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RETURN NO. 12—continued. Statement of Stores Contracts, &c. — continued.

Geo. Felton, Railway Stores Manage?.

Service. Period. Name of Contractor. Rate. General stores — continued. Brushware ... Wellington Leather, &c. ... ,, Generallronmongery Christchurch ... Furnishing ,, ,, Iron and steel ... ,, Oils, colours, &c. ... „ Ship-chandlery ... ,, Drain-pipes ... ,, Cement and lime ... ,, Brushware ... ,, Leather, &c. ... ,, General Ironmongery Dunedin Furnishing ,, ,, Iron and steel ... ,, Oils colours, &c. ... „ Ship-chandlery ... „ Drain-pipes ... ,, Cement and lime ... ,, For 1896-97 ... ... ! " Briscoe, MacNeill, and Co. ... Ashby, Bergh, and Co. J. Anderson E. Reeee and Sons ... Ashby, Bergh, and Co. Springfield Coal Company Ashby, Bergh, and Co. T. Bunting Ashby, Bergh, a,nd Co. A. Briscoe and Co.... Asjper schedule. » ,, ,, Thomson, Bridger, and Co. ... A. Briscoe and Co. ... Milburn Lime and Cement Company A. Briscoe and Co. ... New Zealand Hardware Company Brushware ... ,, Leather, &c. ... „ „ ,, ••■ j Timber supply— Ironbark... ... At all ports 1896 Murray, Arnold, and Co. i5/6per 100ft.; 1/5 per lin. ft. piles. As per schedule. Native -... • ...Auckland ,, ... ... Napier ,, ... ... Wanganui ,, ... ... Wellington ... Nelson ,, ... ... Greymouth D. Goldie... Hawke's Bay Timber Company Manawatu Timber Company... A. Falkner H. Baigent West Coast Timber Trading Company Williams, Stephens, and Co. ... ' ,, „ ... ... Northern Division, Hurunui-BIuff ... ... Southern Division, Hurunui-BIuff Birch timber for bridges, 5,ooof t.,Westport Native timber, about 15,000ft., Picton ... 88,000ft. birch timber and 10,000 birch sleepers 15,000ft. birch timber, Westport 3,000ft. timber, Westport 4,000ft. hirch timber, Greymouth About 5,000ft. birch timber, Nelson 50,000ft. kauri junk, Auckland 300,000ft. sawn kauri, Wanganui, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin Workshops 4,000 birch sleepers, Picton 42,000 silver-pine sleepers, Greymouth ... 32,000 yellow-pine sleepers, Westport ... 27,000 totara sleepers, Napier ... 17,000 totara sleepers, Wanganui 6,000 puriri sleepers, Auckland 6,000 birch sleepers, Wellington 1,400 totara sleepers, Wellington 4,000 puriri sleepers, Hokianga District 9,000 blaek-pine sleepers, Southland District Delivery, April, 1895 ... „ October, 1895 ., 31st Oct., 1895 ,, June, 1895 ... July, 1895 ... ,, January, 1896 ,, February, 1896 George Harrington W. and J. Man-is ... R. Stratford and Son Sawmillers, Oxford District ... W. and J. Marris ... Griffiths Brothers ... A. Matheson White Brothers Kauri Timber Company ' ... 12/ per 100 sup. ft. 8/6, 10/, and 16/. 13/ per IOO sup.ft.; 2/ each us. per 100ft. £14 11/ the lot. 7/ per 1 ooft. 8/3 .j 7/ to 10/ per 100ft. As per schedule. 3 i hl9 6 Settlers in Sounds ... Settlers in district ... 2/ each. 2/4 2/2 ,, 2/6 2/6 4/ and 3/ ,j 2/6 2/6 3/ and 2/ „ 2/ 25,000 totara sleepers, Southland District Freight on 4,000 birch sleepers, Pelorus Sounds to Picton Freight on 39,000 puriri sleepers and 38,000ft. kauri timber, Auckland to various ports Freight on 23,000 yellow-pine sleepers, Westport to other ports Freight on 23,000 silver-pine sleepers, Greymouth to other ports Freight on 70,000ft. rimu timber, Wanganui to Lyttelton Freight on 35,000ft. rimu timber, Wanganui to Dunedin Uniforms for Stationmasters ... J.S.Cross 2/6 and 2/9 „ /g each. Union Steamship Company ... /5 to /8 each (less 10 p.c); 1/10 per I ooft. (less iop.c.) \l each. Pavitt Brothers 2/3 per 100ft. Cook Brothers 2/6 per 1 ooft. 3/ per 1 ooft. Ross and Glendinning 102/6 and 93/ per suit. 18/ and 10/ each. Uniform caps for Stationmasters C. Hill and Sons ...