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APPENDIX D—continued. SCHEDULE of Sleeper Contracts Current on 1st April, 1899, and Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department, &c.— continued.

Date of Contract or Agreement. Contractor's Name. Address. No. of Sleepers contracted for, and Class of Timber: Rate per Sleeper. Place of Delivery. Rate per Month. Date for Completion. Total delivered to Date. Date of Completion. S OUTH ISLAND— continued. WESTLAND DISTRICT— continued. •500 silverpine 500 ditto 2,000 „ 1,000 „ ' 1,000 „ 2,000 „ 500 „ 1,000 ,, 1,000 „ 500 ,. 1,500 „ 1,000 „ 500 „ 2,000 „ 500 „ 500 „ 1,000 „ 500 „ 700 „ 1,000 „ 500 „ 500 „ 500 „ 500 „ 500 „ 1,000 „ 500 „ 1,000 ,. 1,000 „ 2,000 „ 500 „ 500 „ 500 „ 69,124 „ s. d. 2 6 Hokitika 21 Aug., 1897 D. Dwyer Ho Ho No fixed rate No fixed rate .. 500 5 April, 1899. 21 Aug., „ 1 Nov., „ 29 Dec, „ 29 Dec, „ 21 Jan. 1898 21 Jan., „ 29 Jan., ' „ 7 Mar., „ 30 Mar., „ 4 April, „ 4 April, „ 13 April, „ 27 April, „ 22 Nov., „ 22 Nov., „ 28 Nov., „ 6 Dec, „ 6 Dec, „ 21 Dec. „ 17 Jan., 1899 14 May, „ 23 May, „ 7 July, „ 6 Oct., „ 13 Nov., , 23 Dec, „ 6 Feb., 1900 1 Mar., „ 10 Mar., „ 10 Mar., „ 10 Mar., „ 23 Mar., „ Various* E. Rowe R. Watson 0. Murtha J. Anderson J. Sutherland and party 1. Denston W. Stephens and party T. and R. Stephens J. F. Dwyer Butler Brothers C. Murtha W, Peacock Baxter Bros, and Foord J. Taylor R. Watson C. E. Fellowes O. Jones A. Meharry, jun. S. Dixon J. McDiarmid D. J. Smith Lawson and Stewart .. E. McCormick A. C. Campbell Baxter Brothers A. G. Campbell Baxter Brothers Blue Spur .. Dillmanstown Kumara Lamplough Okarito Chesterfield.. Rimu .'. Ho Ho '.'. Kokiri Kumara Goldsborough Kokiri Cobden Dillmanstown Ross Lower Kokatahi Kawhaka .. Hokitika Ross Kumara Kokatahi Kumara Kokiri Kumara Kokiri 2 6 » „ 2 6 Kumara 2 6 „ 2 6 Chesterfield 2 6 Hokitika .. 2 6 Chesterfield 2 6 Hokitika 2 6 „ 2 6 „ 2 6 Brunner 2 6 Stafford .. 2 6 2 6 Brunner 2 6 2 6 Kumara 2 6 Hokitika 2 6 . ■ .. 2 6 „ 2 6 „ 2 6 „ ... 2 6 „ 2 6 Kumara 2 6 Hokitika 2 6 Kumara 2 6 Brunner .. 2 6 Kumara 2 6 Brunner .. 2 6 „ 2 6 2 6 I Stafford .. 2 6 Acre Creek 2 6 Kumara 2 6 Various 500 28 April, 2,000 20 Sept., ■„ 1,000 14 Sept., „ 1,000 14 April, „ 2,000 14 April, , 500 24 Aug., 1,000 14 Dec, 1,000 2 Oct., 500 13 April, „ 1,500 22 Aug., 1,000 9 Mar., 1900. 500 I 9 Aug., 1899. 2,000 18 May, 500 11 April, „ 500 20 Sept., ,. 1,000 6 May, 500 14 Dec, 667 1,000 19 Aug., 500 17 July, 500 27 July, 500 28 June, 390 500 8 Nov., . 1,000 18 Dec, .. C. W. Murtha W. L. Stewart G. H. Blank Sundry small contractors Kumara Greymouth Dillmanstown Various 50*743 16 Nov., 1898 Bluff 1,350 ironbark! OTAGO DISTRICT. The lot within two months.. 15 Jan. 1899 .. G. A. Whealler .. I 19/per 100b.m.i Bluff ,„,. =.,.. (1,000 at Dunedin.. 19/6 ditto j 1,000 at Wellington 2 6 Forest Hill Railway ], 1,350 11 July, 1899. (831 at Dunedin. (863 at Wellington. 933 7 Aug., 15 April, 1899 Murray, Arnold, and Co, Dunedin 2,000 „ No fixed rate 15 July, „ 20 June, „ Jack Brothers Winton 1,000 blackpine 165 ditto .. Not fixed 9 Aug., „ W. St. George 2 6 165 9 Aug., „ * Contracts entered into for su] of slee] •ers in lots of less than 500.