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1878. NEW ZEALAND. CONTRACTS FOR PUBLIC WORKS IN WHICH PENALTIES HAVE ACCRUED, AND CONTRACTS IN WHICH PENALTIES HAVE BEEN ENFORCED.

Laid on the Table by the Hon. Mr. Macandrew, with leave of the House.

;etubn showing the Contracts for Public "Works in which Penalties have accrued, and Contracts in which Penalties have been enforced, from 1st July, 1877, to 30th June, 1878, and the Contracts in the case of which Penalties have accrued but have not been enforced, during the same period. Contract: Public Works. Amount of Penalties accrued. Amount of Penalties enforced. Contractor's Name, and Remarks. KAirAKA-Puwiu : — Newmarket Store No. 1, Station Buildings... Additions Auckland Workshops ... Additions Pukckohe Station £ s. d. 20 0 0 40 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 £ a. d. W. Cameron. D. G-lendinning. W. Cameron. H. P. Kayanagh. Napieb-Manawatu : — Kopua Station Buildings... Kopua Permanent Way ... Spit Quay Napier Engine-shed Kopua Stationmaster's House 60 0 0 320 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 A. McKay. W. J. Millar. Shepherd and Stock. Weir and Marshall. D. McLeod. Waitaka-Patea : — No. 3, Station Buildings... Painting Bridges Masonry Culverts No. 4, Station Buildings... 24 0 0 12 0 0 70 0 0 20 0 0 70 0 0 R. MeGronagle. J. Bellringer. A. Macdonald. J. C. Greorge. Patea-Matjawatu : — Rangitawa ... .., ,,. Points and Crossings Stationmaster's House ... Marton Wanganui Station Additions to Engine-shod 390 0 0 85 0 0 6 0 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 135 0 0 Nathan and Wilkie. Kincaid and McQ.ueen. Burgess and Thomson. C. Stewart. G-. M. Chalmers. E. Whiting. Whllington-Masteeton : — Mungaroa Summit Pakuvatahi No. 1, Mungaroa, Permanent Way Carriage-repairing Shed ... Kaitoke, Station Buildings 1,860 0 0 3,240 0 0 8,000 O 0 220 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 C. McKirdy. Collie, Scott, and Wilkinson. W. F. Oaks. J. Robinson. W. J. Ridler. 20 0 0 )> j> Westpoet-Ngakawau : — Ngakawau 642 17 1 J. Henderson. Amberley-Waitaki :— Otaio Station ... Eyreton Extension Rolling-Stock ... 5 0 0 240 O 0 1,970 0 0 4o"o 0 J. lee. M. Lake. J. Anderson. Waitaki-Blufp : — Port Chalmers Completion Purakanui Clutha Bridge ... Store and Workshop Foot Bridge Passenger Shed and Platform Store at Inrercargill Waikouaiti Bridge Clinton G-oods-shed Roscneath Station 2,450 0 0 2,550 0 0 1,260 0 0 80 0 0 170 0 O 125 0 0 30 0 0 160 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 Allen and Kingstreefc. J. Wain. J. McKay. Meikle and Campbell. 30 0 0 MoKney. P. Day. D. A. McLachlan. J. B. Blair.

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RETURN of Penalties under Contracts, &c, 1877-78 — continued.

I Contract : Public Works. Amount of Penalties accrued. Amount of Penalties enforced. Contractor's Name, and Remarks. /VlNTON-KlNGSTON : — Winton, No. 2 ... No. 7, Station Buildings... Post and Telegraph Office Athol... Fifty sets Points and Crossings £ s. d. 510 0 0 80 0 0 30 0 0 180 0 0 85 0 0 £ s. d. 40 0 0 30 0 0 M. H. L. Bennett and Co. H. Jaggers. R. Burns. W. H. Topham. Various lines. Kincaid and McQueen. lOADS:— Gravelling Mountain Road Section 6, Bowfin-Okarito Hoad ... Repairs, llurunui Bridge Lyell Creek Bridge Approaches Lyell Creek Bridge South Waimakariri Bridge 138 0 0 190 0 0 130 0 0 33 0 0 25 14 3 171 8 7 4O'"O 0 J. Stevenson. R. O'Donovan. Thomas and Hill. T. Pagan. H. Daulby. Evans and Butt. 40 0 0 RTaTEB-BAOES : — Manager's Office, Kumara Section 10, Branch B, Waimca Waste-water Channel, Nelson Creek Section 5, Nelson Creek ... Headwords, Nelson Creek Sections 1-4, Nelson Creek 80 0 0 188 11 5 180 0 0 780 0 0 1,380 0 0 715 0 0 io o o Seabrook Brothers. R. O'Donovan. J. MeGee. J. Evans. E. J. T. Price. Price and Co. Iltsepjses : — Tarauaki, 20,000 Manawatu, 37,000 Manawatu, 7,000 Canterbury, 37,000 90 10 0 1G8 0 8 14 0 0 1,890 0 0 14 0 0 282 18 0 Broadmore and Co. Kichter, Nannestead, and Co. Harvey and McCaul. R. A. Tapper, Brothers. lliCTUKN showing the Contracts for P 1st July, 1876, to 30th June, 187' accrued but have not been enforce 'ublic Works 7, and the C id, during the in which Penalties have been enforced, from 'ontracts in the case of which Penalties have s same period. Contract : Public Works. Amount of Penalties accrued. Amount of Penalties enforced. Contractor's Name, and Remarks. KAIPAEA-PuNIU : — Kawa Kawa Beach Road Mercer Ballast Hoppers, Taupiii Waikato Bridge Hamilton Hamilton, Culverts £, s. d. 600 0 0 265 0 0 2,800 0 0 280 0 0 2,000 0 0 00 0 0 30 0 0 £ s. d. 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 W. Toughy. Jones and Vare. Martin and Briton. A. G. Price. John Taylor. J. Dace. Boss, Wells, and Kellow. Napiek-Manayv'Attt : — Waipawa-Takapau Platform at Kaikora Removing Pakipaki Goods-shed ... Carting Sleepers 1,750 0 0 65 0 0 15 0 0 20 0 0 Millar, Murray, and Walker. J. McSweeney. Joseph Sowry. C. Lloyd. Waitaba-Patea : — Sentry Hill Goods-shed ... 25 0 0 Douglass and Veals. Patea-Manawatu : — Wangachu Wauganui Bridge Brunswick Kai Iwi Wangaehu, Permanent Way Station Buildings Seven Low-side Wagons... Karere Marlon Station Halcombe S tation No. 4, Station B uildings ... 1 900 0 0 200 0 0 4G0 0 0 550 0 0 375 0 0 240 0 0 390 0 0 20 O 0 18 0 0 15 0 0 50 0 0 W. Pell. Rtindell and Bassett. P. Lannigan. W. II. Topham. McFarlano and Alexander. J. Hamilton. Wilkie and Denby. F. Baker. W. Nicholson. G. M. Chalmers. 7*"o o Wellingtos-Mastejiton : — Cross's.Creek, Stationmaster's House 40 0 0 II. R. Wallis. BnUNNEE-GllETMOUTlI : — Grey Gorge Bridge Twenty Rock Wagons 460 0 0 1,100 o q E. B. Garven. J. C. Campbell.

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RETURN of Penalties under Contracts, &c, 1876-77 — continued.

Contract: Public Works. Amount of Penalties accrued. Amount of Penalties enforced. Contractor's Name, and Remarks. Amberiey-Waitaki : — Gatekeeper's House, Waitaki Bridge Southern Hook... Oxford Waimate Branch No. 2, Station Buildings... Ninety-seven Goods Wagons Southern Permanent Way £ s. d. 25 0 0 450 0 0 1,300 0 0 960 0 0 810 0 0 45 0 0 61 0 0 60 0 0 £ s. d. 15 0 0 E. Rowlands. G. Pratt. D. Proudfoot. J. Taylor. G. Pratt, G. Filmer. J. Anderson. J. Whittaker. WAiTAKi-Birm»: — Murcheslon Station Gas-fittings, Oamaru Station Tokomairiro Station Tokomairiro Completion Tokomairiro Bridges ... Round Hill ... Glenore, Permanent Way Glenore, Completion Oamaru Store ... 210 0 0 4 0 0 180 0 0 300 0 O 400 0 0 2,280 0 0 1,500 0 0 850 0 0 4 0 0 4.'"o 0 Job Wain. Watson and Mcintosh. J. Hollick. J. and W. Campbell and Co. Day and Archibald. Irvine and Morrison. Wain and Smith. A. J. Smyth and Co. E. Roy lauds. WlNTON-KlXGSTON : — No. 5, Station Buildings... Lowther, Permanent Way No, 6, Station Buildings... 80 0 0 20 0 0 18 0 O R. Burns. W. H. Topham. J. Whiteford. SlEErEES : — Hawke's Bay, 7,000 Wellington, 27,000 Nelson, 10,000... Canterbury, 5,000 5,000 10,000 10,000 Otago, 20,000 ... „ 20,000 ... „ 30,000 ... „ 1,000 ... Cannot be stated 15 0 35 14 0 700 0 0 Cannot be stated 407 16 0 27 0 7 1,870 0 0 1,870 0 0 2,147 10 0 Cannot be stated Steer and Finlay. Morgan and Robinson. W. and J. Morris. J. Lee. J. Bruce. E. G. Wright. Jackson and Gibson. T. Pollock. T. Pollock. Donald and Peterson. J. Angus. Roads : — Mahurangi Waiaruhi Bridge Motu Bridge ... Opaki... Opaki... Te Kapu, Gisborne 20 0 0 40 0 0 255 0 0 252 0 0 168 0 0 5 0 0 R. Farrell. T. and H. Bedggood. C. G. Abbott. M. McKenzie. C. Lloyd. C. Stewart. Watee-races : — Thames Water-race, Section 4 Nelson Creek, Section 7 ... Waimea Race, Section 6... 185 0 O 340 0 0 120 0 0 W. Sims. T. Whelan. W. Smith. By Authority : George Didsbuey, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1878. Price 3d.