Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1876 – No. 27

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✨ Road Construction Summary

Schedule of Roads commenced or contracted for since 31st March, 1875.—Continued.

Name of Road	Name of Contractor	Description of Length of Work	Cubic Yards of Metal Felling	Amounts paid on account other than Provincial Revenue	Approximate cost	Remarks
		Formed & Metalled	Bush only	Chains	£ s. d.
		Chains	Chains
Amounts brought forward		559½	2244½	1072	4514	5885 205 0 0
Abbott’s Creek approach	F. Reid	14	...	...	...	24,382 0 11
Castle Point to Alfredton	A. Falloon	29	...	...	...	315 0 0
Palmerston to Fitzherbert	A. Arnesen	48	...	...	...	55 0 0
Te Ore Ore Road	George M’Kay	95	...	415	...	309 7 0
Bull’s to Wanganni	Shortall and Cameron	...	...	30	87 0 0	""
Wanganui to Waitotara	O’Sullivan and Vivian	...	...	25	116 5 0	""
Bunnythorpe Road	John Anderson	...	77	...	288 15 0	Under P.P.W.A. Act
Repairs of Main Roads throughout the Province	By day labor	...	...	...	7,537 17 3
Expenditure under Bridge Fund Account	By day labor and otherwise	...	...	...	1,128 15 7
Under Vote, Damages by Floods	By day labor	...	...	...	891 6 11	Under P.P.W. Advances Act. Work not yet completed. Expenditure by contract to date, £612 16s. 3d.

| | | 714½ | 2350½ | 1127 | 4514 | 5885 205 0 0 | |

Total amount of expenditure and engagements...
Deduct same paid last financial year and by other parties...
...
...
...
...
£33,952 8 8

SUMMARY.

8 miles 74½ chains of road have been formed and metalled, or are in course of completion.
29 chains " " formed only, or are in course of completion.
14 " 7 " metalled, or are in course of being metalled.
56 " 34 " bush have been felled on road lines, or are in course of being felled.
5885 cubic yards of metal have been supplied in addition to the amounts under contract for metalling.
Total amount of expenditure and engagements on account of road works up to date...
£33,952 8 8
£113,768 19 0
Total amount for bridges and other works...
£79,816 10 4

Wellington, 5th June, 1876.

J. D. BAIRD,
Provincial Engineer.

VUW Te Waharoa — Wellington Provincial Gazette 1876, No 27

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏗️ Schedule of Roads commenced or contracted for since 31st March, 1875 (continued from previous page)

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Dated5 June 1876
KeywordsRoads, Construction, Contractors, Provincial Engineer, Wellington
👱🏽 Names

9 names identified

F. Reid, Contractor for Abbott’s Creek approach
A. Falloon, Contractor for Castle Point to Alfredton
A. Arnesen, Contractor for Palmerston to Fitzherbert
George M’Kay, Contractor for Te Ore Ore Road
Shortall, Contractor for Bull’s to Wanganni
Cameron, Contractor for Bull’s to Wanganni
O’Sullivan, Contractor for Wanganui to Waitotara
Vivian, Contractor for Wanganui to Waitotara
John Anderson, Contractor for Bunnythorpe Road

👩‍💼 Officials

J. D. Baird, Provincial Engineer

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