roadman's" material from Wellington to Lyttelton was 20s. a ton, which, with expenses and insurance added, increases the cost to about 255. a ton. In your letter of the 24th September you state that the insurance effected by you in London on the material ex " Jessie Readman" and " Pleiades," covers all risk of transhipment from port of arrival to that of destination. The enclosure containing the particulars states the material is intended for the Canterbury branch railways ; but as it also states that the " Jessie Readman's" material is to .be transhipped to Picton, there is doubt as to whether the insurance covers the risk to Picton or Lyttelton. In effecting an insurance here on the transhipment to Lyttelton it has been stipulated that the amount shall be returned if the insurance effected by you already covered it, and I shall be obliged by your reply, to enable me to recover if necessary. Edward Richardson. Public Works Office, Wellington, 18th January, 1873.

No. 13. Cablegram to the Agent-General, London. Sydney, 3rd February, 1873. Great loss occasioned by want of locomotives, rails, besides risk claims damages from contractors. Not single order since November, 1871, completely executed. Tou are absolutely instructed put all orders in hand immmediately. Also, without depending on Shaw Saville, charter vessels deliver plant at ports as ordered. * * * Vogel. Reynolds.

No. 14. Cablegram to the A gent-General, London. Sydney, 10th February, 1873. * * * Also state have you followed instructions cablegram put all orders in hand, charter ships bring out plant. * * * Vogel. Reynolds.

. No. 15. Memorandum No. 3, 1873, for the Agent-General, London. The Government received on tho 23rd January your telegram —dated London, 10th January—as follows:— " London, January 10th— * * * 135 miles rails despatched." The only portion of this telegram to which I have to refer is that containing the statement that 135 miles of rails had been despatched by you; and as I am at a loss to know how this length is accounted for, I can only surmise that there must be some mistake in transmission. Reckoning all the rails sent out for the completion of the Great Northern Railway of Canterbury, 7 miles; Selwyn to Rakaia, 10-J- miles (both of which orders were sent in March, 1871) ; and the rails sent out for the Dunedin and Clutha line, 16| miles, amounting together to 34 miles, —the whole of which were, for obvious reasons, intentionally omitted to be taken into account in my Memorandum to the Hon. the Premier of last month, —there have been received, to the latest date, advices of rails shipped from England as follows: — 70-lb rails ... ... ... ... ... 7 miles = 767 tons 56-ft „ 12 „ =1,040 „ 40-lb „ 16i „ =1,158 „ (Dunedin and Clutha)

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40-ftraila 42£- mi!es=3,oo6 tons (General order) 30-ft „ 20 „ = 970 „ 25-ft „ 3 „ = 121 „ Total 101 „ =7,0G2 „ Leaving 34 miles to be accounted for between the date of last advices, 12th December, and the date of the cablegram, 10th January. Edwaed Eichabdson. Public "Works Office, Wellington, 12th February, 1873.

No. 16. Memorandum No. 6, 1873, for the Agent-General, London. In the enclosures to your letter of the 14th November, No. 527, I notice that on the advice of the Consulting Engineer, a specification has been prepared for sundry switches and crossings. Tou will be good enough, however, to note that this supply is not to interfere with the orders for points and crossings contained in my Memoranda No. 129, of 23rd November, and No. 138, of 17th January last, but that you will forward these orders complete, without reference to the supply now advised by you. I trust there will be no delay in the shipment of the rolling stock advised, and of all the rolling stock ordered, as it is already much wanted; and request that you will cause to be sent by the earliest opportunity, in addition to the drawings already received, drawings of the locomotives you aro about to ship. Very serious inconvenience is being felt in consequence of not receiving the balance of the material for the Waitaki Bridge ; and I wish to impress upon you the urgent necessity there is for completing the order of the 26th November, 1871, and in the meanwhile the Government wish you to advise them of its probable date of shipment. Edward Richardson. Public Works Office, Wellington, 12th February, 1873.

No. 17. Memorandum No. 7, 1873, for the Agent-General, London. Herewith I forward full particulars and all necessary drawings for ironwork required by the Government for the following bridges, and beg to request that you will put the orders for this ironwork in hand at the earliest possible date, to be shipped immediately on completion to the ports of destination, as directed on the detached lists enclosed : — The Wairoa Bridge, 3 spans of 80 feet; The 88 Creek Bridge, 1 span of 80 feet; The Hutt Bridge, 12 spans of 80 feet; and The Manawatu Gorge Bridge, 1 span of 162 feet. As the approaches, abutments, and piers of these bridges will all be put in hand very shortly, it is of the utmost importance that the leading dimensions should be strictly adhered to, so that there may be no difficulty in fixing the tops immediately on arrival. Tou will be good enough to note that this order is a portion of the railway material intended to be purchased under the agreement entered into with Messrs. Brogden and Sons on the 10th August last, and referred to in Mr. Ormond's Memorandum of the 26th of same month. Edward Richardson. P.S. —The locomotive for the Dunedin and Clutha Railway, mentioned in my Memorandum No. 136, of 21st December, is also intended to be purchased under the agreement with Messrs. Brogden and Sons. Public Works Office, Wellington, 15th February, 1873.

No. 18. The Hon. Mr. Waterhouse to the Agent-General, London. Sir, — Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 12th February, 1873. The Government regret to learn from telegrams which have appeared in the press, that you have been so seriously indisposed as to have been compelled to devolve upon Mr. Morrison the discharge of your duties. I trust that ere this your health may have become thoroughly re-established, so that you are again able to assume charge of what I cannot but feel to be the arduous and responsible duties of your office. The association of Mr. Morrison's name with that telegram leads the Government to infer that effect has not yet been given to their decision, as communicated to you in Memorandum No. 124, of 28th October, 1872, by the Minister for Public Works, and forwarded in Mr. Hall's letter No. 131, of 28th October last, that the shipping arrangements connected with the Agent-General's department should be intrusted to an officer specially appointed thereto, and whose services should be exclusively devoted to the duties of his office. Should this inference be well founded, I have to instruct you to give effect to the resolution ofthe Cabinet with the least possible delay, the Government being decidedly of opinion that a gentleman of Mr. Morrison's mercantile standing and position in the City of London is altogether out of place as an

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officer of your department, and that it is not possible for you to exercise over him that degree of control which in the opinion of the Government it is essential that you should exercise over all the officers of your department. I trust that any occasion for making temporary arrangements for the discharge of the duties of your office may not again arise; but, should it unfortunately be otherwise, the Cabinet desire that Mr. Julyan should, if he consistently can do so, undertake the supervision of the office until the Colonial Government can be communicated with. Should this not be practicable, the Government desire that Mr. Ottywell be authorized temporarily to discharge the duties of the office during your illness or incapacity. I havo to request that you will communicate with Mr. Julyan, with a view to ascertaining whether it will be practicable for him to give effect to the wishes of the Government upon this point. I have, &c, The Agent-General for New Zealand, London. G. M. Wateehouse.

No. 19. Cablegram to the Agent-General, London. Sydney, Ist March, 1873. " Palmerston " arrived. Orders executed, don't execute again. Don't understand what you call conflicting orders. Our instructions from Wellington cable you complete all orders unexecuted ; charter freight ships bring plant to ports ordered. Hope you are despatching ships with plant. Telegraph shipments, also when balance material Waitaki Bridge leaves. Vogel. Reynolds.

No. 20. Memorandum No. 10, 1573, for the Agent-General, London. Enclosed are copies of two cablegrams received from you, and dated respectively the 7th and (query 18th) February. With reference to the one of the 7th February, you will probably have received a cablegram in reply from Hon. Mr. Vogel in Sydney, relative to your putting all orders at once in hand, as I find by your cablegram of the 18th that you state that nearly all the orders are in hand. The only point which now requires to be noticed is your reference to the three locomotives and the Waitaki Bridge material out ofthe " Palmerston." With respect to these, you will have long since heard that the ship arrived safely at Port Chalmers, and I am glad to be able to inform you that the locomotives have been landed in good order. One is at work, having been transhipped to Auckland ; another has been sent to Southland ; while the third is kept for the Dunedin and Clutha Railway, and is being fitted up in Dunedin. Edward Richardson. Public Works Office, Wellington, 14th March, 1873.

Enclosure 1 in No. 20. The Agent-General to Messrs. Vogel and Reynolds, Sydney. (Cablegram.) London, 7th February. Contractors won't be bound in penalties with strikes; they can complete within time. Full particulars existing contracts already sent. Instructions made absolute will be rigidly adhered to. All orders will be put in hand immediately, but Welsh ironmasters being prevented by strikes tendering, Government will have to pay increased rates. Instructions respecting ordering one hundred thousand worth of Brogden's commission plant conflicting your instructions order plant immediately. Wellington instructions execute order as early as state of market will permit. Which instructions am Ito obey ? Your instructions, by reason of absence of Welsh competitors, will probably entail loss of many thousands. Are three locomotives Waitaki cylinders sent in " Palmerston "to be order again 't Where are locomotives promised in contract in April, and other rolling stock, to be first sent ? Emigration regulations attended according instructions tenders for emigration ships for April invited immediately.

Featherston. Enclosure 2 in No. 20. The Agent-General to the Hon. the Colonial Secretary. (Cablegram.) London, 20th February, 1873. * * * * " Holt " sailed December with fifteen hundred tons rails Canterbury. Wellington ship chartered, first plant ready. All orders in hand except two specifications not ready. Strikes continue. Featherston.

No. 21. Memorandum No. 11, 1872, for the Agent-General, London. In acknowledging the receipt of your letter of 9th January, I take the opportunity of expressing my great regret at finding you have been suffering so severely from illness ; and while I am glad to learn

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that you have in some measure recovered, I hope to hear of the perfect re-establishment of your health by next mail. The letters which the Government have received from you during the past month by way of Suez and San Francisco, advising them of the various shipments of railway material you have made during the months of December and January, very considerably alter the position of this Department for the better; and should the vessels you mention make fair passages, the Government will be much relieved in reference to the various works now in hand. I need not again refer to the inconvenience that has resulted from want of this material, except that I wish to point out that tho order for rolling stock, &c, which was sent from here on 10th January, 1872, appears only to have been put in hand in August. Fully expecting that this order would have been executed at an earlier date, contracts were entered into which involved handing over a portion of tho rolling stock to the contractors about the end of the year. It is the non-comple-tion of this order which has occasioned so much anxiety and trouble. lam glad, however, to find that the Government can now calculate with tolerable certainty as to the date on which they will receive the balance of the order, and they will direct their course accordingly. With reference to chartering vessels for carrying railway material, I would observe that while fully appreciating your remarks in the letter under reply, I nevertheless point out that, taking it for granted the " George A. Holt " arrives here safely, the cost of freight on her cargo will be considerably less than the cost of a large proportion of tho railway plant which has already been transhipped here ; the charge for the "G. A. Holt" being 355. 6d. for two ports, whereas the ordinary rate paid for one port has been 355., to which has been added 20s. to 255. for cost of freight and insurance on the transhipment, making nearly 50s. in all per ton for rails and fastenings. If you have observed the requests contained in my Memorandum to the Premier of the 15th January, quoted in the margin, and chartered three or four ships as was there suggested, it will so have relieved the pressing necessity here as to obviate further immediate special charters, as the ships which will be required to bring out the number of emigrants you have been instructed to send during the ensuing year ought to be able to bring out the material fast enough. At all events, if you keep the Government fully advised each month as to your shipments,you can again be instructed to resort to special charter should circumstances require it. The Government have reason to believe that the competition for freight which is likely to take place during this year will enable you to effect shipments at much lower rates than those quoted by you. Public Works Office, Wellington, 14th March, 1873. Edward Richardson.

"If three or four TMsels wore chartered, it would relieve the Department from the necessity of stopping the works generally, provided that bettor arrangements were made to insure keeping up the supplier ia future."

No. 22. Memorandum No. 13, 1873, for the Agent-General, London. The following is a copy of a cablegram, dated London, 28th February, received from you. lam glad to notice that the execution of the orders for railway material, and its shipment, were at that date well iv hand. Public Works Office, Wellington, 4th April, 1873. Edward Richardson.

Enclosure in No. 22. The Agent-General to Hon. Colonial Secretary. (Cablegram.) London, 28th February, 1873. In answer to advertisements for conveyance twelve hundred tons mails (rails) for Canterbury, only two tenders, —one 70s. ton, other 675. 6d. Arranged subsequently 555. Auckland locomotive rolling stock be sent March. All orders in hand, except plant to be ordered by Brogden. Troughs promised in April. * * * Despatching Officer appointed. * * * Featherston.

No. 23. Memorandum No. 14, 1873, for the Agent-General, London. With reference to that portion of my Memorandum No. 127, 1872, of the 19th November, in which you are instructed that the "freight is to be distinctly made payable only on the landing ofthe material at its final point of delivery," I notice that you have partly anticipated this instruction in the case of the " G-. A. Holt," one moiety only of the freight on that vessel's cargo being paid in London, and the other in the Colony. I hope shortly to hear that on all shipments the freight is made payable as directed in my Memorandum above quoted, and the Government thereby saved the cost of insuring the amount charged for freight, which, in the case of the " G-. A. Holt" especially, amounts to a considerable sum. In future advices of the amount insured on each shipment, be good enough to give the details, showing how the amount insured for is arrived at. Edward Richardson. Public Works Office, Wellington, New Zealand, 4th April, 1873.

No. 24. Memorandum No. 15, 1873, for the Agent-Geneeal, London. Although my Memorandum No. 131, 1872, ofthe 18th December last, had not reached London when the latest advices from you were received, I again call your attention to the danger and additional risk

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occasioned by sending out rails and fastenings in separate ships, and urge that, whenever possible, you should send out each shipment complete in itself. Idoso in consequence of noticing in your last advices that the "G. A. Holt" has upwards of twenty miles of rails on board without any fastenings, while the "Agra" has two miles of rails and twenty miles of fastenings. The "Oberon," "St. Andrew's Castle," and "Lutterworth" have each large quantities of fastenings for rails to arrive in other ships. Edward Eichardson. Public Works Office, Wellington, 4th April, 1873.

No. 25. Memorandum No. 56, 1873, for the Agent-General, London. I transmit herewith copy of a Memorandum to the Cabinet by the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, pointing out that it is absolutely necessary, in order to the proper carrying on of the works undertaken by the Government, that the full number of emigrants you have been instructed to send out should be despatched during the coming season. The Cabinet entirely coincide in the opinion expressed in this Memorandum; and I have to request that you will immediately inform the Government by cable and post what number approximately you expect to be able to despatch. Immigration Office, Wellington, 4th April, 1873. G. Maurice O'Rorke.

Enclosure in No. 25. Memorandum for Cabinet. In the Despatches to be sent home to the Agent-General by the outgoing mail, I think it is absolutely necessary that the Agent-General's attention should be specially directed to the present state of the labour market in New Zealand, and that he be informed that, with the full expectation that the number of emigrants which he has been instructed to send out will be forwarded during the coming season, the Government have entered into contracts which will provide employment for these immigrants, and that he be instructed by return mail to inform the Government whether he will be able to send out anything approaching the number asked for, as, if not, it will be necessary by the time the Agent-General's replies arrive to take steps, by retarding the works or otherwise, to prevent the serious disturbance of the labour market, which will inevitably occur in the Colony during next summer when the shearing and farming season comes round. The only thing which has kept the rates of labour from rising to rates ruinous to the various interests in the Colony during the season just ended, has been the shipment of so much labour by Messrs. Brogden; and as it appears that they have ceased sending men out (at all events for the present), it is all the more necessary for the due carrying out of the various public works that the emigrants ordered should bo sent out, and imperatively necessary that the Government be reliably informed at the earliest possible date of the capability or otherwise ofthe Agent-General to comply with their instructions. Edward Richardson. Public Works Office, Wellington, Ist April, 1873.

No. 26. Memorandum No. 28, 1873, for the Agent-General, London. Enclosed is an order for rails and rolling stock, to which I request your early attention. Previous Memoranda have from time to time pointed out how urgently tho completion of all former orders is required, and as nearly the whole of the order now sent is wanted for the completion of works actually under contract, you will be good enough to put its execution in hand at the earliest opportunity. In the remark column of the order, the Engineer-in-Chief has noted the latest dates on which tho respective portions must arrive; and to enable you to do this, you will not fail to comply with your previous instructions to charter special ships, if the ordinary tonnage laid on for the Colony does not in this respect keep par with your requirements. The contracts for locomotive and waggon stock should be put in hand immediately, as it is provided in the contracts that these shall be handed over to the contractors to assist in the speedy execution of the works. The remainder of the rolling stock should be shipped so as to arrive in good time for use on the dates specified for the completion of the railways. The estimates formed here of the cost of the orders directed to be executed through Messrs Brogden and Sons, from the order enclosed in the Memorandum dated 25th November, 1871, No. 53-71, to those sent by last month's mail, have of course been only approximate, but I presume the amount of £250,000 mentioned in the agreement with that firm, of 10th August, 1872, has been reached or nearly so. Tou will therefore only execute, through that firm, such portion, if any, of the present order as may be necessary to make up the stipulated amount. The Treasury will furnish you with a credit for £267,000, the approximate estimate for the order herein sent. Public Works Office, Wellington, 3rd June, 1873. Edward Richardson. 2—E. 3.

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Enclosure in No. 26. MEMORANDUM OF RAILS TO BE ORDERED —2ND JUNE, 1873.

MEMORANDUM OF ROLLING STOCK, &c., TO BE ORDERED—2ND JUNE, 1873.

Port of Arrival. Railway. 111 laj III Remarks. Auckland ... Napier Kaipara Napier and Waipukurau 18 35 58 80 Works nearly completed; rails urgently wanted. Works to be completed by end of 1874 ; half wanted early in that Wellington ... Waitara and Wanganui Manawatu to ditto... 2 year. Ditto, ditto. Do. 15 17 10 Ditto, ditto. Do. Lyttelton ... Picton to Blenheim Ashburton to Timaru 8 8 20 10 ..to Works to be completed by end of July, 1874 ; whole wanted not later than March in that year. Wanted during 1874. 20 Port Chalmers Moeraki to Waitaki 41 Half wanted as speedily as possible (say June, 1874) ; remainder bj June, 1875. Half wanted as speedily as possible; remainder by June, 1874. Works to be completed October, 1874; whole wanted by June in that year. Works to be completed in May, 1874 ; whole wanted by December, 1873. Do. Tokomairiro to Law23 Gl 40 Bluff rence Invercargill and Mataura Winton and Kingston 28 Do. 23 61 30 213 160 Note.—100 of the Crossii igs to be 1 in 7J; 60 to be 1 in 5J. John Caebtjthees. Public Wor; :b Office, Wellington, 2nd Juni i, 1873.

Bail tray. No. and Description. Remarks. raitaki and Moeraki [anawatu to Wanganui ... 4 Locomotives 100 Sets Ironwork for Waggons^ 4 Carriages, First-class 6 „ Composite 14 „ Second-class 4 Brake Vans 3 Weigh Bridges "Waggons 3 „ „ Carts 2 Locomotives Six wheels, coupled, cyl. 10^. Dun. edin and Clutha type, similar tc those already ordered and eeni to Dunedin. Large, similar to former orders. Dunedin type, similar to those foi Waitaki to Moeraki. 1 Carriage, First-class "I 2 „ Composite 4 „ Second-class 2 Brake Vans 20 Sets Ironworks for "Wag- j Small; similar to former orders. apier to Waipukurau Dunedin type. rinton and Kingston gons J 2 Locomotives 50 Sets Ironwork for "Waggons 3 Locomotives 100 Sets Ironwork for Waggons 3 Carriages, First-class "N 4 „ Composite I 5 „ Second-class t 4 Brake Vans ) Dunedin type. Large. Besides the above, 50 se Wellington, Auckland, and ] raterproof material, which sh( Public Works Office, We; its Ironwork for Waggons and 150 Tarpaulins 18 X 24 to be sent to Lyttleton. The Tarpaulins to be made up but not covered with the ould be sent in barrels to be applied here, llington, 2nd June, 1873. Joku Caebuthees.

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No. 27. Memorandum No. 29, 1873, for the Agent-General, London. In the cablegram received from you on the Bth May, you say "My telegram, 10th January, that 135 miles rails had been shipped up to end of December, correct. Unfair that Government, in possession of that telegram, should lead Colony to believe that less than half that quantity shipped." While Ido not think it right that these statements should remain unnoticed, I trust it is only necessary to refer you to my Memoranda of the 12th February, No. 3, 1873, and of the 14th March, No. 11, 1873, to satisfy you that your calculation of mileage is based on shipments in the Docks at London, and mine on such advices of shipments as had been received in the Colony. The latter of the two statements above quoted is so evidently written under a misapprehension, that I am sure I need not attempt to reply to it. Edward Richardson. Public Works Office, Wellington, 3rd June, 1873.

No. 28. Memorandum No. 30, 1873, for the Agent-General, London. I regret to be obliged again to address you on the subject of the non-shipment of the rolling stock ordered for the various lines of railway now in progress throughout the Colony, in Public Works Memorandum of 23rd January, 1873. Although you advised the Government, in your letter of the 6th February last, that the major portion of that order (under contract to be delivered on or before the 16th March last) would be completed by contract time, and that you hoped to ship it during February and March; yet up to the 18th April, being the latest date received from you, there is no intimation of any portion of it having been shipped. The delay in the completion of the railways for which this rolling stock is wanted, and the consequent loss to the Colony, is very serious. Public Works Office, Wellington, 4th July, 1873. Edward Richardson.

No. 29. Memorandum No. 31, 1873, for the Agent-General, London. I have to thank you for the attention you have given to my Memorandum of the 18th December* No. 130,1872, on the subject of the rates of insurance on railway material shipped through your office, as reported in your letter of the 18th April. The rates paid by you for insurance on railway material generally are still considered higher than they should be, and it appears to me that the only way to get these risks taken most advantageously will be by the employment of a thoroughly practised insurance broker. Your continued and special attention to this subject is requested. Public Works Office, Wellington, 4th July, 1873. Edward Richardson.

No. 30. Memorandum No. 34, 1873, for the Agent-General, London. Enclosed I beg to forward as usual the " Statement of Orders forwarded to the Agent-General, London, and of Shipments by him to the Colony," corrected up to the latest dates. Public Works Office, Wellington, sth July, 1873. Edward Richardson.

No. 5. Compfled from advices received from th» Agent-General ou the 17th June.

Enclosure in No. 30. STATEMENT OF OEDERS FORWARDED TO THE AGENT-GENERAL, LONDON, AND OF SHIPMENTS BY HIM TO THE COLONY. KAIPARA TO AUCKLAND.

•EDEBS IBOM COLONY TO AgENT-i rENEBAL. Shipments fob Colo: Date. Number and Description. )stimated Weight. Date of Shipment, aa per Bill of Lading. Ship's Name and Port of Delivery. No. Weight. Date of Arrival. 1872. ran. 23 1873. rone 2 2 LocomotiTes, 9i in. cylinder, 4-wheel, coupled. Kails, 40 lbs. (18 miles) Fastenings for ditto. Tonscwt. qrs.lb? Tons cwt.qrs. lbs 1,131 8 2 8

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AUCKLAND TO MERCER.

•bdees feom Colony to Agent-Gbnebal. Shipments fob Colony. Date. Number mid Description. Estimated Weight. Date of Shipment, as per Bill of Lading. Ship's Name and Port of Delivery. No. Weight. Date of Arrival. 1871. [ov. 25 Rails, 40 lbs. (10 miles) Tons cwt.qrs.lbs 628 11 1 20 1872. April 18 May 8 „ 28 Aug. 2 Celestial Queen Auckland Countess of Kintore „ City of Auckland „ Norham Castle „ 1.692 1,627 1,238 232 Tons cwt.qrs. lbs 209 19 3 27 202 11 3 11 153 10 0 17 28 16 3 10 1872. 30 July. 30 Aug. 3 Sept. 3 Dec. Dog Spikes 628 11 1 20 18 0 0 0 June 27 Aug. 20 Robert Henderson „ Norham Castlo „ 78,000 9,100 4,789 594 18 3 9 15 0 3 10 1 15 0 0 24 Oct. 3 Dec. 1873. 10 Feb. Oct. 30 Warwick „ 9,892 2 0 0 0 Top Clips 18 0 0 Robert Henderson „ 96,992 18 15 3 10 1872. 24 Oct. 20 0 0 0 June 27 34,800 19 15 0 0 Sole Plates 27 1 0 0 t> 27 » » *» 15,750 27 1 2 0 JJ Fang Bolts 36 0 0 Aug. 20 Oct. 30 Norham Castle „ Warwick „ And 1 case Extra Bolts. 121,408 10,704 24 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 3 Dec. 1873. 10 Feb. Steel Rail Joints 5305 36 0 0 Oct. 30 1873. Feb. 18 Warwick „ 32,112 2,000 10 2 2 20 36 0 0 0 10 Feb. Woodlark „ 3,308 17 2 0 10 31 May. 2 Traversing Hydraulic JackB, 20 tons 1 Latbe, 20 ft. 18 in. 1 PunchingandShearingMachine, liin. 1 Drilling Machine, double geared. 1 Drilling Machine, single geared. 1 Planing Machine, 8i x 3i. 1 Screw (Jutting Machine J to 2in. 1 Shaping Machine, 11 in. stroke. 1 Engine, 15 h.p. 100 ft. Shafting, 3 in. with blocks. 1 Noiseless Fan, 4 ft. 1872. Julv 10 1873. Feb. 8 5,308 28 0 3 2 Norham Castle „ 2 1872. 3 Dec. 1873. 31 May. Woodlark „ 1 1872. Dec. 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 Parsee „ 1 1 1 1 7 „ 7 „ 7 „ 7 „ a i» i» »> » y. 1 General Joiner. 1 Saw Bench and Sharpening Machine 1 Hand Lathe. 4 Smith's Hearths. Dec. 16 1873. Feb. 8 » 8 1872. Dec. 18 „ 18 »i jj Woodlark „ »» » 1 "l 7 „ 31 „ 31 „ Parsee „ 1 4 7 „ 7 „ 1872. 6 Dec. JJ 13 1872. ran. 23 3 Locomotives, 10£ in. cylinder, 6-Yvhcel, coupled. Duplicate Fittings. 2 First-class Carriages. 3 Second-class Carriages. 3 Composite Carriages. 10 Covered Waggons. 20 High Waggons. 20 Low Waggons. 10 Cattle Trucks 3 Brake Vans. 6 Timber Trucks. 3 Waggon Weighbridges. 36 Tarpaulins. 1 Locomotive (Fairlie). 1 First-class Carriage, large. 1 Composite Carriage, large. 2 Second-class Carriages, large. 2 Brake Vans, small. 1 First-class Carriage, small. 2 Composite Carriages, small. 3 Second-class Carriages, small. Rails, 40 lbs. (25 miles) Fang Bolts and Nuts. Spikes. Top Clips. Base Plates. 25 sets Points and Crossings. 1 Locomotive, 10J in. cylinder, 6-whecl, coupled. July 23 Palmerston, transhippedatDuncdii 1 16 0 0 0 [ar. 18 ct. 26 1,571 2 fov. 23

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Obdees feom Colony to Agent-i •ENEBAL. Shipments foe !olony. Date. Number and Description. Estimated Weight. Date of Shipment, as per Bill of Lading. Ship's Name and Port of Delivery. No. Weight. Date of ArrivaL 1873. Hay 7 liily 5 iTons cwt. qrs. lbsj |Ton»cwt.qrs.lbs| 7 Waggon Traversers. 1 10-ton 21 ft. Travelling Crane. 2 Hydraulic Wheel Presses. 1 Wheel Lathe. 1 Hydraulic Boiler Testing Apparatus. 2 4-ft. Grindstones and fittings. 1 Cylinder Boring Machine. 4 6ets Smiths' Tools. I ew Plymouth. Rails, 40 lbs. (10 miles) Fang Bolts and Nuts. Spikes. Top Clips. Sole Plates. Steel Rail Joints. 2 Locomotives, 9i in. cylinder, 4-wheel, coupled. Duplicate parts. 1 Second-class Carriage. 2 Composite Carriages. 3 Covered Goods Waggons. 6 High-sided Waggons. 6 Low-sided WaggonB. 2 Brake Vans. 2 Waggon Weighbridges. 12 Tarpaulins. Waita :A TO 1872. ran. 23 628 11 1 21 1873. June 2 Rails, 40 lbs. (2 miles) Fastenings for ditto. 5 sets Points and Crossings. 125 14 1 4 Napi !E TO i /AIPTJKTJBAir. 1872. ran. 23 Rails, 40 lbs. (12 miles) 754 5 2 2-: 1872. June 11 Aug. 20 Ballarat Napier Norham Castle, Napier, via Auckland Chile Napier 2,024 933 250 2 0 23 116 1 1 13 1872. 16 Sept. 3 Dec. Sept. 4 2,008 251 6 3 11 30 Dec. 1873. 10 Feb. t Oct. 31 Nov. 28 Warwick Napier via Auckland Echo „ „ 560 201 68 12 3 20 25 6 1 0 5,726 711 9 2 11 1872. 30 Dec. 1873. 10 Feb. 754 5 2 24 Chile Napier Top Clips 23 0 0 0 Sept. 13 5,265 3 5 0 0 23 0 0 0 Oct. 30 Warwick Napier via Auckland 32,156 19 16 3 8 Fang Bolts and Nuts 37,421 23 1 3 8 1872. 30 Dec. 1873. 10 Feb. Chile Napier 6 0 0 0 43 0 0 Sept. 13 5,352 Oct. 30 1873. Feb. 5 Warwick Napier via Auckland 7,028 8 1 0 19 Woodlark „ „ 24,084 27 0 0 0 31 May. Spikes 43 0 0 22 0 0 Oct. 30 Dec. 9 1873. Feb. 5 Warwick „ „ Echo „ „ 36,464 14,840 52,000 41 1 0 19 2 17 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 Feb. 13 May. Woodlark „ „ 44,200 8 7 0 0 31 „ Sole Plates 22 0 0 111040 21 4 0 0 1872. 16 Sept. 30 Dec. 1873. 10 Feb. June 11 Sept. 13 Ballarat Napier Chile 1,650 2,520 2 19 3 4 4 14 2 14 32 0 0 0 Oct. 30 1873. Feb. 5 Warwick Napier via Auckland 12,880 23 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 Woodlark „ „ 720 16 0 0 31 May. [17,770 32 0 1 18

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Ordees *bom Colony to Agent-i ENEBAL. Shipments fob !OLONY. Date. Number and Description. Estimated Weight. Date of Shipment, as per Bill of Lading. Ship's Name and Port of Delivery. No. Weight. Date of Arrival. 1872. Jan. 23 Steel Rail Joints ... 6360 iTons cwt.qrs.lbi 1872. Oct, 30 1873. Feb. 5,15 Warwick, Napier via Auckland 2,000 Tons cwt.qrs.lbs 10 2 2 21 1873. 10 Feb. ... 1 Second-class Carriage. 2 Composite Carriages. 3 Covered Goods Waggons. 6 High-sided Waggons. 6 Low-sided. 2 Brake Vans. 2 Waggon Weighbridges. 12 Tarpaulins. 2 Locomotives, 9i in. cylinder, 6 wheels, leading wheels on a bogie, coupled. Rails, 40 lbs. (35 miles) Fastenings for ditto. 30 sets Points and Crossings. 2 Locomotives, 10^ in. cylinder, 6-wheel, coupled. 50 sets Ironwork for Waggons. Woodlark „ „ And 1 case Extra Bolts. 6,355 4,355 22 12 2 4 32 15 0 25 31 May. Oct. 26 1873. June 2 2,200 0 0 0 1871. Hfov. 25 Rails, 40 lbs. (10 miles) Well: 628 11 1 20 IGTON 1 1872. April 8 ,, 24 May 8 June 30 '0 Masteeton. Schiehallion Halcione Electra Bebington Wellington >» it M 1,242 1,757 957 381 153 19 3 1 218 4 3 0 118 0 1 1 47 10 2 1 1872. 9 July. 27 „ 26 Aug. 25 Oct. 1873. 11 Mar. July 27 Glenlora »l 513 63 13 3 2 Fang Bolts and Nut* 628 11 1 20 July 29 f* II 4,850 601 9 0 5 11 Mar. 36 0 0 0 32,112 36 0 0 0 Spikes 18 0 0 0 „ 29 t$ >t 94,900 18 5 0 0 11 Mar. TopClipt 20 0 0 0 „ 3 „ 29 Bebington G-lenlora )» 5 0 0 0 14 10 0 0 1872. 25 Oct. 11 Mar. 25,549 20 0 0 0 19 10 0 0 1872. 25 Oct. 1873. 11 Mar. 1873. 2 Mar. Sole Plates 27 0 0 0 » 8 Bebington » 19 5 1 0 . 29 Glenlora M 3,640 6 10 0 0 Steel Rail Joints ... 5305 27 0 0 0 Oct. 22 Forfarshire II 700 15 0 0 » 3 27 0 1 0 2 Mar. »» »» *5,337 27 4 3 9 Extra Bolts » 3 j> t* 474 0 1 2 12 2 Mar. Extra Fish Plates „ 3 ■ l» 474 0 6 0 22 2 Mar. 1872. Jan. 23 • 2 Locomotives, 9J in. cylinder, 4-wheel, coupled. Duplicate Fittings. 1 Second-class Carriage. 2 Composite Carriages. 3 Covered Goods Waggons. 6 High-sided Waggons. 6 Low-sided Waggons. 2 Brake Vans. 2 Waggon Weighbridges. 12 Tarpaulins. Rails 40 lbs. (11 miles) 691 8 2 8 Dec. 17 1873. Jan. 21 Feb. 19 Lucerne H 1,232 152 10 1 12 13 May. Wild Puck Jubilee M 1,420 813 175 10 2 24 100 18 0 24 20 „ 428 19 1 4 3,465 * Re-shipped for Invercargill-Mataura, 4,309.

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Wellington to Masterton— continued.

>ebs PROM Colony to Aqent-Genebal. Shipments fob !olont. Date. Number and Description. Estimated Weight. Date of Shipment, as per Bill of Lading. Ship's Name and Fort of Delivery. No. Weight. Date of Arrival. 1872. Jan. 23 Fang Bolts and Nuts Spikes Tons cwt. qrs. lbs 1873. Jan. 21 Jan. 21 Wild Duck Wellington Tons cwt.qrs.lbs 8 0 0 0 18 10 0 0 1873. 20 May. 20 „ 1872. Nov. 11 1872. 18,880 42 10 0 0 Oct. 26 Top Clips Sole Plates. Steel Rail Joints. 2 Locomotives, 9£ inch cylinder, leading wheels on a bogie, coupled. 25 sets Points and Crossings. iatz. Nov. 11 Forfarshire „ 2 Mar. Nov. 23 1873. Feb. 15 12 Spans Girders, 30 ft., Hutt. Rails, 25 lbs. (3 miles) Ma] I rAWATU Tramway. 1872. 12 June* 9 July.* 1871. Sept. 2 120 0 0 0 1872. Jan. 11 Thames Wellington „ 23 Excelsior „ 593 1,013 1,606 46 6 2 7 75 2 2 5 121 9 0 12 Spites Switches and Crossings ... I „ 15 : Thames „ 1 •> ! 3 5 0 0 12 June.* » 12 i „ 15 „ 12 2 Sets >> Rails, 40 lbs. (15 miles) Fastenings for ditto. 5 sets Points and Crossings. 2 Locomotives, 10£ inch cylinder, 6-wheel, coupled. 2 Brake Vans. 1 First-class Carriage, small. 2 Composite Carriages, small. 2 Second-class Carriages, small. 20 sets Ironwork for Waggons. Mana" vatu to Wanganui. 'ATTJ Tl 1873. June 2 942 17 0 16 1873. Feb. 15 1 Span Girders, 162 ft. Manawat Pic U Gori ; Gorge Road Bridge. on to Blenheim. 1873. 2 Mar. 16 June. Rails, 40 lbs. (12 miles) roN to 1872. Jan. 23 754 5 2 24 1872. Nov. 11 Bee. 4 1872. Nov. 11 Forfarshire eta Wellington Dec. 4 G. A. Holt 456 3,205 57 5 3 0 397 13 0 4 3,661 454 18 3 4 Spikes 22 0 0 0 Nov. 22 Nov. 22 St. Andrew's Castl* IMay. 42,800 10 0 0 0 Fang Bolts and Nuts 43 0 0 0 „ 22 » 22 „ „ „ 22,660 18 5 0 0 1 - Top Clips 23 0 0 0 61 10 0 0 1 . Sole Plates 32 0 0 0 » 22 „ x „ » 22 34,400 Steel Rail Joints ... 6360 2 Locomotives, 9J inch cylinder, 4-wheel, coupled. Duplicate parts. 1 Second-elaBs Carriage. 2 Composite Carriages. 3 Covered Carriages. 6 High-sided Waggons. 6 Low-sided Waggons. 2 Brake Vans. 2 Waggon Weighbridges. 12 Tarpaulins. » *" 7. V f» » 29 2,052 1 . 1873. June 2 Rails, 40 lbs. (8 miles) Fastenings for ditto. 10 sets Points and Crossings. 502 17 0 li * Re-shipped for Canterbury Branch Railways, December, 1872.

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BRUNNER TO GREYMOUTH.

Obdebs pbom Colony to Agent-Geneeal. Shipments fob Colony. Date. Number and Description. Estimated Weight. Date of Shipment, as per Bill of Lading. Ship's Name and Port of Delivery. No. Weight. Date of Arrival. 1871. Tons cwt. qrs. lbs Nov. 25 Rails, 40 lbs. (8 miles) 502 17 0 16 Tons cwt. qrs. lbs Nel lson to Foxhill. 1873. Jan. 18. Rails, 40 lbs. (21 miles) 1,320 0 0 0 1872. June 30 Asterope Oct. 31 Joyse Phillips Dec. 3 Echo Nelson n it 834 103 11 3 0 881 110 2 2 0 419 48 8 3 24 1872. 22 Oct. 1873. 5 April. 13 May. Spikes ... ... Fang Bolts Nov. 7 Joyse Phillips 1873. Jan. 16 Excelsior 1872. Nov. 7 Joyse Phillips M 1) tt 2,134 262 2 0 24 27,030 5 3 3 10 13,000 2 10 0 0 40,030 7 13 3 10 9,129 10 6 0 14 5 April. 5 „ Clips n 1 1873. Jan. 16 Excelsior 9,129 5 12 1 26 2,430 1 10 0 0 9,129 2,430 5 12 1 26 1 10 0 0 5 „ Sole Plates i 1872. Nov. 7 Joyse Phillips 1873. Jan. 16 Excelsior II M 11,559 7 2 1 26 4,556 8 1 3 24 1,350 2 8 0 0 11,559 4,556 7 2 1 26 5 „ 8 1 3 24 1,350 2 8 0 0 5,906 10 9 3 24 5,906 10 9 3 24 Steel Rail Joints 1872. Oct. 22 Joyse Phillips 1873. Feb. 19 Excelsior » 2,000 10 2 1 26 2,300 11 14 1 25 4.300 21 lfi 3 23 2,000 2,300 10 2 1 26 11 14 1 25 5 „ 4,300 21 16 3 23 2 Locomotives, to weigh 12 tons, 91 inch cylinder, 6-wheel, 4 -wheels coupled. 2 First-class Carriages, small. 2 Composite Carriages, small. 2 Second-class Carriages, small. 1873. 2 Brake Vans, small. Feb. 15 12 sets Points and Crossings. 3 80-ft. Spans Girders, Wairoa. 1 80-ft. „ „ 88 Creek. A X»T»TTU' 1873. Feb. 15 4,300 Zl lb 3 Z6 Addin ,2 *Girdcrs and Bridge Material ... 3 ■ Add: *GT0N TO KANGIORA. 1870. Nov. 30 Crusader 1871. Jan. 18 Noma IGTON T' i Rangiora. Lyttelton 182 9 0 8 64 4 3 5 182 9 0 8 1871. 16 Mar. 29 May. u go i ro .2 & i a § s a E S *-* c; •3 § ° •o o E B T3 K O 1870. Nov. 30 1871. Jan. 18 Crusader Lyttelton 1871. 16 Mar. Noma „ 64 4 3 5 29 May. o u JO Oh^ *Rails, 70 lbs., double-headed ... May 2 Monarch May 2 Monarch „ Invoice by another vessel wanted Edinburgh Castle „ Beth Shan, Lyttelton via Nelson Coronilla Lyttelton Carrick Castle, (Unknown) Alice Lyttelton » 246 13 3 13 732 180 3 3 0 246 13 3 13 1870. 9 Nov. 1870. 9 Nov. 1871. 3 July. 29 June. 11 Aug. Unknown 21 Sept. 1871. 30 Sept. 24 Nov. 2 „ 2 „ 24 „ 11 Dec. 11 n 1872. 5 Feb. 732 180 3 3 0 Jan. 31 Feb. 9 » 21 Mar. 15 m 22 700 175 0 0 0 Invoice wanted. 141 1 1 8 94 10 0 0 174 18 3 0 581 378 700 June 1 July 6 Asterope „ Robert Henderson and „ Glenmark Glenmark „ Robert Henderson and „ Zealandia Zealandia „ 284 305 69 18 3 0 74 12 2 23 „ 14 ,, 27 380 400 95 0 0 0 98 5 2 14 Aug. 1 502 124 0 2 24 Sept. 20 Charlotte Gladstone „ 459 113 9 2 17

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IEDER3 FROM COLONY TO AOENT-I rENEE.11.. Shipments foe JOLONT. Sate. Number and Description. Estimated Weight. Date of Shipment, as per 14ill of Lading. Ship's Name and Port of Delivery. No. Weight. Date of Arrival. *Elm Keys Tons cwt. qrs. lbs] ... Jan. 17 Mar. 18 May 16 July 24 Noma Lyttelton Alice „ Merope „ Glenmark „ 20,108 10,272 10,307 9,416 Tons cwt. qrs. lbs 1871. 29 May. 21 Sept. 5*Aug. 2 Nov. 1872. 2 Jan. 5 Feb. *Cup Head Bolts and Nuts Sept. 2S Oct. 19 Harvest Home ,, Charlotte Gladstone „ 9,929 10,237 Jan. 23 Feb. 8 Mar. 11 „ 18 Noma and Edinburgh „ Castle Coronilla ,, 70,269 7,561 2.92S 7,564 3,252 5 0 3 20 1 19 2 19 5 12 0 2 3 3 15 1871. 29 May. 3 July. 11 Aug. 11 » 21 Sept. *Cup Head Spikes it it Alice „ 21,308 14 5 3 26 c g I % i 5 O u •S r\ R I 2 tH o 3 J 5 :: '> z rH i o * Jan. 23 Noma and Edinburgh „ Castle Coronilla „ 88,700 15 0 0 27 29 May. 3 July. 11 Aug. 11 „ 21 Sept. Feb. 8 Mar. 11 „ 18 15,400 28,700 18,500 8 2 3 0 15 3 1 11 9 13 3 14 *Railway Chairs ... n it Alice „ 91,300 4S 0 0 24 1871. Jan. 31 Feb. 16 Mar. 11 „ 22 May 16 „ 31 July 24 » 24 Aug. 2 Edinburgh Castle „ Coronilla ,, H l> Alice ,, Merope „ Asterope ,, Glenmark „ 5,956 4,010 2,961 5,815 7,838 2,373 7,352 181 6,828 59 5 3 25 39 8 0 19 29 8 2 19 57 15 0 12 77 15 0 18 23 9 3 17 73 0 1 4 3 18 0 20 67 6 3 0 1871. 3 July. 11 Aug. 11 „ 21 Sept. 5 Aug. 30 Sept. 2 Nov. 2 „ 11 Dec. Railway Crossing, Slide, etc. » n Zealandia „ 43,314 431 8 0 22 1870. 9 Nov. 1871. 3 July. *Fish Hates May 2 Jan. 31 Feb. 9 n 21 Mar. 15 ,, 22 Monarch „ Invoice by another vessel wanted Edinburgh Castle „ Beth Sliau Nelson Coronilla Lyttelton Carrick Castle (Unknown) Alice Lyttelton 2,150 1,400 10 1 2 7 6 11 2 0 Invoice wanted 10 1 3 21 4 4 2 4 5 12 3 20 2,150 900 1,200 11 Aug. 'Rail Joints, Ibbotson's Patent .. June 1 July 6 „ 27 Aug. 1 Asterope „ Robert Henderson „ 1,200 1,200 320 317 5 12 2 0 5 12 2 0 1 9 3 14 1 6 3 21 21 Sept. 1871. 30 Sept. 24 Nov. 24 „ 11 Dec. ,. n n Zealandia ,, 1871. Feb. 8 Asterope „ 30 Sept. 500 *Wood Screws, Square head „ 8 Coronilla „ 2,000 0 8 3 14 11 Aug. •SwitchesandCrossings,Single sets Mav 16 July 24 Merope ,, Glenmark „ 15 sets 15 „ 5 Aug. 2 Nov. *1 Locomotive ... April May 17 Merope „ 30 sets 5 Aug. 5 „ M U Lifting Gear... 1871. March 2 34 sets Waggon Wheels, &c, complete 6 sets Waggon Wheels, &c, complete 1871. Oct. 10 „ 10 Charlotte Gladstone Lyttelton 34 sets 1872. 6 Feb. 6 „ n it >» 6 „ 50 Tarpaulins, Dressing, &c. July 25 Robert Henderson „ 1871. 24 Nov. 50 Rails, 70 lbs., double-headed (6 miles) 670 0 0 0 Nov. 7 „ 15 „ 21 „ 28 Crusader ,, England, Lyttelton via Wellington Wild Duck, Lyttelton viaAiwkland Dover Castle Lyttelton 740 744 600 598 185 0 0 0 184 7 2 0 149 16 3 14 146 12 0 17 1872. 9 April. 9 Mar. 4 April. 7 May. 3—E.—3.

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Obdees from Colony to Agent-i ENEEAL. Shipments fob Colony. Date. Number and Description. Estimated Weight. Date of Shipment, as per Bill of Lading. Ship's Name and Port of Delivery. No. Weight. Date of Arrival. lO/l. March 2 Rails, 70 lbs., double-headed (6 miles) — continued 1871. March 2 Tons cwt. qrs. lbi 1872. Feb. 6 Feb. 6 Agamemnon* „ 407 101 4 1 14 10,27 Jan 3.089 767 0 3 17 407 Tons cwt. qrs. lbs 101 4 1 14 1873. 10,27 Jan. FishPlatcs "^ Screws Bolts [ Nuts Washers ... ... ... J 42 10 0 0 o,uoy /O/ V O 1/ 1872. Oct. 18 Charlotte Gladstone „ 12,480 8 10 0 O 6 Feb. Nov. 7 Crusader „ 3,200 15 4 2 0 3 April. Nov. 15 England, Lyttelton via Wellington 2,400 11 8 0 0 9 Mar. 1872. 1873. Oct. 18 Nov. 7 Nov. 15 1872. Feb. 6 12,480 3,200 2,400 3,089 707 O 3 17 8 10 0 0 15 4 2 0 11 8 0 0 1872. 6 Feb. 3 April. 9 Mar. 1873. 10,27Jan. 1873. i«/d. Feb. 6 Agamemnon* Lyttelton 820 3 17 3 17 10,27Jan 18.900 39 O 1 17 820 3 17 3 17 Spikes 26 15 0 0 Oct. 18 1871. Nov. 11 1872. Feb. 9 io,yuu d'j u ±1/ 1872. Oct. 18 Charlotte Gladstone „ 49.2S0 27 12 0 5 6 Feb. 1871. 18,900 39 0 1 17 1872. 0 Feb. 49.2S0 27 12 0 5 25,000 Wood Keys 1871. Nov. 11 Crusader „ 25,215 ... 3 April. 1872. 1873. 1872. 18/3. Feb. 9 Agamemnon* „ 3,336 ... 10,27Jan 28.581 25,245 3,336 3 April. 1873. 10,27Jan. 25,000 Chairs, 22 lbs. each 245 0 0 0 Nov. 8 Dec. 12 1872. Feb. 8 38,081 1872. Nov. 8 Crusader „ 10.238 101 7 10 3 April. Dec. 12 Uclenslcc, Lyttelton via Auckland 3,728 36 16 0 21 5 June. 1872. 28,581 10.238 3,728 101 7 10 36 16 0 21 1872. 3 April. 5 June. 18/Z. Feb. 8 Napier Lyttelton 5,073 50 0 0 0 30 Sept. 1873. 5,073 50 0 0 0 30 Sept. 1873. 10,27Jan. 1872. 6 Aug. „ 15 1B7.S. „ 15 Agamemnon* „ 5,928 58 2 3 19 10,27Jan 1872. 5,928 58 2 3 19 1872. Feb. 17 Chairs Mar. 13 18/2. Mar. 13 Ben More „ 2,800 27 12 0 7 0 Aug. 27,767 273 18 1 19 2,800 27,767 27 12 0 7 273 18 1 19 5 0 0 0 •' 1873. Jan. 18. Rails, 56 lbs. (14 miles) 10 Bets Points and Crossings, ... Fish Plates. Fang Bolts. Spikes. Base Plates. Ra: GIOBA TO KOWAI. GIOBA 1,232 0 0 0 1873. 1873. Feb. 13 Langstono Lyttelton 519 103 16 0 0 17 June. 10 Sets 13 5 1 11 1873. Feb. 13 Danteebuet Beanch Lines —Geneeallt. 1872. Jan. 20 Rails, 30 lbs. (20 miles) 933 16 3 4 1872. 1872. Aug. 31 Pleiades Lyttelton 2,162 200 1 1 0 28 Dec. 2,162 200 1 1 O Sept. 4 Jessie Readman Lyttelton via 2,176 200 1 1 0 1G Dec. Wellington 2,176 200 1 1 0 Jan. 23 Rails, 30 lbs. (12 miles) (Ordered originally for Picton and Blenheim Line.) 560 6 1 4 „ 10 „ „ „ 1,083 100 5 3 24 1S73. „ 25 Celocno „ 1,924 175 7 2 24 11 Jan. Oct. 3 Crusader Lyttelton 1,089 100 2 2 12 5 „ „ 2 Forfarshire Lyt via Wellington 272 24 13 2 17 2 Mar. „ 15 „ „ „ 749 70 3 0 4 2 „ „ 31 Charlotte Gladstone Otago 573 53 0 3 20 15 Feb. „ 31 Cissy Lyttelton 514 47 0 0 0 15 „ Nov. 9 Himalaya „ 1,629 150 6 0 27 4 Mar. Dec. 5 John Bull „ 1,058 99 18 2 19 S May. „ 16 Agra „ 552 49 16 2 6 8 „ 1873. Jan. 14 „ „ 1,064 99 1 0 8 8 „ „ 18 Edwin Fox „ 5 tl 50 2 1 8 27 June. „ 18 „ „ 1,095 99 13 0 14 „ 1,083 100 5 3 24 1,924 1,089 272 749 573 514 1,020 1,058 552 175 7 2 24 100 2 2 12 24 13 2 17 70 3 0 4 53 0 3 20 47 0 O 0 150 6 O 27 99 18 2 19 49 16 2 6 1,064 511 1,095 99 1 0 8 50 2 1 8 99 13 0 14 1,494 3 0 8 16,481 1519 14 1 15 1872. 1872. Sept. 4 JessieRcadman.Zv^.t'i'aTFeMiH^oK 24,600 5 0 0 0 16 Dec. 1873. „ 30 Celocno „ „ 59,040 12 0 0 0 11 Jan. „ 30 Crusader . Lyttelton 59.040 12 0 0 0 5 „ Oct. 31 Cissy „ 132,8*) 27 0 0 0 15 Feb. Nov. 6 Forfarshire Lyt. via Wellington 34,400 7 0 0 0 2 Mar. 16,481 1519 14 1 15 Spikes 39 0 0 0 24,600 5 0 0 0 Spikes 24 0 0 0 59,010 59,040 132,8*) 34,400 12 0 0 0 12 O O 0 27 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 63 0 0 0 309,920 63 O 0 0 * Transhipped at Cape of Good Hope, and arrived by other vessels at Lyttelton.

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Canterbury Branch Lines—Generally— continued.

IKDEKS EBOM COLOSV TO AgENTENEItAL. SnirMENT3 POB JOLONT. Date. Number and Description. Estimated Weight Date of Shipment, as per Hill of Lading. Ship's Name and Port of Delivery. No. Weight. Date of Arrival. 1872. Jan. 23 Steel Rail Joints ... 6,100 10,200 Tons cwt.qrs.lbs 20 10 0 0 34 0 0 0 lc>72. Oct. 22 Forfarshire Lyt via Wellington 3,000 Tons cwt. qrs. lbs 9 11 1 10 1873. 2 Mar. Dec. 16 „ 16 1873. Jan. 13 Agra Lyttelton 10,200 477 33 1 1 14 2 3 1 19 8 May. 8 „ >> a Lucerne Lyt. via Wellington 2,623 8 15 0 21 13 ., 16,300 54 10 0 0 16,300 53 11 1 14 June 8 JuneS Rails, 30 lbs. (92 miles) ...4,295 13 120 Spikes. 12 Locomotives. 8 inch cylinder. 32 Iron Coal Waggons, 6 tons. 100 sets Waggon Ironwork. 10 Brake Vans, small. 10 Weoond-class Carriages, small. 10 Composite Carriages, small. 1 First-class Carriage, small. Switches and Crossings for 30 lbs. 20 sets Rails. 4,295 13 1 20 EXTEAS —Ge rEEAL Lines. 1872. I Switches and Crossings for 40 lbs.] 30 sets i I Rails. I I I I Rakaia to ASHI3UET0N. 1872. 1872. Jan. 23 Rails, 40 lbs. (15 miles) 942 17 0 16 Steel Rail Joints 8,080 42 10 0 0 Nov. 22 Dec. 4 1873. Fan" Bolts and Nuts 44 5 0 0 Jan. 17 Spikes 20 10 0 0 „ 17 Top Clips 49,120 30 0 0 0 „ 17 BascPlatcs 49,120 39 10 0 0 „ 17 Oct. 26 4 Locomotives, 6 -wheels, 10J inch cylinders, on a Bogie. 50 sets Ironwork for Waggons. 4 First-class Carriages, large. 8 Second-class Carriages, large. 6 Composite Carriages, large. 4 Brake Vans, large. Rails, 40 lbs. (30 miles) 1,885 14 0 4 Nov. 25 25 sets Points and Crossings. Oct. 26 John Bull Lyttelton G. A. Holt Lyt. via Wellington Edwin Fox Lyttelton i. M >> » *> 5,0 8,9 50,0 qa n 84,0 OA n 24,0 ion 12,0 5,000 8,905 50,000 84,000 24,000 12,000 500 25 14 905 1,095 2 000 41 15 r\r\n 91 in 25 14 0 26 1,095 2 2 0 41 15 0 0 21 10 0 0 14 15 0 0 20 15 0 0 4 0 26 2 2 0 5 0 0 n f\ o 1873. 3 May. 16 Juno. 27 „ )1 »» M AsiIBTJBTON iUBTON TO TlilAEU. 1873. June 2 Rails, 40 lbs. (20 miles) 933 16 3 4 Fastenings for ditto. 40 sets Points and Crossings. Selwtn T ,wtn to Rakaia. 1871. 1871' Mar. 15 Rails, 56 lbs., Flanged (12 miles), 1,144 0 0 0 Doc._28 and 1 mile Sidings 1872. 1871. Dec. 28 Kelenslec, Lyttelton via Auckland 1872. Jan. 3 Dover Castle Lyttelton and Heleuslce, Lyt. via Auckland Feb. 6 Agamemnon* Lyttelton „ 21 William Prowse, Lyt via Nelson „ 14 Napier Lyttelton „ 28 Mar. 16 Merope and Ben Moret „ „ 16 April 11 7 )' 2 6 6 4 7 4 6 717 ] 710 250 600 619 480 740 485 634 717 710 250 SOO 319 480 740 485 B34 143 2 2 25 140 13 3 7 50 0 0 0 120 0 0 0 121 15 1 22 96 0 0 0 146 10 1 16 96 4 1 5 125 13 3 9 1872. 5 June. ( 7 May. 5 June. 1873. 10,27,Jan. 1 Aug. 30 Sept. 30 „ 5, 6 Aug. 5,6 „ 5 „ 5,235 j 1,040 0 2 0 * Transhipped at the Capo of Goc f Short lauded ex " Me: id Hope, and arrived at Lyttelton by other vessels, •ope," 10 Kails. Amount recovered, £19.

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Selwtn to Eakaia — continued.

Oedees feom Colony to Agent-Geneeal. Shipments fob !olony. Date. Number and Description. Estimated Weight. Date of Shipment, as per Bill of Lading. Ship's Name and Port of Delivery. No. Weight. Date of Arrival. 1871. Mar. 15 iTons cwt. qrs. lbs Dec. 28 1872. Jan. 3 Dec. 28 Kelenslec,LyiteltonviaAucklandZ 1ST?. 2,750 Tons cwt. qrs. lbs 10 4 2 3 5 June. Fish Plates 6 2 2 21 7 May. 1873. 10,27,Jan. 1872. 30 Sept. 1 Aug. 30 Sept. 6 Aug. 5 „ 5 „ 1872. Jan. 3 Dover Castle Lyttelton 1,650 Feb. 6 Feb. 6 Agamemnon* „ 550 2 0 3 17 ■ „ 14 ,, 21 „ 28 Mar. 16 „ 16 April 11 „ 14 Napier ,, „ 21 William Prowse, Lyt. via Nelson „ 28 Napier Lyttelton Mar. 16 Ben More and „ „ 16 Merope „ 1,400 1,400 1,200 1,650 1,200 1,800 5 4 0 14 5 4 0 14 4 9 10 6 2 2 24 4 9 10 6 13 3 14 54 0 0 0 April 11 Merope „ Bolts Jan. 2 Helenslee, Lyttelton via Avcktand „ 0 D^vcr Castle Lyttelton Mar. 13 Napier „ 1 Q Jan. 2 „ 6 Mar. 13 „ 13 „ 13 13,600 4,200 2,100 2,100 2,900 13,650 2 14 8 6 1 7 1 10 16 3 3 2 4 3 6 8 18 1 13 50 11 1 23 5 June. 7 May. 30 Sept. 30 „ 30 „ ,, 13 ,, ,, Fang Bolts „ 13 ,, it 24,050 16 12 0 10 41 0 0 0 Jan. 2 „ 6 Jan. 2 Helenslee, Lyttelton via Auckland „ 6 Dover Castlo Lyttelton 6,200 3,100 7 15 2 18 3 14 1 25 5 June. 7 May. 1873. 10,27,Jan. 1872. 30 Sept. 12 Nov. Feb. 12 Feb. 12 Agamemnon* „ 10,508 13 5 3 9 Mar. 13 April 15 „ 15 Mar. 13 Napier „ April 15 Lady Jocclyn „ 11,769 5,396 3,140 15 2 3 7 6 15 2 1 4 3 2 5 Spikes (none specified in above order) Jan. 2 „ 6 « 15 H » Jan. 2 Helenslee, Lyttelton via Auckland „ 6 Dover Castle Lyttelton 40,113 12,200 6,100 50 17 3 9 3 14 0 23 1 16 1 1 it 5 June. 7 May. 1873. 10,27,Jan. 1872. 30 Sept. 12 Nov. Feb. 12 Feb. 12 Agamemnon* „ 53,752 16 8 0 6 Mar. 13 April 15 Mar. 13 Napier „ April 15 Lady Jocclyn „ 6,600 6,300 3 13 1 9 1 19 0 12 Base Plates 1871. Dec. 23 1872. Feb. 9 1871. Dec. 23 Helenslee, Lyttelton via Auckland 1872. 84,952 27 10 3 23 5 June. 1873. 10,27,Jan. 1872. 30 Sept. 30 „ 12 Nov. 3,500 7 5 2 23 1B/Z. Feb. 9 Agamemnon* Lyttelton 12,000 10 6 3 1 Mar. 23 „ 23 July 9 . 9 Mar. 23 Napier „ OQ „ 23 July 9 Lady Jocelyu „ n 20,4C0 7,882 9,566 4,575 17 12 1 3 16 8 3 23 16 0 0 18 6 1 0 25 Rails Spikes Fang Bolts Clips Sole Plates >» *> it » H Sept. 6 Chaudiere Nelson 57,923 73 15 0 9 1873. 20 Jan. „ 11 t 1 „ 11 11 Sept. 6 H 11 ., 11 „ 11 H 11 1,147 32,500 17,840 14,580 5,880 139 19 1 3 6 5 0 0 20 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 10 10 0 O i» „ 11 1 1 it 1873. June 2 1 Locomotive, 8 wheels, 14 inch cylinder 2 First Class Carriages, large. „ 11 it 1873. June 2 Wi ITAKI —MOEEAKI. Rails, 40 lbs. (41 miles) Fastenings for ditto. 25 sets Points and Crossings. 4 Locomotives 10£ in. cylinder, 6-whecl, coupled. Ironwork for 100 Waggons. 4 Brake Vans. 4 Large First-class Carriages. 6 ditto Composite Carriages. 14 ditto Second-class Carriages. 3 Waggon Weigh Bridges. 3 Cnrt Weigh Bridges. 2,577 2 2 12 * Transhipped at the Cape of Good Hope, and arrived at Lyttelton by other \ t Short landed ex " Helenslee," 127 Fish Plates. Amount recovered, £5 16i 'CBsels. 3. 6d.

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WAITAKI BRIDGE.

Oedees i-koji Colony to Agent-Geneeal. Shipments foe Colony. Date. Number and Description. Estimated Weight.l Bate of Shipment, :l . |it'l' liill of Lading. Ship's Name and Port of Delivery. No. Weight. Date of Arrival. 1871. April 3 110 Spans, Main Girders, and Fittings, 33 ft. ITonscwt. qrs.lbs 550 0 0 0 1871. Dec. 22 ,, 28 1872. Feb. 7 „ 9 Mar. 13 Warwick Fort Chalmers 2121 Tons cwt. qrs. lbs 149 9 3 13 150 5 3 8 1872. 10 April. 10 „ n jj Bulwark ,, 2124 14 151 18 0 20 144 9 2 12 87 8 2 11 1 Oct. Pile Shoes and Fitting9 Spikes Napier „ 8 Aug. 550 0 0 0 110 683 12 0 8 Aug. 23 25 5 0 20 8 3 2 11 Feb. 14 Mar. 14 Bulwark „ Napier „ 18 2 2 19 19 14 1 23 lOct. 8 Aug. 33 8 3 3 „ 18 22 37 17 0 14 8 Aug. Sept. 30 15 Spans and Fittings, 33 ft. 75 0 0 0 )> )» w 53 14 1 25 40 5 0 25 jj a )> Ill Piers and Fittings ... 2 Columns to each Pier. 75 0 0 0 15 93 19 2 22 Jul.11.15 „ 19 „ 23 Palmerston „ 6 Dec. Nov. 26 557 4 0 0 a n 20 20 10 103 16 1 0 104 14 3 20 51 2 2 12 it Oct. 24 Nov. 8 „ 30 1873. Jan. 17 „ 17 Feb. 7 » » City of Bombay „ Euterpe „ Lutterworth „ M 228 0 1 16 127 3 1 22 98 4 3 4 1873. 7 Mar. 5 April. 4 „ Oberon „ • i jj Michael Angelo „ w 189 12 1 21 51 16 1 4 4 17 2 4 1 May. 1 „ 28 „ 172 959 8 2 22 June 24 May Queen „ Webb's Patent Subaqueous Excavators. 24 Oct. Du: ?EDIN Tl i Clutha. 250 12 1 26 151 0 0 11 6 13 2 17 1871. May 27 I Rails, 40 lbs. (6 miles) ... ... 377 2 3 12 1871. Nov. S, 15 „ 30 Dec. 16 Jessie Readman Fort Chalmers Margaret Galbraith ,, Warwick, for Switches „ and Crossings 2,022 1,223 88 1872. 23 Feb. 7 Mar. 10 April. 377 2 3 12 3,333 408 6 0 26 Steel Rail Joints jj jj 10 „ 18 18 0 0 „ 16 4,550 23 15 1 9 Fang Bolts and Nuts 8 5 0 0 Nov. 15 „ 30 Jessie Readman „ Margaret Galbraith „ 11,165 6,953 6 3 10 3 16 3 0 23 Feb. 7 Mar. Dog Spikes 8 5 0 0 18,118 10 0 0 0 7 10 0 0 „ 15 „ 30 Jessie Readman ,, Margaret Galbraith „ 20,600 12,560 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 23 Feb. 7 Mar. 33,160 8 0 0 0 10 sets Switches and Crossings, complete 2 Turntables, complete, 13 feet... 7 10 0 0 Dec. 18 1872. Feb. 28 Warwick „ 10 sets 10 April. Napier „ 2 complete 3 „ 8 Aug. 1873. 23 Feb. 1S72. 8 Aug. 6 Dec. 5 „ 3 Signals „ Nov. 24 Jessie Readman „ 2 Goods Cranes „ 1J ton ... 1 Machine for Dressing Sleepers, complete 4 Carriages, Fassenger ... 2 Brake Vans Feb. 28 July 12 Napier „ Palmerston „ 2 i „ Aug. 29 29 Sept. 23 Christian McAusland „ » 31 It Zealandia ,, 4 M )) 28 „ 2 Covered Waggons 4 Open Waggons 6 Mineral Waggons J> )) it a n jj 2 4 6 " . a Duplicate Fittings 1873. Feb. 18 1872. July 23 jj jj Cospatrick „ 1873. 8 July. 1872. 6 Dec. 2 Locomotive Engines, 10£ inch cylinder, 6-wheel, coupled, 17 tons Palmerston „ *'2 * 1 forwarded to Invercargill Mataura Line.

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Dunedin to Clutha— continued.

IBDEES FEOM COLONY TO AGEKT-' ENEBAL. Shipments toe lOLONY. Date. Number and Description. Estimated Weight. Date of Shipment, as per Bill of Lading. Ship's Name and Port of Delivery. No. Weight. Date of Arrival. 1871. May 27 Tons cwt. qrs. lb: 1872. Tons cwt. qrs. lbs J 872. Duplicate Parts of Engines, viz.— 1 pair Cylinders 1 set Axles and Wheels 1 ,, Axle Boxes 1 „ „ Springs 1 „ „ Tubes 1 pair Pistons ... 4 sets „ Packing 1 set Pump Clacks 2 Boilers 12 Gauge Glasses 1 set Tools July 23 It )t It )> It Palmerston Port Chalmers it jj j» jj jj jj jj jj jj jj 1 pair 1 set 1 ., 1 „ 1 „ 1 pair 4 sets 1 „ 2 12 50 copper stays 6 Dec. )t It n M n II jj jj H II jj jj )l II jj jj n )! jj j» j» It jj jj >» Aug. 31 Rail?, 40 lbs. (10 miles) 628 11 1 20 1871. Dec. 6,14 „ 14,20 1872. Jan. 4,6. 23.21 Feb. 13, 14,17 Warwick Fort Chalmers Sir Wm. Wallace „ 741 1,697 91 0 2 24 209 19 3 23 1872. 10 April. 20 May. ,- Bulwark „ | Ironside „ 1,689 1,939 209 3 2 8 210 0 2 19 lOct. 17 June. Steel Rail Joints 628 11 1 20 Jan. 18 „ 31 Feb. 19 Sir Wm. Wallace „ Bulwark „ Ironside „ 6,066 1,700 1,700 1,350 750 4 3 18 8 15 2 25 8 12 0 20 6 16 1 21 20 May. 1 Oct. 17 June. Fang Bolts and Nuts 18 10 0 0 1871. Dec. 20 1872. Jan. 11 „ 30 Feb. 24 Warwick „ Sir Wm. Wallace „ Bulwark „ Ironside „ 7,700 9,625 10,010 8,900 4,750 24 4 1 10 4 5 0 0 5 6 10 5 10 2 0 4 18 1 0 10 April. 20 May. 1 Oct. 17 June. Dog Spikes 18 10 0 0 16 0 0 0 1871. Dec. 20 1872. Jan. 11 „ 30 Feb. 24 Warwick „ 36,235 14,420 20 0 0 0 10 April. 3 10 0 0 Sir Wm. Wallace „ Bulwark „ Ironsido ,, 18,540 18,540 14,420 65,920 4 10 0 0 4 10 0 0 3 10 0 0 20 May. 1 Oct. 17 June. 16 0 0 0 Jan. 31 Feb. 28 ., 24 Feb. 28 Jan. 19 „ 16 July 23 16 0 0 0 10 sets Switches and Crossings ... 1 Turntable, 13 feet 4 Signals 2 Goods Cranes ... 3 Rail Presses 4 sets Platelayers'Tools... 1 Locomotive Engine, 104 inch cylinder, 6-wheel, coupled, 17 tons 4 Carriages 2 Brake Vans Ironside ,, Napier „ Ironsido ,, Napier „ Sir William Wallace „ 10 sets' 1 4 sets 2 3 9 cases 1 17 June. 8 Aug. 17 June. 8 Aug. 20 May. Lift 1 ton 10 c. jj jj Palmerston ,, 16 6 0 0 6 Doc. Aug. 29 „ 29 Sept. 23 Christian McAusland „ 4 5 „ Zealandia ,, ) o i 28 „ 2 Covered Waggons " ... 2 Open Waggons jj jj 2 2 6 It 6 Mineral Waggons 1873. Feb. 18 Jan. 6 jj jj It 1873. 8 July. 25 May. Not. 25 Duplicate Fittings 1 Lathe, 20 feet 18 inches 1 Drilling Machine, Double-geared 1 Pinning Machine, 84 x 3J 1 Screw Cutting Machine, -J x 2 1 Shaping Machine, 11 inch 1 Engine, 15 h.p. jj Cospatrick „ Naomi ,, jj jj 1 1 1 1 1 1 J, jj jj jj jj 1 Noiseless Fan, 4 feet ... 1 General Joiner 1872. Dec. 16 1873. Jan. 6 Feb. 7 1872. Julv 10 18*73. Jan. 6 jj jj Lutterworth ,, Naomi „ Michael Angelo, Belting „ 1 1 1873. 4 April. 25 May. 2 Traversing Hydraulic Jacks, 20 tons 1 Saw Bench and Fittings 1 Hand Lathe 4 Smiths'Hearths May Queen „ 2 1872. 24 Oct. 1873. 25 May. Naomi ,, 1 1 4 '» jj *t jj jj jj

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Dunedin to Clutha— continued.

lEDEES FK05I COLONY TO AGENT-' rENEEAL. Shipments eob !olo: Date. Number and Description. Estimated Weight. Date of Shipment, as per Bill ofLading. Ship's Name and Port of Delivery. No. Weight. Date of Arrival. ~ 1871. Nov. 25 1 Punching and Shearing Machine. 1 Drilling Machine, Single-geared. 100 feet Shafting, 3 inch. Rails, 40 lbs., Steel-top (6 miles) 377 2 3 12 Tons cwt. qrs. lbs 1872. Tons cwt. qrs. lbs 1 1872. 377 2 3 12 Aug. 3 175 7 1 3 5 Dec. 1873. 20 Jan. 10 Feb. Christian McAusland ,, 1,243 9. 3 ID 377 2 3 12 Oct. 3 „ 17 Ferndale „ Beautiful Star „ 932 802 130 1 0 26 111 13 3 16 377 2 3 12 Sole Plates 19 0 0 0 Ferndale „ Charlotte Gladstone „ Lutterworth „ 2,977 417 2 1 17 20 Jan. 15 Feb. 4 April. 19 0 0 0 ti it s 30 3,490 2,506 5,050 6 4 0 0 4 9 2 14 9 0 0 0 19 0 O 0 Clips 14 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 Ferndale „ Charlotte Gladstone „ Lutterworth „ 11,046 19 13 2 14 14 0 0 0 a 30 6,980 9,720 6,500 4 6 10 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 20 Jan. 15 Feb. 4 April. 14 0 0 0 Spikes 13 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 )) 3 Ferndale „ Lutterworth ,, 23,200 14 6 1 0 20 Jan. 4 April. 20,670 46,800 3 19 0 0 9 0 0 0 13 O O 0 Fang Bolts 25 0 0 0 67,470 12 19 0 0 13 0 0 0 Ferndale „ Lutterworth „ 25 0 0 0 jj 3 6,980 15,164 7 17 0 0 17 0 0 0 20 Jan. 4 April. 25 0 0 0 Steel Rail Joints 3,760 i 1873. Feb. 18 22,141 24 17 0 0 25 0 0 0 Cospatrick „ 8 July. I J. jj jj 1,500 2,260 3,760 7 3 0 7 11 5 0 18 18 8 0 25 jj 1872. Jan. 23 Rails, 40 lbs. (12 miles) ... 754 5 2 24 754 5 2 24 1873. Jan. 14 Jan. 16 Feb. 6 Feb. 14 Oberon Port Chalmers Naomi „ Michael Angelo ,, Glenaray „ 806 1,618 806 2,040 100 3 0 0 201 12 2 16 100 1 2 2 250 0 0 20 1873. 1 Mav. 25 „ 28 „ Fang Bolts 40,000 22 0 0 0 Spikes 67,000 17 0 0 0 Steel Rail Joints 6,500 34 0 0 0 Sole Plates Clips 2 Locomotives, 10J in. cylinder, leading wheels on a bogie, coupled. 100 sets Ironwork for Waggons 5 First-class Carriages, large. 4 Composite Carriages. Rails, 40 lbs. (25 miles). 1570 18 2 8 Fang Bolts and Nuts. Spikes. Top Clips. Base Plates. 25 sets Points and Crossings. 1 Locomotive, 10i inch cylinder, 6-wheel, coupled. 22 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 Jan. 15 „ 15 „ 16 Oct. 30 Oberon „ 5,270 651 17 1 10 1 May. jj jj jj jj Charlotte Gladstone „ 40,000 67,000 6,4S0 2,506 9,720 20 5 0 2 15 18 3 12 33 2 3 10 4 9 2 14 6 0 0 0 jj 15 Feb. jj jj jj ») Oct. 26 1570 18 2 8 Dec. 21 1873. May 7 July 5 5 Waggon Traversers. 1 10-ton 21 ft. Travelling Crane. 2 Hydraulic Wheel Presses. 1 Hydraulic Boiler Testing Apparatus. 1 Wheel Lathe. 2 4 ft. Grindstones and Fittings. 1 Cylinder Boring Machine. 4 sets Smiths' Tools. Toko: [AIEIBO LaWEENCK. 1873. June 2 1445 14 1 4 Rails, 40 lbs. (23 miles) Fastenings for ditto. 15 sets Points and Crossings.

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INVERCARGILL TO MATAURA.

Oedees ieom Colony to Agent-1 rENEEAL. SnlMENTS FOB JOLONY. Date. Number and Description. Estimated Weight. Date of Shipment, asper Bill of Lading. Ship's Namo and Port of Delivery. No. Weight. Date of Arrival. 1871. Nov. 25 Rails, 40 lbs. (12 miles) iTonscwt. qrs. lb: 754 5 2 24 1872. May 21 Aug. 20 Sept. 26 Ilydaspes * Port Chalmers Agnes Muir Invercargill Zealandia Port Chalmers 585 1,566 1,367 Tons cwt.qrs.lbs 72 17 0 25 194 9 0 8 170 0 1 24 1872. 20 Sept. 24 Dec. 28 „ 1873. 15 Feb 15 „ Spikes Oct. 31 Nov. 15 Charlotte Gladstone „ City of Bombay „ 1,459 773 179 14 3 0 95 6 0 16 754 5 2 24 22 0 0 0 Sept. 2 „ 26 1873. Feb. 18 Agnes Muir Invercargill Zealandia Port Chalmers 32,500 35,100 5,750 712 7 2 17 6 5 0 0 6 15 O 0 1872. 24 Dee. 28 „ 1873. 8 July. Cospatrick ,, 46,670 9 0 0 0 Fang Bolts 22 0 0 0 43 0 0 0 1872. Sept, 2 „ 26 1873. Feb. 18 Agnes Muir Invercargill Zealandia Port Chalmers ! 114271 10,927 12,488 22 0 0 0 12 5 0 0 14 0 0 0 1872. 21 Dec. 28 „ 1873. 8 Julv. Cospatrick ,, 8,920 10 0 0 0 Clips 23 0 0 0 43 0 0 0 1872. Sept. 2 „ 26 1873. Feb. 10 Agnes Muir Invercargill Zealandia Port Chalmers 32,335 18,360 8,910 36 5 0 0 11 10 0 0 5 10 0 0 1872. 24 Dec. 28 „ 1873. 8 Julv. Cospatrick „ 8,100 5 0 0 0 Sole Plates 23 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 1872. Sept. 2 „ 26 Agnes Muir Invercargill Zealandia Port Chalmers 35,370 6,510 6,600 22 0 0 0 12 5 0 0 12 8 2 0 1872. 24 Dec. 28 „ 1873. 15 Feb. Oct. 30 Charlotte Gladstone „ 4,120 7 7 0 0 Steel Rail Joints ■ 6,350 32 0 0 0 1873. Feb. 18 Cospatrick „ '17,230 32 0 2 0 8 July. jj jj jj 1,200 3,900 5,100 6 2 1 23 20 2 1 22 jj 2 Locomotives, 9} inch cylinder, coupled. Duplicate Fittings. 1 Second-class Passenger Carriage. 2 Composite Carriages. 3 Covered Carriages. 6 High-sided Waggons. 6 Low-sided Waggons. 2 Brake Vans. 2 Waggon Weighbridges. 12 Tarpaulins. 1 Locomotive, 6 wheels, 91 inch cylinder, leading wheels on a bogie, coupled. 1 Brake Van, small. 2 First-class Carriages, small. 4 Second-class Carriages, small. 26 4 3 17 1872. Jan. 23 Oct. 26 1873. June 2 Rails, 40 lbs. (28 miles) Fastenings for ditto. 15 sets Points and Crossings. 1760 0 0 0 Wi: :ton to Kingston. 1873. June 2 Rails, 40 lbs. (23 miles). Fastenings for ditto. 15 sets Points and Crossings. 3 Locomotives, 10£ inch cylinder, 6-wheel, coupled. 100 sets Ironwork for Waggons. 4 Brake Vans. 3 First-class Carriages, large. 4 Composite Carriages, large. •"j Second-class Carriages, large. 1445 14 1 4 * Used on Dunedin and Clutha Line. By Authority: Gbobgb Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—1373. [Price Is. 9(/.]