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Enclosure 2 in No. 1. Approximate Estimate —Otago Southern Trunk Eailway. Invercargill and Mataura Section—length, 40 miles 20 chains; single line of railway, 3 feet G inch gauge ; weight of rails, 3G lbs. to the yard. Earthwork— £ s. d. Main Line ... ... ... 232,478 cub. yds. Deviations and Approaches ... 21,412 „ Stations and Sidings ... ... 14,000 „ 267,890, at Is. Id. per cubic yard ... 14,510 14 2 BallastMain Line ... ... ... SB, 550 cub. yds. Stations and Sidings ... ... 4,400 „ 02,950, at Is. Bd. per cubic yard ... 7,745 16 8 Kails— Main Line ... ... ... 2,295 tons Stations and Sidings ... ... 114 „ 2,409, at £9 per ton ... ...22,885 10 0 Dog-spikes, Fish-plates, and Bolts — Main Line ... ... ... 91 tons Stations and Sidings ... ... 4j „ 95| at £10 per ton ... ... 955 0 0 Sleepers— Main Line ... ... ... 85,00S sleepers Stations and Sidings ... ... 4,224 „ 89,232, at 2s. each ... ... 8,923 4 0 Mis. chs. Bridges at 0 16, superstructure to be renewed ... ... ... ... 200 0 0 „ 1 34, one 25 feet span ... ... ... ... ... ... 150 0 0 5 70, three 25 feet span ... ... ... ... ... ... 450 0 0 „ 9 7, one 25 feet .span ... ... ... ... ... ... 150 0 0 „ 25 51, two 25 feet span ... ... ... ... ... ... 300 0 0 31 56, three 30 feet span ... ... ... ... ... ... 540 0 0 „ 36 49, one 15 feet span ... ... ... ... ... ... 90 0 O „ 40 11, twenty 30 feet span ... ... ... ... ... 4,000 0 0 Culverts, seventeen 3-feet openings at £28 each... ... ... ... ... 476 0 0 „ four 4-feet openings at £30 each ... ... ... ... ... 120 0 0 ~ one 5-feet opening at £35 ... ... ... ... ... ... 35 0 0 „ eight G-feet openings at £45 each ... ... ... ... ... 3GO 0 0 „ two 10-feet openings at £65 each ... ... ... ... ... 130 0 0 Level Crossings, Gates, &c, twenty-five at £20 each ... ... ... ... 500 0 0 Fencing Ditch and Bank, eighty miles at £15 per chain ... ... ... ... 4,800 0 0 Points, Switches, and one Turntable ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,500 0 0 Laying Permanent Way, Main Line, 40 miles 20 chains at £50 per mile ... ... 2, 012 10 0 Stations and Sidings, 2 miles at £50 per mile ... ... ... ... 100 0 0 Boiling StockFour Locomotives at £1,500 each... ... ... ... ... ... 6,000 0 0 Four composite Carriages at £300 each ... ... ... ... ... 1,200 0 0 Forty open Goods Waggons at £85 each ... ... ... ... ... 3,400 0 0 Ten covered Goods Waggons at £110 each ... ... ... ... ... 1,100 0 0 Two Break Waggons at £150 each ... ... ... ... ... 300 0 0 Stations — Six Platforms and Sheds at £250 each ... ... ... ... ... 1,500 0 0 Water Tanks ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 300 0 0 Land —Purchase of about ninety-four acres ... ... ... ... ... 1,000 0 0 Engineering expenses ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4,250 0 0 Contingencies, 10 per cent. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8,980 0 0 Total ... ... ... ... ... ... £98,963 14 10

MATAURA TO CLUTHA. No. 2. Mr. Brunton to the Hon. W. Gisborne. Sir, — Princes Street, Dunedin, 6th July, 1871. I have the honor to forward with this plan section and estimate of the " Long Ford " and " Clutha" section of the Otago Southern Trunk Railway. In a former report on the country over which the Invercargill and Long Ford section of this line runs, I characterized it as one rarely to be met with for favourable features in railway construction. The character of the country now in question is much the reverse; it being difficult from its irregularities, and involving a largely increased amount of earthwork, in order to obtain a line not having by steep grades a permanent bar to its success. This after many trial sections I have been able to obtain, as will be seen from the section and plan, the steepest gradient being 1 in 92, and the