E.—3

95

Waitangi—Hokianga,— J. and W. Bedggood, contract for building 4 bridges ... £295 0 0 W. 11. Te Ripi, contract for construction of bridge, and 6 chains filling, &c. ... ... ... ... ... 125 0 0 W. H. Te Ripi, extras on same ... ... ... ... 612 0 J. and W. Bedggood, extras on above contract for bridges ... 14 0 0 G. Aicken, extras on contract (£650) ... ... ... 214 5 6 Thos. Jones, extras on contract (£1,425) ... ... ... 203 13 6 858 11 0 Roads North of Auckland. Noeth op Auckland, — M. Phillips, extras on contract ... ... ... ... £21 10 10 21 10 10 Waikato.— Nil. Bay of Plenty. TAUEANGA—TAPAUEnAEUBU, — Peter Grant, contract No. 34, for metalling portions of road ... £222 15 0 Henry Bumpus, contract for erection of plain bridge, 40 feet ... 87 10 0 Lea and Haggarty, contract No. 2, for 19 eh. forming, at 155.; 604 yards face cutting, at 9d. ; and 5 culverts, at £3 ... 51 18 0 E. Willis, contract No. 7, sawing timber for culverts, 6,186 feet, • at 13s. ... ... ... ... ... ... 40 4 3 Rikihana, contract No. 25, for maintenance of road between Tererenga and Waititi, at per annum ... ... ... 60 0 0 Rikihana, extras ... ... ... ... ... 20 0 0 Kepa, contract No. 29, for 1 year's maintenance of road from Hemo to Waikaukau ... ... ... ... 22 10 0 Lea and Haggarty, extras to contract No. 2 ... ... 126 J. J. Redmond, contract No. 36, for maintenance of road, Oropi toTerenga... ... ... ... • ... ... 135 0 0 E. Willis, extras on contract (£4,043) ... ... ... 16 19 9 657 19 6 Taueanga—Ohinemuei,— Hori Ngatai, contract No. 8, excavating material for raising and widening road across mill dam at Wairoa, 2,500 cubic yards £130 0 0 Peter Grant, contract No. 9, for approaches to Wairoa Bridge and other improvements, to complete in 8 weeks, or on Bth March, 1875 ... ... ... ... ... 105 18 4 Peter Grant extras on same ... ... ... ... 800 243 18 4 Taueanga—Katikati,— Peter Grant, contract No. 10, Katikati Road, extension, for work between Aongatete and Katikati, viz. side cutting, per c. yd., 7d.; hauling, Is. Id.; soft rock, per c. yd., Is. 6d. ; hard ditto, 3s. 6d.; fascining, £4 10s. per. eh.; box culverts, £7 125.; side culverts, £3 10s. Taueanga—East Cape,— Ngatae Tribe, contract No. 6, for 94 eh. side cuttings and 25 eh. forest cutting ... ... ... ... £50 0 0 Joseph Thompson, contract for widening road from Waioeka Bridge to Hunter's Creek, from B'to 18', lm. 48 eh. 09 1.... • 150 0 0 200 0 0 Rotoeua—Taeaweea, — Patera Pokino, contract No. 4, for maintenance of road between Ohinemutu and Ngapuku, at per annum ... ... £15 0 0 15 0 0 Maketu —Rotoeua, — Wi Keepa, contract No. 39, for maintenance of road from Hemo to Rangiwhaka ... ... ... ... £10 0 0 10 0 0 Whakatane —Te Teko, — Ngatcpukeko and Rangi te Kehu Tribe, contract No. 1, for formation of 13 m. of road, at £100 per mile ... ... £1,300 0 0 Hetaraka, contract No. 2, for 4J miles from Waimana River to confiscated boundary, at £20 per mile ... ... ... 100 0 0 1,400 0 0 Opotiki—Gisboene,— t Graham and Davis, contract for horse road between Motu River and end of forest at Rangiriri River at £55 per mile, and remaining portion at £20 per mile. (Length not known.) H. W. Penny, contract No. 3, for excavating stone (hard rock), at 3s. per cubic yard; soft stone, at Is. 6d. per cubic yard ; and to form road 8 ft. wide as work proceeds. (Amount not known.)