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

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Service. Period. Name ol Contractor. Eate. Uniform suits— Guards and porters Stationmasters Uniform caps— Stationmasters Guards and porters 31/3/1904 A. Levy Jones and Ashdown As per tentjir. Charles Hill and Sons Hallenstein Bros, and Co. 15/ each. 4/ . */ . 4/6 . Drivers and firemen Freight on 60,000 birch sleepers, Marlborough Sounds to Lyttelton 30/4/1905 Thomas Eckford 1/ » Auckland District— 4,700 fire-lumps 511,000 sup. ft. kauri timber 7,000 sup. ft. kauri moulding 62,000 sup. ft. red-pine timber 68,000 sup. ft. totara timber 3,000 sup. ft. matai timber 31/3/1904 J. J. Craig Merchants and mills in distriot 4/ . 5/ to 28/ per 100 ft. 4/6 to 21/ 7/ to 13/6 16/ to 17/ 14/ Wellington - Napier - New Plymouth District— 139,000 sup. ft. kauri timber 630,000 sup. ft. red-pine timber 65,000 sup. ft. matai timber 221,000 sup. ft. totara timber 78,000 sup. ft. white-pine timber .. 43,000 ft. red-pine mouldings 2,000 sup. ft. olear-pine timber .. Merchants and mills in Auokland district Merchants and mills in district 10/to 36/ 7/6 to 22/ 13/6 to 14/6 „ 14/6 to 27/ „ 6/to 13/ 5/ to 20/ 42/ to 55/ Merchants in district Ohristchurch District— 11,000 ft. mouldings 12,000 sup. ft. birch timber 7,500 sup. ft. blue-gum timber .. 5,700 sup. ft. clear-pine timber .. 64,000 sup. ft. kauri timber Merchants in district 6/to 17/6 13/ to 14/6 , 18/ 7£d. to 7|d. per ft. 12/9 to 29/3 per 100 ft. Merchants in Christchuroh and Auokland district Dunedin and Invercargill Distriots— 30,000 ft. V.D.L. timber 15,000 sup. ft. blaok-pine timber .. 450,000 sup. ft. kauri timber 3,600 ft. deal timber 9,000 ft. droppers 25,000 ft. red-pine moulding Nelson Distriot — 14,000 sup. ft. red-pine timber Picton District— 3,400 sup. ft. red-pine timber Westport District— 88,000 sup. ft. red-pine timber 40,000 sup. ft. yellow-pine timber .. Westland District — 67,000 sup. ft. red-pine timber 30,000 sup. ft. silver-pine timber .. Sleeper Supply— Auckland District — 145,000 totara and puriri Wellington-Napier District— 9,000 totara Wellington-Wanganui District— 42,000 totara Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth District— 73,000 for creosoting Westland District— 220,000 silver-pine Westport District— 112,000 yellow-pine Dunedin District— 11,700 totara and matai Invercargill District— 11,300 totara and matai 73,000 for creosoting Pioton Distriot— 3,000 birch per month Merchants in district Merchants in Dunedin and Auckland .. Merchants in district Settlers and mills in district .. 16/ to 16/7 per 100 ft. 13/ to 14/ 12/6 to 28/ 35/ to 42/6 17/7 to 19/ 11/6 to 15/ 7/6 to 14/ 11/ to 14/6 9/ to 15/6 14/ to 24/ 5/ to 25/ 14/to 19/ 2/6 to 4/3 each. 3/6 3/6 1/7 n * • • • 3/3 3/3 to 3/5 » 3/3 and 2/3 , 3/3 and 2/3 . 1/5 J to 1/6 , . 3/