D.—TXo. 6b.

SCHEDULE of CONTRACTS for the SURVEY and CONSTRUCTION of RAILWAYS under "Immigration and Public Works Act, 1870, to 30th June, 1871.

CONTRACTS—RAILWAYS.

Province. Line. Prom. To. Distance (about). Contractor's Name. Rate. Amount of Contract. Total for each Province. Remarks. SURVEYS. £ b. d. £ 8. d. Auckland Auckland to Wnikato Auckland Tuakau 40 miles ... H. Wrigg £25 per mile 1000 0 0 1000 0 0 Wellington Wellington to Manawatu Gorge it it Wellington ... Petoni Cruickslianks FeatherBton ... Masterton ... Petoni Cruickshanks ... Featherston Masterton Manawatu Gorge 6 miles ... 16 37 19 „ ... 65 —143 miles 22 miles ... J. RocUfort ... £12 per mile £15 „ £20 „ £15 „ £20 „ 72 0 0 240 0 0 740 0 0 285 0 0 650 0 0 j) ... ... It M tt ... ... Nelson ... H II it II Nelson-Cobden Nelson Foxhill it ... ... J. D. Austin £12 „ 264 0 0 1987 0 0 This contract amounts to £1300, but one moiety of it ia charged to Roads. 63 0 0 110 0 0 95 0 0 100 0 0 210 0 0 35 0 0 120 0 0 105 0 0 40 0 0 100 0 0 30 0 0 15 0 0 264 0 0 Canterbury Great Northern i) „ Branch Waipara Rangiora Kaiapoi Rakaiu Ashburton ... Sefton Oxford 12 „ ... 22 21 35 „ ... 3 „ ... 25 „ ... A. V. M'Donald For £5 per mile For Far £6 per mile For it '•• »> ii »» Great Southern ... ... ji ... ... Ashburton Rnngitata Lower Rangitata deviation Malvern G. P. Williams ... J. Duncan ... >> i| ... ... „ „ Branch No. 1 ... » M >, No. 2 ... „ No. 3 ... Timaru and Teniuka Rolleston j) ... tt • •• ... 8 2J miles ... !1 ... ... J. Crawford ... It ••■ it tt a »•• •t i) •'• »» ... Timaru „ deviation Crossing of Temuka&Opihi Rivers. Timaru Wash Dyke ... ... tt ... T. B. Tancred it ... >) ... For H a ••• Timaru and Waitaki Waitaki 37J miles ... n ... it *•• 80 0 0 Cantebbtjbt & Ota«o Borings for Bridge over River Waitaki. Connor and M'Kay ... j) •■■ 179 13 4 1103 0 0 179 13 4 Squally divided between Provinces. Otaqo Southern Trunk Waitaki Balcl utha Mataura Athol Mocraki Malaura InTercargill Kingston 40 miles ... 50 „ ... 40i „ ... 15 „ ... J. Millar W. Brunton... £20 per mile £22 „ £16 5s „ £22 per mile 800 0 0 1100 0 0 654 1 3 330 0 0 ,, i) ... >.f 2884 1 3 CONSTRUCTION. >) it ••• '" tt tt >•• ••• W. Bruntoa... ... Otaqo Southern Trunk No. 1 section... No. 2 „ ... No. 3 „ ... Dunedin Caversham ... 'J Kaikorai ... ) 1J miles ... A. J. Smyth... For 4325 15 0 tt tt ••• ••• » .. 41 „ ... ji ... ... it •■« 21,000 0 0 25,325 15 0