THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 411

The General Manager may, by the posting of
notices at such stations as they refer to, fix rules for
regulating the loading and unloading of carriages
and wagons and the weights they carry, for ordering
the receipt and delivery of goods, and for storing the
same.

The Engineer-in-Chief may from time to time, by
a notice in the New Zealand Gazette, make rules and
regulations for the conduct of the traffic, and for the
guidance and observance of the officers and men
employed on the railways.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rates for Storage and Delivery of Grain at the
Gladstone Pier and Lyttelton and other Railway
Sheds, and for Conveyance of Minerals—Amberley
to Moeraki Railway, and branches thereof.

IN accordance with the By-laws for the New Zea-
land Railways, fixed by Order in Council dated
the 17th day of April, 1877, the following rates for
the storage and delivery of grain, and for the convey-
ance, loading, and unloading of minerals, are hereby
declared to be fixed, and shall be paid by persons
using the railways from this date forward, until
altered, on that portion of the railway from Amberley
to the Bluff situated between Amberley and Moeraki,
and on the branch lines in connection therewith, in
substitution of all previous rates for storage and
delivery of grain, and for conveyance, loading, and
unloading of minerals, except for the conveyance,
loading, and unloading of minerals on the Lyttelton
branch.

TABLE OF RATES FOR STORAGE AND DELIVERY OF
GRAIN FOR LYTTELTON STATION AND THE GLAD-
STONE PIER.

For grain not taken delivery of by the consignee
within five (5) working hours after arrival (to
be kept in the railway wagons or stored at the
risk of the consignees or owners, and at the
option of the General Manager), for receiving
and delivering to the ship, at per ton ... 0 2 6
after which, for each week or fraction of a
week, a charge for storage will be made, at per
ton or fraction of a ton, of ... 0 0 6
and after three (3) weeks, provided that the
consignees or owners, upon demand, fail or
neglect to take delivery when required by the
General Manager, from the date of such demand
a charge will be made per ton or fraction thereof
per day or fraction thereof, of ... 0 0 2

Demurrage for each truck not unloaded by a £ s. d.
consignee or owner of the grain under contract
to do so, within eight (8) working hours after
arrival, will be charged at the rate of per truck
per day or fraction thereof... 1 0 0
Haulage from private store to wharves, at per ton
or fraction of a ton ... 0 0 6

TABLE OF RATES FOR THE STORAGE AND DELIVERY
OF GRAIN AT ALL OTHER STATIONS EXCEPT
LYTTELTON STATION.

For grain brought by rail not taken delivery of £ s. d.
by the consignees or owners within twelve (12)
working hours after arrival, at per ton or frac-
tion of a ton per day or fraction of a day ... 0 2 0
Demurrage for each truck not unloaded by a con-
signee or owner of the grain under contract to
do so, within twelve (12) working hours after
arrival, per day or fraction of a day ... 1 0 0

TABLE OF RATES FOR CARRIAGE, LOADING, AND
UNLOADING OF MINERALS (CARRIED AT OWNER'S
RISK).

Minimum charge ... ... ... 0 6 0
For distances not exceeding fifty miles, at per ton
per mile ... ... ... 0 0 2
After the first fifty miles, at per ton per mile ... 0 0 1$rac{1}{2}$
Full truck charged for, owner loads and unloads. For each
loading or unloading done by the railway, 6s. 3d. additional per
truck will be charged.

Includes:
Bones
Bricks
Clay
Coal, minimum per ton ... ... 0 2 6
Coal, dross
Coke, double rates
Copper ore
Drain pipes and tiles
Flagging
Granite, rough
Gravel
Iron ore
Limestone
Lime, in bulk
Manures, animal
Marble, in rough blocks
Pyrites
Quartz and quartz tailings
Road metal
Sand
Ships' ballast
Stone, rough.

Any of the above in lots of less than two tons, if in bags or
packages, to be as Class B.
Fraction of ton as a ton. Fraction of mile as a mile.

Dated this 18th day of April, 1877.
J. D. ORMOND,
Minister for Public Works.

By Authority: GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.