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Woeking Railways, Dr. to Public Woeks Department. Name of section : Hurunui-Bluff. Department: Stores. Classification : Dunedin Store. £ s. d. March 11, 1898. 1,509 matai sleepers ... ... ... ... 150 18 0 28 puriri sleepers ... ... .... ... 5 12 0 911 totara sleepers ... ... ... ... 136 13 0 13,848 totara and matai sleepers ... ... 2,077 4 0 £2,370 7 0 Credit, Public Works Fund-Permanent-way materials (sleepers) ... ... ... 2,151 1 3 Midland Railway, Otira Section ... ... ... 219 5 9 £2,370 7 0 30th August, 1898. G. J. Clapham. Geo. Felton, 4th May, 1898. Stores Manager. Charge to Vote, Railways. Item, Hurunui-Bluff.—A. C. Fife, 26th July, 1898.

Woeking Railways, Dr. to Public Woeks Depaetment. Name of section : Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth. Department: Stores. Classification : Stores. £ s. d. July 29,1898. 221 531b. bed-plates, 6cwt. lqr. 181b. Sub-voucher No. 13 4 3 4 Credit, Public Works Fund—Permanent-way materials (rails). —G. J. Clapham, 25th August, 1898. J. S. HUTCHINSON, 12th August, 1898. Storekeeper. A. M. Heaton, 18th August, 1898. For Stores Manager. Charge to Vote, Railways. Item, Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth.—A. C. Fife, 19th August, 1898.

Woeking Eailways, Dr. to Public Woekb Depaetment. Name of section : Wellington. Department: Stores. Classification : Stores. March 12, 1898. Two miles 56 lb. steel rails, in 30 ft. lengths ... ... £1,144 (704 rails = 176 tons, at £6 10s. per ton.) Credit, Public Works Fund—Permanent-way materials (rails). —G. J. Clapham, 30th August, 1898. Gko. Felton, 29th April, 1898. Stores Manager. Charge to Vote, Railways. Item, Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth.—A. C. Fife, 26th July, 1898.

Working Bailways, Dr. to Public Woeks Department. Name of section : Auckland. Department : Stores Classification : Stores. March 12, 1898. Three miles 56 lb. steel rails, in 30 ft. lengths ... ... £1,716 Credit, Public Works Fund—Permanent-way materials (rails). —G. J. Clapham, 30th August, 1898. Geo. Felton, 29th April, 1898. Stores Manager. Charge to Vote, Eailways. Item, Auckland.—A. C. Fife, 26th July, 1898.

Wokking Railways, Dr. to Public Woeks Depaetment. Name of section : Auckland. Department: Stores. Classification: Stores. £ s. d. March 11, 1898. Pour miles 561b. steel rails, in 30 ft. lengths, complete with all fastenings ... ... ... 2,688 3 1 3,681 puriri sleepers, second class ... ... 506 2 9 1,184 totara sleepers ... ... ... ... 177 12 0 826 puriri and totara sleepers... ... ... 165 4 0 £3,537 1 10

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