Evening Post 15 Mar 1881

The following tenders have been received by the Corporation:- Laying 30-inch water-mains in the Wainui Valley – Accepted: Farrell and McMahon £490; Declined – W. F. Oakes £527; N. Le Nonry £550; P. Archibald £555 18s 4d; C. McKirdy £594; Scoular and Archibald £595; W. Baylis and Co. £598; J. and D. Sinclair £650 and John McGuinness £800. Laying 24-inch water-mains at the Hutt – Accepted: Scoular and Archibald £278; Declined – W. F. Oakes £294 15s; Farrell and McMahon £302 5s 8d; W. Baylis and Co. £348; J. and D. Sinclair £360; J. Morrison £364; N. Le Nonry £397; Robert Lyon £473 and John McGuinness £530 16s 4d.