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APPENDIX D. SCHEDULE of Sleeper Contracts and Deliveries Current on the 31st March, 1881, and Contracts Entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1882. NORTH ISLAND.

Date of Contract or Contractor's Name. Address. No. of Sleepers Contracted for, and Class of Timber. Bate per Sleeper. Place of Delivery. Bate per Month. Date for Completion. Total Delivered to Date. Remarks. Agreement. 9 June, 1879 Gibbons and Darrow ... Grahamstown ... 100,000 kauri AUCKLAND DISTRICT, s. d. 2 5 Shortland, Kirikiri, and Puriri One-tenth, first six months, 3 June, 1881 one-twentieth each succeeding month 99,837 Completed.* 1 May, „ J. B. Hay ... ... Hunua 1 „ „ William Thompson ... Mauku .6 September, „ Elijah Hockin ... Waiuku .2 February, 1880 W. H. Reynolds ... Pukekohe ... 12 „ „ Hugh Kerns ... ... „ L6 „ „ W. Bailey ... ... Waiuku. »6 „ „ E. Hockin ... ... „ 16 „ „ C. Lorantz ... ... „ !9 March, „ W. Morrow ... ... Pukekohe ... !9 „ „ J. Slator ... ... „ 10 May, 1881 Barbour and Dunning ... Auckland ... !8 „ „ William Russell ... Pukekohe West !8 „ „ William Moore ... Pukekohe ... !8 „ „ John Hart ... ... „ 4 June „ C. McConnell ... ... „ 9 „ „ D. Nolan ... ... Auckland ... .8 „ „ Kelcher and Hamlin ... Waiuku :8 ,, „ C. Hoskings ... ... „ [8 „ „ P- Drumgool ... ... „ .8 „ „ H. Currie ... ... „ 18 „ „ A. Bregmen ... ... „ L8 „ „ William Flavell ... „ ... 10,000 kauri 5,000 puriri 400 puriri 800 puriri 300 puriri ... 1,000 puriri 500 puriri ... 1,000 puriri 100 puriri 450 puriri ... 8,500 puriri 700 puriri 500 puriri 500 puriri ... 1,000 puriri 2,000 puriri 500 puriri 1,000 puriri 500 puriri 500 puriri 3,000 puriri 700 puriri 2 11 Hunua 4 0 Mercer 3 9| Onehunga 3 6 Pukekohe 3 6 3 6 Mercer 3 6 Onehunga 3 6 Mercer 3 6 Pukekohe 3 6 „ 3 3 Auckland and Pukekohe 3 6 Pukekohe 3 6 „ 3 6 3 6 „ 3 5 Pukekohe and Onehunga 3 6 Mercer ... 3 6 Onehunga Wharf ... 3 6 Mercer ... 3 6 Onehunga Wharf ... 3 6 „ 3 6 ... , ... 21 November, 1881 21 21 21 „ „ 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 2,364 Completed.* 4,763 Completed.* 365 Completed.* 774 Completed.* 300 Completed. 994 Completed* 988 Completed.* 100 Completed. 450 Completed. 3,778 256 500 Completed. 105 1,000 Completed. 2,000 Completed. 500 Completed. 1,000 Completed. 500 Completed. 500 Completed. 3,000 Completed. 700 Completed. .3 June, 1879 Thomas Pearce ... Oroua Bridge l0 July, „ Henry Adsett, assignee ... Palmerston North 5,000 totara ... 100,000 totara WANGANTJI DISTRICT. 2 0 Oroua Bridge 1 3Jt Totara Reserve, Taonui Branch 13 December, 1879 4,000 first four months, 6,000 27 June, 1881 each succeeding month 5,000 Completed. 46,564 * Balance of sleepers not to be delivered. t Cutting only. The reserve will supply timber for only 5,000 more sleepers.