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RETURN No. 16. Statement of Stores Contracts current during the Year ending 31st March, 1897.

Service. Period. Name of Contractor. Rate. Uniform clothing ... Northern Lines... „ ... IIurunui-Bluff Section Uniform caps ... All Sections 3 years ending 31/12/97 A. Levi and Co. Ross and Glendining As per schedule. ,, » Iron castings ... Auckland „ ... Wellington (J ... For whole Huru-nui-Bluff Section Coal-supply... ... Whangarei „ ... ... Kailiu Valley ... „ ... ... Auckland ,, ... ... Napier Delivery to 30/6/96 ... Hallenstein Brothers and Co C. and A. Collings ... Smith Brothers A. and T. Burt Guards and porters, 4/ ; drivers, &c, 4/9 each. I Sl> l: /9> an d 28/ per cwt. 14/ per cwt. 12/, 10/9, and 13/6 per cwt. 7/9 per ton. 14/6 ., 6/6 and 5/6 per ton. 22/ per ton. For 1896 J. J. Craig Hikurangi Coal Company Taupiri Extended Company ... Grey - Point Elizabeth Coal Company Ditto ,, .. ... „ ... ... Foxton „ ... ... Wanganui ,, ... ... New Plymouth ... „ ... ... Wellington tt >> 22/6 „ 22/ „ 21/ 17/6 „ 19/ 22/ „ ... ... Picton „ ... ... Nelson ... Westport ,, ... ... Grey-Hokitika... „ ... ... Lyttelton 1, ... •■• ,, „ ... ... Springfield „ ... ... Timaru ,, ... ... „ ,, ... ... ,, „ ... ... Oamaru j, >) Westport Coal Company Grey - Point Elizabeth Coal Company Ditto Westport-CardilTCoal Company Grey - Point Elizabeth Coal Company Ditto Westport- Card iff Coal Com pany Mokihinui Coal Company Springfield Coal Company Groy - Point Elizabeth Coal Company Westport-CardiffCoal Company Moluhinui Coal Company Grey - Point Elizabeth Coal Company Shag Point Coal Company Allandalo Coal Company Fernhill Coal Company Walton Park Coal Company ... Kaitanga) a Coal Company Grey - Point Elizabeth Coal Company Nightcaps Coal Company Hokonui Coal Company J. J. Craig Grey - Point Elizabeth Coal Company Ditto 20/ „ 6/9 11 / and 8/ per ton. 18/6 per ton. 17/6 ,. 17/6 .. 8/6 19/6 „ 18/9 „ 18/6 '9/ ,, „ ... ... Shag Point ,, ... ... Bushey ,, ... ... Abbotsford „ ... ... Walton Park ... ... Stirling „ ::. ...Biuff II ,, 10/ „ 10/ 6/ 6/ S/10 19/6 ,. y> ,, ... ... Nightcaps ,, ... ... Winton Workshops ... ... Newmarket „ ... ... Petone ,, 7/ 8/ 23/6 16/ „ ... ... Addington „ ... Hillside Horse forage ... Christchurch General stores — General Ironmongery Auckland Furnishing ,, ,, Iron and steel ... „ Oils, colours, &c. ... „ Ship-chandlery ... „ Drain-pipes ... ,, Cement and lime ... „ Brushware ... „ Leather, &c. ... „ General Ironmongery Wellington Furnishing „ „ Iron and steel ... „ Oils, colours, &c. ... ,, Ship-chandlery ... „ Drain-pipes ... ,, Cement and lime ... „ Bruehware ■■ ,, Leather, &c. ... ,, General Ironmongery Christchurch Furnishing „ ,, Iron and steel ... ,, Oils, colours, &c. ... „ Ship-chandlery ... ,, Drain-pipes ... ,, Cement and lime ... ,, Brushware ... ,, Leather, &c. ... ,, General Ironmongery Dunedin Furnishing ,, ,, Iron and steel .. „ Delivery to 30/6/96 ... Robinson Brothers ... 17/ 18/ As per schedule. For 1896-97 E. Porter and Co. ... ,, »i ,, ,, ,, ... ... it W. and G. Winstone J. J. Craig E. Porter and Co. ... >> )» 11 Briscoe, MacNeill, and Co. ... i> ,, ,» ,, W. Murphy Milburn Lime and Cement Co. Briscoe, MacNeill, and Co. ... ,, Ashby, Bergh, and Co. ,1 J, J. Anderson E. Reece and Sons ... Ashby, Bergh, and Co. Springfield Coal Company Ashby, Bergh, and Co. T. Bunting Asliby, Bergh, and Co. A. Briscoe and Co. ... )J ,t »» ,, ... IJ