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Return of Sleepers for which Tenders or Private Offers have been received by the Public Works Department, 1882.

* Privately purchased at the current local contract rates, to meet pressing local wants, contracts in operation being in arrears.

Name of Tenderer. Quantity tendered for. Kind of Timber. Bate per Sleeper. Place of Delivery. How tendered for. Accepted or declined. J. M. Watson.. B. Pritchard .. J. W. Easson.. Pindlay and Co. Cowan and Johansen .. Bailey Brothers P. and J. Bartholemew H. Adsett E. Gibson H. Brown Berry and Newman A. 0. Christiansen J. and C. Bull W. Flavell .. W. Craig M. Drorngool William Moore James Wright J. King R. Latimer .. W. Howard .. J. Moore J. McDowell James Green Helensvillo Timber Co. ■ J. Bead J. Darrow P. Petersen .. 50,000 Creosoted red pine 50,000 Ditto 50,000 50,000 3,000 Totara 5,000 10,000 2,000 1,000 6,000 Bimu 10,000 Totara 500 10,000 1,000 Puriri 1,000 560 500 800 1,500 1,200 1,000 1,000 600 500 Totara 12,000 Kauri 50,000 50,000 5,000 s. d. 3 2 \ Dunedin, Port Chalmers, 3 3 \ Christchuroh, • 3 4 Lyttelton, or 3 4f j Invercargill 2 3 Peilding 2 3 Taonui 2 4 Peilding 2 6 Taonui 3 6 Ngaire 3 2 Inglewood 3 11 Waitara 3 0 Tenaie End 2 6 Aorangi 3 6 Pukekoho 3 6 Onehunga 3 6, 3 6 Pukekohe 3 6 3 6 Onehunga 3 4 Pukekohe 3 6 Onehunga 3 6 Pukekohe 3 9J Not named 2 10 Drury .. 3 5 Helonsville 3 2 Auckland 2 11 3 0 Public advertisement Accepted. Declined. Accepted. Declined. Accepted. Declined. Teni >ees for Supply of Sl: IEPEES for WOEKING B.J ALWAYS, 1883. Accepted. W. Booth and Co. Peary Brothers Walter Byde .. D. Sladden John Booth John Sharplin James Crallan Youngman Brothers .. Johnston, Wood, and Co. John Patterson C. B. Martin .. 5,000 Black pine 5,000 5,000 5,000 10,000 Black birch .. 4,000 3,000 „ 3,000 5,000 5,000 3,000 5,000 Black pino 4,000 4,000 Black pine and totara 5,000 Ditto 10,000 8,000 2,000 Black birch .. 5,000 Black pine .. 5,000 5,000 Totara 2,000 Black pine 2,000 Black birch .. 2,000 Black pine and totara 6,000 Kamai 50,000 Jarrah 3 0 Lyttelton 3 9 Timaru 3 9 Oamaru 4 0 2 9 Sheffield 2 9 Oxford 2 9 „ .. 2 8 „ .. 2 5J „ .. .. 2 8 ... 2 8 „ .. 3 0 Birdling's Plat .. 2 6 Tapanui 3 0 Winton Public advertisement « it H. E. Moors and Co. .. John Murdoch A. P. Dawson A. P. Thompson W. Booth and Co. 2 10 Colac .. 3 0 Lady Barkly 3 0 Centre Bush 3 0 Para 3 3 Lyttelton 4 0 Timaru 3 2 Birdling's Plat .. 3 6 Lyttelton 4 6 3 5 Woodlands it Declined. Johnston, Wood, and Co. R. Forrest a W. Conyers .. N. Tapper C. W. Turner Guthrie and Larnach .. Karauria A. Bryson P. Dromer P. Pulton 20,000 10,000 Totara 10,000 „ 2,000 2,000 Black pine or or more totara 2,500 Black birch .. 1,028 Black pine and totara 5,000 Black pine 5,000 5,000 15,000 Birch 10,000 25,000 Jarrah . 3,000 Black birch .. 3,000 , 1 11 Longbush 4 5 Lyttelton and Port Chalmers 5 6 Ditto .. 2 10 Makatoku 4 6 Waipawa 3 6 Takapau 2 5 Makatoku Accepted. Declined. Accepted. Declined. Private offer Lugar and Osborne A. Hayes 2 9 Bennett's 3 0 Woodlands tr * • * W. Booth and Co. 3 10 Timaru 3 9 Port Chalmers .. 2 11 Lyttelton 3 4% 3 0 4 9 Port Chalmers .. 2 8 Oxford 2 10 „ .. Public advertisement Accepted. H. Baigent .. W. and J. Marris _ .. G.Griffiths .. C. W. Turner 3. M. Booth .. D. Sladden .. . r