Tender Results




245

WORK ACCEPTED DECLINED

Road from M’Kellar’s to Oreti River. Forming, gravelling, and ditching; bridging and making creeks fordable.

| D. M’Rae, whole work, L180 3s | None |

Mataura Road, between first mile post and Mavis Bridge. Completing formation of 100 chains.

| Marcus Gunn, forming, per chain, L2; gravelling, ditto, L5 18s; ditching, ditto, 12s; lengthening culverts, each, L6 14s. | Thomas Smith and Co., whole work, L510 |

Campbelltown Road, by the shore of Bluff Harbour. Forming and metalling from south side of M’Hardy’s cove, about 180 chains, including cuttings, embankments, and culverts.

| Campbell, Robertson & Co., cuttings, per cubic yard, 2s 9d; drains, per chain, L1 15s; stone embankment on beach, per cubic yard, 3s; culverts each, L15; bottom metal, per cubic yard, 6s; top ditto, per ditto, 9s; formation, 10s per chain. | Greville, Whiting and Co., L7546 |

Mataura Road (Lot 2), between first mile post and Mavis Bridge. Completing formation of 100 chains.

| Marcus Gunn, forming per chain, L2; gravelling, per ditto, L5; ditching, per ditto, 12s; lengthening nine culverts, each, L6 10. | Alexander Morrison, whole work, per chain, L12 6s. R. Robinson, whole work, L217 10s. |

Mataura Road (Lot 3), as above. Completing formation of 300 chains.

| Marcus Gunn, forming per chain, L1 10s; gravelling, per ditto, L5 10s; ditching, per ditto, 12s; lengthening culverts, each, L6 12. | A. Morrison, forming and gravelling, per chain, L10 2s 8d; new culverts, each, L10 15s; lengthening, ditto, each, L4; new ditches, per chain, 16s. Thomas English, whole work, L198. Alexander M’Grigor, forming per chain, L2 6s; ditching, per ditto, 10s; gravelling, per ditto, L9; culverts, each, L8. |

Great North Road. Constructing baulkway between Waihopai Bridge and Saw Mills; also constructing between one and two miles of baulkway between Waikivi Bush and Makarewa Bridge.

| Hamilton and Co., baulkwys, per chain, L16; sidings, each, L20; drains, culverts, and embankments, L280; to keep baulkwys and sidings in repair, for L40 per month. | Thomas Smith and Co., laying and finishing baulkwys complete, per chain, L26; embanking, per chain, L5; cutting ditches, per ditto, 12s; clearing ditto, per ditto, 6s; cuttings, per cubic yard, 2s; culverts, each, L8. M’Neil and Wilson, constructing baulkwys with sidings complete, per mile, L2000; lifting and repairing culverts, each, L6; making new culvert, L8; deepening drains, per chain, 10s; deepening side channels, per chain of road, 17s 6d; forming embankments, per cubic yard, 2s 3d; keeping road in repair at the rate of L15 per mile per month. |



Next Page →



Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF Southland Provincial Gazette 1863, No 50





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏗️ List of Accepted and Non-Accepted Tenders (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Tenders, Construction, Roads, Bridges, Culverts, Invercargill, Bluff
14 names identified
  • D. M’Rae, Accepted tender for M’Kellar’s to Oreti River
  • Marcus Gunn, Accepted tender for Mataura Road
  • Thomas Smith, Declined tender for Mataura Road
  • Campbell, Accepted tender for Campbelltown Road
  • Robertson, Accepted tender for Campbelltown Road
  • Greville, Declined tender for Campbelltown Road
  • Whiting, Declined tender for Campbelltown Road
  • Alexander Morrison, Declined tender for Mataura Road
  • R. Robinson, Declined tender for Mataura Road
  • Thomas English, Declined tender for Mataura Road
  • Alexander M’Grigor, Declined tender for Mataura Road
  • Hamilton, Accepted tender for Great North Road
  • M’Neil, Declined tender for Great North Road
  • Wilson, Declined tender for Great North Road