✨ 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.

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.

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.

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