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2. PEICES PAID BY THE LANDS AND SURVEY DEPARTMENT. Wellington District. s d Earthwork .. 0 8 per cub. yd. Papa 12 ~ (Including wheelage up to 1 chain, beyond, 2d. per cub. yd.) Excavation for culverts in papa .. 3 0 „ Tunnels in papa. 5 0 „ Culverts in clay 10 „ Procuring and fitting slabs for culverts and tunnel-work 8 4 per 100 sup. ft. (Contractors supply their own powder, tents, and tools, except jumpers, drills, jacks,, saws, mauls, wedges, and hammers. They pay rental—6d. a week on barrows, and 2s. 6d. a week on handcarts.) Earthwork excavation — s. d. In open .. ... 0 7 per cub. yd. In bush .. 0 8 n Side ditches ..0 9 Culverts .. 10,, (Including wheelage for 1 chain.) Culverts of logs and slabs— 12in. by 12in. .. .20 per lin. ft. 24in. by 24in. .. 7 0,, Bridge, 10ft. span 280 0 (Contractors supply everything except barrows free.) Sawn timber .. 16 0 per 100 sup. ft. Scrubbing and clearing 5 0 per eh. Felling, stumping, and clearing 8 0 to 20s. per eh. Makaire Eoad— Scrubbing and felling 66ft. wide, stumping and clearing 33ft.— Sideling ground— s. d. s. d. Scrub 8 0 to 12 0 per eh. Light bush 12 0 „ 18 0 Medium bush 18 0 „ 21 0 Heavy bush .. 21 0 „ 23 0 Flat ground— Scrub 10 0 „ 15 0 Light bush .. 15 0 „ 20 0 Medium bush 20 0 „ 22 6 Heavy bush 22 6 „ 25 0 Earthwork — s. d. Loam, sand, soft clay . 0 6 per yd. Gravel, hard sand, stiff clay 0 8 „ Hard gravel, sandstone ... 0 10 „ Papa, soft limestone 10 „ Hard solid limestone (Makuri Gorge Eoad) .. 13 „ Very hard crystallized limestone (Makuri Gorge Eoad) 2 0 „ Metalling, 12ft. wide, lOin. deep (Makuri Gorge Eoad) 30s. to 355. per eh. Timber culverts, sawn, totara — s. d. s. d. 9in. by 9in. 2 0 per lin. ft. 18in. by 24in. 6 0 per lin. ft. 12in. by 12in. 2 6 „ 24in. by 24in. 7 6 18in. by 12in. 3 6 „ 36in. by 24in. 10 0 Canterbury District. Bealey Valley &c.— s. d. Ec-forming road, cutting water-table and drains 7 6 per eh. Eernoving slips and making good embankments 0 9 per cub. yd. Bock-cutting . .. '.3 0,, Sideling-cutting 0 8 „ Hanmer Plains— Side-cutting in shingle 0 10 per yd. Earthwork ... 11 „ Eock 3 0 Knapping stones spread on road—river-bed stone 3 0 per cub. yd. Nelson District. Bush-felling and clearing 1 chain wide, with formation 14ft. wide, sideling s . d. ground .. .. .. 49 6 per eh. Clearing and grubbing roots on flat ground, with formation 20ft. wide 26 0 Bushfelling and clearing 1 chain wide .. 6 8,,