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APPENDIX D. SCHEDULE of Sleeper Contracts current on 1st April, 1913, and Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1914, showing Deliveries to the latter Date.

Date of Contract or Agreement. Contractor's Name. Address. Number of Sleepers contracted for, and Class of Timber. Rate per Sleeper. Place of Delivery. Date for ! Completion, i Total. delivered to Date. Date of Completion. NOETH ISLAND. WHANGAREI DISTRICT. j 270 puriri .. (1,093 totara.. 1,168 „ .. 1,378 „ .. 616 „ .. 1,736 puriri .. 884 „ .. 800 „ .. 110 puriri and 236 crossing I Cancelled. Completed. Mar., 1911 July, „ V. Trounsou .. .. .. Maropiu .. j Pickens Bros. .. .. .. Punaruku .. S. Doak .. .. .. J Mangatn G. E. Dudding .. .. Kaihu Tinioko and others .. .. I Otiria G. N. Le Clere .. .. Parua Bay .. J. W. Edmonds .. .. Ngawha Various .. .. .. Various s. d. 500 puriri .. | 3 9 ) 1,000 totara .. 3 3 j 2,000 „ .. 4 0 1,500 „ .. 3 6 1,000 „ .. 3 6 3,000 puriri .. 4 6 2,000 „ .. 4 6 800 „ .. 3 6 110 puriri and 236 6s. each and 21s. crossing per 100 ft. I Maropiu Station .. June, 1911 Opua .. .. Oct., ,, Kaihu .. .. Dec, „ Aug., „ Sept., „ Mar., „ Various Otiria .. .. Mar., 1912 Onerahi .. .. Dec, 1911 Kaikohe Railway, 11/20 June, „ Various .. .. Various .. Jan., 1909 Sept., 1910 ! E. Brenstrum .. .. ... Dargaville Fraser and Co. .. .. | Grafton, N.S.W. AUCKLAND DISTRICT. Helensville .. July, 1909 Auckland .. .. n 1910 s. d. 1,200 puriri .. , 4 3 600, 7 ft. 6 in. by 8 in. j 5 0 by 6 in., ironbark 3,000 totara .. 3 3 350 puriri .. j 4 3 20,000 hardwood .. 4 10 37,000 „ .. 4 9J 1 454 crossing .. 23s. per 100 ft. J 735 hardwood cross- 25s. 6d. per ing 100 ft. 412 572 Completed. Dec., " Aug., 1912 • * i Moir and Resta .. .. Puhoi E. Brenstrum .. .. .. Dargaville Richardson, Blair, and MoCabe (Li- ; Wellington mited) J. Millar's West Australian Hardwoods „ .. ( Company (Limited) I Wallace, J. W., and Co. ■ Ahuroa .. .. j Sept., 1911 Helensville.. .. Mar., „ Auckland .. .. j Aug., 1913 Nil - . 21,767 Jan., 1914 • • i May, „ .. July, 1914 f 36,853 \ \ 454 crossing] Nil In hand. I I Fraser and Co... .. .. j Grafton, New South Wales TAURANGA DISTRICT. s. d. f 7,650 hardwood .. 4 4 "1 I 510 .. 4 6 ! W0 „ .. 4 8 JI 200, 8 ft. by 6 in. by 5 3 [_ 7 in., ironbark Tauranga .. .. April, 1911 f 5,671 I 371 <! 212 1 * Oct., 1910 i ! I I Redpath, J. R., and Co. .. Christehurch Richardson, McCabe, and Co. (Li- Wellington mited) GISBORNE DISTRICT. Oct., 1913 s. d. 1,223 hardwood .. 5 0 5,000 „ .. 5 1 Gisborne .. .. Open 1,200 4,590 Complete. Complete. i