B.—No. 2c.

RAILWAYS UNDER CONTRACT, 21ST SEPTEMBER, 1872.

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PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT.

Name of Railway. Length. Date of Contract. When to be completed. Nature of Contract. Contract Price. Total Contract. Estimated Cost to complete. Total Cost, Exclusive of Land and Engineering. Cost already authorized by Parliament. Additional Appropriation required. - M. C. £ s. d. £ a. d. £ 8. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Already spent on Roads, Surveys, and other items not otherwise included in this Table ... Kaipara to Eiverhead ... 2 Aug.', 1871 2 Sept'., 1873 43,779" 4 0 166, 724 0 0* 114, 900 0 0 114, 900 0 0 114, 900 0 0 17 0 Construction 7,220 16 0 Auckland to Mercer 46 0 10 Aug., 1872 43,779 4 0 51,000 0 0 51,000 0 0 1 Sept., 1875 M 166,724 0 0 118,276 0 0 285, 000 0 0 73,500 0 0 Napier to Euataniwha (part of) 18 13 211, 500 0 0 10 Aug., 1872 1 Dec, 1873 >> 50,807 0 0 50,807 0 0 23,423 0 0 74,230 0 0 54,487 0 0 19,743 0 0 Wellington to Masterton (part of) 8 0 10 Aug., 1872 1 Sept., 1873 a 28,616 0 0 75,534 0 0 28,616 0 0 11,384 0 0 40,000 0 0 17 10 40,000 0 0 Picton to Blenheim 10 Aug., 1872 1 Aug., 1874 i> Addington to Kangiora 19 0 *92, 000 0 0 7,318 6 10 75,534 0 0 28,982 0 0 ! 104,516 0 0 80,000 0 0 24,516 0 0 a 92,000 0 0 I 10,000 0 0 |102,000 0 0 92,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 Rangiora to Kowai (part of) 3 0 )> Rangiora to Oxford 7 0 21 Aug., 1872 30 Not., 1872 7,318 6 10 9,281 13 2 16,600 0 0 15,000 0 0 1,600 0 0 Formation 1,509 0 0 1,022 7 6 1,509 0 0 19,291 0 0 20,800 0 0 11,501 0 0 9,299 0 0 Rolleston to Malvern 10 0 21 Aug., 1872 31 Dec, 1872 >j Selwyn to Eakaia ... 11 21 *27,630 7 5 1,022 7 6 30,177 12 6 31,200 0 0 16,430 0 0 14,770 0 0 Construction 27,630 7 5 J60.369 12 7 88,000 0 0 48,000 0 0 40,000 0 0 Timaru to Temuka (part of) 2 44 25 Sept., 1871 Formation 9,018 12 8 6,260 7 4 15,279 0 0 15,279 0 0 Dunedin to Clutha 51 8j 10 July, 1871 2 April, 1872 10 Aug., 1872 10 June, 1872 31 July, 1872 1 Sept., 1875 Construction » 26,760 0 0 16,800 0 0 142,000 0 0 5,707 16 8 Invercargill to Mataura Sleepers 85,232 3 4 276,500 0 0 255,500 0 0 21,000 0 0 39 56 10 Aug., 1872 1 Nov., 1874 86,697 0 0 191,267 16 8 Construction Waitaki Bridge ... .. .• ,,, Material. 50,303 0 0 46,000 0 0 506,201 i 11 137, 000 0 0 60,000 0 0 111,000 0 0 35,000 0 0 26,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 14,000 0 0 249 72 910,823 15 1 380,328 0 0 1,417,025 0 0 1,036,697 0 0 * These amounts include Expenditure by and Refunds to Province of Canterbury. + This amount includes cost of Land. % This amount includes cost of Bridge over the Eakaia.