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RETURN No. 17— continued. Statement of Stores Contracts current, &c.— continued.

Geo. Felton, Stores Manager.

Service. Period. Name of Contractor. Bate. Greymouth Section— 6,850 sup. ft. birch timber 51,400 sup. ft. red-pine timber 5,700 sup. ft. white-pine timber .. 429,000 sup. ft. silver-pine timber .. 19,900lin. ft. 8x5silver-pine timber Westport Section— 26,750 sup. ft. birch timber 105,500 sup. ft. red-pine timber 500 sup. ft. white-pine timber .. 10,800 sup. ft. yellow-pine timber.. 9,400 sup. ft. silver-pine timber .. 2,340 lin. ft. silver-pine piles Nelson Section— 5,300 sup. ft. birch timber 17,000 sup. ft. red-pine timber 500 sup. ft. totara timber 2,700 sup. ft. white-pine timber .. Picton Section — 1,400 sup. ft. white-pine timber .. 300 sup. ft. black-pine timber .. 13,200 sup. ft. red-pine timber 1,900 sup. ft. totara timber Wellington - Napier - New Plymouth Section— 22,500 sup. ft. black-pine timber .. 560,000 sup. ft. red-pine timber 29,000 sup. ft. white-pine timber .. 147,000 sup. ft. totara timber 25,000 sup. ft. kauri timber Auckland District— 46,100 sup. ft. red-pine timber' .. 24,500 sup. ft. totara timber 1,900 sup. ft. mangiao timber 700 sup. ft. silver-pine timber .. 716,200 sup. ft. kauri timber 6,180 pickets Iron castings, Wellington Christchurch.. „ Dunedin Steel castings, Auckland „ Wellington .. „ Christchurch „ Dunedin Horse-forage, Auckland „ Christchurch 6,000 gallons castor oil 8,000 Timber and piles, ironbark 31/3/1900 Mills in distriot 10/6tol2/perl00sup.ft. 6/ to 11/ 4/ to 8/6 13/to 16/ 4d. to 5Jd. per lin. ft. 10/tol4/perl00sup.ft. 6/ to 14/ 7/ to 7/6 12/6 to 18/6 ,, 16/ to 24/ lOd. per lin. ft. 8/5 to 9/ per 100 sup. ft. 6/ to 15/ 14/ 8/ to 13/ 9/ to 10/ 13/ 9/ to 13/ 14/ to 21/ 10/6 to 14/ 6/to 18/ 5/ to 9/6 15/ to 22/6 5/to 25/ Merchants in distriot Mills in districts 8/6 to 10/6 13/6 to 20/ 18/ to 20/ 15/ 7/6 to 17/6 20/ to 25/ per 100. 14/ per cwt. As per schedule. Smith Brothers A. and T. Burt Wilkinson, Callon, and Co. 4|d. per lb. 4|d. „ 4|d. „ 4Jd. „ As per schedule. 31/8/1899 31/3/1900 Jan., 1901 Feb., ,, J. J. Craig Thomas Wreaks Ashby, Bergh, and Co. Vacuum Oil Company E. D. Pike and Co. .. Allen Taylor 2/4 per gallon. 2/4J . As per schedule. 23/4 per 100 sup. ft. and 2/6 per lin. ft. As per schedule. Mar., „ Murray, Arnold, and Co.