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RETURN No. 16— continued. Statement of Stores Contracts, &c. — continued.

Service. Period. Name of Contractor. Rate. Timber-supply ... Auckland „ ... Napier-Taranaki Till 31/3/98 Kauri Timber Company Cairns and Co. Hawke's Bay Sawmillers' Cooperative Association (Ltd.) Taranaki Sawmillers' Co-opera-tive Association (Limited) Manawatu Timber Company... Thomas Price Henry Baigent Feary Brothers West Coast Timber Trading Company As per schedule. .. • ■ • >> „ ... Wellington „ ... Nelson ,, ... Greymouth »> „ .. Hurunui-Bluff — North Division South Division Iron castings ... Auckland „ ... Wellington „ ... Hurunui-Bluff... Uniforms for Stationmasters Uniform caps for Stationmasters Forage ... ... Auckland „ ... ... Christchurch Timber, ironbark For 1897 For 1897 To 31/3/98 Williams, Stephens, and Co George Harrington.., C. and A. Collings ... Smith Brothers A. and T.Burt Hallenstein Brothers and Co. T. Parker and Co. ... W. and G. Winstone Treleaven and Co. ... Murray, Arnold, and Co. » .1 .1 51 ,, ,, ... ... ... ,, tallow-wood General store* — General ironmongery Auckland Furnishing „ „ Iron and steel ... ,, Oils, colours, &c. ... „ Ship-chandlery ... „ Brushware ... „ Leather, &c. ... ,, Drain-pipes ... „ Lime, ordinary & hydraulic ,, Cement, colonial ... ,, General ironmongery Wellington Furnishing ,, „ Iron and steel ... „ Oils, colours, &c. ... ,, Ship-chandlery ... „ Brushware ... „ Leather, &c. ... ,, Drain-pipes ... ,, Lime, ordinary ... ,, Cement, colonial ... ,, General ironmongery Christchurch Furnishing ,, ... „ Iron and steel ... „ Oils, colours, &c. ... ,, Ship-chandlery ... „ Drain-pipes ... „ Lime, ordinary ... ,, Cement, colonial ... „ Brushware ... ,, Leather, &c. ... „ General ironmongery Dunedin 1897 E.C.Whitney William Brown 17/ per 100 ft., and i/9p.lin. ft. piles 17/ and 1/9. iS/6. jj ... ... 2£ years, to 31/3/1900 E. Porter and Co. ... As per schedule. a •" » T» "• ••• >) » » It it ,, ... ... J. J. Craig n »» J. Wilson and Co ... E. W. Mills and Co. Cameron and Christie Briscoe, MacNeil, and Co. Smith and Smith ... E. W. Mills and Co. T. Bunting and Co. E. W. Mills and Co. P. Hutson and Co. ... Milburn Lime Company P. Hution and Co.... Ashby, Bergh, and Co. »» »» j> j» >> »» jj jj )> » »> J. Anderson E. Reece and Sons ... ») n » ,, - ... ... Ashby, Bergh, and Co. J. J. Craig Ashby, Bergh, and Co. i» >» ») a Furnishing ,, „ Iron and steel ... „ Oils, colours, &c. ... „ Ship-chandlery ... ,, New Zealand Hardware Company Thomson, Bridger, and Co. ... New Zealand Hardware Company Smith and Smith New Zealand Hardware Company A. Briscoe and Co. ... Milburn Lime Company )> >> j» » Drain-pipes ... . ,, Lime, ordinary ... „ Cement, colonial ... „ Brushware ... ,, Leather, &c. ... ,, A. Briscoe and Co. ,.. New Zealand Hardware Company Seagar Brothers, Auckland ... Philips and Pike >j a » 20 coal-hoppers, Auckland 12,000 gals. dt»rk axle-oil, at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Pt. Chalmers 3,000 fencing-posts, Dunedin Section 15,000ft. super, birch timber, Westport Section 97,000ft. super, rimu timber, Westport Section 10,000ft. super, silyer-pine timber, Westport Section 8,000ft. super, yellow-pine timber, Westport Section 400 puriri sleepers, Kawakawa District ... »/3/98 31/3/98 £13 each. 9|d. per gall, c.i.f. Settlers Mills in district 22/6 per 100. 10/ to 11/ per cent. ,, 6/ to 12/ „ 18/ to 20/ „ 20/ per cent. Settlers ... ... ... 1/6 to 3/6 each.