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Tenders for Supply of Sleepers for Working Railways, 1883— continued.

* Only one tender received. t Re-advertised.

Name of Tenderer. Quantity tendered Kind of Timber, for. Bate per Sleeper. Place of Delivery. How tendered for. Accepted or declined. 0. H. Petrie .. J. Sharplin D. Sladden .. Lugar and Osborne John Ingram .. Feary Brothers H. Feary Taylor and Flatman .. 5,000 3,000 7,000 6,000 7,000 7,000 3,000 3,000 Black birch .. s. d. 2 9 2 8 2 9 2 9 2 9 2 9 2 10 3 3 Oxford .. .. Public advertisement Accepted. Sheffield Oxford .... Bennett's .. „ „ Sheffield Findlay and Co. 30,000 Black pine and totara Ditto 3 10 Rangitata South „ „ Port Chalmers, „ „ Oamaru, and Timaru Colac Bay .. „ „ Lyttelton .. „ Declined. Timaru .. „ „ Frew and Co. W. Booth and Co. Warne and Beard Bailey Brothers J. and C. Bull B. and J. Bartholomew Richter Nannestead .. Handcock Brothers Walter Ball John Smith Johnston, Wood, and Co. William Coop 20,000 20,000 20,000 5,000 20,000 5,000 20,000 10,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 3,000 10,000 6,000 5,000 5,000 2,500 2,500 20,000 Totara Black pine Totara Black pine Totara Black pine 3 0 4 7 4 10 3 10 4 10 4 0 4 10 4 6 3 11 4 0 3 10 3 8 3 4 3 9 3 6 3 6 3 6 3 4 3 10 Oamaru .. „ Port Chalmers .. „ „ Lyttelton .. „ „ Black birch .. Black pine Birdling's Flat .. Findlay and Co. Totara Black pine Kauri Port Chalmers and „ „ Dunedin Clifton.. Biverton .. „ „ Wright's Bush .. „ „ James More .. F. Jack 20,000 3,000 10,000 Kamai 2 9 1 10 3 6 A. F. Dawson W. Coop 12,000 1,000 Black pine and totara Black pine Black pine and totara 3 5 3 2 Centre Bush .. „ „ Birdling's Flat .. Purchased on private Accepted, offer; sleepers being tendered already cut Taonui.. .. Public advertisement „ H. Adsett Bailey Brothers Warno and Beard P. and J. Bartholomew A. T. Thompson N. and W. Bragge 4,000 4,000 1,000 2,000 1,500 1,500 Totara 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 1 3 0 3 0 Terrace End .. „ „ Feilding .. „ ,, Para .... „ Koromiko .. „ „ Black birch Beturn of Sleepei ! for M 'hieh Tenders Works ir Privi Departi 2 10 2 9 4 0 4 4 4 6 5 6 4 0 ite Offers have been received by the Publii nent, 1883. C. Weber 10,000 2,000 13,529 13,529 13,529 13,529 20,000 Totara, sawn .. Totara, split .. Makotuku .. Public advertisement Accepted.* * Johnston, Wood, and Co. W. Booth and Co. Bailey Brothers Black pine Totara Totara and black pine Ditto Waipara .. „ „ „ Declined. Johnston, Wood, and Co. Waikari .. „ W. Booth and Co. J. and C. Bull 20,000 15,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 Totara Black pine 4 6 4 9 5 3 3 4 3 6 3 9 i 6 4 6 4 8 t \ t Christchurch .. „ Accepted. Brownlie and Co. John Smith Handcock Brothers Findlay and Co. „ .. „ Declined, Timaru .. „ t All sorts Guthrie and Larnach .. Findlay and Co. Guthrie and Larnach .. 15,000 15,000 Black pine and totara All sorts Black pine and totara Ditto 3 11 4 6 Dunedin .. „ Accepted. , Declined. John Murdoch F. Jack John Murdoch James Calder.. 5,000 5,000 10,000 10,000 3 3 3 3^ 3 6 3 0 Invercargill .. „ Accepted. John Murdoch W. Booth and Co. Bailey Brothers J. and C. Bull Kndlay and Co. 20,000 20,000 2,000 10,000 5,000 Black pine 3 3 4 6 4 7 4 10 4 11 Biverton -Orepuki „ , Railway Ditto .. .. „ Declined. Waikari .. „ Accepted. „ .. „ Declined. All sorts