38. Wool shall be subject to the same Conditions respecting Removal from the Railway Premises as General Goods, but respecting Storage shall be subject to a charge of One Shilling per bale per week or fraction of a week.

39. Coal, Slates, Stone, Bricks, Bar or Pig Iron, at Christchurch, Lyttelton, and Addington, may remain on Storage sixteen working hours, after which they shall be subject to the charge of One Shilling per ton per week or fraction of a week, exclusive of stacking.

40. Cargoes of Timber, Palings, Shingles, and Lumber, may remain on the Railway Premises at Lyttelton or Christchurch, after delivery of specification, free of charges as follows :-

    15,000 feet to 30,000 feet—2 days
    30,000 ,, 50,000 ,, 4 ,,
    50,000 ,, 100,000 ,, 6 ,,
    100,000 ,, 150,000 ,, 8 ,,
    150,000 ,, 200,000 ,, 10 ,,
    200,000 ,, 300,000 ,, 12 ,,
    300,000 and upwards 14 ,,

After which a storage rental of Two Shillings per foot frontage per week or fraction of a week will be charged on ground occupied, such frontage to be determined by measurement between the two extremes, and in no case will intermediate cleared space be allowed for. To be stacked or stored in the position and form at the discretion of the Railway Department. If, after commencing to discharge, cargo is not sent on to destination as fast as the Railway can take it, such lost time will be taken into account in the free storage allowance. The Railway Department shall deliver Timber whenever practicable before the specification thereof be made out.

41. Firewood, Timber, Slabs, sawn or split Posts and Rails, and other lumber (except cargoes) shall be removed from the Railway premises at Lyttelton, Christchurch and Addington, within twelve working hours after delivery from the Railway waggons, and if not so removed, shall be subject to a charge of One Shilling per cord, or one hundred feet, as the case may be, for the first week or fraction of a week and every succeeding week or fraction of a week, exclusive of stacking.

42. Coals, Slates, Stone, Bricks, Bar and Pig Iron and Timber, after being unloaded from the Railway waggons may remain on Storage at any Station other than Christchurch, Lyttelton and Addington, for forty-eight working hours without storage being charged. After such time the same charges will be made as fixed in the preceding Regulations, but goods unloaded from waggons at any siding where there is no shed or Station Master, will be at the risk of the Owner or Consignee of such goods.

43. Any Goods, Merchandise, or Luggage forwarded for shipment which shall not be taken delivery of by the Consignee within five working hours after arrival in Lyttelton, and which shall not be shipped within that time, may be stored at the risk of the Consignees or Owners (or may be kept in the Railway Wagons at the option of the Railway Department) for forty-eight working hours free of charge, after which a charge for storage will be made at the rate of Two Shillings and Sixpence per ton per week or fraction of a week, except for Grain and other agricultural produce, which shall be subject to a charge of One Shilling and Sixpence per ton per week or fraction of a week. In all cases a distinct charge of One Shilling and Sixpence per ton will be made for delivery of such Goods, &c., not shipped within five working hours after arrival.

44. Any Goods, Merchandise or Luggage arriving at any Station which shall not be removed from the Railway Premises within the times before mentioned which relate to the several classes of Goods or Merchandise respectively, after one week’s rent has accrued, may be forwarded to Christchurch, at the expense of the Consignee or Owner, and there stored at his risk and expense.

45. Goods Addressed for Shipment.—The Railway will not be accountable for Merchandise after delivery from the Wharf or the Railway Waggon as the case may be. Merchandise to be Lightered will be delivered to the Lighterman named by the Consignor; and if the Consignor should omit to name a Lighterman, or if the person named should fail to take possession of the Goods when required to do so, the Railway may engage the necessary Lighterage at the cost and risk of the Consignor; or may warehouse the Goods at the expense and risk of the Owner or Consignor.

46. All tolls and charges and warehousing charges must be paid immediately to the person duly authorised to receive the same.

N.B.—The above conditions apply to all Parcels and Goods received by the Railways at their respective Offices and Warehouses wherever situate.

Made by the Deputy-Superintendent with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, and sealed with the seal of the said Province, this 8th day of October, 1875.

J. T. PEACOCK,
Secretary for Public Works.

CHRISTCHURCH :

Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Canterbury, at the Lyttelton Times Office, Gloucester Street, by WILLIAM REEVES, Official Printer for the time being to the said Government.