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RETURN No. 16 -continued. Statement of Stores Contracts, &c. — continued.

Service. Period. Name of Contractor. Rate. General stores — continued. Oils, colours, &e. ... Dunedin Ship-chandlery ... ,, Drain-pipes ... ,, ••. Cement and lime ... ,, For 1896-97 A. Briscoe and Co. ... Thomson, Bridger, and Co. ... A. Briscoe and Co. ... Milburn Lime and Cement Company A. Briscoe and Co. ... New Zealand Hardware ComAs per schedule. Bruehware ... „ Leather, &c. ... „ 11 t> >> pany Timber supply — 1 roubark ... ... At all ports 1896 Murray, Arnold, and Co. 15/6 per 100ft.; 1/5 per lin. ft. piles. As per schedule. Native ... ... Auckland ,, ... ... Napier „ ... ... Wanganui ,, ... ... Wellington „ ... ... Nelson „ ... ... Greymouth D. Goldie... Hawke's Bay Timber Company Manawatu Timber Company... A. Falkner H. Baigent West Coast Timber Trading Company Williams, Stephens, and Co. ... i> „ ... ... Northern Division, Hurunui-Bluff „ ... ... Southern Division, Hurunui-Bluff Coal supply... ... Auckland George Harrington Till 31/3/98... Taupiri Extended Coal-mining Company Ditto Grey-Point Elizabeth Company (f.o.b., Greymouth) Blackball Coal Company 6/6 per toh. „ ... ... Kaihu 5/6 . 9/'o „ 11 „ ... ... Napier-Taranaki ,, ... ... ij ,, ... ... », M ... ... ,, „ ... ... Wellington i> Grey-Point Elizabeth Company Weetport Coal Company Westport-Cardiff Company ... Grey-Point Elizabeth Company 19/6 „ 19/ •• 22/ 22/6 ,, 21/ ,. 19/ ., 18/3 „ 17/ 22/ „ 20/ ,, 6/6 8/ ,, ... ... Picton „ ... ... Nelson ,, ... ... Weetport „ ... ... Grey mouth ... Hurunui-Bluff— 1st Section it Westport Coal Company Grey-Point Elizabeth Company „ >» >> Westport-Cardiff Company ... Blackball Coal Company Grey-Point Elizabeth Company Hartley Company ... Weatport-Cardiff Company ... Grey-Point Elizabeth Coal Company Ditto Shag Point Coal Company ... Fernhill Coal Company Kaitangata Coal Company Nightcaps Coal Company Blackball Coal Company Grey-Point Elizabeth Company 16/ „ 17/3 « ■8/3 -. 10/ 17/9 .. 19/6 - 2nd Section 11 it >> 3rd Section 4th Section 5th Section 19/6 „ 10/ 6/ 6/1 ;: 7/1 18/6 „ 20/6 „ ,1 it Coal supply... ...Workshops— Newmarket Grey-Point Elizabeth Company (f.o.b., Greymouth) Ditto 9/10 .. Petone Eastown Addington Hillside t, t> i> ... 16/6 „ 21/ ■7/6 „ 18/6 „ S/6 „ As per schedule. 11 Walton Park Kauri Timber Company Cairns and Co. Hawke's Biiy Sawmillers' Cooperative Association (Ltd.) Taranaki Sawmillers' Co-opera-tive Association (Limited) Manawatu Timber Company... Thomas Price Henry Baigent Feary Brothers West. Coast Timber Trading Company Timber supply ...Auckland „ ... Napier-Taranaki >, » ■•■ »> 11 "• i» t> >> ■ • • t> „ ... Wellington „ ... Nelson „ ... Greymouth i> » 11 ... n 11 „ ... Hurunui-Bluff— North Division South Division William?, Stephens, and Co.... George Harrington... 11 Iron castings ... Auckland ,, ... Wellington ,, ... Hurunui-Bluff... Uniforms for Stationmasters >> C. and A. Collings ... Smith Brothers A. and T. Burt Hallenstein Brothers and Co. For 1897