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RETURN No. 17— continued. Statement of Stores Contracts current, etc.— continued.

Service. Period. Name of Contractor. Bate. General stores — continued. Ohristchuroh — General ironmongery Furnishing ironmongery Drain-pipes Cement Brushware Leather, &o. Iron and steel Oils, colours, &c. Ship-chandlery Lime Indiarubber goods 31/3/1905 Ashby, Bergh, and Co. As per tender. John Anderson Edward Reece and Sons Luke Adams W. J. Crawford Dunedin — General ironmongery Furnishing ironmongery Oils, colours, &c. Ship-chandlery Drain-pipes Leather, &c. Iron and steel Brushware Cement Lime Indiarubber John Edmond Briscce and Co. Milburn Lime arid Cement Company .. W. J. Crawford Uniform suits — Guards and porters Stationmasters .. Uniform caps—. Stationmasters Guards and porters A. Levy Jones and Ashdown 31/3/1904 Charles Hill and Sons 15/ each. 4/ . 4/ . 4/6 „ Hallenstein Bros, and Co. Drivers and firemen Native-timber supply— Christehurch Section Dunedin and Invercargill Sections.. 31/3/1903 William White and Co. Massey and Co. As per tender. Ironbark timber and piles 16/1/1903 E. D. Pike and Co. .. Murray, Arnold, and Co. Justin McSweeney Fraser and Co. II Tallow-wood timber 16/6/1902 E. D. Pike and Co. .. Murray, Arnold, and Co. Joseph Reid 26/ per 100 sup. ft. 23/3 25/ Freight on 60,000 birch sleepers,;Marlborough Sounds to Lyttelton 30/4/1905 Thomas Eckford 1/ each. 28,000 gallons dark axle-oil 10,500 gallons filtered valve-oil 1,700 gallons pale machine-oil 37,585 gallons oil for gas-making 31/3/1903 James Service and Co. lOJd. per gallon. 2/3 1/ 7£d. . New Zealand Coal and Oil Company .. Auckland District — 5-,200 fire-lumps 19,000 puriri sleepers 5,000 totara sleepers 495,000 sup. ft. kauri timber 7,300 sup. ft. kauri moulding 52,000 sup. ft. red-pine timber 74,000 sup. ft. totara timber 3,000 sup. ft. matai timber Wellington - Napier - New Plymouth District— 36,000 totara sleepers 33,500 sleepers for creoaoting 108 birch piles 1,130 lin. ft. house blocks 175,000 sup. ft. matai timber 186,000 sup. ft. kauri timber 28,000 lin. ft. red-pine moulding 757,000 sup. ft. red-pine timber 265,000 sup. ft. totara timber 63,000 sup. ft. white pine timber .. 1,000 sup. ft. clear-pine timber .. Ohristchurch District — 14,000 ft. mouldings 2,300 sup. ft. Baltic timber 6,700 sup. ft. blue-gum timber .. 3,300 sup. ft. clear-pine timber .. 148,000 sup. ft. kauri timber J. J. Craig Settlers Mills in district Mills and settlers in district it • - •. Greenwood and Whiteman W. G. Bassett Mills in district Merchants and mills in Auckland district Mills in district 4/ each. 2/6 to 4/3 each. 3/ to 3/6 5/ to 29/ per 100 s. ft. 6/ to 21/ per 100 ft. 5/ to 13/6 16/ to 17/ 14/ 3/6 each. 1/4 to 1/6 each. 5/ to 25/ 5d. per ft. 13/6 to 19/ per 100 s. ft 7/ to 35/ 6/6 to 40/per 100 lin. ft 6/ to 26/ per 100 s. fr. 16/6 to 26/ 6/ to 11/6 50/ to 55/ Stewart Timber Company Merchants in district 5/ to 20/ per 100 t. 38/ 18/ to 20/ 52/ to 62/6 11/5 to 25/3 „ a • . .. Merchants in district and merchants in Auokland district Merchants in district .. ., 9,000 sup. ft. totara timber 22/ to 22/6 ,