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1878. NEW ZEALAND.

TAPANUI BRANCH RAILWAY.

(COPY OP THE SPECIFICATIONS, GENERAL CONDITIONS, ETC., OP CONTRACT SUBMITTED TO CONTRACTORS ON WHICH TO BASE THEIR TENDERS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE TAPANUI BRANCH RAILWAY, TOGETHER WITH DATE OF ADVERTISEMENT CALLING FOR TENDERS, DATE FOR DEPOSIT OF TENDERS, LIST OF TENDERS, AND DATE OF ACCEPTANCE OF TENDER SENT IN BY MESSRS. PROUDFOOT AND MACKAY.) Laid on the Table by permission of the House by the Hon. the Minister for Public Works. Date of First Advertisement calling for Tenders. 27th June, 1878. Date for Deposit of Tenders. 29th July, 1870.

List of Tenders sent in. Proudfoot and Mackay, Dunedin .. .. .. £61,500 0 0 Topham and Angus, Invercargill . . .. .. 67,551 17 9 Allan and Stumbles, Timaru .. .. .. 68,711 2 7 H. Howatt and Co., Tapanui .. .. .. 72,800 15 4 J. McKenzie and Co., Dunedin .. .. .. 74,000 0 0 Date of Acceptance of Tender sent in by Messrs. Proudfoot and Mackay. 30th July, 1878.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. WAITAKI-INVERCARGILL RAILWAY.—TAPANUI BRANCH RAILWAY CONTRACT. (Formation, Permanent Way, Buildings, &c.)

LENGTH ABOUT 15_- MILES. Public Works Office, Dunedin, 27th June, 1878. Written tenders will he received at this office up to noon on Monday, the 29th July, 1878, for the above contract. They are to be marked outside "Tender for Tapanui Branch Railway," and addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Dunedin. Telegraphic tenders, similarly addressed and marked, will be received if presented at any Telegraph Office by noon of the same date, provided that written tenders in due form are lodged at any District or Resident Engineer's office by the same hour, and accompanied by a cheque on some bank in the town where the tender is lodged ; such cheque to be specially marked by a banker as good for twenty-one days, and to be in favour of the Receiver-General's Deposit Account only, and not to bearer or order. Drawings and specifications are now on view at this office. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. By command. W. N. Blair, Engineer-in-Charge. Middle Island. I—E. 7,