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APPENDIX C. SCHEDULE of Railway Contracts current on the 1st April, 1886, and Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1887— continued.

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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. oh. Ik. 4 0 0 7 75 0 M.ch. Ik. £ s. d. 5,597 12 8 11,761 14 11 July 30, 1885 26, 1886 Livingstone Branch .. Bakis Awarnoko F. & P.L. P., P.L., & Station 0 50 0 Cuthbert and Stewart .. D. McKendry.. Feb. 25, 1886 March 20, 1837 July 8, 1886 ! Contract determ'd, and relet to Miller and Smillie. (See below.) Dec. 8, 1883 March 3, 1884 Nov. 19, „ Dec. 24, „ Jan. 6, 1885 March 5, „ May 11, „ July 10, „ Jan. 5, 1887 Feb. 19, „ March 10, „ Feb. 16, 1886 Otago Central Deep Stream (completion) .. Nenthorn Hindon Section Tunnels Deep Stream (completion) .. Wingatui Viaduct Hindon Wingatui Permanent-way .. Wingatui Viaduct Mount Hyde Bridges Taieri Gorge Bridges Silver Peak Bridges Mossburn Formation 9 12 65 Collier and Clephane .. B. Meikle and Co. C. and W. Gore Miller and Smillie R. S. Sparrow and Co. .. Matheson Brothers John Whitaker John Black and Co. Black and Allison J. and A. Anderson W. J. A. Sanderson Martin Hughes June 8, 1885 May 3, 1886 May 15, „ Aug. 22, „ Sept. 29, „ March 3, „ March 6, „ Jan. 3, „ Oct. 29, 1887 Dec. 14, 1888 Nov. 5, 1887 Aug. 10, 1886 Mar. '5, 1887 23,924 8 6 42,333 0 0 20,560 11 4 32,874 13 0 13,922 14 10 10,790 0 0 10,944 7 2 8,037 11 8 15,934 2 4 12,879 10 6 18,410 17 9 3,721 4 0 •• 2 65 16 6 65 0 Nov. 12, 1886 April 21, „ Sept. 4, „ Formation P.L. Masonry 0 57 0 Aug. 3, 1885 Lumsden-Mararoa .. Seaward Bush. Kilbrony Masonry F., P.L., & Station P.L. and Station 4 10 0 5 40 0 0 18 0 0 25 0 John Concher.. Feb. 27, „ Feb. 25, 1887 July 2, 1886 3,158 7 6 May 12, „ Sept. 7, 1883 Additions to Open Lines — Picton-Blenheim .. Waitaki- Bluff, Pal-merston-Clinton .. Permanent Way, &c. Picton Wharf Extension Piers, &c, Dunedin Station Overbridge Freight on Rails, &c, Lyttelton to Auckland 50 sets Points and Crossings, and 20 pairs of Switches .. Freight on Eails, &c, Lyttelton to Wanganui 10 Locomotive Engircs 3 3-ton Steam-cranes G. A. Smith and Co. .. Kincaid, McQueen, & Co. May 12, „ March 6, 1885 May 28, „ 2,458 13 8 13,826 19 8 Sept. 15, 1886 Cuff and Graham Feb. 2, 1887 Feb. 15, 1887 643 10 0 March 7, 1887 Kincaid, McQueen & Co. Aug. 21, „ 697 10 0 March 23, Cuff and Graham May 3, „ 367 15 3 April 15, 1885 March 12, 1886 Boiling Stock Scott Brothers S. Luke and Sons March 27, „ Oct. 8, 1886 Feb. 15, 1887 13,850 0 0 1,345 0 0 .. • - ..