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

Service. Period. Name of Contractor. Rate. '" ' ; I !oal-supply— Whangarei .. .. .. 31/3/1913 Huntly . . „ Auckland . . „ Onehunga . . .. - ■ } „ New Plymouth . . .. , „ „ .. • ■ ■ • j „ Wanganui „ ,, • • • • ,, Foxton .. .. - ■ i „ Wellington .. • • ■ ■ I „ Napier .. . ■ • ■ „ Picton .. . ■ „ Nelson .. ■ ■ .. I „ Lyttelton .. .. „ Hikurangi Coal Company (Limited) . . Taupiri Coal-mines (Limited) Westport Coal Company (Limited) Blackball Coal Company (Limited) Westport Stockton Coal Company (Limited) Blackball Coal Company (Limited) Westport Stockton Coal Company (Limited) J. A. Redpath and Sons Westport Coal Company (Limited) Blackball Coal Company (Limited) Westport Stockton Coal Company (Limited) J. A. Redpath and Sons Blackball Coal Company (Limited) J. A. Redpath and Sons Westport Coal Company (Limited) Blackball Coal Company (Limited) Westport Stockton Coal Company (Limited) Blackball Coal Company (Limited) Neale and Haddon Westport Coal Company (Limited) Blackball Coal Company (Limited) Westport Stockton Coal Company (Limited) Westport Coal Company (Limited) Westport Stockton Coal Company (Limited) Westport Coal Company (Limited) Blackball Coal Company (Limited) Westport Stockton Coal Company (Limited) Westport Coal Company (Limited) Bruce Railways and Coal Company .. New Zealand Coal and Oil Company (Limited) Westport Coal Company (Limited) Nightcaps Coal Company (Limited) 9/ per ton. 10/6 1 25/6 24/6 25/9 25/6 26/3 25/6 28/ 26/6 27/3 25/ 27/6 27/ 23/7 22/1 22/10 25/6 24/ 21/6 24/6 23/ 23/9 I 26/ I 25/3 26/ 24/6 25/3 25/6 8/4 10/ 26/ 8/6 ,, • ■ ■ • ■ • i >> Timaru .. .. . • „ Oamaru . . .. ■ • J ,, „ Dunedin .. . . I ,, Milton Stirling .. • • ,. Bluff Nightcaps .. .. .. „ }rey ironbark timber, hewn and sawn— Kaihu Section .. „ Whangarei „ .. „ Auckland „ .. „ Ohakune „ • • „ Wanganui „ ....,.•„ Wellington-Napier „ .. „ Gisborne „ • ■ „ Christchurch „ . ■ „ Dunedin „ • ■ „ Invercargill „ „ Westland „ .. „ Westport „ . • „ Nelson „ ■■ „ Picton „ „ J. W. Wallace and Co. Eraser and Co. Richardson, Blair, and McCabe (Limited) 30/ per 100 ft, 32/ 29/6 & 30/6 ,. 30/ & 32/6 31/6 & 35/6 „ 30/ & 32/6 31/ 30/ 30/ to 33/ 28/ 31/ 30/ 32/6 27/6 & 33/6 „ Jrey ironbark piles— Auckland Section Wanganui „ „ Wellington-Napier ,, „ Christchurch „ Dunedin „ ,, Invercargill Westland Fraser and Co. 2/10 per lin. ft. 3/3 2/8 2/11 2/8 & 2/9 2/8 & 2/9 2/10 Jew South Wales hardwood, sawn— For Newmarket shops— Tallow-wood For Petone shops— Ironbark • • • • • - » Tallow-wood .. • • • • „ Spotted-gum . . .. . . ,, For Eastown shops— Ironbark .. • • » Spotted-gum . . .. .. ,, For Addington shops— Tallow-wood .. . • ■ „ Richardson, Blair, and McCabe (Limited) ,, T. „ 31/ per 100 ft. 36/ 31/6 29/10 38/ 31/ 31/