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APPENDIX C. SCHEDULE of Contracts current on the 1st April, 1898, and Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1899.

Date of Contract. Lines of Bail way and Branches. Name of Contract. Name of Contractor. Contract to be completed. Date Contract was completed. Amount of Contract. Remarks. ra: LWAYS. Aug. Feb. Feb. Aug. Jan. Oot, Oct, Aug. Jan. Mar. Jan. June Oot. Nov. Sept. E'eb. 26, 1896 28, 1899 27, . 26, 1896 8, 1898 5, . 10, „ 26, 1896 8, 1898 16, . 21, 1896 14, 1898 15, „ 3, „ 2, 6, 1899 Whangarei-Kamo Helensville Northwards .. Grahamstown-TeAroha .. Eketahuna-Woodville .. Midland, Otira Section .. Ironbark Timber Ironbark Timber Totara and Kauri Timber Ironbark Timber for Puriri-Paeroa Section Ironbark Timber Totara and Kauri Timber for Stationbuildings Eimu Framing for Station-buildings Ironbark Timber Ironbark Timber Steel-plate Girders Bridge over Taieri River Timber and Joinery for Station-buildings Iconbark Piles and Timber Steel-plate Girders, Eweburn Bridge Ironbark Timber and Piles Timber and Joinery, Waimahaka Stationbuildings Timber for Station-buildings Twenty-five sets Points and Crossings Murray, Arnold, and Co. James McLellan Cosgrove and Rapson .. Murray, Arnold, and Co. Murray, Arnold, and Co. Waitemata Sawmill Co. Mountain Rimu Co. Murray, Arnold, and Co. Murray, Arnold, and Co. Dispatch Foundry Co. .. Fraser and Morley Thomson, Bridger, and Co. W. Flannery James Fowler.. W. B. Sharp Thomson, Bridger, and Co. Nov. 26, 1896 May 31, 1899 May 22, „ Nov. 26, 1896 March 24, 1898 Nov. 30, „ Oct. 30, „ Nov. 26, 1896 March 24, 1898 Feb. 4, 1899 July 21, 1897 July 1, 1898 Dec. 23, „ Aug. 1, 1899 Oct. 8, 1898 As per specification June 9, 1898 Feb. 18, 1899 May 15, 1898 May 15, 1898 May 31, , Dec. 12, „ Oct. 30, „ May 15, , Nov. 19, „ £ s. d. 352 9 9 260 18 2 213 12 10 363 15 3 786 0 0 825 8 10 221 9 0 1,084 4 9 1,045 14 1 1,493 0 0 7,716 10 0 209 6 0 105 10 8 508 17 9 175 15 0 660 5 10 Otago Central July 16, 1898 June 30, „ Jan. 6, 1899 Seaward Bush Feb. —, 1899 May Oot. 21, 1898 18, „ Forest Hill Permanent-way Robert Jamieson John Anderson Sept. 30, 1898 204 8 2 250 0 0