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TABLE No. 2. STATEMENT showing the RAILS ORDERED during the Year 1878 and up to 31st October, 1879, with Prices and Terms of Payment.

Order. .Memo. Date. Bate of Completion. Port. Contractor. Class of Rail. Weight. Rat e per Ton. Value Paid. Remarks. Terms of Payment. 11 Jan., 1878 j 4 Mar., 1879 j Tons cwt. qr. lb.j 721 5 « 6 £ s. d. £ s. d. 6 6 6 4.561 19 10 9 7S Lyttelton .. Khbu Vale Steel _e. Co. 40 lb. steel For Ashburton County Council Payment made by Agent-General (less any sum winch be may be entitled to deduct) in cash, fifteen days after receipt of engineer's certificate of delivery on board ship and of amount to be paid. ' 41/78 54/78 €0/78 1 Mar., 1878 20 June. 1879 19 July, 1878 17 June, 1879 20Julv, 1878 2 Sept., 1879 A Veiling) on ... Bolckow, A'aughan. ani Co. Lvttelton ... Guest and Co. The Bluff ... Auckland ... Bolckow, Vaughan, and Co. ., ... Guest and Co. 53 lb. „ 40 lb. „ 40 lb. „ 750 11 3 20 539 15 2 6 1,284 3 2 23 5 "7 u 4.409 15 o 600 3,238 13 5 5 12 6 7,223 10 10 €1/78 531b. „ 109 16 o 9 1,493 I0 o 20 1,603 6 1 1 311 12 1 16 89 13 2 16 401 604 1 .. .. .» For Western Railways shipped from Cardiff tl a jj )t >) »» 16 Aug., 1878 22 July. 1879 M '» J> -JJ „ j 23 July, 1879 Napier ... Bolckow, A'aughan, and Co. ., ... Guest and Co. 5 '7 6 9.419 9 4 5 17 6 2,357 '2 11 5 12 o 5,642 1 5 5 17 6j 8,761 3 3 1 jj >. >. .» 3J In ». I ,. ., .» 11 „ „ 19 Oct.. 1879 jj u Wellington ... ', Bolckow, A'aughan, and Co. i 1,007 I0 1 o, 1.49' 5 ■ ' Shipped from Middlesboro' ... .. .. jj ji Jl i. .» ., ,, - .» .. I 2,498 15 2 1 1,623 '3 2 22 308 12 2 13 1,932 6 I 7 jj jj JJ „ 17 June. 1879 Lyttelton ... Guest and Co. ,. ... Bolckow. A'aughan, and Co. 14,403 4 8 Shipped from Cardiff >» ). 5 10 o' 8,930 5 4 5 17 6 1,813 4 2 io.743 9 6 510 o 5 >7 6 a jj i) .» .» j .. .. .. .. jj it „ „ | 23 Sept., 1879 .» J. 5) )) ., .. ., Port Chalmers The Steel Co. of Scotland ,, ... Guest and Co. ,, ... Bolckow, A'aughan, and Co. J) I) J» 1,200 8 3 15 1,202 8 o 16 1,172 604 5 17 6 7,052 12 o 5 10 o! 6,613 4 9 5 17 6 6,887 5 5 5 "7 6 5 10 °! 5 '7 f'i Shipped from Glasgow Cardiff jj ji it ., ! ,- n .. JJ jj it jj j» Carried forward ... \ 3.575 307 20,553 2 2