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By reference to our letters of the 23rd March and 14th April, you will observe that we have in both letters notified you of this fact. Y~~"'" No amount is specified for interest, it being impossible to arrive at any sum until the amount of the claims is settled. We have, &c, The Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Wellington. John Beogden and Sons.

The Hon. the Minister for Public Woeks to Messrs. Brogden and Sons. Gentlemen,— Public Works Office, Wellington, 28th April, 1881. I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated yesterday, in which you inform me that the claims already forwarded by you embrace the whole of your claims against the Government. So far as I can gather from the previous correspondence, this is the first distinct intimation the Government has had as to the finality of your claims, and this being so, I am now prepared to enter upon an investigation of the several claims you have preferred. As already intimated, when this investigation is complete I will inform you of the course the Government is prepared to adopt. It must be understood that this communication is subject to the same reservations on the part of the Government as have been contained in previous correspondence relating to your claims. I have, &c, Messrs. Brogden and Sons, Wellington. E. Olives.

Messrs. Brogden and Sons to the Hon. the Ministee for Public Woeks. Sie,— Wellington, 29th April, 1881. We have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter P.W. 81-1402, No. 1786, of yesterday's date, for which we are obliged. We have, &c, The Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Wellington. John Bbogden and Sons.

Messrs. Beogden and Sons to the Hon. the Minister for Public Woeks. Grey Street, Wellington, 20th May, 1881. £} IE Waitaki to Moeraki ltailway. "We have the honor again to submit to you particulars of our claim against the Government of this colony under the contract and supplemental contract, dated respectively the 19th July, 1873, and Bth July, 1875, entered into by us for the construction of the Oamaru to Moeraki Section of the above-mentioned railway, and the completion of the other works in connection therewith. £ s. d. In addition to the contract price of ... ... ... ... 135,550 0 0 Reduced by agreement to ... ... ... ... ... 132,434 6 9 we claim to be paid the following sums: — For extra works executed under special agreement of Bth July, 1875 ... 18,566 0 0 For extra works done and executed in and about the formation of the railway, the details of which are set out on pages 2 to 13 of the accompanying account* ... ... ... ... ... 46,071 1 8 For the cost of station accommodation provided by us pursuant to the contract, as per details on pages 14 to 17 of the accompanying account, and £10 per cent, thereon ... ... ... ... ... 15,397 15 11 For the miscellaneous items specified on page 17 of the accompanying account ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12,969 5 3 For money paid for wharfage charges, telegrams, and sundries, as per details on page 17 of the accompanying account ... ... ... 109 10 10 We further claim interest at the rate of £10 per cent, per annum on all the above-mentioned sums, or on so much thereof as now remains unpaid, from the respective dates when the same respectively became due and payable- until payment. The Government having refused to permit the Engineer under the contract to grant his final certificate of the completion of the works, and having declined to satisfy our claims above stated, we have now respectfully to request you to accept this letter as a formal notice that disputes have arisen between us (the contractors) and the Government relative to certain of the subject-matters of the contract; and we beg hereby to express our desire and willingness that the matters so in dispute shall, after the expiration of one calendar month from the delivery of this letter, be referred in writing to the determination, arbitrament, and award of the Judge of the Supreme Court assigned to that judicial district of the Supreme Court within which the works relative to which the disputes have arisen have been executed, pursuant to and in conformity with clause 30 of the General Conditions of the said principal contract. We have, &c, The Hon. the Minister for Public Works, John Beogden and Sons. Wellington.

Note. — Letters in a form similar to the above, out in respect of the "Auckland Station" " New-market-Mercer" " Napier and PaMpaki" " Waitara and New Plymouth" " Picton and Blenheim," and " Taieri" (Dunedin-Glutha) Contracts, were addressed by Messrs. Brogden and Sons to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works on the 25th May.

* The claims of 1881, printed for the use of the Government Law Officers.

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