D.—2.

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

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Service. Period. Name of Contractor. Bate. loal-supply— continued. Picton Nelson Westland 31/3/1904 Anchor Shipping and Foundry Company 22/6 per ton. 21/6 12/ Westport Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Dunedin-Gore m /> Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Eailway and Coal Co. Westport Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Railway and Coal Co. Blaokball Coal Company John Deana Westport Coal Company Blaokball Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Railway and Coal Co. Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Railway and Coal Co. Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Railway and Coal Co. Blaokball Coal Company New Zealand Coal and Oil Company .. Weetport Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Railway and Coal Co. Nightcaps Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Railway and Coal Co. J. J. Craig Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Railway and Coal Co. Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Railway and Coal Co. Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Railway and Coal Co. Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Railway and Coal Co. 11/ 23/6 23/6 11/ 20/ 24/ 22/6 23/ 25/6 . 24/ 8/ 21/ 24/6 nr South of Gore 7/6 23/ Workshops, Auckland „ Wanganui 23/ 25/ Wellington .. 20/ „ Lyttelton 21/ „ Dunedin 22/ Jeneral stores— Auckland — General ironmongery .. Oils, colours, &o. Indiarubber goods Furnishing ironmongery Iron and steel Ship-ohandlery Brushware Drain-pipes Lime Cement Leather, &o. Iron, sheet, galvanised .. 31/3/1905 John Burns and Co. Briscoe and Co. As per tender. It J. J. Craig .. J. Wilson and Co. Brace, Windle, Blyth, and Co. Southern Cross Galvanised-iron Manufacturing Company Wellington— General ironmongery .. Furnishing ironmongery Ship-chandlery Drain-pipes Brushware Leather, &c. .. Iron and steel Oils, colours, &o. Cement Lime Indiarubber goods Briscoe and Co. John Duthie and Co. Smith and Smith Peter Hutson and Co. Milburn Lime and Cement Company .. A. R. Hislop Christohurch — General ironmongery .. Furnishing ironmongery Drain-pipes Cement Brushware Leather, &c. Iron and steel Oils, colours, &c. Ship-ohandlery Lime Indiarubber goods Ashby, Bergh, and Co. 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 Jndiarubber goods ., John Edmond Briscoe and Co. Milburn Lime and Cement Company .. W. J. Crawford ,.