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

Service. Period. Name of Contractor. Rate. Brush-box timber at Auckland , Wellington Greymouth 3/12/1909 J. W. Wallace and Co. Gollin and Co. Proprietary (Limited) .. Fraser and Co. 24/9 per 100 ft. 27/6 24/6 Jarrah sleepers, 7 ft. by 8 in. by 5 in — 30,000 at Wellington 20,000 „ Timaru 10,000 , Dunedin or Bluff 30/4/1908 Samuel Brown (Limited) 3/9* eaoh. 3/9* „ 3/9* . 31/7/1908 Millar's West Australian Hardwood Company (Limited) Ditto .. 20,000 „ Timaru 43,000 „ Bluff 40,000 „ Dunedin 25,000 „ Auokland 30/6/1908 30/9/1908 31/8/1908 3/11* . 4/ 3/8 3/6 South-west Timber-hewers' Co-operative Society (Limited) Ditto 25,000 „ Wellington 25,000 , Dunedin 30,000 . Blufi 25,000 „ Auckland 25,000 „ Lyttelton 50,000 „ Wellington 3/6 3/6 3/6 3/8* and 3/9 each. 2/1/1909 New South Wales hardwood sleepers, 7 ft. by 8 in. by 5 in.— 10,000 at Auckland Ironbark sleepers, 7 ft. by 8 in. by 5 in. 2,000 at Wellington 31/12/1908 Samuel Brown (Limited) 3/8* eaoh. Richardson and Blair 4/2 Auckland Distriot — 338,700 sup. ft. kauri timber .. 620,200 , red-pine 31/3/1909 Merchants and mills in district Merchants, mills, and Publio Works Department Ditto 12/ to 21/6 per 100 ft. 11/ to 17/6 80,100 „ white-pine 171,500 „ matai 456,100 „ totara 722,000 „ jarrah 2,500 „ Tuart 6,800 „ maugaio 12,200 „ Oregon-pine „ 1,150 „ yellow-pine „ 44,000 ft. mouldings Millar's Jarrah Company Merohants in district 11/ to 14/6 12/ to 19/ 16/to 18/ 19/ to 22/ 30/ 20/ 17/6 and 22/ „ 14/6 Various. Wellington - Napier - New Plymouth Distriot— 106,500 sup. ft. kauri timber .. 48,800 „ kauri 1,349,100 . red-pine Merchants in Auckland Distriot „ Wellington District Merchants, mills, and Publio Works Department Ditto 20/6 to 36/ per 100 ft. List rates. 187,600 , white-pine „ 130,500 „ matai 215,200 „ totara 4,000 „ V.D.L. 3,000 „ spotted-gum „ 33,400 „ Oregon-pine „ 8,400 „ Tuart 1,238,500 „ jarrah 5,690 ft. jarrah piles 1,950 „ olear-pine timber 4,863 „ teak timber 43,100 „ mouldings Merchants in district Millar's Jarrah Company 30/ per 100 ft.. 17/ to 23/6 per 100 ft. 30/ 19/ and 20/ 3/ per ft. 9d. . 6Jd. „ List rates. Merchants in district Castendyke and Focke Merchants in district Christchuroh District — 137,500 sup. ft. kauri timber Merchants in Christchuroh and Auckland Distriots Merohants in distriot 15/ to 33/ per 100 ft. 12,600 „ red-pine figured timber 3,300 „ matai timber .. 100,000 „ white-pine 3,000 „ yellow-pine 13,800 . V.D.L. „ .. 16,800 „ Oregon-pine „ 6,000 „ clear-pine 170,400 „ jarrah 7,800 „ architraves 27,600 fc. mouldings 4,400 sup. ft. skirting 6,200 ft. teak timber 8,300 V.D.L. palings 18/to 28/ Millar's Jarrah Company Merchants in district 21/to 23/6 17/ to 18/ 33/ to 38/ 15/6 and 16/ , 14/6 to 17/3 „ 66/ 19/ to 22/ 13/3 to 16/ Various. 16/3 to 18/ per 100 ft. 6Jd. per ft. 20/9 to 22/6 per 100 ft. Castendyke and Focke Merchants in district Dunedin District — 57,900 sup. ft. kauri timber .. Merchants in Dunedin and Auokland Districts Merchants in district 18/6 to 32/ per 100 ft. 7,500 „ V.D.L. 1,400 „ clear-pine 18/6 50/ and 55/ .