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

Service. Period. Name of Contractor. Bate. Oil, gas-making 31/3/1914 Taranaki Oil Wells (Limited) 9d. per gal. Ingot metals— Copper Lead Tin Noyes Bros. (Limited) Russel and Somers Mount Bischoff Tin-mining Company. . As per tender. Market rates. >> >> Coal-supply— Waro —Hikurangi Huntly—" Ralph's " or " Extended " Auckland—Westport Onehunga—Blackball „ —Stockton Hikurangi Coal Company (Limited) .. Taupiri Coal-mines (Limited) Westport Coal Company (Limited) Blackball Coal Company (Limited) Westport-Stockton Coal Company (Limited) Tyneside Proprietary (Limited) Blackball Coal Company (Limited) Westport-Stockton Coal Company (Limited) J. A. Eedpath 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) Tyneside Proprietary (Limited) Blackball Coal Company (Limited) Westport-Stockton Coal Company (Limited) Tyneside Proprietary (Limited) Neale and Haddow.. 9/6 per ton. 10/9 ' „ 26/ 26/ 26/9 ,, —Brunner New Plymouth—Blackball ,, —Stockton >> 25/6 26/ 26/9 —Puponga Wanganui—Westport „ —Blackball ,, —Stockton >> 26/ 28/ 27/ 27/9 „ —Puponga Foxton —Blackball ,, —Puponga Wellington—Westport —Blackball .. „ —Stockton >> 26/6 28/ 27/6 24/1 23/1 23/10 ,, —Brunner Napier —Blackball „ —Stockton >> 23/1 26/ 27/3 >> ,, —Brunner ■Pieton—Puponga Nelson— ,, Lyttelton —Westport „ —Blackball „ —Stockton >> Westport Coal Company (Limited) Blackball Coal Company (Limited) Westport-Stockton Coal Company (Limited) J. A. Redpath and Sons Westport Coal Company (Limited) 26/6 24/6 22/3 25/ 24/ 24/9 >> „ —Paparoa Timaru —Westport Oamaru — „ ,, —Blackball ,, —Stockton y> ?> Blackball Coal Company (Limited) Westport-Stockton Coal Company (Limited) Westport Coal Company (Limited) Bruce Railway and Coal Company New Zealand Coal and Oil Company (Limited) Westport Coal Company (Limited) Tyneside Proprietary (Limited) Nightcaps Coal Company (Limited) . . Tyneside Proprietary (Limited) 24/ 26/6 26/6 25/6 26/3 Dunedin —Westport Milton—Waronui Stirling—Kaitangata >> j> 26/ 8/10 10/ >> Bluff—Westport „ —Brunner Nightcaps—Nightcaps Onehunga—Brunner nuts Wellington— ,, Lyttelton— ,, Dunedin— „ >> >> 26/6 26/6 8/9 25/ 21/7 23/ 23/9 >> >> s> j> Grey iron bark timber, hewn and sawn— Whangarei Section Auckland „ Ohakune ,, Wanganui „ Wellington—Napier ,, Gisborne „ Christchurch „ Dunedin „ Invercargill „ Westland „ Westport „ Nelson ,, Pieton „ >> >, >> >> Eraser and Co. 32/ per 100 ft. 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 „ >> >> »> >> >> Richardson, MoCabe, and Co. (Limited) Grey ironbark piles— Auckland Section Wanganui „ Wellington-Napier „ Christchurch „ Dunedin ,, Invercargill „ Westland .„ Frasor and Co. 2/10 per lin. ft. 3/3 2/8 2/11 2/8 & 2/9 2/8 & 2/9 2/10 >> >>