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RETURN No. 17-continued. Statement of Stores Contracts, &c.— continued.

Service. Period. Name of Contractor. Kate. Dunedin District— Clear-pine timber .. .. 31/3/1910 Kauri Mangaio Jarrah „ Teak Merchants in district » • • • • 60/ to 62/6 per 100 ft. 12/3 to 33/ 20/ 19/ to 22/ 6Jd. per ft. * • • • • Castendyk and Focke Invercargill District — Baltic-pine timber Jarrah „ V.D.L. Red-birch „ Merchants in district „ • . • • 34/6 to 37/6 per 100 ft 26/ 20/ 7/6 * • • • ■ Westland District — Redpine timber Silver-pine „ .. .. „ White-pine Matai Birch Merchants and mills in district 7/ to 16/ per 100 ft. 18/ to 20/6 6/3 to 8/ 22/6 9/6 It * * Westport District — Bed-pine timber Totara „ .. Yellow-pine „ Biroh . .. Cedar ... * • • * • • 9/ to 17/6 per 100 ft. 18/to 20/ 20/ to 25/ 13/6 16/6 to 18/ H • • Nelson District— Red-pine timber White-pine „ Totara „ .. Matai ... Birch ... .. .. „ V.D.L. „ .. Merchants in district 10/6 to 15/ 9/ to 15/9 20/ to 34/6 16/ 15/6 to 16/6 „ 9/ per 100 lin. ft. „ . • . • it • • • • Picton District — Red-pine timber White-pine ... Totara „ Matai „ .. Jarrah ... H • • • • 12/6 to 19/6 per 100 ft 11/ to 13/6 14/6 to 30/ 19/G to 20/ 27/ Auckland District — 20,000 totara sleepers 2,000 . 5,600 „ 1,200 puriri 2,050 white-pine sleepers 4,530 „ „ 600 red-pine sleepers 3,630 powellised red-pine sleepers .. 1,650 powellised whice-pine sleepers Settlers and mills in district Kakahi State Sawmill PuDlic Works Department Settlers in district Kakahi State Sawmill Public Works Department 3/, 3/3, and 3/6 each. 3/ 3/ and 3/6 4/ and 4/3 1/9 1/9 1/9 3/ 3/ N.Z. Powell Wood Process (Limited) .. Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth District— 2,630 totara sleepers 2,600 creosoting sleepers 3,550 . ... Settlers and mills in district Public Works Department Settlers and mills in district 3/ and 3/6 each. 1/9 1/9 Invercargill District— 17,650 creosoting sleepers 1/8 each. Westland District— 51,740 silver-pine sleepers .. „ 3/3 . Westport District— 18,650 silver-pine sleepers 3/3 and 3/5 each. Jarrah crossing sleepers— 105,250 sup. ft. at Auckland .. 30/6/1909 South-west Timber-hewers' Co-operative Society (Limited) Ditto 16/8 per 100 ft. 56,050 , Wellington 59,160 „ Wanganui 29,870 „ Westport 340 „ Greymouth 116,400 „ Dunedin ,