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RETURN No. 11— continued. Statement of Stores Contracts, &c. — continued.

Service. I Period. I' Name of Contractor. Rate. Sleepers, as under — 2,000 birch ... Kaitoke 2,000 „ ... Mungaroa 2,000 „ ... Carterton 1,000 pilver-pine ... Brunnerton 8,000 birch ... Upper Hutt 1,000 silver-pine ... Brunnertou 2,000 birch ... Belgrove 2,000 „ ... Wakefield Delivery by 23/8/88 ... )> Delivery by 15/2/89 ... Delivery by 31/8/89 ... Delivery by 11/6/89 ... Delivery by 17/2/89 ... George Perkins Benge Brothers W. Booth and Co. ... B. McGee... Whiteman and Co.... Thomas Lowry Higgins Brothers ... C. White 2/6 each. 2/6 „ 2/6 ., 2/ 2/ „ i/8i „ 1/9 it 1/8J „ j) ... Iron castings ... Auckland ,, ... Wellington ,, ... Christchurch „ ... Dunedin Delivery by 30/6/89 ... >) ■■• C. Hawkeswood Smith Brothers R. Buchanan Begg and Wilkinson 12/ and 11/ percwt. n/8 I2 / & u/3 .» 11/9&10/9 „ » j) Horse forage ... Christchurch s> G-. Trcleaven and Co. Aβ per schedule.' Sleepers, 7x10x5 ... Delivery by 31/12/88... Johnston, Wood, and Co. 3/10 each. Barbed fencing - wire, 20 tons Delivery by 14/6/88 ... Mason, Struthers, and Co. ... £19 19/ per ton. Freight— 5,000 Bleepers ... Onehunga-Wai-tara 3,000 „ ... Auckland-Napier 5,000 „ ... Onehunga-Wai-tara Delivery by 2/9/88 ... Northern Steamship Company Ig each. Delivery by 26/4/89 ... Delivery by 28/4/89 ... James Lewis Union Steamship Co. and Northern Steamship Co. /9 Timber supplies, as under— Ironbark ... Lyttelton Delivery by 30/11/88... James Fox 21/ p. iooft., hewn, i/iop. lin. ft., piles, 21/ p. iooft., hewn, 1/10 p. lin. ft., piles, 22/ p. iooft., hewn, «/ " 22/ ., 22/ „ „ 20/ 1/9 per lin. ft., piles, As per schedule. ... Dunedin )j •*< ,, ... Bluff ... Wellington ... Napier ... Wanganui „ ... Dunedin )) Ml )) • ■• 5, ... ... Delivery by 8/1/89 >i ..• ... Cuff and Graham ... Native timber ... Wanganui „ ... Wellington ,, ... Napier ,, ... Christchurch Kauri and foreign ... „ ,, ... Dunedin Eiinm and white-pine Southland 45,000ft. mangaio ... Xiyttelton and Wellington For 1889 it )i j) W. W. Corpe Udy and Gallon B. L. Knight J. T. Brown R.W.England Findlav and Co. W. Outline and Oo. E. M. Corbett » )> )) j) Delivery by 5/4/89 ... 23/6 pex- iooft. Printed stationery ... Wellington „ ... Ohristchurch 2 years ending 30/6/90 Government Printer As per schedule. ,, t> Bailway supplies, as under— 45,000 yards 36m. light canvas 5,000 yards 24m. light canvas 16 tons genuine white-lead 5 tons genuine whitelead 30 tons No. 6 steel fencing-wire 30 tons steel barbed fencing-wire 7,000 gallons colza oil For 1889 „ t> •»• T. and S. Morrin and Co. ,, ... E. Porter and Co. ... E. W. Mills and Co. 17 per yard. Is » £23 14/6 per ton. £21 14/6 „ j, ... A. Briscoe and Co. ... £* '6/ ,, ... 93 ... £1818/ ji ... T. and S. Morrin and Co. 2/6J per gallon. General stores, as tinder — Ironmongery (iron and steel), oils and colours, ship-chan-dlery ... ... Auckland Drain-pipes, &c. ... „ Ironmongery (iron and steel), oils and colours, ship-chan-dlery ... ... Wellington Drain-pipes, &c. ... ,, Ironmongery, shipcliandlery, oils and colours ... Christchurch ,, ... t> ..I >> ... Carder Brothers and Co. As per schedule. a » ... E. W. Mills and Co. P. Hutson and Co. ... » ... t> jj ... S. Nashelski »