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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. MIDDLE ISLAND.

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Date of Contract. Lines of Railway and Branches. Name of Contract. Particulars. T ,, c Length of Length ot a .-,." r. °. . feidiugs in Contract, Oon^ cfc Name of Contractor. Contract to be Completed. Date Contract was Completed. Amount of Contract. Remarks. May 26, 1879 Feb, 26, 188 1 Feb. 24, „ Aug. 22, 1879 Feb. 16, 1880 Nelson to Greymouth. Nelson to Roundell ... j. .j ... JJ :j Greymouth to Nelson Creek Greymouth to Harbour Works Bellgrove ... ... ... F. Bellgrove Permanent Way ... P.L. Bellgrove Station Buildings ... Stillwater ... ... ... F. Dredge 5-ton Steam-crane ... ... ! Greymouth ... ... , F. Blenheim ... ... ... F. and.P.L. Blenheim Station Eaising Sinclair Street Repairs, Picton Landing-stage M. ch. Ik. M. ch. Ik. 300 300 o 24 o 0 63 o 3 51 ° 1 22 46 100 Peter Dey ... ... Mav 26,1880 H. Shepherd... ... July 18,1881 Mace and Bassett ... j ,, „ William Rowe ... ! Nov. 18,1880 Kincaid, McQueen, and Nov. 9, „ Co. Despatch Foundry Co.... April j, ,, William Rowe ... Feb. 23, ,, June 4, 1880 Mar. 14, 188 1 Dec. 17, 1880 £ 8. d. 8,iS9 o o 1,116 6 8 1.323 5 ° 12,234 o o 4.139 ° ° Jan. 28, ,, April 29, 1879 Greymouth to Hotcitilca Picton to Hurunui. Picton to Blenheim ... July 20, ,, May 8, „ 574 o o 8,440 o o Jan. 7, 1879 April 5, 1880 Nov. 23, „ Dec. 14, „ j. jj ... Henderson and Fergus... Mar. 27, ,, Smith and Co. ... Feb. 5,1881 u ... Jan. 3, ,, „ ... Jan. 19, ,, May 22, „ Nov. 4, ,, Jan. 10, 1881 Feb. 25, ,, 9,969 4 o 2,482 6 2 204 18 9 77 1 4 Oct, 31, 1878 Hurunui to IVaitaki. Main Line ... Rolling-stock, No. 1 ... ... John Anderson ... j JJan. 10, JApr. 10, 1880 Peter McGrath ... I Dec. 18, 1879 Oct. 31, 1880 6,685 12 6 Mar. 26, 1879 ,, ... Waipara ... ... ... ! F., P.L., j and Bdgs. 6 77 o o 35 o Sept. 21, „ 21,493 1 o Balance of contract, £6,685 12s. 6d., charged to Waitaki and Bluff Railway. Per 100 feet, Feb. 28, 1880 jj ... ... _ . ■ . _. Sawing about 100,000 feet Tim- ! ber Jagger and Parker ... j As Engineer may decide o 7 9 May 22, „ Locomotive - erecting Shop at - Addington Stationmaster's House, Waikari ; Rakaia Bridge Extension ... Glentunnel Station Buildings, &c' Ashburton Branch Extension ... F. 8 39 o Robert Meikle ... Nov. 15, 1880 Nov. 13, 1880 2,385 16 2 June 12, ,, Mar. 12, 188 1 Mar. 9, „ Nov. 30, 1880 jj ... ... jj ... ... Whitecliffs Branch ... Main Line to Upper Ashburton Southbridge Branch, Little River Thomas Osborne ... Aug. 9, „ J. and A. Anderson ... Nov. 10,1881 Anderson and Clarke ... Mar. 30, ,, Grigg and Guild ... Mar. 21, ,, Oct. 29, „ 388 10 o 7.II9 4 11 65 o o 824 1 9 July 19, „ Ellesmere Permnt. Way, No. 1 ■ P.L. 3 74 o o 26 o Jesse Coates ... ... Dec. 10, 1880 Dec. 8, 1880 4>543 12 o Feb. 12, 188 1 June 2, 1879 jj jj Washdyke to Fairlie Creek „ No. 2 „ Albury ... ... ... Formation and Bridge Tengawai Bridge 1 28 o „ ... ... May 28, 1881 William Paisley ... Feb. 29, 1880 April 28, 1880 3,628 10 o 7.878 15 o Jan. 19, 188 1 j. jj Canterbury Interior Main Line. Oxford to Malvern H. McKenzie ... July 17, 1881 4,166 8 o June 25, 1879 River Byre Bridge ... Henderson and Fergus... Feb. 23,1880 April 28, 1880 3,788 10 o