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

Service. Period. Name of Contractor. Bute. lronbark piles at Wellington „ timber at Lyttelton „ piles „ timber at Dunedin Brush-box timber at Dunedin lronbark piles at Dunedin lronbark timber at Bluff „ piles „ Hewn ironbark timber at Greyinoutb 1/9/1906 N. Cain .. .. .. ■ ■ i Fraser and Co. .. .. ■ ■ I E. D. Pike and Co. .. 1/11 per lin. ft. 21/6 per 100 sup. ft. 2/1 per lin. ft. 21/ per 100 sup. ft. 21/ 2/4 per lin. ft. 22/ per 100 sup. ft. 2/3 per lin. ft. 22/ per 100 sup. ft. 24/ 2/3 per lin. ft. 25/ per 100 sup. ft. 3/ per lin. ft. 23/ per 100 sup. ft. 23/6 2/6 per lin. ft. 20/6 per 100 sup. ft. Sawn „ piles at Greymouth timber at Westport piles timber at Picton „ Nelson » piles at Nelson » timber at Dunedin J. Breckenridge Fraser and Co. Murray, Arnold, and Co. Uniform suits— Guards and porters Stationmasters .. .. ... 31/3/1907 A. Levy Ross and Glendining As per tender. Uniform caps— Guards and posters, summer Guards and porters, winter Drivers and firemen, summer Drivers and firemen, winter Stationmasters Puggarees Rain-proof covers Hallenstein Bros, and Co. Charles Hill and Sons Hallenstein Bros, and Co. 3/5 eaoh. 3/9 , 3/7 ; 4/4 ,. 9/ „ lid. „ 1/3 „ Charles Hill and Sons Hallenstein Bros, and Co. Auckland District— 329,000 sup. ft. kauri timber 5,300 ft. mouldings 281,000 sup. ft. red-pine timber 1,700 sup. ft. matai timber 28,000 sup. ft. white-pine timber .. 3,500 sup. ft. mangiao timber 185,000 sup. ft. totara timber 1,400 sup. ft. clear-pine timber .. 2,600 sup. ft. teak timber 31/3/1906 Merchants and mills in district 10/6 to 28/ per 100 ft. 4/9 to 23/ 8/6 to 14/6 15/ ' . 7/ to 8/6 15/6 to 20/ 16/ to 21/6 7d. per ft. 6|d. „ Merohants in district Henry Markwald .. .. Wellington - Napier - New Plymou th District— 249,000 sup. ft. kauri timber 922,000 sup. ft. red-pine timber 126,000 sup. ft. white-pine timber .. 68,000 sup. ft. matai timber 342,000 sup. ft. totara timber 61,000 sup. ft. jarrah timber Merohants in Auckland District Merchants and mills in district 15/6 to 41/ per 100 ft. 8/6 to 22/6 7/6 to 11/6 12/ to 22/6 18/3 to 24/ 19/ to 23/ 3,500 sup. ft. clear-pine timber .. 5,000 sup. ft. teak timber Millar's West Australian Hardwood Company Merchants in district Henry Markwald 7d. per ft. 6Jd. to 7Jd. per ft. Christchurch District— 93,000 sup. ft. kauri timber 13,000 ft. mouldings 6,000 sup. ft. jarrah timber 24,000 sup. ft. blue-gum timber .. 2,500 sup. ft. clear-pine timber .. 1,200 sup. ft. hickory timber Merchants in Auokland District Merchants in District 12/6 to 33/ per 100 ft. 6/6 to 18/6 27/ to 30/ 16/ to 18/ 7|d. to 8d. per ft. 10d. per ft. Dunedin and Invercargill Districts— 130,000 sup. ft. kauri timber 6,000 sup. ft. black-pine timber .. 9,500 sup. ft. V.D.L. timber 13,300 ft. V.D.L. droppers 1,960 sup. ft. teak timber Merchants in Auckland District Merohants in district 15/6 to 26/6 per 100 ft 14/ to 20/ 15/ to 15/3 15/6 to 16/ 6|d. to 7d. per ft. Henry Markwald Picton District — 1,000 sup. ft. matai timber 2,000 sup. ft. totara timber 17,000 sup. ft. red-pine timber Merchants and mills in district 21/6 per 100 ft. 13/ to 29/6 per 100 ft. 9/ to 17/6 Nelson Distriot — 1,600 ft. birch piles 1,700 sup. ft. birch timber 8,000 sup. ft. red-pine timber 2,000 sup. ft. totara timber 8d. per ft. 12/6 to 14/ per 100 ft. 7/6 to 19/ 20/6 to 25/ Westport District — 40,500 sup. ft. red-pine timber 8,000 sup. ft. silver-pine timber .. 11,000 sup. ft. white-pine timber .. < 8/ to 15/6 20/ 8/6 to 17/