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RETURN No. 11— continued. Statement of Stores Contracts, &c. — continued.

Service. Period. Name of Contractor. Rate. Hunmui-Bluff— continued. Coal-supply, screened.. Whitecliffs „ „ Bushey ,, ,, .. Stirling „ „ Nightcaps For 1891 William Leeming and Co. Allandale Coal Company Kaitangata Coal Company ... Nightcaps Coal Company 10/6 per ton. 12/ 8/6 7/9 33 • * 33 1,000 gallons castor-oil Auckland 3,000 „ „ Wellington 3,000 ,, „ Lyttelton 3,000 „ „ Port Chalmers ... Delivery by 31/8/91 ... Neill and Co. 2/5i per g al - 2/4J » 2/411 .3 2/4l .3 33 73 33 ••■ 33 •" j. 33 ••• ' •* Sleepers, as under— 10,000 totara .. Lyttelton 4,000 ,, •• Timaru 5,000 birch ..Lyttelton 2,000 „ ... Culverden 2,000 „ ... West Oxford 2,000 ,, .. „ 2,000 „ ... ,, 2,000 ,, .. View Hill 3,000 ,, .. Sheffield 4,000 ,, ... Springburn 2,000 matai ... Little Biver 2,000 totara ... ,, 1,250 „ 750 matai ,, 2,500 totara Centre Bush 5,000 kamai Dunedin 10,000 „ ... Oraki 1,000 „ Union Mills, Waimatua and Woodend 7,000 ,, Ditto 2,000 „ ... Biverton and Colac 3,000 ,, .. Biverton 1,000 totara ,, 2,000 kamai „ 2,500 „ ... Wakapatu 500 totara ,, 2,000 matai ... Ahuriri 500 broad birch .. Sheffield 750 ,, .. View Hill and Bennett's Junction 1,000 ,, ... Springburn 1,000 broad totara ... Featherston 1,000 birch .. Belgrove 1,500 ,, .. Mount Pleasant 2,000 ,, ,, 4,000 totara ... Tamaki 3,000 ,, .. Oringi 2,000 birch .. Kaitoke Delivery by 30/11 91... H. Carlson and Co. F Jenssen H. Baigent L. Langesen .. ... W Eyde J Sharplin B. Sharplin E. B. Youngman ... Lace and Nell Sharplin, Vincent, and Co. Wood and Laurie W Coop" Findlay and Murdoch 33 Francis Henry New Zealand Pine Company ... 33 "' 3/9I each. 3/" 3/ 3/ 3 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/2 3/5 3/4 3/2 3/5* 3. 2/Si 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ „ 33 Small and Co. G. Harrington James More Watson Brothers ... 2/ 3/3 2/ 2/ 3/3 3/ 4/ 4/ Bobert Greig and Co. Lace and Nell John Ingram Delivery by 31/8/91 Delivery by 31/10/91 33 Sharplin, Vincent, and Co. ... William Burt Higgins Brothers Bragg, Yarrall, and Parfit Freeth, Western, and Co. H. Carlson and Co. ... G. A. Gamman and Co. W Lawrence 3/6 2/9 and 3/7 each. i/6_- each. 2/5* 2/2 2 33 2/2. „ 2/4 3/ 33 Delivery by 31 12/91 .. 33 Delivery by 22/1 92 ... Freight, 5,000 totara Wanganui to sleepers Oamaru Freight, 3,000 puriri Auckland to Spit sleepers Delivery by 8/11 91 Cuff and Graham .. io£ „ Delivery by 16/1 92 .. Union Steamship Company .. 7l 50 kerosene roof-lamps Dunedin Delivery by 25/8/91 .. A. and T.Burt 25/ 700 kamai fencing-posts Tisbury Siding .. 300 totara fencing-posts „ 1,000 totara fencing-Green Hills Siding posts 1,000 kamai fencing- ,, posts Lewis Woollett 19/6 per uoo. 29/ 30/ .3 William Stead 20/ Iron castings ... Auckland ,, .. Wellington ,, ... Christchurch and Dunedin Horse forage .. Christchurch Delivery by 30/6/92 A. Beaney Smith Brothers A. and T. Burt 13/6 and i2/6p. cwt. 14/ per cwt. i2/3andn 9p.cwt. 33 33 33 Wreaks and Collie ... As per schedule. Ironbark timber .. Hurunui-Bluff... Delivery by 24/4/92 ... National Mortgage and Agency Company (Limited) 21/9 and 22/9 per iooft.,hewn; 1/10 and 1/11 per lin. ft., piles. 24/ and 25/6 per 100ft., hewn; 2/4.per lin. ft., piles. 5/11 and 4/6 per ton. 20/ per ton. 23/6 „ „ ... North Island Delivery by 29/6/92 .. James Fox Coal-supply Auckland „ Wellington ,, .. Napier For 1892 J J Craig Grey Valley Coal Company ... ,.