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Sess. 11.—1884. NEW ZEALAND.

TENDERS FOR RAILWAY SLEEPERS (RETURN OF).

Return to an Order of the Souse of Representatives, dated 19th September, 1884, Ordered, " That a return be laid before this House showing all tenders received for the supply of railway sleepers during the past two years, giving names of persons tendering, the price at which they tendered, the kinds of timber tendered for, and the names of persons whose tenders were accepted, and the price mentioned in such tender, and whether such accepted tenders were made publicly or privately."— (Mr. W. White.)

Tenders for Supply of Sleepers for Working Railways, 1882.

Quantity tendered for. Kind of Timber. Bate per Sleeper. Place of Delivery. How tendered for. Accepted or declined. Name of Tenderer. John Pettigrew Youngman Brothers .. John Sharplin Walter Eyde John Patterson Anderson and Co. G,000 2,000 5,000 3,000 6,000 3,000 Black pine Black Mrch .. s. d. 2 11 2 8 2 8 2 9 2 6 2 5 Lyttelton West Oxford Sheffield Public advertisement Accepted. Black pine Black pine and totara Ditto Black pine Black tirch Tapanui Invercargill A. F. Dawson and Co... James Crallan Peary Brothers John Murdoch 7,000 6,000 5,000 5,000 8,000 2 7 2 10J 2 8 2 9 2 9 Centre Bush West Oxford Sheffield Morton Mains .. W. Booth and Co. D. Sladden Francis Henry 10,000 5,000 10,000 10,000 Black pine and totara Ditto Black birch .. Kamai or black pine and totara Black pine and totara Kamai Black pine and totara Ditto 3 0 2 10 2 3or 2 6 2 7 Lyttelton West Oxford Golao Bay // Declined. McKillop and Trail .. Gillies and Co. John Murdoch 10,000 10,000 2 0 2 11 Clifton Morton Mains .. George Weeks A. W. Eason and Co. .. 10,000 1,250 50,000 Crcosoted red pine Black pino and totara Ditto 4 0 3 2 2 9 Timaru Woodlands Inveroargill William Coop Francis Jack Small and Go. John Smith A. H. Ihle Corpe and Son Henderson Brothers and Wratt Warne and Beard John Patterson J. B. Pole Brown and Everett Feary Brothers J. M. Booth ".^ F. Jack 10,000 10,000 4,000 5,000 1,300 3,000 2,000 3 2 2 6 3 0 3 4 1 10 2 0 2 3 Little Eivcr or Birdling's Plat Wright's Bush .. Waimatuku Lyttelton Palmerston North Makino Swainson's Siding H Totara Accepted. w Declined. 2,000 5,000 2,000 4,000 3,000 3,000 5,000 Black pine Black birch .. Black pine Black birch .. 2 4 2 6 2 8 2 8 2 9 2 8 2 6 Terrace End Tapanui Sheffield Wallacetown ShefEeld Oxford Wright's Bush .. Accepted. D. Sladden 0. E. Martin .. H. E. Moors and Co. .. 2,000 2,500 1,500 Black pine and totara Black birch .. Black pine Black pine and totara Black pine 2 9 2 6 2 8 Oxford Winton Colao 1,000 3 7 Woodlands Declined. W. Conyers ..