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RETURN No. 11. Statement of Stores Contracts current during the Year ending 31st March, 1889.

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Service. Period. Name of Contractor. Rate. Uniforms ... ... Hurunui-Bluff „ ... ... Northern lines 3 yearsending3i/i2/88 Boss and GHendining As per schedule. jj „ ,j Printed stationery ... Cbristcliurch „ ... Wellington 2 years ending 30/6/88 Whitcoinbe and Tombs 55 General stores, &c. — Ironmongery, oils, ship - chandlery, and leather ... Auckland Drain-pipes ... „ Ironmongery, shipehandlery, leather Wellington Oils and colours ... jj Drain-pipes, &c. ... „ Ironmongery, oils, ship-chandlery ... Chriatchurch Leather ... ,, Drain-pipes ... „ l> '■• 3J JJ 2 years ending 31/12/88 E. Porter and Co. ... J. J. Craig )J >> ••■ >J 15 ... E. W. Mills and Co. J. Duthie and Co. ... G-eorge Norbury JJ )J ,, Jj ,, S. Nashelski C. D. Lightband ... E. and J. Ford ,1 j, J» All stores ... Dunedin J) Dunedin Iron & Woodware Co. J) Horse forage ... ... Christclmrch Delivery by 31/6/88 ... (J. Treleavcn and Co. JJ Iron castings ...Wellington ,, ... Christclmrch „ ... Auckland „ ... Dunedin Delivery by 30/6/88 ... J, ... Smith Brothers John Anderson Charles Hawkeswood A. andT. Burt 10/6 per cwt. 11/6 & 12/ per cwt. 11/ & 12/ „ ,, j, ... Uniform caps ... Hurumii-Bluff Delivery by 31/12/88... C. P. Hulbert 4/9 per eap. Timber supplies, as under— Native timber ... Wellington „ ... Wanganui Ironbark, hewn ... ,, Delivery by 31/8/88 ... Delivery by 25/4/88 ... Thomas Price P. and J. Bartholomew A. Tapper As per schedule. „ sawn ... ,, „ hewn ... Wellington „ „ ... Napier „ _ piles Native timber ... „ „ ... Cliristchurch Kauri and foreign ... ,, „ ... Dunedin Native timber ... Southland jj it '•' j, ... ... ,, ... ... 22/6 per iooft. 22/6 „ 22/ j. 22/6 „ 2/6 per lin. ft. As per schedule. )» jj ... ■ • * Delivery by 31/12/88 ,.. Matthews, Webber, and Co. ... John T. Brown jj !J jj ... ,, Findlay and Co. Walter Guthrie and Co. jj jj j, ... j, Coal supply ... Auckland For 1888 Taupiri Extended Coal-mining Company Brunner Coal Company Wostport Coal Company Union Steamship Company ... 5/ per ton. ,, ... Napier „ ... Wellington „ ... Wauganui „ ... Picton „ ... Nelson )) j, 23/9 j> 19/ j. 21/ „ 19/10 „ 18/ j> j> Anchor Steamship Company... Mum it ui-Sluff'. Goal supply ... LytteHon „ . ... Springfield „ ... Whiteclifrs , ... Timaru „ ... Oamaru „ ... Shag Point „ ... Stirling ... Winton ... Bluff „ ... Newmarket shops ,, ... Addington shops „ ... Hillside shops j, ... J, ... J, ... 55 ... Bruuner Coal Company Springfield Coal Company W. Leeming and Co. Wostport Coal Company „ ... Shag Point Coal Company ... Kaitangata Coal Company ... Hokonui Coal Company Union Steamship Company ... Brunner Coal Company 20/9 11/6 „ 10/ » 22/ 22/ "/ 8/6 8/5 19/6 „ 22/6 „ 18/3 » 20/ 5/io j, j> ... )) j> j, ... ,, ... 5, ■ • • )) ,, ... jj ... Fernhill Coal Company Railway supplies, as under — 40,000 yards 36m. light- canvas 8,000 yards 24m. light canvas 3,000 yards 24in. heavy canvas 37 tons cotton waste 11,000 gallons colza oil 23 tons white-lead, genuine, in oil jj ... ,j ... W. DawBon and Co. A. Briscoe and Co. S. Nashelski /7i 1 e V or y ar d. /S /4i .. JJ N.Z. Hardware Company £28 12/6 per ton. 2/8J per gallon. ;j ,j ... ») ,, ... £21 t6/8 per ton.