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RETURN No. 17. Statement of Stores Contracts current during the Year ending 31st March, 1902.

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Service. Period Name of Contractor. Kate. Hardwood sleepers— 5,000 at Auckland 9,000 15,000 at Wellington 5,000 at Lyttelton 15,000 at Dunedin 1/6/1901 31/5/1901 31/12/1901 O'Neil and Goldsmith James Stewart O'Neil and Goldsmith 4/1 each. 3/9 „ 4/1 „ 4/1 . 4/1 . 12,000 gallons castor-oil 14/9/1901 Ashby, Bergh, and Co. 2/8J per gallon. Horse-forage, at Christchurch , Auckland 31/3/1902 Geo. Treleaven and Co. W. and G. Winstone As per tender. Steel castings, Auckland Wellington .. „ Christcburch „ Dunedin Wilkinson, Callon, and Co. 4Jd.lb. 4jd. „ 4|d. „ 4Jd. „ 100 iron highside wagons 31/12/1901 Southland Implement and Engineering Company J-imes Macalister Snagar Bios. £106 each. 80 25 £106 . £106 „ ii Uniform caps — Station masters Guards and porters 31/3/1904 Chas. Hill and Sons 15/ eaoh. 4/ „ 4/ . 4/6 „ Hallenstein Bros, and Co. Drivers and firemen Native-timber supply— Christohurch Seotion Dunedin and Invercargill Section .. 31/3/1902 Williams, Stephens, and Co. (Limited) Massey and Co. As per tender. tt Coal-supply— Kaihu Valley, at Greymouth Auckland Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. 13/6 per ton. 24/ 25/ 7/ 24/ 23/6 28/ 27/ 28/ 26/ 23/6 21/6 „ ' 22/6 18/ 24/ 22/ 11/6 9/6 23/ 19/6 11/ 22/6 22/ 22/6 25/ 22/9 24/ 25/ 8/6 6/9 23/6 22/6 7/6 . 23/6 22/6 24/6 19/6 20/6 21/6 Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth Westport Coal Company Taupiri Coal-mines (Limited) Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Blackball Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Weatport Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Blackball Coal Company Greymouth-Poitit Elizabeth C>al Co. .. Westport Coal Company Blackball Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Picton .. Nelson Westland Lyttelton // ' * ' * * Timaru Blackball Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Westport Coal Company H. Levick.. Blackball Coal Company Grevmouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Blackball Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Blackball Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Westport Coal Company New Zealand Coal and Oil Company .. Oamaru Dunedin-Gore it '' South of Gore Blackball Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Nightcaps Coal Company .. ■ Blackball Coal Company J. J. Craig Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Workshops, Auckland Wanganui Wellington .. „ Lyttelton Dunedin General stores — Auckland — General ironmongery Furnishing ironmongery Leather, &o. Brushware Ship-chandlery Oils, colours, &o. Iron and steel Drain-pipes, &a. Cement and lime Iron, sheet, galvanised Briscoe and Co. a • • • * As per tender. J. J. Craig John Wilson and Co. Southern Cross Galvanised-iron Manufacturing Company Wellington— General ironmongery Ship-chandlery Furnishing ironmongery Brushware Iron and steel .. Oila,"colours, &o. Colonial cement Drain-pipes, &c. E. W. Mills and Co. .. Cameron and Christie Briscoe and Co. (Limited) Smith and Smith Peter Hutson and Co.