✨ Tenders for Road Works




WORK. ACCEPTED. DECLINED.

Great North Road, from Town Belt towards Waihopai Bridge. Cutting new ditches and filling old ones; clearing 8 chains of bush, 36 ft. wide. John Telfer, whole work, L140 5s. W. Moore and Co., L493 10s
T. Hemingway, L300
T. Smith and Co., L350
M'Neil & Wilson, clearing bush, per chain, L5; cutting side drains, per ditto, L1 15s; removing flax, &c., per ditto, 12s 6d; No 3 culvert, L25; No 10 ditto, L8; widening culverts, each, L8; filling in drains and levelling sides of road, per chain, L5, or per cubic yard, 2s 3d; deepening and clearing old drains, per chain, 10s.
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Mataura Road, between first mile-post and Mavis Bridge. Completing the formation of 100 chains, or thereby. L. Plunkett, L248, whole work. M'Kenzie and M'Gregor, formation, per chain, L5; ditching, per ditto, 15s; gravelling, per ditto, L10; culverts, per foot, 3s.
Alexander Morrison, forming, per chain, L2 10s 6d; gravelling, per ditto, L8 2s 6d; widening old approaches, each, L5; new culverts, each, L12.
Thomas Smith and Co., for all work, per chain, L12 10s.
Marcus Gunn, for all work, per chain, L11 19s.
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Road, near Wright's Bush. Ditching, forming, and constructing culverts; also filling up to a depth of 18 inches in two swamps. Edmund Ryan, embankment, L192 7s 6d; culverts, each, L8 10s; side and outfall drains, per chain, 13s. Lindsay & Lawson, ditching, per chain, L1 5s; banking, per cubic yard, 1s 10d; culverts, each, L12.
Thomas Sutton, embankment, No 1, per cubic yard, 3s; ditto, No 2, ditto, 2s 6d; outfall drains, per chain, L1; culverts, each, L10.
P. J. Sullivan, earthworks, per cubic yard, 2s 6d; culverts, each, L15; ditches, per chain, 18s.
L. Fraser, filling up, per cubic yard, 3s; culverts, each, L10; ditching, per chain, L1 10s.
M'Neil and Wilson, embankment, per cubic yard, 2s 3d; drains, per chain, 17s 6d; culverts, each, L15.
Robert Laing, embankment, per cubic yard, 2s 3d; ditching, per chain, 14s; culverts, each, L6.
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Royal Bush. Clearing 40 chains. J. M'Naughton, L2 19s 6d per chain. English and Robertson, per chain, L3 4s.
Cameron and Matheson, per chain, L4 19s.
D. M'Lennan, per chain, L3 13s.


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VUW Te Waharoa — PDF Southland Provincial Gazette 1863, No 50





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πŸ—οΈ List of Accepted and Non-Accepted Tenders (continued from previous page)

πŸ—οΈ Infrastructure & Public Works
Tenders, Construction, Roads, Bridges, Culverts, Invercargill, Bluff
25 names identified
  • John Telfer, Accepted tender for Great North Road work
  • W. Moore, Declined tender for Great North Road work
  • T. Hemingway, Declined tender for Great North Road work
  • T. Smith, Declined tender for Great North Road work
  • M'Neil, Declined tender for Great North Road work
  • Wilson, Declined tender for Great North Road work
  • L. Plunkett, Accepted tender for Mataura Road work
  • M'Kenzie, Declined tender for Mataura Road work
  • M'Gregor, Declined tender for Mataura Road work
  • Alexander Morrison, Declined tender for Mataura Road work
  • Thomas Smith, Declined tender for Mataura Road work
  • Marcus Gunn, Declined tender for Mataura Road work
  • Edmund Ryan, Accepted tender for road work near Wright's Bush
  • Lindsay, Declined tender for road work near Wright's Bush
  • Lawson, Declined tender for road work near Wright's Bush
  • Thomas Sutton, Declined tender for road work near Wright's Bush
  • P. J. Sullivan, Declined tender for road work near Wright's Bush
  • L. Fraser, Declined tender for road work near Wright's Bush
  • Robert Laing, Declined tender for road work near Wright's Bush
  • J. M'Naughton, Accepted tender for Royal Bush clearing
  • English, Declined tender for Royal Bush clearing
  • Robertson, Declined tender for Royal Bush clearing
  • Cameron, Declined tender for Royal Bush clearing
  • Matheson, Declined tender for Royal Bush clearing
  • D. M'Lennan, Declined tender for Royal Bush clearing