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APPENDIX C. SCHEDULE of Contracts current on the 1st April, 1890, and Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1891.

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I Date of Contract. Lines of Railway and Branches. Name of Contract. ■p , Length Length of, .. l~ of Sidings in ticulars. Contraot j contract. 1 I Name of Contractor. | Contract to be completed. Date Contract was completed. Amount of Contract. Remarks. J— > AILWAYS M.ch. Ik. April 8, 1890 M. ch. Ik. £ a. d. 767 6 4 Jan. 3, 1891 I Lincoln-Little Eiver Stone facing to em bankment, Lake Ellesmere Eoad and embankment, Lake Ellesmere reclamation Poro-o-tarao Tunnel .. j I A. Swanston and Co. .. J. Cooksley June 11, 1890 March 30, 1891 July 19, 1890 Mar. 30, 1891 454 0 9 Aug. 14, 1885 Marton-Te Awarnutu (north end) Formation 1 34 0 J. J. O'Brien .. Aug. 11, 1887 Aug. 23, 1890 46,849 0 0 Contract assigned to E. Porter and Co., 11 tli May, 1887. Dec. 13, 1890 Marton-Te Awamutu (south end) Helensville, nor'wards Mangaonoho .. !F. andp.l. 3 70 30 0 22 0 0 22 0 Cleghorn, ; Forrest, and Magee Walter Hughes 0 40 0 John McLean and Son 0 54 0 Daniel Fallon Sept. 23, 1892 26,499 8 1 Jan. 23, , March 13, „ Feb. 11, „ Mount Eix Wharf.. .. Makarau .. .. .. j Kaponga .. .. ,. i iF. andp.l. ;F.,p.l.,and I stations [Formation! | F. and p.l. j 3 6 0 10 23 0 0 40 0 0 54 0 Oct. 21, 1890 March 1, 1892 Oct. 5, 1891 Mar. 31, 1891 2,000 11 2 26,616 0 0 37,839 2 2 Putaruru-Eotorua .. Nov. 6, 1886 Feb. 8, 1889 Woodville-Palmerston Manawatu Gorge .. .. I Ashurst 4 32 0 7 52 15 0 50 0 Jones and Peters 0 50 0 P. Honeybone July 31, 1889 March 22, 1890 July 4, 1890 68,097 1 1 14,484 1 6 Contract assignee to W. Knight, whe failed to carry oui the work, and new tenders called foi (see below). July 18, 1890 ! j Pohangina J. Wliittaker and Go. .. July 18, „ Feb. 8, 1891 3,006 18 10 .Perrn'n'nt-I | way 7 48 42 July 3, 1889 Dec 9 March 27^ 1890 June 1, 1888 Tunnel, No. 1 .. .. ! Ashurst completion .. j Tunnels, fronts and lining .. I Awapurua Bridge .. .. 1 F. andp.l. :&prot.wks. Formation 1 58 0 2 50 0 ! Jones and Peters • Thomas Denby I Jones and Peters ; A. Peebles Feb. 26, „ Aug. 7, „ July 26, „ Mav 29, 1889 April 14, 1890 Dec. 31, „ July 26, „ 2,115 6 0 11,862 10 0 2,182 6 0 3,936 12 0 March 4, 1890 ! Feb. 6, 1891 j Manganiahoe -Woo dville Blenheim-Awatere .. Greymouth-Hokitika Utawai .. .. Arahura Bridge extension and roadway Kapitea Barewood Bridges McGrath and Burke .. Frazer and Robinson .. Sept. 3, 1891 May 2, „ 17,359 10 0 764 14 8 Dec. 17, 1890 Sept. 13, 1888 Ofcago Central Formation Superstructure J. Saundors and Co. J. and A. Anderson June 12, 1892 July 9, 1890 Nov. ' 5, 1890 9,946 3 8 15,765 9 0 Nov. 23/1889 ! June 13, 1890 Middlemarch Bridges Middlemarch Station -build- j ings Catlin's Tunnel .. .. I •• I .. j Sutherland and Nelson I Sanderson and Co. D. Kirkwood 0 38 50 James Innes .. Oct. 15, „ Nov. 6, „ Aug. 27, , Jan. 8, 1891 1,749 6 4 2,692 5 0 Jan. 5, 1891 Catlin's Eiver Branch :F., p.l., and stations :F.,p.l.,and stations 6 18 0 Dec. 22, 1891 8,939 15 10 March 3, 1890 Glenomaru .. .. t May 25, 1891 11,372 9 2 Jan. 20, „ Wyndham-Fortrose .. Mainai Station-buildings .. ■ .. R. Meikle April 24, 1890 June 4,1890 1,377 0 0 ••