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APPENDIX C. SCHEDULE of Railway Contracts current on the 1st April, 1885, and Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1886.

Date of Contract. Lines of Railway and Branches. Name of Contract. Particulars. Length of Contract. Length of Sidings in Contract. Name of Contractor. Contract to be completed. Date Contract was completed. Amount of Contract. Eemarks. Nov. 17, 1884 Whangarei-Kamo H a in i 11 o n - Grahamstown — Hamilton-To Aroha Whauwhau Coal-mine Branch F. & P.L. M. ch. Ik. 19 0 M.ch. Ik. Larkins and O'Brien .. April 13, 1885 Aug. 1, 1885 £ s. d. 2,447 2 8 April 7, 1885 Feb. 17, 1886 Aug. 3, 1885 Te Aroha Te Aroha Station-buildings Hikutaia u 12 25 0 2 41 0 J. Livingstone W. Cameron Larkins and O'Brien .. Feb. 2, 1886 April 26, „ Jan. 28, 1887 7,373 17 0 1,874 4 0 10,879 9 0 Te Aroha - Grahamstown Napier-Woodville Formation 8 25 0 May 15, „ July 6, „ Tamaki Woodville Station- buildings No. 1 2 Platelayers' Cottages, Tamaki Kopuaranga Cast-iron Cylinders, Waipoua Bridge Opaki Station-buildings Tangahoo Station-buildings Moturoa .. .. .. Goods-shed, Moturoa Porewa .. . ■ Punui Marton Junction Stationbuildings Hunterville Station-buildings No. 1 Punui Cart-bridge Purotarau Tunnel Building 2 Snagging-punts .. 2 6-roomed Houses and 2 Platelayers' Cottages Hokitika Permanent-way .. Dashwood Culverden Permanent-way .. Hurunui F. & P.L. 13 43 28 1 10 0 Mullenger and Brett .. Buchanan and Collard Feb. 8, „ Sept. 6, 1885 Nov. 30, 1885 35,550 0 0 325 0 0 Aug. 13, „ Illingworth and Walker Oct. 19, „ Oct. 26, „ 271 6 0 Feb. 19, 1884 Nov. 12, „ Wellington- Wood ville Formation 8 9 0 T. H. Downes.. Kincaid, McQueen, & Co. Aug. 18, 1885 March 3, „ Jan. 14, 1886 April 17, 1885 31,425 0 10 1,112 19 0 19, 1886 n 3, 1885 May 18, „ Jan. 19, 1886 April 28, 1885 30, „ May 0, „ New Plymouth-Foxton Main Trunk Line F. & P.L. F. & P.L. 2 34 0 12 54 0 15 2 9 1 37 0 1 30 0 1 10 0 Wriglcy and Kose Alexander & McFarlane George J. Newman George Cliff J. A. Johnston Isaac Coates Carrol and Bosselmann May 17, 1886 March 20, 1885 Nov. 15, „ March 29, 188G April 11, „ April 13, „ July 20, 1885 April 3, 1885 1,742 13 6 840 2 2 8,990 0 0 065 18 0 27,300 0 0 28,920 8 3 597 2 6 Contract assigned to Bell and Howe, 26th September, 1885. Sept. 30, 1885 July 9, „ V * • William J. Timms Sept. 8, „ Feb. 1, 1S86 329 19 0 18, „ Aug. 14, „ 6, „ 14, „ Formation 1 34 0 ti Wells and Gardiner J. J. O'Brien George Cadman Smith and Nelson Jan. 17, 1886 Aug. 11, 1887 Aug. 6, 1885 Jan. 12, 188G Dec. 19, 1885 Oct. 6, 1885 Feb. 27, 1886 1,119 0 0 4b,849 0 0 180 0 0 1,412 16 0 | Contract assigned \ to M. O'Connor, I 13th June, 1885. It ■ • May 1, 1885 July 9, 1884 Nov. 16, 1885 Dec. 5, 1884 Greymouth-Hokitika Picton Southwards .. Hurunui Northwards Hurunui-Waipara P.L. Formation P.L. F., P.L., & Bridges 3 71 0 3 40 0 9 50 33 1 14 33 0 65 0 J. M. Watson Parker and Maddock .. Stocks and Wallace Oct. 30, 1885 July 9, 188G Dec. 17, 1£85 Sept. 20, „ Dec. 21, 1885 Dec. 31, 1885 Jan. 23, 1886 2,295 0 0 17,740 0 8 3,970 10 0 9,190 0 0 March 19, 1880 Feb. 28, 1885 Main Line, Upper Ashburton Painting Hurunui Bridge . ■ Fencing Branch Line W. A. Taylor .. R. Alcorn May 17, 1886 May 23, 1885 May 23, 1885 305 0 0 022 0 0 • •