CONTRACTS FOR PUBLIC WORKS IN WHICH PENALTIES HAVE BEEN ENFORCED.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1878 Session I, E-06a

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1878. NEW ZEALAND. CONTRACTS FOR PUBLIC WORKS IN WHICH PENALTIES HAVE BEEN ENFORCED.

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Laid on the Table by the Minister for Public Worlcs, with the leave of the House.

RETURN showing the Contracts for Public Works in which Penalties have been enforced from 1st July, 1874, to 30th June, 1875, and the Contracts in the case of which Penalties have accrued but have not been enforced, during the same period.

Contract: Public Works. Amount of Penalties accrued. Amount of Penalties enforced. Contractor's Name, and Remarks. Kaipaea-Pttniti : — High-side Wagons and Trucks £ s. d. Cannot be stated £ s. d. Cousins and Atkin. Napiee-Mamwattj : — Station at Kaikoura 5th-class Stationmaster's House at Hastings and Pakipaki Takapau Two 6th-class Stations ... 105 0 0 60 0 0 1,000 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 J. MeSweeney. J. Jeffares. Allen and Co. S. Brown. 20 "o 0 Weliingtoij-Masteetob' : — 5th-class Stationmaster's House ... River 15 0 0 425 0 0 10 0 0 S. Brown. C. McKirdy. Nelson-Eoxhile : — Nelson ... .., 700 0 0 Bray Brothers. Westpoet-Mottni Eooheoet : — Stationmaster's House ... 40 0 0 30 0 0 W. Bull. Beunnek-Geeymoutii : —■ Buller Protective Works Greymouth Protective Works 90 0 0 230 0 0 Armstrong and Pearson. T. W. Hungerford. Ambeeley-Waitaki : — Ashley Bridge ... Cust River Bolleston Little Racecourse Hill ... No. 1 Station Buildings ... Racecourse, Selwyn River Selwyn River Bridge Protective Works Rakaia, Ashburton No. 1 Station Buildings ... Road to Goods and Passenger Stations Selwyn South Bridge Timaru and Young's Creek Various Works, Timaru and Young's Creek 110 0 0 270 0 0 240 0 0 720 0 0 1,740 0 0 40 0 0 540 0 0 390 0 0 12 10 0 1,260 0 0 1,500 0 0 1,290 0 0 15o'"o 0 E. G. Wright. D. Reese. E. G. Wright, Cuff and McNamara. E. G. Wright. D. Beese. W. Gilmour. M. McNamara. Allen and Stumbles. 195"o 0 20o'"o 0 » )>

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RETURN showing the Contracts for Public Works on which Penalties have been enforced from 1st July, 1875, to 30th June, 1876, and the Contracts in the case of which Penalties have accrued but have not been enforced, during the same period.

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Contract: Public Worts. Amount of Penalties accrued. Amount of Penalties enforced. Contractor's Name, and Eemarks. VAITAKI-BnTEE 1, AND BeANODBS : — Carting Cylinders, Waitaki Bridge Waitaki-Oamaru Fifty sets Points and Crossings Reclamation, Mussel Bay Dunedin Station Repairing Shops, Hill Side Drainage, Dunedin Station Yard ... Road Metal, Dunedin-Clutha Stationmaster's House, Green Island Passenger Station, Dunedin Coal Shed, Dunedin Erection of Nine Railway Carriages £ s. d. Cannot be stated 1,440 0 0 40 0 0 150 0 0 600 0 0 60 0 0 35 0 0 200 0 0 110 0 0 60 0 0 220 0 0 60 0 0 £ a. d. 40 0 0 T. Chalders. Allen and Stumbles. Reid and Gray. J. Stumbles and Co. Procter and Whittaker. Bateman and Strait. H. Eeid. T. Brencliley. G. O. Clayton. Meikle and Campbell. 3) )) Moyse and Vale. iLEEPKRS : — Wellington, 13,000 „ 5,000 Nelson, 10,000 „ ' 14,000 „ 1,000 „ 2,000 „ 4,000 „ 5,000 Canterbury, 6,000 „ 20,000 Ota go, 100,000 „ 15,000 10,000 „ 10,000 11,830 0 0 Cannot be stated 3,966 13 4 2,650 0 0 0 14 0 6 2 6 12 0 12 0 0 2,282 0 0 Cannot be stated 9,001 13 11 4,300 0 0 1,650 0 0 Cannot be stated E. Jones. H. Brigbtwell. W. Page. W. and J. Marris. A. Came. W. and J. Marris. W. White. " J. Bruce. Calder and Blackloek. Gammon and Dayies. C. Cowan. T. Pollock. lOADS AND WATEB-EACES : — Waioeka Bridge Manawatu Bridge Opaki Road Takapau Road ... Waitangi Bridge 120 0 0 160 0 0 90 0 0 390 0 0 45 0 0 J. Thompson. Remitted. H. McNeil. Mackay and Monteith. „ A. Nathan. ., T. Jones. £360, 30 0 0

Contract: Public Works. Amount of . Penalties accrued. Amount of Penalties enforced. Contractor's Name, and Eemarks. CilPAEA-Puiotr:— Eiverhead Eoad to Eailway Station Eangiriri Bridges Taupiri Bridges Coal Mines £ s. d. 1,440 0 0 2 0 0 800 0 0 700 0 0 Cannot be stated £ s. d. D. Fallon. T. Jones. John Briton. Martin and Briton. )) jj [apibb-Manawattj : — Pakipalu Waipukurau Eolling-stoot ... Hastings Goods Shed Waipukurau Station Te Aute Station Kaikoura Gt-oods Shod Te Aute Goods Shed Waipawa Station 1,200 0 0 3,300 0 0 Cannot be stated 80 0 0 12 10 0 30 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 60 0 0 C. McKirdy. D. Boss. G. Faulkner. E. Astton. Allen and Kingstreet. J. Souery. E. Phillips. VBLLINCHON-MASTEKtON : — Loading Platforms Hutt Permanent Way ... Water Supply, Upper Hutt Ballast Platforms Pakuratahi Station and Eoad Silverstream Station Forming Ground, Petone 40 0 0 500 0 0 120 0 0 5 0 0 110 0 0 80 0 0 70 0 0 W. J. Eidler. C. McKirdy. J. Melntosh. W. J. Eidler. Fraser and Lyon. Eidlor and Ames. W. E. Welch. 50 0 0 20 0 0 'Atea-Manawattt : — Palmerston Store at Wanganui 1,250 0 0 Cannot be stated P. Stewart. G. N. Chalmers.

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Contract: Public Works. Amount of Penalties accrued. Amount of Penalties enforced. Contractor's Name, and Remarks. Patea-Manawatt/ — continued. Oroua Bridge ... Feilding Station Buildings Turakina Station Engine-shed No. 1 Station Buildings ... Oroua Sandhills Foxton Goods Shed Palmerston Flat ... £ s. d. 540 0 0 40 0 0 Cannot be stated 297 2 10 Cannot be stated 140 0 0 30 0 0 630 0 0 £ s. d. 36 0 0 10 0 0 J. Bull. J. and C. Bull. J. Mitchel. J. Edmonds. W. J. Roberts. J. O'Mara. Fry and Easton. A. H. Ihle. 30 "o 0 50 0 0 Neeson-Foxhili :— Wairoa and Eighty-eight Bridges... Nelson-Eoxhill Permanent Way ... Rolling-stock ... 130 0 0 1,400 0 0 126 3 0 15o'"o 0 J. Gilbertson. J. Scott. Campbell Brothers. Westpoet-Ngaxawatj : — Waimangaroa ... Platelayer's Cottage, Waimangaroa 375 0 0 24 0 0 Kirkpatrick and McDonnel. G. Rowley. Geeymotjth-Betjnnee : — Stop-Bank, Buller Greymouth Wharf Arnold Road Deviation ... Erecting Steam Crane at Buller ... Raising and Mooring Transit Shed, Greymouth 80 0 0 470 0 0 90 0 0 240 0 0 20 0 0 J. Maher and Co. E. Butler. D. McMillan. E. Butler. Sweetman and Brown. Picton-Blenheime : —■ Rolling-stock ... 38 0 0 Campbell Brothers. Ambeeeey-Waitaki : — Rangitata Kowai Bridges... Orari revised ... Station Buildings No. 2 ... No. 1 Seadown Sidings Kaiapoi-Eyreton Station Buildings White Cliffs _ ... Station Buildings No. 2 ... White Cliffs Permanent Way Stationmaster's House, Bluff Road Platelaying, Southbridge Racecourse Station Buildings No. 3 ... No. 2... Ashburton Bridge Approaches to Ashburton Bridge ... Station Buildings No. 2 ... Ashburton-Rangitata Orari... Station Buildings No. 2 ... Temuka Station Buildings No. 3 ... Waihi and Orari Station Buildings „ Goods Shed South Rangitata Goods Shed Tanks, Ashburton Bridge Various Station Works, Timaru ... Timaru Station Reclamation Pareroa North Waitaki Bridge Station Waitaki Bridge 1,200 0 0 240 0 0 120 0 0 120 0 0 420 0 0 20 0 0 1,260 0 0 210 0 0 2,610 0 0 1,170 0 0 690 0 0 20 0 0 2,400 0 0 720 0 0 960 0 0 780 0 0 120 0 0 20 0 0 120 0 0 4,000 0 0 780 0 0 780 0 0 210 0 0 390 0 0 390 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 Cannot be stated 12o'"o 0 40o'"o 0 150 "o 0 E. G. Wright. J? England Brothers. D. Reese. W. Stevenson. E. G. Wright. England Brothers. J. Taylor. D. Reese. G. Holder. D. Reese. W. White. D. Reese. E.G.'Wright. 1,275 "o 7 97 "io 0 D. Reese. E. G. Wright. W. Fuller. T. Greig. E. G. Wright. Ogilvie and Jonos. Derby and Phelps. Ogilvie and Jones. D. Reese. J. Anderson. Allen and Stumbles. 810 0 0 90 0 0 1,800 0 0 120 0 0 10 0 0 500 0 0 i) » S. Watts. MeGavin and Co. Waitaki-Blupe, and Beanches :— Waitaki Platelaying Rolling-stock ... Awamoko Station Buildings Four Turntables Dunedin Coal Shed Timber for Pattern Shops Kaitangata Station Stirling Goods Shed „ Stationmaster's House Waitahuna Tuapeka Havelook Station Clinton Station 950 0 0 370 0 0 10 0 0 91 0 0 220 0 0 Cannot be stated 132 0 0 25"o 0 Middleditch and Co. McNab and Amiers. Allen and Stumbles. Davidson and Conyers. Meikle and Campbell. Findlay and Co. W. Watts. McDonneld. G. Wilson. Goodfellow and Co. 330 0 0 91 0 0 1,140 0 0 1,140 0 0 28 0 0 30 0 0 D. McLeod. R. Burns. WlNTON-KlNflSTON : — No. 1 Permanent Way ... ... Station Buildings No. 1 ... 250 0 0 35 0 0 30 0 0 24 0 0 15"o 0 Procter and Whittaker. R. Burns. Graham and Co. W. H. Topham. Elbow Permanent Way ,,. 120 0

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Contracts: Public Works. Amount of Penalties accrued. Amount of Penalties enforced. Contractor's Name, and Remarks. Seeepees :— Auckland, 4,000 Otago, 15,000 15,000 Hawke's Bay, 5,000 7,000 45,000* ... 20,000 Nelson, 6,000 5,000 Canterbury, 45,000 31,000 3,000 „ 5,000 £ s. d. 40 0 0 264 0 0 30 6 4 38 10 9 Cannot be stated 44,676 0 0 800 0 0 420 0 0 121 14 8 46,000 0 0 41,000 0 0 1,125 0 0 . 1,475 1 9 £ s. d. 31 15 10 20'"5 4 C. Dromgool. Jack and Sampson. William McPherson. Mackay and Monteitb. Steer and Findlay. H. Palmer. O'Maney. Quane aud Carrie. A. Carne. Lundon. John Smith. Clifford and Roper. Roads and Watee-eaces : — Section 1, Tbamcs Water-race » 2, „ „ ,, 7, Waimea ,, „ 8 and 9, Waimea Water-race Manager's House, Nelson Creek ... Wanganui-Taupo Road ... 60 0 0 375 0 0 190 0 0 220 0 0 80 0 0 60 0 0 366 0 0 24 0 0 27 0 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 264 5 8 27 10 0 252 0 0 J. Heron. R. N. Smith. Cullen and Dee. W. F. Wilkinson. Seabrook Brothers. G. Campbell. Emery and Kennedy. T. Romft. T. Garth. Flint and Donohue. E. Campbell. C. Palmer. Benson. G. McAuley. ,, ,, ... ... Squaretown Road 12' 0 0 9 0 0 Kaitarahai Bridge Opaki Road Bridge Hoteo Bridge ... Opotiki-Gisborno Road ... Mohaka Bridge * Part of these to be delivi sred in Canterbu: "7By Authority : Geoege Didsbuey, Government Printer, Wellington. —1878. Pries 3d.]