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APPENDIX C. SCHEDULE of Railway Contacts current on the 1st April, 1889, and Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1890.

Date of Contract. Lines of Railway and Branches. Name of Contract. Par- Len §th ticulars. - _ Contract. Length of Sidings in Contract. Name of Contractor. Contract to be completed. Date Contract was j completed. [ Amount of Contract. •/ Remarks. Jan. 18, 1889 Lincoln-Little River M. ch. lk.l M.ch. Ik. £ s. d. 4,917 3 0 Aug. 14, 1885 Marton -Te Awamutu (north end) Lake Ellesmere Drainage and Reclamation Poro-o-tarao Tunnel " Formation .. 1 34 0 J. Brightling J. J. O'Brien May 16, 1889 Aug. 11, 1887 June 28, 1889 46,849 0 0 Jan. 31, 1889 Kaukapakapa Station-build-ings Mount Rix Wharf.. Makarau Flood openings (Thames Borough) Kaponga Contract assigned to E. Porter and Co., 11th May, 1887. Helensville Northwards Larkin and Elliot March 25, 1889 May 20, 1889 177 0 0 Jan. 23, 1890 March 13, „ Aug. 8, 1889 Grab ams town-Te Aroha Putaruru-Rotorua .. F. andp.l. 3 6 0 0 40 0 Walter Hughes John McLean and Son William Elliot Oct. 21, 1890 March 1, 1892 Feb. 5, 1890 2,000 11 2 26,616 0 0 1,586 0 0 Mar. 6, 1890 Feb. 11, 1890 F.,p.l.,and stations Formation 10 23 0 0 54 0 Daniel Fallon Oct. 5, 1891 Nov. 6, 1886 Sept. 26, 1888 Feb. 8, 1889 37,839 2 2 Woodville-Palmerston Manawatu Gorge Pohangina Bridge Ashurst 4 32 0 Jones and Peters W. G. Bassett P. Honeybone July 31, 1889 April 24, 1890 March 22, „ " F. and p.l. 7 52 15 •• 0 50 0 Mar. 19, 1890 68,097 1 1 12,447 0 0 14,484 1 6 Contract assigned to W. Knight, who failed to carry out the work, and new tenders called for (see below). July 3, „ July 2, ,, Dec. 9, „ March 27, 1890 June 1, 1888 j * Tunnels, No. 1 No. 2 Ashurst completion Tunnels, fronts and lining .. Awapurua Bridge - Jones and Peters "MeGrath and Burke Thomas Denby Jones and Peters A. Peebles Feb. 26, „ Feb. 26, ., Aug. 7, „ July 26, ,, May 29, 1889 Feb. 24, 1890 2,115 6 0 1,972 0 0 11,862 10 0 2,182 6 0 3,936 12 0 * F. andp.l. " Mangamahoe- Woo dville Formation &prot.wks. 1 58 0 Contract relet to G. F. Williams. Jan. 10, 1889 Painting Awapurua Bridge .. W. Cruttenden March 15, ,, June 7, 1889 311 4 0 Jan. 21, „ March 4, 1890 May 25, 1887 Sept. 13, 1888 Blenheim-Awatere .. Greymouth-Hokitika Otago Central Eketahuna Station-buildings Utawai Teremakau Bridge Barewood Bridges Formation 2 50 0 J. W. Cross MeGrath and Burke .. Scott Brothers J. and A. Anderson March 21, „ Sept. 3, 1891 March 18, 1889 July 9, 1890 April 8, „ 786 0 0 17,359 10 0 19,300 12 8 15,765 9 0 Superstructure July 22, 1889 Nov. 23, 1889 March 3, 1890 Catlin's River Branch Middlemarch Bridges Glenomaru F.,p.l.,and stations Tunnel and formation 6 18 0 0 38 50 Sutherland and Nelson James Innes Oct. 15, „ May 25, 1891 1,749 6 4 11,372 9 2 May 10, 1887 Wyndham-Fortrose .. i Glenham 1 66 0 A. Menzies Feb. 3, 1888 Mar. 4, 1890 Jan. 20, 1890 March 10, 1890 13,840 19 6 Port Chalmers Branch ; Mainai Station-buildings .. Survey of land for railway .. R. Meikle W. H. Hutchison April 24, 1890 1,377 0 0 257 0 0 ••