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RETURN No. 11. Statement of Stores Contracts current during the Year ending 31st March, 1888.

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Service. Period. Name of Contractor. Rate. Jniforms ... ... Hurunui-Bluff „ Northern lines Jniform caps ... Hurunui-Bluff 3 years ending 31/12/88 Delivery by 30/7/87 ... Boss and Glendining J. Ballantyne and Co. As per schedule. 5/3 and 5/6 per cap. timber supply— Ironbai-k, hewn ... Lyttelton „ piles ... „ ,, hewn ... Dunedin ... BlufE „ piles ... „ Puriri junk ...Auckland Totara junk ... „ Kauri j unk ... „ Delivery by 7/4/8? ... ,, ,, ... James Fox ,, ... ... 22/6 per 1 ooft. 2/6 per lin. ft. 22/6 per 100ft. 25/ 2/7 per lin. ft. 10/ per 100ft. sup. 14/ 6/11 „ 7/5 Delivery by 30/4/87 ... Delivery by 31/5/87 ... Delivery by 30/4/87 ... Delivery by 31/8/87 ... T. and J. Beasley ... J. McLellan Cairns, Bradley, and Mander „ •■• ji a fencing material, as under —• 2,000 puriri posts Onehunga ioo ,, strainers „ 1,000 Ti-tree rails ,, 3,000 totara posts Lichfield ioo „ strainers „ 2,000 rimu rails Pukekohe Delivery during 1887... A. Laybourne and Co. S. Bradley ,, ... ... Thomas Freeman ... £4 19/ P er ioo. £18 £2 15 „ £4 Si £20 £2 W. H. Madill ?reight —■ S,ooo sleepers, Pelorus to Timaru 5,000 „ „ Oamaru 5,000 „ Port Chalmers 6,ooo ■ f , Auckland to Napier 3,000 „ „ N.Plymouth 3,000 ,, „ „ 6,ooo „ Pelorus to Timaru 6,ooo „ „ to Dunedin or Port Chalmers 3,000 „ Auckland to N.Plymouth Delivery by 30/6/87 ... ,, ... Delivery by 30/7/87 ... Delivery by 25/8/87 ... Delivery by 30/: 1/87... Delivery by 31/3/88 ... Cuff and Q-raham ... ,, Union Steam Shipping Co. ... J. J. Craig /8£ per sleeper. /84 „ Igi hi hi li /9 1. ,'io ,, ... ... Cuff and Graham ... ,, ... ,, ... ... Jubilee Steam Shipping Co. ... 16 ETorse forage ... Christohurch Delivery by 30/6/87 ... &. Treleaven and Co. As pei* schedule. iron castings ... Auckland ,, ... Wellington ... Christchurch ... Dunedin ,, G-. Eraser and Co. ... Smith Brothers John Anderson A. and T. Burt 15/ and 16/percwt. 11/6 11/6&12/ j, 11/ and 12/ „ ,, Printed stationery ... Christchurch ... Wellington 2 years ending 30/6/88 Whitcombe and Tombs As per schedule. leneral stores, &c. — Ironmongery, oils, ship chandlery, and leather Auckland Drain-pipes ... „ Ironmongery, ship chandlery, leather Wellington Oils and colours ... „ Drain-pipes, &c. ... „ Ironmongery, oils, ship chandlery Christchurch Leather ... ,, Drain-pipes ,, j, ■» 2 years ending 31/12/88 E. Porter and Co. ... J. J. Craig )» ,, ... it B. W. Mills and Co. J. Duthie and Co. ... George Norbury j) 3) H ,, S. Nashelski C. D. Lightband ... B. and J. Ford ,, ... j> ill stores ... Dunedin Dunedin Iron & Woodware Co. )3 timber supplies, as under — Native timber ... Christchurch Kauri and foreign ... „ ... Dunedin Native timber ... Southland For 1887 )) J. T. Brown R.W.England Dunedin Iron & Woodware Co. John Murdoch )J Ji ••• )> ,5 fl iailway supplies, as under — 41 tons cotton waste 5,000 yards 24m. light canvas 40,000 yards 36m. light canvas 2,000 yards 24m. Addington heavy canvas 6,000 yards 24m. Other stores heavy canvas 11,000 gallons colza oil 24 tons white lead, genuine, in oil 1,300 gallons peanut Dunedin _ ;i » j, ... ,, A. Briscoe and Co ... T. and S. Morrin and Co. )! William Stevens and Co. A. Briscoe and Co.... £28 SIS P er ton/4f per yard. /6w per yard. I Si Per Jard. /6i per yard. jj ... S. Nashelski a/Stt Per gallon. >> ••• T. and S. Morrin and Co. 16/9 per tou. Delivery by May, 1887 Kwong Sing Wing ... 3/2 per gallon.