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Beport of the Joint Commiitbb ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Report, page 1 Minutes op Proceedings ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... „ „ 3 Minutes or Evidence ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Evidence „ 1 Appendix A:— Motion made by the Hon. Mr. Vogel ... ... ... ... ... ... Appendices „ 1 Correspondence prior to the presentation of the claims of 1876 ... ... ... ... „ „ 2 Correspondence since the presentation of the claims of 1876, and prior to the visit of A. Brogden, Esq., M.P., to the Colony' ... ... ... ... ... ... „ „ 3 Letters written by Mr. Henderson and Mr. Travers to the Wellington newspapers in 1878 ... „ „ 15 Correspondence since the visit of A. Brogden, Esq., M.P., to the Colony... ... ... „ „ 18 Appendix B:— Statement of actual payments to Messrs. Brogden on their nine railway contracts ... „ ~ 42 Statement of amount allowed Messrs. Brogden for special profit, management, and contingencies on their firßt six contracts ... ... ... ... ... ... „ „ 42 Comparative schedule of prices between Messrs. Brogden's Inrercargill Contract and other contracts in the same locality ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ~ „ 42 Appendix C: — Comparison of prices in Messrs. Brogden's Taieri and Invercargill Contracts with other contracts let at about the same time ... ... ... ... ... ... „ ~ 43 Appendix D:— Statement of account on the Waitaki and Moeraki Railway Contract ... .„ ... „ „ 43 Appendix E: — Correspondence between Messrs. Brogden, HendersoD, and Billing ... ... ... „ „ 44 Appendix F:— Telegrams from Chairman, Brogden Claims Committee, with replies thereto ... ... „ „ 45 Appendix G -. — Reprints of parliamentary and other papers referred to in Appendix A, — Preliminary correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ... ... „ „ 47 Preliminary contracts ... ... ... ... ... ... ... „ ~ 54 Subsequent contracts, preliminary to railway contracts ... ... ... ... „ „ 80 Further correspondence preliminary to railway contracts ... ... ... ... „ „ 86 The six railway contracts of 10th August, 1872 ... ... ... ... ... „ „ 87 The Railway Material Contract ... ... ... ... ... ... „ „ 97 Further correspondence preliminary to railway contracts ... ... ... ... „ „ 99 " The Government Contractors' Arbitration Act, 1872." (The original Bill.) ... „ „ 103 "The Government Contractors'Arbitration Act, 1872." (The first revise.) ... ... „ „ 107 "The Government Contractors' Arbitration Act, 1872." (The second revise.) ... „ „ 112 "The Government Contractors'Arbitration Act, 1872." (The third revise.) ... „ „ 117 "The Government Contractors'Arbitration Act, 1872." (The Statute.) ... ... „ „ 123 The three railway contracts of 19th July, 1873 ... ... ... ... ... „ „ 129 Messrs. Brogden's claims of 1876 ... ... ... ... ... ... „ „ 129 Correspondence with the Secretary of State for the Colonies referring to the Act of 1872, and papers relating thereto ... ... ... ... ... ... „ „ 129 Messrs. Brogden's claims of 1881 ... ... ... ... ... ... „ „ 139 Appendix H:— Papers produced before the Committee by the Counsel for the Crown, and not printed in the preceding Appendices,— Schedule of quantities and prices relating to Messrs. Brogden's contracts—The Auckland to Mercer Contract... ... ... ... ... ... „ „ 140 Ditto—The Napier to Pakipaki Contract ... ... ... ... ... „ „ 142 Ditto—The Wellington and Hutt Contract ... ... ... ... ... „ „ 143 Ditto —The Picton and Blenheim Contract ... ... ... ... ... „ „ 145 Ditto —The Taiori Contract of the Dunedin and Clutha Railway ... ... „ „ 146 Ditto —The Invercargill and Mataura Contract ... ... ... ... „ „ 147 Ditto —The Waitara and New Plymouth Contract ... ... ... ... „ „ 149 Ditto —The Auckland Station-Ground Contract ... ... ... ... „ „ 150 Progress abstracts of additions to and reductions from the contract price for the Invercargill to Mataura Railway ... ... ... ... ... „ „ 151 Final abstract of additions to reductions from the contract price for the Napier to Pakipaki Railway ... ... ... ... ... ... ... „ „ 158 Final abstract of additions to and reductions from the contract price for the Picton to Blenheim Railway ... ... ... ... ... ... „ „ 162