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RETURN No. 16. Statement of Stores Contracts current during the Year ending 31st March, 1898.

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Service. Period. Name of Contractor. Rate. 3 year? ending 31/ 12/97 A. Levi and Co. Ross and Glendining As per schedule. Uniform clothing ... Northern lines ... M ... Hurunui-Bluff Section Uniform caps ... AH sections ») Hallenstein Brothers and Co.... Guards and porters, 4/ ; drivers, &c, 4/9 each. As per schedule. ii General stores — General ironmongery Auckland Furnishing ,, ,t Iron and steel ... ,, Oils, colours, &c. ... „ Ship-chandlery ... „ Drain-pipes ... „ Cement and lime ... ,, Brushware ... „ Leather, &c. ... ,, General ironmongery Wellington Furnishing „ >, Iron and steel ... ,, Oils, colours, &c. ... „ Ship-chandlery ... „ Drain-pipes ... „ Cement and lime ... ., Brushware ••■ >i Leather, &c. ... » General ironmongery Christchurch ... Furnishing „ » Iron and steel ... „ Oils, colours, <fee. ... „ Ship-chandlery ... „ Drain-pipes ... » Cement and lime ... ,, Brushware ... „ Leather, &c. ... » General ironmongery Dunedin Furnishing „ „ Iron and steel ... „ Oils, colours, &e. ... ,, Ship-chandlery ... ,, Drain-pipes ... ,, Cement and lime ... „ For 1896-97 a • *■ ,, ,, ... ,, ,, E. Porter and Co. ... ,, W. and G. Winstone J. J. Craig E. Porter and Co. Briscoe, MacNeil, and Co. ,, ... W. Murphy Milburn Lime and Cement Co. Briscoe, MacNeil, and Co. >i a it )> )! )) !) II 11 >» Ashby, Bergh, and Co. ,, >> ... ,, ») ,, J. Anderson E. Reece and Sons ... Ashby, Bergh, and Co. Springfield Coal Company Ashby, Bergh, and Co. T. Bunting Ashby, Bergh, and Co. A. Briscoe and Co. ... II )> )) a "• li ,, ■ 1 a )> ,, II ,, a ••• A. Briscoe and Co. ... Thomson, Bridger, and Co. ... A. Briscoe and Co. ... Milburn Lime and Cement Company A. Briscoe and Co. ... New Zealand Hardware ComII II II ,, ... Brushware ... „ Leather, &c. ... „ 11 - ... I) j> II Coal-supply... ■■• Auckland „ ... ... Kaihu TUI31/3/98... a ■•• pany Taupiri Extended Coal-mining Company Ditto Grey-Point Elizabeth Company (f.o.b., Greymouth) Blackball Coal Company 6/6 per ton. 5/6 „ 9/10 „ ,, ... ... Napier-Taranaki ,, ... ... jj „ ... ... it „ ... ... Wellington ,, j, a ••■ ••* ,, ... Grey-Point Elizabeth Company >) Westport Coal Company Westport-Cardiff Company ... Grey-Point Elizabeth Company 19/6 „ 19/ .. 22/ 22/6 „ 21/ „ 19/ >. 18/3 » 17/ 22/ „ 20/ „ 6/6 8/ „ ... ... Picton „ ... ... Nelson „ ... ... Westport ... Greymouth „ ... ... Hurunui-Bluff — 1st Section ,, ,, ... ... Westport Coal Company Grey-Point Elizabeth Company ,, ,, 2nd Section 3rd Section ,, Westport-Cardiff Company ... Blackball Coal Company Grey-Point Elizabeth Company Hartley Company ... Westport-Cardiff Company ... Grey-Point Elizabeth Coal Company Ditto Shag Point Coal Company ... Fernhill Coal Company Kaitangata Coal Company Nightcaps Coal Company Blackball Coal Company . . Grey-Point Elizabeth Company 16/ 17/3 .. 18/3 .- 10/ „ 17/9 » 19/6 „ 19/6 „ 10/ „ 6/ 611 „ 7/i .. 18/6 „ 20/6 „ 4th Section 5th Section ,, Coal-supply... ... WorkshopsNewmarket Grey-Point Elizabeth Company (f.o.b., Greymouth) Ditto 9/10 „ Petone Bastown Addington Hillside >» ,, I) ■■■ '■" 16/6 „ 21/ „ ■7/6 „ 18/6 „ S/6 „ ,, a '" Walton Park ft j, ■ •• ..•