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RETURN No. 17. Statement of Stores Contracts current during the Year ending 31st March, 1903.

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Service. Period. Name of Contractor. Rate. .8,000 gallons castor-oil ■8,000 1/3/1903 New Zealand Hardware Company Dalgety and Oo. 2/4| per gallon. 2/2J .00 tablet-slings 23/5/1902 H.M.Stephens 3/6 each. Horse-forage, at Christchurch „ Auckland 31/3/1903 Geo. Treleaven and Go. J. J. Craig As per tender. Steel castings, Auckland „ Wellington .. „ Christohuroh „ Dunedin Wilkinson, Callon, and Co. .. 4|d. lb. 4|d. „ 4|d. „ 4Jd. „ iron, Auckland 31/5/1903 C. and A. Collings 13/, 15/ per cwt loal-supply— Kaihu Valley, at Greymouth Auckland „ at Westport Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth 31/3/1903 Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Taupiri Coal-mines (Limited) Westport Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Blackball Coal Company Westport Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Westport Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Blackball Coal Company Westport Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Westport Coal Company 14/ per ton. V 17/6 24/6 24/6 25/6 27/6 24/6 26/6 24/6 23/ 22/6 23/ 19/ 22/6 21/6 12/ 14/ 23/6 21/ 11/ 11/ 23/6 20/ 22/6 23/6 25/6 23/9 24/6 8/ 24/6 8/ 21/ 23/ 24/6 21/6 7/6 23/ 25/ 20/ 21/ 22/ Picton Nelson Westland Anchor Shipping and Foundry Company Lyttelton Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Blackball Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Timaru Oamaru Dunedin-Gore John Deans Harry Leviek Blackball Coal Company Westport Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Blackball Coal Company .. Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Blackball Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Fortification Railway and Coal Co. Blackball Coal Company .. ,, New Zealand Coal and Oil Company .. Westport Coal Company Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. Blackball Coal Company South of Gore Workshops, Auckland „ Wanganui „ Wellington .. „ Lyttelton Dunedin Nightcaps Coal Company .. J. J. Craig Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. .. a .a leneral stores — Auckland— General ironmongery Oils, colours, &o. Indiarubber goods Furnishing ironmongery Iron and steel Ship-ohandlery Brushware Drain-pipes Lime Cement Leather, &o. Iron, sheet, galvanised » 31/3/1905 John Burns and Co. As per tender. Briscoe and Co. J. J. Craig J Wilson and Co. Braoe, Windle, Blyth, and Co. Southern Cross Galvanised-iron Manufacturing Company Wellington— General ironmongery Furnishing ironmongery Ship-chandlery Drain-pipes Brushware Leather, &c. Iron and steel Oils, colours, &c. Cement Lime .. .. .. ,. Indiarubber goods Briscoe and Co. John Dutbie and Co. Smith and Smith Peter Hutson and Co. Milburn Lime and Cement Company .. A. R. Hislop