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1 ballast screen, 20 tressals, lot oats, bran, chaff, hay, and straw; 6 spring bars, 1 sledge, 3 feed boxes, lot cart harness, 1 bay gelding " Star," 1 black do. " Champion," 1 do. mare " Nelly," 1 grey horse " Jack," 2 extra gates with 4 wickets, 2 pairs 10 x 12 sashes, 2 do. gates, 2 wheels and axles for contractors' trucks, 5 contractors' waggons, 2 wheels and 3 axles do., 1 old frame, 3 pairs wheels and axles (5 ft. 9in. gauge), 1 broken trolly, 1 wheel and axle, 4 contractors' trucks, 7 do. do., 5 do. do., 1 do. do., 2 do. do., 1 do. do., 4 do. do., 2 truck bodies, parts of 3 trucks, 14 wheels, 5 axles, 3 truck bodies, 1 pair wheels, &c, &c.; 1 punt, dismantled steamer, 4 punts (Oregon timber), 1 boat, 1 dingy, 50 tons 8 cwt. 2 qrs. 20 lbs. contractors' rails, 36,908 feet red pine (Ist), 15,470 feet black pine (Ist), 22,470 feet do. do. (2nd), lot do. do. (inferior quality), 9,639 feet blue gum (market cut), 38,797 feet do. (large), 17,090 feet Oregon (Ist), lot of do. (damaged), 13,617 feet sawn Jarrah (Ist), 490 pieces foundation blocks, 1,649 feet Jarrah piles (lineal), 2,782 feet blue gum piles (do.), 7,787 feet iron bark do. (do.), 400 dressed pickets (5£ feet), 25 manuka posts, 1,000 feet sup. T and G white pine (lin.), 1,000 feet do. do. black do., 1,000 feet do. do. Oregon, 78,000 bricks, 18 tons coals, 2 staffs, 1 theodolite, 1 large level. The foregoing is a list of the plant and material, &c, pointed out to me, all of which I have valued separately; and I hereby certify the total to amount to the sum of £9,500. The timber and bricks I have had measured and counted by Mr. Peter Seith, an authorized measurer. It was impossible personally to get correct count of the contractors' rails and the coals within the time allowed, and I had to take the statements of the contractors' foreman. I however believe them to be correct, but the Government should, if it thinks proper, satisfy itself as to the quantity in these two items, and if it should prove incorrect, I can add or deduct from the item as the case may be. If any item is objected to as a whole, I can at mutual request, deduct it from the whole. £ s. d. Valuation commission .. .. .. .. .. 237 10 0 Expenses measuring, &c. .. .. .. .. 40 0 0 £277 10 0 Deduct one-half .. .. .. .. .. 138 15 0 £138 15 0 Dunedin, 22nd April, 1873. £ s. d. Amount of award as above .. .. .. .. 9,500 0 0 Less amount value of water tanks, pipes, &c, at St. Leonard's 60 0 0 £9,440 0 0 Henry Driver. Proudfoot, Oliver, and Ulph, 26th April, 1873.

Enclosure 2 in No. 25. Memorandum of Plant and Materials, Port Chalmers Railway, April, 1873. Twelve wheelbarrows, 12 parts ditto, 1 set of points complete, 1 stone breaker 20 x 9, 1 ditto 15 x 7, 3 complete sets of plate-layer's tools with 4 small trucks, 1 steam crane complete, 3 ballast boxes, 6 water tanks fixed to water engine with hose and 400 feet piping, 1 dobbin cart (broken), 1 pair 36-in. smith's bellows, 1 vice (120 lbs.), 2 anvils, 25 pairs smith's tongs, iron bolts and nuts (325 lbs.), 4 cwt. scrap iron, 320 lbs. cast steel, 3y cwt. bar iron, 24 driving picks, 230 lbs. mason's picks and jumpers, 31 punches and setts, 24 bolsters and punches, 1 drill brace, 1 pair 12-in. callipers, 12 lbs. horse shoe nails, 1 pair farrier's pinchers, 4 files and 1 rasp, 1 coupling screw, 8 pairs hinges for waggons, 25 gallons coal tar, 3 water casks, 1 blacksmith's bench, 1 set truck wheels and axles, 24 shoes for piles, 1 waggon axle, 5 cwt. scrap iron, 6 pile rings, 20 cwt. 3 qrs. 12 lbs. coil chain, 14 cwt. bolt ends, 6 barrow wheels, 10 empty oil drums, 42 kegs spikes (1 cwt.), 6 cwt. bolts and nuts, 15| casks Portland cement, 25 gallons coal tar, I^-barrel Stockholm tar, 1 keg anti-friction grease, 3 cwt. 1 qr. 14 lbs. bar and rod iron, 5 cwt. 1 qr. pile rings, 2 cwt. bolts and nuts, 20 cwt. 3 qrs. pedestal and tipplers, 2 pair waggon hinges, 4 picks, 2 sledge hammers, 1 axle, 2 hydraulic rail benders, 5 crowbars, 65 lbs. bolts, 360 lbs. coil rope, 1 sledge hammer, 11 picks, 1 pair timber dogs, 6 tar brushes, 20 empty oil drums, 1 drum Colza oil, 1 wheelbarrow (damaged), 1 grindstone and frame, 1 carpenter's bench, 1 vice (25 lbs.), lot tools, spirit level, 6 tower bolts, &c.; 2 boxes screws, 3 cwt. 3 qrs. 8 lbs. springs, 2 ladders, 6 cwt. bolts and nuts, 56 lbs. C S clout nails, 25 lbs. glue, 12 picks, 7 lbs. lamp black, 3 lamp glasses, 50 coils fuse, 100 feet 2^-inch rubber belting, 4 bass brooms, 2 kegs cut nails, 12 lbs. Manila rope, 10 lbs. hemp ditto, 1 office desk, 2 sets blast furnaces with horse power, 4 cwt. bolts and nuts, 79 cwt. 3 qrs. bar and rod iron, 4 kegs spikes, 86 lbs. chain, 10 cwt. bolt ends, 3 gross 1-in. washers, 2 stable lanterns, 1 crowbar, 5 cwt. ironwork for waggons, 3 cwt. scrap iron, 1 level, 1 old wheelbarrow, 5 cwt. cast steel, 35 dozen cast steel picks, 150 feet 6-in. rubber belting, 3 cwt. 2 qrs. rod iron, 1 cwt. 2 qrs. bar steel, 27 quarry hammers, 50 lbs. bolts and nuts, 3