D.-2.

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

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Period. Name of Contractor. Hate. Service. Coal-supply — Whangarei .. • • • • • Hunt l> Auckland Onehunga :»l ;; L912 ffikurangi Coal Company (Limited) .. Taupiri Coal-mines (limited) ■• ' Weetport Coal Company (limited) ■■ - Westport-Stockton Coal Company (Li- 2 mited) Westport Coal Company (Limited) . . - Wcstport-Stockton Coal Company (Li- t mited) , .1. A. Redpath and Son .. •• J Blackball Coal Company (Limited) Westport Coal Company (Limited) .. ■ Wcstport-Stockton Coal Company (Lα- . mited) ( ,1. A. Redpath and Son Blackball Coal Company (Limited) Wcstport-Stockton Coal Company (Limited) .1. A. Redpath and Son Blackball Coal Company (Limited) . . Weetport Coal Company (Limited) . . Wcstport-Stockton Coal Company (Limited) Blackball Coal Company (Limited) .. (). T. Hull and Co... Blackball Coal Company (Limited) .. Neale and Haddow S Ii per ton. 10/1) 21 ii 24 it New Plymouth 20/ 25/3 VVanganui 24/ 25/ 26/6 25/9 23/6 25/ 26/9 Foxton 25/6 26/ 22/6 21/9 Wellington .•> 21/ 22/ 24/ 23/ 21/ I 23/6 22/9 >j * ' Napier l'icton Nelson Lyttclton „ „ .... Westport Coal Company (Limited) . . " Westport-Slockton Coal Company (Limited) Blackball Coal Company (Limited) .. Timaru Oamaru 22/ 23/ 24/ 24/3 »» .Dunedin >» Westport-Stookton Coal Company (Limited) Westport Coal Company (Limited) Westport-Stookton Coal Company (Limited) Bruce Railway and Coal Company ._. New Zealand Coal and Oil Company (Limited) Westport Coal Company (I-itmteil) .. Nightcaps Coal Company (Limited) .. 24/6 23/9 7/10 10/ Milton Stirling BluS .. Nightcaps 25/ 8/4 Brooms and brushes — Auckland Wellington ('hristchurch Dunedin Invercargill 31/3/1914 J. Trevethick „ C. Trevethick Otago Brush Company As per tender. ♦) » » " . " »> Painters' brushware Bunting and Co. (Limited) Cartage at Auckland Wellington 31/3/1912 J. J. Craig (Limited) J. Keir >> Uniforms — Stationmasters' Guards and porters 31/3/1914 Bing, Harris, and Co. (Limited) „ A. Levy >• Uniform caps— Stationmasters, summer .. (J winter Drivers and firemen, summer winter Guards, summer „ winter Porters, summer „ winter White linen cap-covers Rainproof cap-covers Ross and Glendining (Limited) * ,. »> ,, »j 9/3 eaoh. 9/9 3/4 „ . 4/4 . 5/3 . 5/6 . 3/6 . 3/9 . 10£d. „ . 2/ „ ,, »- Varnish, Noble's and Hoare s— 840 gallons best wearing body 720 " ii nard bo(i y 490 „ » carriage .. 450 „ black Japan 485 „ gold-size 31/3/1912 Mackerras and Hazlett (Limited) . 17/6 per gal. . 17/ . 12/6 . 12/ . 8/ „ „ " ,, >» 31/3/1914 John Chambers and Son (Limited) .. As per tender. Wire rope at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin