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RETURN No. 1 7-continued. Statement of Stores Contracts current, &c. — continued.

Service. Period. Name of Contractor. Rate. Wellington - Napier - New Plymouth Section — 4,000 totara sleepers 2,500 500 2,000 Greymouth Section — 20,000 silver-pine sleepers Hokianga District — 40,400 puriri sleepers Kaipara District — 1,700 manoao sleepers 8,000 totara sleepers Auckland District — 22,500 puriri sleepers 10,000 totara sleepers Wellington - Napier - New Plymouth Section — 67,600 totara sleepers 2,500 black-birch sleepers 2,300 hinau and maire sleepers .. Greymouth District— 35,000 silver-pine sleepers Vestport District — 64,500 yellow-pine sleepers Picton Distriot — 3,000 birch sleepers Whangarei District — 1,000 totara sleepers Kaipara District— 4,000 puriri sleepers Christchurch Section— 3,000 birch sleepers Dunedin and Invercargill Districts— 40,000 totara sleepers 12,000 matai sleepers Christchurch Section — 36,500 sup. ft. birch timber Kaipara District— 303,500 sup. ft. kauri, in the log .. 295,000 sup. ft. sawn kauri 15,900 ft. sawn totara 2,500 ft. totara 5,500 ft. silver-pine timber Nelson Section— 4,000 ft. birch timber 23,000 ft. rimu timber Westport Section— 5,000 ft. birch timber 112,000 ft. rimu timber 4,200 ft. silver-pine timber 6,200 ft. yellow-pine timber 4,750 fencing-posts Greymouth Section — 39,400 lin. ft. silver-pine timber 28,500 ft. birch timber 46,800 ft. rimu 29,400 sup. ft. silver-pine 2,000 sup. ft. white-pine 30/11/98 31/10/98 30/11/98 31/3/99 Roy and Alberthsen .. John Stewart W. J. Taylor T. and G. Williams .. Stratford, Blair, and Co. Settlers 3/ each. 3/ „ 2/10 „ 2/9 „ 2/6 „ 2/ to 3/9 each. 2/6 each. 2/6 „ 2/ to 4/ each. 2/ to 4/ 2/ to 3/10 „ 2/ each. 3/6 to 4/ each. 2/6 each. 1/6 to 2/6 each. 2/ each. 2/ to 3/ each. 3/3 each. 2/2 „ 2/9 to 3/ each. 2/ to 2/3 „ 13/ per 100 sup. ft. E. Mitchelson 6/6 to 9/6 per 100 ft. 12/ per 100 sup. ft. 14/ 20/ 14/to 15/ „ Mills in distriot 9/ to 10/ „ 6/ to 13/ „ 10/ to 11/6 „ 6/ to 12/ „ 14/ to 20/ „ 20/ 9d. each. Settlers Mills in distriot 4Jd. per lin. ft. 8/tol4/6perl00sup.ft, 6/ to 11/ 10/ to 13/ 17/6 General stores — Auckland — General ironmongery 2J years, to 31/3/1900 Ditto E. Porter and Co. As per schedule. Furnishing ironmongery Iron and steel Oils, colours, &o. Ship-chandlery Brushware Leather, &o. Drain-pipes Lime, ordinary and hydraulic .. Cement, colonial Wellington— General ironmongery Furnishing ironmongery Iron and steel Oils, colours, &c. Ship-chandlery Brushware Leather, &c. Drain-pipes Lime, ordinary Cement, colonial J. J. Craig 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. Hutson and Co. ..