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RETURN showing the whole of the Colonial Public Works at present Contracted for within each Provincial District— continued. PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF OTAGO.

PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND. (ARCHITECT'S BRANCH.)

PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF TARANAKI. (ARCHITECT'S BRANCH.)

PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF WELLINGTON. (ARCHITECT'S BRANCH.)

PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF HAWKE'S BAY. (ARCHITECT'S BRANCH.)

Contractors. Liabilities on account of Contract, 16th Oct., 1879. rate of Contract. Distinctive Name of Contract, if any. Whether by Public Tender or otherwise. Nature of Contract. Date for Completion of Contract. Amount of Tender. Amount of Contract. Total Payments to 16th Oct. Presumed Authority under which Contract has been entered into. Remarks. Name. Address. 30 July, 1878 Tapanui Branch Public tender Formation, plate-laying, and buildings Proudfoot and McKay Dunedin ... 30 May, 1880 £ s. d. 61,500 o o £ s- °- *6i,5oo o o £ s. d. £ *■ «L Resolution of the House, 4th October, 1877 * No payments to be made on this contract until 60 days after completion. 31 Oct. Rolling-stock, No. i, part of ... Steamer Wharf, &c, Port Chala Supplying ironwork and erecting wagons ... Erecting wharf, and reclamation ... John Anderson Christchurch ( * "Jan., 1880 (. i ioApl. „ Dunedin ... 24 July „ ] 6,685 12 6 6,685 '2 6 3,898 16 o 2,786 16 6 Vote 77, item 21, 1878-79 3 May, 1879 it McGill and Forrest ... 26,698 7 8 26,698 7 8 521 o o 26,177 7 8 jj jj 14 June „ 13 .. .. •7 .. .. 5 >j 12 May „ mers Painting Clutha Bridge Painting Bridges Dunedin Station Reclamation ... Port Chalmers Railway Station Wyndham ... .. ,t a Bridge-painting Reclamation for station Erecting station buildings Formation for railway ... J. M. Watson and Co. Smith and Smith E. Pritchard and Co. R. Martin ... James Shirley „ ... 7 Aug., 1879 „ ... 11 Sept. „ „ ... n Mar., 1882 „ ... 30 Dec, 1879 Invercargill ... 6 Jan., 1880 250 o o 240 10 o 58,487 10 o 3,377 5 o 9,723 9 o 250 o o 240 10 o 58,487 10 o 3.377 5 ° 9.723 9 o 100 o o 75 o o 2,904 o o 500 o o 4,352 o o 150 o o 165 10 o 55.583 10 o 2,877 5 o 5,37i 9 o j. j. ». .. .» .» tt ». »» Sec. 17,1. and P. W. App. Act, 1878, vote 80, item 16 Ditto, ditto, vote 80, item 18 Ditto, ditto, vote 80, item 21 Vote for Waitaki-Bluff Railway, 1879-80 Sec. 17,1. and P. W. App. Act, 1878, vote 80, item 9 Vote 79, item 3, 1878-79 a 28 April „ 8 May „ 22 July „ Invertiel Palmerston ... Green Island Station Buildings j. it „ ... ... ... „ ... Erecting station buildings George Mackie Jesse Coates Meikle and Campbell Mosgiel, Otago ... 21 Dec, 1879 Shag Point, Otago ... 7 Jan., 1880 Dunedin ... 25 Aug., 1879 5,388 10 10 4,622 9 4 310 4 8 5,388 10 10 4,622 9 4 310 4 8 1,310 o o 1,376 o o 160 o o 4,078 10 10 3,246 9 4 150 4 8 », 19 May „ Wingatui ... • ... H Formation for railway ... D. McKenzie Port Chalmers ... 16 Jan., 1881 48,839 7 10 48,839 7 10 6,836 o o 42,003 7 10 5 Dec, 1878 23 June, 1879 20 „ „ Otautau Branch, No. 2 Riverton Opio it it Formation and plate-laying „ Formation for railway ... D. Robertson ,, ... James Innes Dunedin ... 26 May, 1879 „ ... 29 Feb., 1880 Waikouaiti ... 13 „ „ 10,600 o o 21,700 o o 4,837 o o 10,600 o o 21,700 o o 4.837 o o 10,271 o o 2,453 o o 329 o o 19,247 o o 4.837 o o Sec. 17, 1, and P. W. App. Act, 1878, vote 80, item 17 Vote for Western Railway, 1879-80 Ditto ditto tt 10 July „ Lumsden it „ ... ... ... D. W. Me Arthur Invercargill ... 19 Mar. „ 3,616 11 4 3,616 11 4 369 o o 3.247 11 4 8 Sept. „ Otautau Station Buildings it Erecting station buildings J. Campbell George Town, Inver- 3 Nov., 1879 cargill Invercargill ... 26 „ „ „ ... 10 Dec. „ „ ... 7 July, 1881 ... 7 .. „ ... 4 Mar., 1880 570 o 6 570 o 6 570 o 6 2 Oct. „ 2 „ „ 15 July „ 15 .. .. 9 Sept. „ No. 1 Wayside Station No. 2 „ 60,000 Sleepers 30,000 „ Seaward Forest, &c, Road it tt 11 Supplying sleepers Robert Burns j. ... John Murdock D. and W. Lockhart ... A. Springford 318 17 o 630 3 9 10,250 o o 4.875 o o 1,485 o o 318 17 o 630 3 9 10,250 o o 4,875 o o 1,485 o o 318 17 o 630 3 9 10,250 o o 4,875 o o 1,485 o o Ditto ditto Ditto ditto Ditto ditto Ditto ditto A rote for Roads to open up Lands before Sale, 1879-80 Vote 100, item 96, 1878-79 1. ,j ... ... ... Road construction, bridges, &c. ... »> 9 May „ 9 Oct. „ Jetty and Goods Shed, Owaki Creek, Catlin't River Freight on Sleepers ... H If Erecting jetty and goods shed Carriage of sleepers to Port Chalmers William McShee Keith Ramsay Catlin's River ... 9 July, 1879 Dunedin ... 27 Dec, 1879 419 o o 538 10 10 419 o o 538 10 10 360 o o 59 o o 538 10 10 Vote for Waitaki-Bluff Railway, 1879-80 17 July „ Native House, Bluff ... Erecting house for Natives nat: TE DEPARTMENT. . 123 13 6 123 13 6 50 o o 73 13 6 J. Alexander Ross Invercargill ... 17 Sept., 1879 Vote for Native Contingencies, 1879-80 286,087 3 9 286,087 3 9 189,051 7 9

5 Nov., 1878 Public tender New wing to Lunatic Asylum building, Auckland Keane and Jenkinson ... Victoria Street, Auck- 21 May, 1880 16,933 o o land 16,933 o o 16,933 o o 4,397 o o 12,536 o o 16,933 o o 12,536 o o

9 June, 1879 Public tender Building new Post and Telegraph Office, James Wilson Carlyle, Patea ... Church Place, Wa- 11 Oct., 1879 nganui — 935 o o 935 o o 935 o o 225 o o )io o o Appropriation Act, 1879 710 o o 935 ° o

•.3 June, 1879 9 Sept. „ Public tender .1 Building new Supreme Courthouse, Wellington Building drill-shed at A. C. Barracks, Wellington Additions to Barracks at Mount Cook, Wellington Erection of a Police Station at Bulls Erection of police buildings at Greytown ... Barry and McDowall Townsend and Co. Pipitea Street, Wellington Adelaide Road, Wellington Adelaide Road, Wellington Feilding ... Greytown 20 Feb., 1881 21 Oct., 1879 24,785 o o 847 o o 24,785 o o 847 o o 150 o o 24,785 o o 697 o o Appropriation Act, 2nd November, 1878 Appropriation Act, 1879 2 )» n n „ ... 11 Dec. „ 534 o o 534 o o 534 o o n j, !5 Aug- .. •5 » » H James McChesney, Patrick Beard Bishop and Hawkins ... iS Nov. .. 21 jj „ 478 o o 45i 14 o 478 o o 4Si 14 o 478 o o 45 1 14 o ,. j. tt .. » 27,095 14 o 27,095 14 o 26,945 14 o

i May, 1879 Public tender Erection of police buildings, Hawke's Bay D. E. Lindsay Napier iji8s S o 1.185 5 ° 830 o o 355 S ° Appropriation Act, 2nd November, 1878 1,18 1,18,