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

Service. Period. Name of Contractor. Rate. Coal supply ... Whangarei ... Auckland For 1889 James Smith Taupiri Extended Coal-mining Company Grey Valley Coal Company ... 8/ per ton. 6/ 3) ,, ... Napier ... Wellington ... Wanganui and Now Plymouth ,, ... Picton ... Nelson Union Steamship Company ... 24/ » 20/3 23/9 ,, ... >> Grey Valley Coal Company ... Anchor Steam Shipping Com24/ 19/ Hurunui-Bluff. Coal supply ... Lyttelton . Springfield ... Whitecliffs ... Timaru ... Oamaru ... Bushey j, ... Stirling „ ... Nightcaps ... Newmarket shops ... Petone shops j ... Addington shops ... Hillside shops pany ,, ,, j, Grey Valley Coal Company ... Springfield Coal Company W. Leeming and Co. Grey Valley Coal Company ... A.. Melntosh Kaitangata Coal Company ... Nightcaps Coal Company Grey Valley Coal Company ... 21/ 10/ 10/ 22/3 22/ 12/ 8/3 7/6 22/6 '9/ 19/6 20/6 ,, ,, ,j )> j, Timber supplies, as under — Birch piles ... Nelson ... Picton Ironbark ... Auckland \ ... Napier ... Wanganui ... Wellington r ... Lyttelton ... Dunedin ... Bluff Tallow-wood ... Wellington \ ... Lyttelton Birch, sawn ... Picton Totara, sawn ... Port Chalmers Rimu, sawn ... Auckland Totara., sawn ... Oamaru Birch, sawn ...Nelson Native timber ... Wellington ... Napier ... Wanganui ... Christchureh (1 ... Southland Kauri and foreign ... Christchureh ... Dunedin Delivery by 2/10/89 ... Delivery by 22/7/89 ... Delivery by 29/1/90 ... Delivery by 23/10/89... Delivery by 22/7/89 ... Delivery by 1/7/89 ... Delivery by 7/10/89 ... Delivery by 8/11/89 ... Delivery by 23/3/90 ... For 1890 Thomas and Holland G. A. Smith and Co. James Fox Higgins and Price .. Fritz Jeusscn G. F. Mellars Fritz Jenssen Henry Baigent Thomas Price Fritz Jenssen Alexander Bell John Waller and Co. New Zealand Pine Company... Williams, Stephens, and Co. ... James Gilmour £5 each. 18/ per 100ft. 18/ioi per 1 ooft., hewn; 1/8 per lin. ft., piles. 20/ per 1 ooft. 7/6 „ H/ » 8/ & 9/ per 100ft. 14/ per 100ft. 8/6 „ As per schedule. 1) ,, 11 >> ?) Iron coatings ... Auckland ... Hurunui-Bluff Delivery by 30/6/90 ... T. and S. Morrin and Co. A. and T. Burt 10/10 & 11/8 p. cwt. 10/ & 11/6 „ Sleepers, as under — 3,000 birch ... West Oxford 2,000 „ ■•• n 1,000 „ ■•■ !> . 3,000 „ ■■■ n 3,000 ,, ••• ji 2,OOO ,, ■•• >! 1,000 ,. ••■ Bennett's and East Oxford 2,000 „ ••■ View Hill 2,000 ,, ■■■ ji 2,000 „ ••■ Sheffield 1,500 black-pine ... Little River 1,000 ,, •■• )! 3,000 „ ... is 2,000 silver-pine ... Greymouth 1,000 birch ... Belgrove 2,000 „ ■•■ Wai-iti 3,000 long totara ..Lyttelton '2,000 birch ... Waimangaroa 1,000 „ ■■■ Picton 2,000 ,. ■•• Silverstream 2,000 totara ... Tahoraite 1,000 broad kamai... Wakftpfttu 1,000 „ ... Eirerton 2,000 kamai ... Wakapatu 3,000 „ ... i'ahia 2,000 ,, " ... Eirerton 5,000 „ ... Union Mill Siding, Waimatua and Woodeud Delivery by 30/9/89 ... ,, ... ,, ,, ., ,, ... ,, ,, ... 5) ' " Delivery by 29/11/89... Delivery by 30/9/89 ,., E. B. Youngrnan Jolm Sharplin Walter Eyde John Ingram John M. Booth Anders Jensen Thomas Vincent Alice Pcrham Louis Langesen John Lace William Coop Johnston, Wood, and Co. W. H. Hargreaves ... Stratford and Blair... Higgins Brothers ... Francis Currin Lycett and Cross W. and J. Harris ... Bragg and Yarrall ... Prouse Brothers Fritz Jenssen W. J. Perry James More W. J. Perry Wai son Brothers Small and Co. New Zealand Pine Company... 3/ each. )> » n )> )} It 3/1 each. 1/9 each. Delivery by 27/9/89 ... Delivery by 31/12/89 ... Delivered by April, 1890 Delivery by 31 /1 / 90 ... 1/7! each. 13/3 per 1 ooft. 2/ each. a/8* „ 2/11 „ 2/3 .. 2/8 „ 2/6 „ 1/10 „ 1/11 „ 1/10 „ i/llj » Delivery by 31/12/89... i, ,,