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RETURN No. 12. Statement of Stores Contracts current during the Year ending 31st March, 1896.

Service. Period. Name of Contractor. Rate. 3 years ending 31/12/97 A. Levi and Co. Ross and Glendining As per schedule. Uniform clothing ... Northern Lines... „ ... Hurunui-BIuff Section Uniform caps ... All Sections ,, Hallenstein Brothers and Co. .. ,, Guards and porters, 4/ ; drivers, &c, 4/9 each. As per schedule. General Stores — Ironmongery ... Auckland Ship-chandlery ... ,, Iron and Bteel ... ,, Paints, oils, &c. ... ,, Cement ... ... ,, Lime ... ... ,, Drain-pipes ... ,, Tents Ironmongery ... Wellington Ship-chandlery .. ,, ... Iron and steel ... ,, Paints, oils, &c. ... ,, Cement and lime ... „ Drain-pipes ... ,, Tents Ironmongery ... Christchurch ... Ship-chandlery ... ,, Iron and steel ... ,, Paints, oils, &c. ... ,, Cement and lime ... ,, For 1895 T. and S. Motrin and Co. E. Porter and Co. ... T. and S. Morrin and Co. J. Wilson and Co. ... J. J. Craig Briscoe, MacNeill, and Co. ... 5, ,» As per schedule. P. Hutson and Co. ... ,, jj Briscoe, MacNeill, and Co. ... A. Briscoe and Co. ... Ashby, Bergh, and Co. A. Briscoe and Co. ... »j Milburn Lime and Cement Company Ashby, Bergh, and Co. A. Briscoe and Co. ... ,, j, Drain-pipes ... ,, Tents Ironmongery ... Dunedin Ship-chandlery ... „ Iron and steel ... ,, Paints, oils, &c. ... ,, Cement and lime ... ,, Drain-pipes ... ,, Tents Ironmongery ... Invercargill Ship-chandlery ... ,, Iron and steel ... ,, Paints, oils, &c. ... ,, Cement and lime ... „ ,, ,j ,j ,, j, ,, A. Briscoe and Co. ... As per schedule. Milbuni Lime and Cement Company A. Briscoe and Co.... jj Drain-pipes ... ,, Tents Iron castings ... Auckland ,, ... Wellington ,, ... Christchurch Delivery to 30/6/95 ... C. and A. Collings ... Smith Brothers Robert; Buchanan ... 11/9 and 10/ percwt. ■4/ 12/ioand n/6p.cwt. Special castings, 14/ 13/ and 12/ ,, Special, 14/6 „ As per schedule. 6/6 and 5/6 per ton. ,, ... Dunedin ,, A. and T. Burt Horse-forage ... Christchurch ... Coal-supply... ... Auckland „ ... ... Kaihu Valley ... ,, ... ... Napier ,, ... ... Foxton ,, ... ... Wanganui For 1895 George Treleaveri and Co. Taupiri Extended Coal-mining Company J. J. Craig Grey Valley Coal Company ... Westport-Cardiff Company ... Grey Valley Coal Company ... Mokihinui Coal Company Grey Valley Coal Company ... Mokihinui Coal Company Grey Valley Coal Company ... Mokihinui Coal Company Blackball Coal Company Grey Valley Coal Company ... Westport-Cardiff Company ... Grey Valley Coal Company ... 17/ per ton. 23/3 21/ 22/6 21/ 22/6 „ 21/ 22/6 ,, 21/6 18/8 16/' „ 16/11 „ 24/ 20/6 „ 7/ 8/ 17/ 19/2 l 7ln » 8/3 17/9 19/ 19/6 19/ ,, 10/ 9/9 7/ 13/6 „ 7/ ,, ... ... New Plymouth ... ,, ... ... Wellington ,, ... ... Picton ,, ... ... Nelson ,, ... ... Westport ,, ... ...Grey-Hokitika... ,, ... ... Lyttelton Westport Coal Company Grey Valley Coal Company ... ... ... Whitecliffs ,, ... ... Timaru ,, ... ... ,, ,, ... ... Oamaru Blackball Coal Company Westport-Cardiff Company ... William Leeming and Co. Grey Valley Coal Company ... Mokihinui Coal Company Grey Valley Coal Company ... Mokihinui Coal Company Allandale Coal Company Shag Point Coal Company Kaitangata Coal Company ... Grey Valley Coal Company ... Nightcaps Coal Company „ ... ... Stirling ,, ... ... Port Chalmers ... ... Nightcaps ,, ...