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RETURN No. 11—continued. Statement of Stores Contracts, &c. — continued.

E. Careow, Eailway Stores Manager.

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Service. Period. lame ol Contractor. te. EEorse forage Christchurch iron castings ... ...Auckland „ ... Wellington ... Christchurch Delivery by 30/6/86 ... ,, >) )> E. H. Banks A. Beaney S. Luke and Sons ... John Anderson George Fraser ... i As per schedule. 18/ per cwt. 12/ & 12/3 per cwt. Il/ & 12/ 1/2 per lb. brass. i/3 » gun-inetal 1/6 „ phosphorbronze. 65/ per 100 rails. Brass castings Auckland a ?encing rails (manuka) Birdling's Elat iailway supplies, as under — 35 tons barbed fencing wire, two strand, galvanized S tons, single wire, black 15 tons cotton waste Punedin 30 „ ,, Other stores 4,000 yards heavy canvass, 2ffc. wide 16,000 yards light ditto 36,000 yards heavy canvas, 3ft. wide 12,000 gallons colza oil 7,500 gallons boiled linseed oil 2,000 gallons raw linseed oil 3,^00 gallons lubricating oil, N. Z. manufacture 16 tons white-lead, genuine, in oil 3oal supply "Whangarei ,, ... ... Auckland Delivery by 31/12/85... W. Coop ... For 1886 Acme Company, Timaru £26 per ton. ,, ,, ... £21 10/ per ton. j, J) •■• T. and S. Morrin and Co. ,, £36 19/9 » £37 4/2 „ / 6 per yard. j, ,, ... ,, ... Dunedin Iron & Woodware Co. I Si >• II Kosb and Glendining hi » ,, ... S. Nashelski 2/9 per gallon. )> N.Z. Hardware Company 2/41 )> ... 2/25 „ Delivery by 31/5/86 ... Union Oil, Soap, and Candle Company, Auckland 2/S per „ For 1886 £21 17/6 per ton. ,, ... ... ,, „ ... ... wanganui „ ... ... Waitara ,, < ■■ j, ... Kamo Colliery Company J. J. Craig and Co. Kamo Colliery Company Brunner Coal Company Mokau Coal Company Union Steam Shipping Co. ... John Orr and Co. ... Union Steam Shipping Co. ... Anchor Steam Shipping Co. ... 7/ per ton. 9/8 12/ „ 20/6 28/6 21/ ,. 22/11 „ 25/6 „ 21/S 20/ „ „ ... ... Wellington ,, ... ... Napier „ ... ■ ... Picton ,, ... ... Nelson i) „ j) ... j) ••• Hurunui-TShiff. 3oal supply Lyttelfon ,, ... ... Springfield u Whitecliffs „ Timaru „ ... ... Shag Point „ ... ... Stirling „ ... "... Nightcaps ... ... Newmarket shops „ ... ... Hillside shops Fiinber supplies, as under — Native timber ... Christchurch Kauri and foreign ... ,, „ ... Dunedin Native timber ... Southland Uniforms ... ... Hurunui-Bluff „ Northern lines Freight, 7,000 sleepers Pelorus to Oamaru „ 10,000 „ Ditto )> II ... j, ... ti >» j» ... >» ■ •• t) ... ,, ... Westport Coal Company Springfield Coal Company Smart and Gun dry ... Brunner Coal Company Shag Point Coal Company ... Kaitangata ,, Nightcaps „ Weatport ,, a it •'• 22/9 it 12/ „ 11/6 „ 24/9 .. 12/6 9/3 9/ i8/9 .. 19/7 »> Johnston, Wood, and Co. As per schedule. >y Dunedin Iron & Woodware Co. John Murdoch Eoss and Glendining »> >t ji it j> ••• H 1885-86 . ... Cuff and Graham ... f /10J per sleeper. ji •" >