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

Service. Period. Name of Contractor. Race. New South Wales hardwood, sawn— continued. For Hillside shops— Ironbark Tallow-wood Spotted-gum For Invercargill shops— Tallow-wood Spotted-gum i j 31/3/1913 Richardson, Blair, and McCabe (Limited) 36/ per 100 ft. 31/6 29/10 31/6 29/10 Ironbark timber, hewn— Auckland Wellington Lyttelton Dunedin Bluff J. W. Wallace and Co. 27/3 to 37/ 29/6 to 33/ 29/6 to 37/6 „ 29/6 to 37/ 29/6 to 35/ Ironbark piles— Auckland Wellington Lyttelton Dunedin 2/9J per lin. ft. 2/9| 2/8 2/9J New South Wales hardwood, sawn— For Loco shops 19/ to 25/ per 100 ft. f.o.b., Sydney. Native timber— 1,300,000 supar. ft. kauri Mills and merchants Tender and schedule rates. Ditto. 1,433,000 „ red-pine 51,000 „ white-pine 87,000 „ totara 214,000 „ for powellizing 4,000 „ mangaio 81,000 „ birch 47,000 „ yellow-pine . . Native timber produced forway Rail Department:— 3,095,000 super, ft. various State Sawmill, Kakahi Schedule rates. Jarrah timber— 1,050,000 super ft. ~ ~:t~ Millar's W.A. Hardwoods Company 20/ to 32/ per 100 super, ft. Oregon pine— 14,000 super, ft. Merchants in New Zealand Various. Sleeper-supply— 95,000 native 119,000 for powellizing 25,000 New South Wales hardwood 250,000' jarrah .. 250,000 jarrah Settlers and mills .. J. W. Wallace and Co. !.' '.'. Millar's W.A. Hardwoods Company The S.W. Timber Hewers' Co-operative Association 3/ to 4/3 each. 2/ 4/8 to 4/11 „ 4/9 4/10 31/12/1913