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

Service. Period. Name of Contractor. Kate. Rope, New Zealand flax— North Island sections 31/3/1914 Donaghy's Rope and Twine Company (Limited) „ Maddren Bros. As per tender. South Island sections ., Disinfectants— Jeyes fluid „ powder Various „ A. C. Nottingham .. 5/ per gal. 10/ per doz. 2 lb. tini As per tender. „ Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co. (Limited) Cartage at Auckland „ Wellington 31/3/1913 Cunningham and Co. „ ' John Keir ,, Printing and stationery „ | Government Printer As per agreement. Iron castings— Greymouth Westport „ Dominion Ironworks : G. Griffiths (Limited) 10/9 per cwt. 10/6 Oil, dark axle- ., filtered, valve- ,, mineral colza ,, pale machinery31/8/1912 James Service and Co. ., „ .... lOd. per gal. 1/9 94d. lOd. ,, ,, .... Loco-cylinder oil— 6,000 gallons, Auckland 15,000 „ Wellington 4,000 „ Lyttelton 5,000 „ Port Chalmers 8/7/1913 | Vacuum Oil Company (Limited) l/»i per gal. Pale machinery-oil— 500 gallons, Auckland 1,500 „ Wellington.. 1,000 „ Lyttelton 2,000 „ Port Chalmers *. ,, ,, • • >' : s ,, • ■ 10|d. per gal. '» ,, ,T • • „ Dark axle-oil— 8,000 gallons, Auckland 20,000 „ Wellington 8,000 „ Lyttelton.. 9,000 „ Port Chalmers „ Phillips and Pike . . 1/1J per gal. j, ,, Mineral colza oil— 20,000 gallons, Auckland.. 55,000 „ Wellington 20,000 „ Lyttelton.. 20,000 „ Port Chalmers lid. per gal. ., ,, „ Castor-oil— 15,000 gallons, Auckland 30,000 „ Wellington 8,000 „ Lyttelton.. 12,000 „ Dunedin .. 5,000 „ Bluff 15,000 „ Auckland.. 30,000 „ Wellington 4,000 „ Lyttelton 4,000 „ Dunedin .. 2,000 „ Bluff 31/12/1912 1 Landale and Clark (Limited) « )i »* 31/12/1913 | " " '! Calcutta rates. ,, 11 11 *» » 11 ii Linseed-oil, double-boiled— 3,000 gallons, Auckland 6,000 „ Wellington.. 3,500 „ Lyttelton .. 2,000 „ Dunedin .. S 31/5/1913 »» 11 11 11 It >t », 11 11 »» Linseed-oil, raw— 2,500 gallons, Auckland 4,000 „ Wellington.. 2,000 „ Lyttelton .. 1,500 „ Dunedin .. 1,000 „ Bluff 11 11 it « ii ■■■:' ■ ii ») ii ii ii Ingot metalsCopper Lead Tin 31/3/1913 Noyes Bros. (Limited) „ Russel and Somers „ Mount Bischoff Tin-mining Company. . As per tender. Market rates. Varnish, Kearsley's— 500 gallons pale finishing body 620 „ hard-drying body 340 „ hard-drying carriage .. 300 „ best black japan 400 „ gold-size 31/1/1913 ! Hayward Bros, and Co. (Limited) ■ .. 17/3 per gal. 16/6 12/3 H/2 V101 » ,» « ,, ,, • . « s> „ „ « J, ,J „