πŸ“‚ W Gisborne - To Canterbury Superintendent - agrees to proposals proving Resident Engineer is under the Chief Engineer, works to be taken over by General Government when funds are available. Large file including correspondence from William Rolleston recommending William Bailey as Resident Engineer; conditions re General Government taking over railways from Provincial Government; 1/1871 - appointment of W S Bray as Resident Engineer for Canterbury; 317/1871 - John Blackett approving contracts for Northern Railway; 321.1/1871 - G Thornton - estimate of cost of railway from Kaiapoi to Rangiora; 345/1871 - Blackett, acting Engineer in Chief - procedures to be followed when carrying out surveys for Canterbury railway extensions; 344/1871 - F D Bell to Rolleston - arrangement for General Government funds in London to be used for payment of Canterbury railway materials; 345.1/1871 - Walter Kennaway - re Styx and Waimakariri railway bridges; 570/1871 - Dillon Bell - re Malvern Hills railway; copies of Order in Council for Clutha Railway as a guide for preparing proclamations; 587.5/1871 - W Kennaway - re Timaru-Temuka railway, bridge on Rolleston-Southbridge line; 659.1/1871 - W S Reid - legal opinion re railway reserves; 663.1/1871 - descriptions of railway reserves in Selwyn, Ellesmere Road Board District and Rakaia Road Board District prepared by G Thornton; 702.1/1871 - W Rolleston re alternative survey south of Moeraki Downs; Thomas Maude - population details for some districts; John Blackett to Gisborne re alternative line to Eyreton; 1185.1/1871 - tracing showing alternative route, northern and southern lines; 1327/1871 - J Ollivier, Provincial Auditor - payment up to 30 September and transfer of railways to General Government; 1342/1871 - petition by Canterbury members of General Assembly asking that light railways should come under the Immigration and Public Works Act; John Knowles re Northern line will be extended only to Kowai; 1506.2/1871 - G Thornton - specification of rails for branch lines, includes a sketch; 1551/1871 - re light locomotive railways for Canterbury - 29/12/1870

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