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Working Eailways, Dr. to Public Works Department. Name of section : Greymouth. Department: Stores. Classification: Stores. £ s. d. March 11, 1898. 19,294 silver-pine sleepers ... ... ... 2,411 15 0 Credit, Public Works Fund—Midland Eailway— Otira Section ... ... ... ... ... 218 14 0 Belgrove Section ... ... ... ... ... 2,193 1 0 £2,411 15 0 G. J. Clapham. Geo. Felton, 29th April, 1898. Stores Manager. Charge to Vote, Eailways. Item, Greymouth.—A. C. Fyfe, 26th July, 1898.

Working Eailways, Dr. to Public Works Department. Name of section: Christchurch. Department: Stores. Classification: Stores. £ s. d. March 11, 1898. 4,872 puriri sleepers ... ... ... ... 974 8 0 Credit, Public Works Fund—Midland Eailway (Otira Section). —G. J. Clapham, 30th August, 1898. Geo. Felton, 4th May, 1898. Stores Manager. Charge to Vote, Eailways. Item, H. B.—A. C. Fife, 26th July, 1898.

Working Eailways, Dr. to Public Works Department. Name of section : Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth. Department: Stores. Classification: Wellington Store. March 11, 1898. -Four miles 56 Ib. steel rails in 30ft. lengths, £ s. d. complete, with all fastenings ... ... 2,688 3 2 * 1,408 rails = 352 tons, at £6 10s. per ton ... ... ... £2,288 0 0 5,632 fang-bolts ... ... 76 17 0 5,632 fish-bolts ... ... 72 7 4 33,792 spikes ... ... 114 1 6 2,816 fish-plates ... ... 74 8 0 2,816 bed-plates ... ... 62 9 4 £2,688 3 2 2,742 totara sleepers, at 3s. ... ... ... 411 6 0 £3,099 9 2 Credit, Public Works Fund—Midland Eailway (Otira Section). —G. J. Clapham, 30th August, 1898. Gbo. Felton, 29th April, 1898. Stores Manager. Charge to Vote, Eailways. Item, Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth.—A. C. Fife, 26th July, 1898. Wobking Eailways, Dr. to Public Works Department. Name of section : Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth. Department: Stores. Classification: Wanganui Store. £ s. d. March 11, 1898. 4,468 matai sleepers ... ... ... ... 446 16 0 14,401 totara sleepers ... ... ... ... 2,160 3 0 £2,606 19 0 Credit, Public Works Fund—Midland Eailway, Belgrove Section.—G. J. Clapham, 30th August, 1898. Geo. Felton, sth May, 1898. Stores Manager. Charge to Vote, Eailways. Item, Wanganui.—A. C. Fife, 26th July, 1898.