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ESTIMATE FOR ROADS AND PUBLIC WORKS.
To His Honor Captain Cargill, Superintendent of Otago.
SIR—I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated 6th instant, and in compliance with the instructions contained therein, beg to forward the accompanying estimate for Roads and Public Works, amounting to £40,000, all bearing on the general interests of the Province.
Those of immediate importance I have marked with an asterisk (*); those unmarked might remain over for some time.
As the Clutha cannot now be made a place of regular call by the steamer, it appears to me that the connection of the Tokomairiro District with the Clutha navigation becomes of little importance. The works on the Kaitangata Lake which I had brought to your Honor’s notice, need not therefore be carried out.
The survey of the mud flats of Otago Harbour will be duly attended to.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
J. T. Thomson, C. E.
Dunedin, August 9, 1859.
PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE FOR ROADS AND PUBLIC WORKS, FOR THE SEASON 1859-60.
ROADS.
DUNEDIN TO INVERCARGILL.
| Description | £ | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|
| * Metalled Road to Taieri Plain ... | 5600 | 0 | 0 |
| * Do. from Invercargill to Waiopai Plain ... | 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| * Dry Track from Taieri to Tokomairiro ... | 1400 | 0 | 0 |
| Do. from Tokomairiro to Waiopai ... | 600 | 0 | 0 |
DUNEDIN TO PORT CHALMERS.
| Description | £ | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|
| * Metalled Road to Head of North-east Valley ... | 1050 | 0 | 0 |
| * Do. in Port Chalmers ... | 300 | 0 | 0 |
| * Metalled Horse Track from North-east Valley to Port Chalmers ... | 1800 | 0 | 0 |
DUNEDIN TO OAMARU.
| Description | £ | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|
| * Metalled Horse Track to Blueskin Bay ... | 900 | 0 | 0 |
| * Dry Track to Oamaru ... | 500 | 0 | 0 |
DUNEDIN TO INTERIOR DISTRICTS.
| Description | £ | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|
| * Dry Track from Kaikorai Mill to Upper Taieri Ferry ... | 1000 | 0 | 0 |
INVERCARGILL TO RIVERTON.
| Description | £ | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|
| * Horse Track to New River Ferry ... | 500 | 0 | 0 |
INVERCARGILL TO CAMPBELLTOWN.
| Description | £ | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|
| * Metalled Horse Track over Mokomok ... | 500 | 0 | 0 |
INVERCARGILL TO INTERIOR DISTRICTS.
| Description | £ | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|
| * Horse Track to Ryal Bush ... | 500 | 0 | 0 |
| * Main Streets, Invercargill ... | 500 | 0 | 0 |
Subtotal: | 17,150 | 0 | 0 |
PUBLIC WORKS.
| Description | £ | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|
| * Court House and Council Hall ... | 3000 | 0 | 0 |
| * Jail ... | 5000 | 0 | 0 |
| * Light-house, Dog Island ... | 4000 | 0 | 0 |
| * Do., Otago Harbour ... | 200 | 0 | 0 |
| * Jetty, Dunedin ... | 1500 | 0 | 0 |
| * Do., Port Chalmers ... | 800 | 0 | 0 |
| * Do., Invercargill ... | 1000 | 0 | 0 |
| Do., Oamaru ... | 3000 | 0 | 0 |
| Do., Moeraki ... | 200 | 0 | 0 |
| Do., Waikouaiti, South Heads ... | 500 | 0 | 0 |
| Do., Taieri Ferry ... | 200 | 0 | 0 |
| Do., Clutha ... | 200 | 0 | 0 |
| Do., Bluff ... | 600 | 0 | 0 |
| Do., Jacob’s River ... | 600 | 0 | 0 |
| * Clutha Ferry House and Punt ... | 300 | 0 | 0 |
| * Mataura do. do. ... | 200 | 0 | 0 |
| * Provincial Government Offices, Dunedin ... | 400 | 0 | 0 |
| Do. do., Invercargill ... | 300 | 0 | 0 |
| * District Survey Offices ... | 300 | 0 | 0 |
Subtotal: | 22,300 | 0 | 0 |
PILOTAGE.
| Description | £ | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|
| * Pilotage Works, Otago ... | 200 | 0 | 0 |
| * Do., New River ... | 300 | 0 | 0 |
| * Do., Clutha ... | 50 | 0 | 0 |
Subtotal: | 550 | 0 | 0 |
Total: | 40,000 | 0 | 0 |
J. T. Thomson, C.E.
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Otago Provincial Gazette 1859, No 91
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🏗️ Estimate for Roads and Public Works
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Preliminary Estimate for Roads and Public Works for 1859-60
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