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APPENDIX C. SCHEDULE of Railway Contracts current on the 1st April, 1887, and Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1888.

Date of Contract. Lines of Railway and Branches. Narne of Contract. Particulars. Length of Contract. Length of Sidings in Contract. Name of Contractor. Contract to be completed. Date Contract was completed. Amount of Contract. Remarks. Aug. 14, 1885 Aug. 21, 1886 Sept. 10, „ Dec. 13, „ March 10, 1887 Aug. 12, „ Marton-Te Awamutu Poro-o-taroa Tunnel Hunterville Te Kuiti Piinui Station-buildings Waiteti .. .. .. Porewa and Hunterville Sta-tion-buildings Makohine Cottages Te Kuiti Station-buildings .. Kaipara .. Kaukapakapa Hikutaia Formation F. & P.L. M. eh. Ik. 1 34 0 5 57 0 10 59 40 M.ch. Ik. 0 62 0 0 60 0 J, J. O'Brien Jesse Coates Coates and Metcalfe G. T. Worthington J. and A. Anderson Gifford and O'Connor .. Aug. 11, 1887 June 19, „ Aug. 20, 1887 May 19, „ £ s. d. 46,849 0 0 14,242 14 8 17,273 13 0 647 0 0 57,858 17 0 1,602 5 4 (■Contract assigned to E. Porter and 1 Co., 11th May, \ 1887. Contract assigned to Peter Dey. F. & P.L. 8 53 0 0 25 0 Feb. 17, „ Dec. 10, 1888 Nov. 11, 1887 Dec. 24, 1887 15, „ 26, „ March 26, „ 9, 1888 Aug. 3, 1885 Helensville Northwards Formation F. &P.L. Formation 4 12 0 7 58 0 8 25 0 Arthur Burns Hugh Fulton .. W'ilkie and Wilson Larkins and O'Brien .. Feb. 13, 1888 Oct. 28, 1887 22, „ March 5, 1889 Jan. 28, 1887 Feb. 15, 1888 Dec. 19, 1887 725 0 0 968 19 0 6,875 4 8 11,903 12 2 10,879 9 0 Contract determined. Contract relet to Frank Dye. Graham st o wn-Te Aroha Ditto 1 40 0 May 20, 1887 Jan. 4, 1887 Nov. 15, „ March 19, „ Ohinemuri Completion of Ohinemuri .. Ngatira 6 15 0 Irvine and Heath T. Mulvihill Daniel Fallon Oct. 29, „ July 11, 1888 June 11, » 3,973 8 0 3,465 13 8 34,785 14 2 Contract determined. Putaruru-Rotoma .. F., P.L., & bldgs. Formation 8 '6 0 0 50 0 Nov. 6, 1886 Dec. 10 „ Woodville-Palmerston Manawatu Gorge Tamaki and Woodville Sta-tion-buildings Woodville Cottages WiWaka.. Dashwood Bridge over Arahura River .. Freight on Bridge-material, Wellington to Hokitika Extension to Hokitika Wharf Teremakau Bridge Additions to Hokitika Wharf Awamoko 4 32 0 Jones and Peters Munro Brothers Oct. 23, „ Feb. 18, 1887 May. 16, 1887 45,156 3 1 1,675 0 0 June 8, 1887 Aug. 23, 1886 July 9, 1884 Aug. 30, 1S86 Feb. 18, 1887 Mangamahoe-Woodville Blenheim-Awatere .. Greymouth-Hokitika F. & P.L. Formation 6 15 0 3 4 0 0 50 0 Wortley and Hurst Martin Danaher Parker and Maddock .. McKenzie and O'Connor J. H. Cock .. Sept. 4, „ Aug. 23, 1888 July 9, 1886 Feb. 28, 1888 March 16, 1887 Oct. 3, „ Nov. 4, 1887 April 13, „ 349 17 9 60,500 0 0 17,746 6 8 7,160 12 0 219 12 0 » April 26, „ May 25, „ June 25, „ July 26, 1886 G. M. Ffaser Scott Brothers G. Filmer D. McKendry.. June 21, „ March 18, 1889 Sept. 16, 1887 March 20, „ July 2, „ Jan. 28, 1888 July 2, 1887 339 0 0 19,300 12 8 1,895 0 0 11,761 14 11 Livingstone Branch .. F., P.L., & Station 7 75 0 0 50 0 May 2, 1887 Dec. 24, 1884 Jan. 6, 1885 5, 1887 Feb. 19, „ March 10, „ July 1, , May 16, „ 10, . Catlin's River Branch Otago Central Culverts, Glenomaru Section Deep Stream (completion) .. Wingatui Viaduct.. Mount Hyde Bridges Taieri Gorge Bridges Silver Peak Bridges Barewood Bridges Waimea Permanent-way .. Glenham W. Mercer Miller and Smillie R. S. Sparrow and Co. .. Black and Allison J. and A. Anderson W. J. A. Sanderson John Whittaker J. Campbell A. Menzies July 29, „ Aug. 22, 1886 Sept. 29, „ Oct. 29, 1887 Dec. 14, 1888 Nov. 5, 1887 June 24, 1888 July 12, 1887 Feb. 3, 1888 Nov. 7, „ Oct. 26, „ June 4, „ 1,542 0 0 32,874 13 0 13,922 14 10 15.934 2 4 12,879 10 6 18,410 17 9 13.935 17 0 653 12 0 13,840 19 6 .. I I Masonry Masonry Riversdale-Switzers .. Wyndham-Fortrose .. P.L. Tunnel & Formation 2 '6 0 1 66 0 Aug. '5, 1887 Sept. 7, 1883 Additions to open lines Waitaki-BlufI, Pal-merston-Clinton Permanent-way, &c. Piers, &c, Dunedin Station Overbridge Kincaid, McQueen, & Co. March 6, 1885 Oct. 31, 1887 13,826 19 8 March 7, 1887 50 sets Points and Crossings, and 20 pairs of switches Freight on Bails, &c, Lyttelton to Wanganui Freight on Rails, Wellington to Greymouth Freight on Rails, Wellington to Hokitika 10 Locomotive-engines Aug. 21, 1887 June 14, „ 697 10 0 23, „ Caff and Graham May 3, „ April 16, . 367 15 3 June 6, „ Union Steamship Co. .. Aug. 6, „ June 29, „ 368 10 0 6, „ • • J. H. Cock 6, . July 19, „ 152 0 0 April 15, 1885 I Rolling-stock ,. I I .. I Scott Brothers March 27, „ Mar. 31, 1888 13,850 0 0