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THE
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
PROVINCE OF MARLBOROUGH.
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette with any Official Signature thereto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
WILLIAM ADAMS,
Superintendent.
Vol. II.] FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1861. [No. 17.
PICTON AND WAIRAU RAILWAY.
ESTIMATES AND EVIDENCE LAID BEFORE AND EXAMINED BY THE MARLBOROUGH PROVINCIAL COUNCIL, AT THE PROVINCIAL HALL, PICTON, ON TUESDAY, THE 30th APRIL, AND WEDNESDAY, THE 1st MAY, 1861.
TUESDAY, APRIL 30.
The members of the Provincial Council having formed themselves into a Committee to hear evidence in the matter of a proposed Railway from Picton to the Wairau, the Superintendent stated shortly the evidence he was prepared to bring before them, and called his first witness, Alfred Dobson, Provincial Engineer, who gave the following Estimates:
SUMMARY of ESTIMATE of FIRST COST of CONSTRUCTION and FURNISHING for CARRYING ON A TRAFFIC of from £10,000 to £14,000 per annum.
| Description | £ | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land and Fencing | 3,600 | 0 | 0 |
| Railway, fifteen miles (single line), ready for | |||
| commencing traffic | 42,150 | 0 | 0 |
| Stations and Rolling Stock | 8,750 | 0 | 0 |
| Superintendence during two years’ construction | 2,000 | 0 | 0 |
| £56,500 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bridge over Wairau River for Road and Railway | 3,000 | 0 | 0 |
| £59,500 | 0 | 0 |
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Marlborough Provincial Gazette 1861, No 17
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🏗️ Estimates and Evidence for Picton and Wairau Railway
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works17 May 1861
Railway, Construction, Estimates, Picton, Wairau, Marlborough
- Alfred Dobson, Provincial Engineer presenting estimates
- William Adams, Superintendent
- Alfred Dobson, Provincial Engineer