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RETURN No. 17. Statement of Stores Contracts current during the Year ending 31st March, 1900.

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Service. Period. Name of Contractor. Rate. !oal-supply— Auckland 31/3/1900 Taupiri Extended Coal Company Taupiri Reserve Coal Company Waikato Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. (f.o.b. Greymouth) Blackball Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co.'.. 5/5 per ton. 5/5 4/9 9/10 „ Kaihu Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth 19/6 22/ 23/ 22/ 18/9 21/ 19/ 17/ 20/ 22/ 20/ 6/4 V 8/ 9/6 16/* 18/ 18/ 20/ 18/ 20/ 6/ 6/ 6/9 6/ 17/6 17/6* „ 18/6 7/1 . 20/6 21/6 16/6 17/6 18/6 11/6 ./ u " Blackball Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Westport Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Blackball Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. ii >i n Picton Nelson Westport Greymouth-Hokitika Westport Coal Company Blackball Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. H. Levick Westport-Cardifi Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Blackball Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Blackball Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Fernhill Coal Company Walton Park Coal Company Kaitangata Coal Company Loudon and Howarth Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Westport-Cardiff Coal Company Blackball Goal Company Nightcaps Goal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Port Chalmers-Gore South of Gore Workshops, Wanganui „ Wellington .. „ Lyttelton „ Port Chalmers „ Newmarket (f.o.b. Greymouth) Jniform caps— Stationmasters Guards and porters Drivers and firemen Jniform suits — Stationmasters Guards Porters .. 31/3/1901 T. Parker and Co. 15/ eaoh. 3/11 „ 4/8 „ Wellington Woollen Company As per sohedul' leneral stores — Auckland — General ironmongery Furnishing ironmongery Iron and steel Oils, colours, &o. Ship-chandlery Brushware Leather, &c. Drain-pipes Lime, ordinary and hydraulic .. Cement, colonial WellingtonGeneral ironmongery Furnishing ironmongery Iron and steel Oils, colours, &c. Ship-chandlery Brushware Leather, &c. Drain-pipes Lime, ordinary Cement, colonial Christchurch — General ironmongery Furnishing ironmongery Iron and steel Oils, colours, &c. Ship-chandlery Drain-pipes Lime, ordinary Cement, colonial Brushware Leather, &c. 31/3/1900 E. Porter and Co. J. J. Craig .. J. Wilson and Co. E. W. Mills and Co... Cameron and Christie Briscoe, MacNeil, and Co. .. ' Smith and Smith E. W. Mills and Co... T. Bunting and Co. .. E. W. Mills and Co... P. Hutson and Co. Milburn Lime Company P. Hutson and Co. As por schedul Ashby, Bergh, and Co. J. Anderson E. Reece and Sons Ashby, Bergh, and Co. J. J. Craig Ashby, Bergh, and Co. * No contract.