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Waimarino to Junction of Boutes. Five bridges, 1,440 ft. ... ... ... ... ... ... £11,500 Viaduct, Piopiotea ... ... ... ... ... ... 5,000 6,000 „ Mangapuri ... ... ... ... ... ... 7,500 Waikoikoi ... ... ... ... ... ... 9,500 Tepuri Creek ... ... ... ... ... 14,000 Te Awakino... ..'. ... ... ... ... 20,000 11,500 11,000 Piopiotea Eiver ... ... ... ... ... 20,000 £116,000 28th September, 1892. William H. Hales.

'Sir, — Public Works Department, Wellington, Bth September, 1892. Be North Island Main Trunk Eailway.—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 6th instant, requesting to be furnished with a sectional plan showing the different gradients on the alternative routes, known as the central and Ngaire routes, proposed for the above-mentioned railway. In reply, I am directed by the Minister for Public Works to state that the preparation of the plan in the form suggested has been put in hand, and that the same will be forwarded to the Committee as soon as it is completed. I have, &c, H. J. H. Blow, The Chairman, North Island Main Trunk Eailway Under-Secretary for Public Works. Committee, House of Eepresentatives.

Sir, — Public Works Department, Wellington, 20th September, 1892. Be North Island Main Trunk Eailway plans.—l have the honour, by direction of the Minister for Public Works, to forward to you the accompanying plan showing the respective longitudinal sections of the central and Ngaire routes for the North Island Main Trunk Eailway, asked for in your letter of the 6th instant. I have, &c, H. J. H. Blow, The Chairman, North Island Main Trunk Eailway . Under-Secretary for Public Works. Committee, House of Eepresentatives.

Statement showing Monthly Earnings per Mile on Sections Te Awamutu to Mokau, and Marton Junction to Bangatira. Monthly Earnings. Miles. Earnings per Mile. £ s. d. £ s. d. Te Awamutu to Mokau ... ... 78 16 7 ... 35 ... 2 5 0 Marton Junction to Bangatira ... 290 10 1 ... 19 ... 15 510 Accountant's Office, New Zealand Bailways, Wellington, 20th September, 1892.

Memorandum for E. G. Wright, Esq., M.H.E., Chairman, North Island Main Trunk Eailway Committee. The above is the return of earnings for the four-weekly period ending 20th August, 1892, on the respective portions of railway named. James McKeerow, 20th September, 1892. Chief Commissioner of Eailways.

The Engineer-in-Chief to the Chairman, North Island Main Trunk Eailway Committee. Sir, — Public Works Department, Wellington, Ist October, 1892. Enclosed I have the honour to send you a corrected statement of the estimated cost, &c, of the alternative route of the North Island Main Trunk Eailway. E.G. Wright, Esq., I have, &c, Chairman, North Island Main Trunk Eailway Committee, William H. Hales, Parliament Buildings. Engineer-in-Chief.

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