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RETURN No. 11. Statement of Stores Contracts current during the Year ending 31st March, 1890.

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Service. Clio. fame ol lontracl tor. it. 31eepers, as under— 8,000 birch ... Upper Hutt 1,000 silver-pine ... Brunnerton Delivery by 31/8/89 ... Delivery by 11/6/89 ... Whiteman and Co.... Thomas IJowry 2/ each. i/8i „ [ron castings ... Auckland ... Wellington ... Christchurch ... Dunedin Delivery by 30/6/89 ... C. Hawkeswood Smith Brothers E. Buchanan Begg and Wilkinson 12/ and 11/ percwi u/8 12/ & 11/3 „ 11/9&10/9 „ ?) Etorse forage ... Christchurch )) "• G-. Treleaven and Co. As per schedule. Freight— 3,000 sleepers ... Auckland-Napier 5,000 ,, ... Onehunga - Waitara Delivery by 26/4/89 ... Delivery by 28/4/89 ... James Lewis Union Steamship Co. and Northern Steamship Co. \g each. /10 „ rimber supplies, as under — Native timber ... Wanganui ... Wellington ,, ... Napier ... Christchurch Kauri and foreign ... ,, ... Dunedin Rimu and white-pine Southland 45,oooft. mangeao ... Lyttelton and Wellington For 1889 W. W. Corpe Udy and Gallon B. L. Knight J. T. Brown R.W.England Kindlay and Co. W. G-uthrie and Co. E. M. Corbett As per schedule. j, jj ... j, ... 55 ... Delivery by 5/4/89 ... 23/6 per 100ft. Printed stationery ... Wellington ... Christchurch 2 years ending 30/6/90 Government Printer As per schedule. j> ,, t) Railway 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 3} ,, , } ... T. and S. Morrin and Co. >» E. Porter and Co. ... E. W. Mills and Co. 17 per yard. It ., £23 14/6 per ton. £21 14/6 „ A. Briscoe and Co. ... £8 16/ j, ,, £18 18/ ,j ... T. and S. Morrin and Co. 2J6\ per gallon. Sreneral stores, as under — 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, shipchandlery, oils and colours ... Christchurch Iron and steel ... ,, Drain-pipes, &c. ... ,, Ironmongery, &c. ... Dunedin Iron and steel ... „ Oils, colours, shipchandlery, and drain-pipes ... „ ,, ,, ... a , ••• ,, Carder Brothers and Co. E. W. Mills and Co. P. Hutson and Co. ... As per schedule. 5! )) 3J ,, ,, S. Nashelski John Anderson E. and J. Ford N.Z. Hardware Company A. Briscoe and Co.... t) )) )) 55 ,, ... ,, Thomson, Bridger, and Co. ... >3 uniform clothing ... Hurunui-Bluff ... Northern lines 3 years ending 31/12/91 Ross and G-londining J. H. Dalton As per schedule. ,, j) Jniform caps ... "S.Z. Railways ,, ... C. Hill and Sons ... 5/ each. 0,000 gallons castoroil Delivery by 30/9/89 ... National Mortgage and Agency Company 2/6i per gallon.