Public Works Tenders




PUBLIC WORKS.—The following Tenders have been accepted for the year ending 31st March 1871:—

Station Contractor Articles. Rate.
West Taieri Donald Barrie Hay, per ton 5 0 0
Oats, per bus. 0 3 6
Bran 0 2 6
Clyde Benjamin Naylor Hay, per ton 9 0 0
Chaff 9 0 0
Straw 5 0 0
Oats, per bus. 5 0 0
Bran 2 0 0
Alexandra Finlay & Morris Chaff, per ton 8 0 0
Oats, per bus. 5 3 0
Bran 2 6 0
Black's Gilbert Sinclair Chaff, per ton 7 0 0
Straw 1 5 0
Oats, per bus. 4 9 0
Bran 3 2 0
Balclutha Wm. Brown & Co. Hay, per ton 4 10 0
Chaff 5 0 0
Straw 3 0 0
Stewart & Gow Bran, per bus. 1 6 0
Oats 0 2 6
Naseby D. & J. Malloch Hay, per ton 7 0 0
Chaff 7 10 0
Robert Glenn Straw 6 0 0
Oats, per bus. 4 6 0
Bran 2 6 0
St. Bathans Michael Gaffney Hay, per ton 7 0 0
Chaff 8 0 0
Bran, per bus. 3 6 0
Macraes Alfred Mill Oats 4 9 0
Claffy Bros. Hay, per ton 6 0 0
Chaff 6 0 0
Straw 2 0 0
Bran, per bus. 1 4 0
Tokomairiro Robert Donaldson Oats 3 4 0
B. Hibbard & Co. Chaff, per ton 0 0 0
Oats, per bus. 2 3 0
Bran 1 3 0
Lawrence H. Herbert & Co. Hay, per ton 10 0 0
Chaff 5 0 0
Straw 0 0 0
Oats, per bus. 3 3 0
Waipori H. Cable & Co. Bran 2 0 0
Hay, per ton 7 0 0
Chaff 8 0 0
Oats, per bus. 4 0 0
Bran 2 0 0
Tapanui John Mackie Hay, per ton 5 0 0
Chaff 5 10 0
Straw 2 10 0
Oats, per bus. 3 6 0
Bran 1 9 0
Teviot Ed. Tubman Hay, per ton 5 0 0
Chaff 5 0 0
Straw 2 0 0
Bran, per bus. 3 6 0
Switzers Wm. Pacey Oats 3 3 0
Alex. Matheson Oats 4 6 0
Bran 4 6 0
H. Simpson Straw, per ton 6 0 0
Hay 7 0 0
Chaff 8 10 0
Hampden Wm. Murocott Hay 6 0 0
Oats, per bus. 3 0 0
Queenstown Whittingham Bros. Chaff, per ton 6 0 0
Straw 1 10 0
Oats, per bus. 3 6 0
Bran 1 3 0
Arrow Hallenstein & Co. Hay, per ton 7 0 0
Straw 4 0 0
Hay 7 0 0
Chaff 7 0 0
Oats, per bus. 3 6 0
John Logan Bran 1 6 0

TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Land and Works until noon of Friday, 13th May, for—
Contract No. 484.—Carting 1800 cubic yards of road metal from Reserve at Water of Leith to main road through Dunedin.

Specifications may be seen and forms of tender obtained at the Office of the Engineer of Roads and Works, Dunedin.

Tenders to be endorsed “Roads and Works Tender for Contract No. 484.”

The Government does not undertake to accept the lowest or any tender.

D. Reid,
Secretary for Land and Works.
Dunedin, May 2nd, 1870.

TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Land and Works until noon of Monday, 16th May, for the Survey of about 360 acres North Harbour and Blueskin District into sections, and the unsurveyed portion of Blueskin Village into town allotments.

Plan and specifications may be seen and forms of tender obtained at the Survey Office, Dunedin.

Tenders to be endorsed “Tender for Survey Contract No. 48,” and must be accompanied by a deposit, or marked cheque for 10 per cent. of the amount.

The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

D. Reid,
Secretary for Land and Works.
23rd April, 1870.

TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Land and Works, until noon of Monday, the 16th May, for the Survey of about 80 acres, Awamoko District, into town allotments.

Plan and specification may be seen, and forms of tender obtained, at the Survey Office, Dunedin.

Tenders to be marked “Tender for Survey Contract No. 49,” and to be accompanied by a deposit or marked cheque for 10 per cent. of the amount.

The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

D. Reid,
Secretary for Land and Works.
3rd May, 1870.

TENDERS will be received at this office up to the 23rd May next from persons wishing to lease the Police Paddock at Tokomairiro, containing 46 acres, fronting the Main South Road, and adjoining the Police Station, being section 104, block XII, Tokomairiro District, for a period of three years. The paddock is securely fenced.

D. Reid,
Provincial Secretary.
April 27th, 1870.

PURAKANUI.—Fresh Tenders are invited for Contract No. 12 in the above district.

Specifications can be seen and tenders lodged with the undersigned up till 10 a.m. on Friday, the 6th of May.—Joseph Mawson, Clerk Purakanui Road Board.

CHALFONT.—Tenders will be received up to May 6th, for erecting a Stone Bridge over the Little Kuri Stream, and for Approaches thereto.

Plans and specifications may be seen at the Post Office, Hampden, or at my office, Moray Place, Dunedin.—John Hardy, Civil Engineer.

OTARA.—Tenders are invited up to May 11th for work on the Waiareka and Taipo Roads, and for five chains of paving at the Kakanui landing place.

Plans and specifications may be seen at Livingston’s Library, Oamaru; or at my office, Dunedin.

John Hardy, C.E.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Otago Provincial Gazette 1870, No 666





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🏗️ Accepted Tenders for Public Works

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Tenders, Contractors, Public Works, Otago
26 names identified
  • Donald Barrie, Contractor for West Taieri
  • Benjamin Naylor, Contractor for Clyde
  • Finlay, Contractor for Alexandra
  • Morris, Contractor for Alexandra
  • Gilbert Sinclair, Contractor for Black's
  • Wm. Brown, Contractor for Balclutha
  • Stewart, Contractor for Balclutha
  • Gow, Contractor for Balclutha
  • D. & J. Malloch, Contractor for Naseby
  • Robert Glenn, Contractor for Naseby
  • Michael Gaffney, Contractor for St. Bathans
  • Alfred Mill, Contractor for Macraes
  • Bros. Claffy, Contractor for Macraes
  • Robert Donaldson, Contractor for Tokomairiro
  • B. Hibbard, Contractor for Tokomairiro
  • H. Herbert, Contractor for Lawrence
  • H. Cable, Contractor for Waipori
  • John Mackie, Contractor for Tapanui
  • Ed. Tubman, Contractor for Teviot
  • Wm. Pacey, Contractor for Switzers
  • Alex. Matheson, Contractor for Switzers
  • H. Simpson, Contractor for Switzers
  • Wm. Murocott, Contractor for Hampden
  • Bros. Whittingham, Contractor for Queenstown
  • Hallenstein, Contractor for Arrow
  • John Logan, Contractor for Arrow

🏗️ Tender for Carting Road Metal

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
2 May 1870
Tender, Road Metal, Dunedin
  • D. Reid, Secretary for Land and Works

🗺️ Tender for Survey of North Harbour and Blueskin District

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
23 April 1870
Tender, Survey, North Harbour, Blueskin
  • D. Reid, Secretary for Land and Works

🗺️ Tender for Survey of Awamoko District

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
3 May 1870
Tender, Survey, Awamoko
  • D. Reid, Secretary for Land and Works

⚖️ Lease of Police Paddock at Tokomairiro

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
27 April 1870
Lease, Police Paddock, Tokomairiro
  • D. Reid, Provincial Secretary

🏗️ Tender for Contract No. 12 in Purakanui District

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Tender, Road Contract, Purakanui
  • Joseph Mawson, Clerk Purakanui Road Board

🏗️ Tender for Stone Bridge at Chalfont

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Tender, Stone Bridge, Chalfont
  • John Hardy, Civil Engineer

🏗️ Tender for Work on Waiareka and Taipo Roads

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Tender, Road Work, Waiareka, Taipo
  • John Hardy, Civil Engineer