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APPENDIX F. SCHEDULE of Railway Contracts Current on the 1st April, 1880, and Contracts Entered into by the Public Works Department during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1881. NORTH ISLAND.

A, Date of Contract. Lines of Railway and Branches. Name of Contract. Particulars. Length of Contract. Length of Sidings in Contract. Name of Contractor. Contract to be Completed. Date Contract was Completed. Amount of Contract. Remarks. M Mar. 1, 1880 Mar. 9, „ Dec. 10, „ M. ch. Ik. M. eh. Ik. £ s. d. 496 13 4 Part of contract for 9,274 9 10 3 cranes. Kawakawa ... i 3-ton Steam-crane ... Taumarere Kawakawa, No. 3 Formation F.,P.L.,and Wharf Formation 100 4 II o o 20 o Fraser and Tinne William Sims Larkhi3 and O'Brien ... Dec. 27, 1880 Mar. 2, 188 1 June 6, 1882 Dec. 27, 1880 ,, Mar. 10, 1879 Whangarei to Kamo ... Kamo 1 70 o I Thomas Jones Oct. 31, 1879 July 3, 1880 2,257 9 IJ Part of contract; balance, viz., £1,678 14s. 7d. charged to Miscellaneous Public Works. At schedule rates. At schedule rates. 496 13 4 Part of contract for 12,054 ° ° I 3 cranes. Jan. 15, 1880 Jan. 14, „ Mar. 1, „ Mar. 3, „ Conveyance of Rails and Sleepers Cartage of Rails and Sleepers... i 3-ton Steam-crane ... Whangarei I ... M. Niccol W. S. Wrack... Fraser and Tinne P. Lanigan ... Mar. 23, 1880 Not given Dec. 27, 1880 Mar. 1, 188 1 Dec. 30, ,, Aug. 17, „ Dec. 27, „ Mar. 12, 188 1 ,) ,» ... ... a j: ... F., P.L., and Bdgs. 5 25 o 1 40 o 6 21 o o 60 o 12 64 o 1 45 o Nov. 9, 1878 Mar. 21, 1879 Kaipara to Waikato ... Freight on Locomotive Ohaupo Waitakerei F. andP.L. F., P.L., and Bdgs. D.Gouk Daniel Fallon Taylor and Danalier ... Feb. 5, 1880 Sept. 11, ,, July 31, 1880 July 1, „ 44 o o 36,601 5 2 )) a Dec. 31, „ Dec 31, „ Mar. 1, 1880 Mar. 9, ,, Mar. 23, „ Mar. 30, ,, July 13, ,, Oct. 16, „ JJ JJ j> a Workshops Site, Newmarket ... Newmarket Junction Station ... i 3-ton Steam-crane ... Te Awamutu Station Road No. 17, Station Buildings Painting Bridges Auckland Reclamation 60 Coal-boxes ... t I William Blowden Allen Maguire Fraser and Tinne Bearsley and McConkey Scott and Coombes James Gibson Daniel Fallon Peter Birley ... Sept. 24, „ Sept. 23, „ Dec. 27, „ April 27, „ July 19, ,, June 25, ,, Sept. 23, 1881 i Jan. 12, J Feb. 12, 1881 Dec. 29, 1880 I Sept. 17,1 Oct. 17, 1880 April 12, 188 1 Nov. 25, 1880 Dec. 11, „ Dec. 27, „ July 5, „ Aug. 18, „ June 10, „ 2,099 o o 6,870 o o 496 134 Part of contract for 171 14 6 3 cranes. 1,889 ° ° 365 5 2 55,542 o o The amount of this 990 o o contract was reduced by £31,787 155 o o j before any work 909 o o 1 was commenced, and afterwards by 778 o o £4,500; work for latter sum being 9,930 8 2 done by Auckland f 585 o o Borough Council. I 585 o o 8,393 1 4 ... j ... jj jj ." 1 ... )! ii ... ' Nov. 4, „ July 10, „ tt it ... No. 19, Station Buildings 60 Coal-boxes D. Henderson R, S. Sparrow and Co. Dec. 22, 1880 Feb. 15, 188 1 JJ JJ Jan. 17, 1881 Waikato to Thames. Hamilton to Te Aroha No. 20, Station Buildings Scott and Coombe Jan. 22, 1880 Feb. 1, 1881 Feb. 1, „ Grahamstown to KauaeWaikato f 10 Low-side and 35 Cattlei wagons 60 Coal-wagons F. 12 64 o Hunt and White James Campbell < Jan. 19, „ Depends when material handed to contractor Oct. 21, 1880 Jan. 31, „ Jan. 31, „ April 5, 1879 ranga 1 F. and Reclamation Hamilton to Te Aroha Grahamstown to KauaeH. P. Kavanagh tt a Shortland 0 13 ° j J. J. O'Brien Dec 25, 1879 Sept. 6, 1880 Oct. 1, „ ranga jj jj Kauaeranga Bridge ... Alexander Watson Feb. 24, 1880 April 15, „ - 763 7 6 !