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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Whiting, owners' risk
White and red lead
Woolpacks, in bales.

Class E., Grain Rate.—Minimum, 2 tons (if less,
then Class A.); 2½d. per ton per mile.

Barley
Beans
Chaff, pressed; unpressed, double rate
Gram and dholl, in bags
Grain
Hay and straw, pressed; unpressed, double rate
Maize
Mixed horse-feed, pressed; unpressed, double rate
Oats
Potatoes
Roots, in bags, not otherwise specified
Rye
Seeds, grass and other, double rate
Wheat.

** Wheat, 10 4-bushel bags to the ton
Barley, 12 " "
Oats, 14 " "

If bags contain more than 4 bushels, the owner will
be charged as for the next highest bushel.

Class F., Minerals and Firewood—(Owner's
risk).—Minimum charge, 6s.; 10d. per truck per
mile. 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.

Bones
Bricks
Clay
Coal; minimum, 12s. 6d. per truck
Coal dross
Coke, double rates
Copper ore
Drain pipes and tiles
Firewood
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 2 tons, if in
bags or packages, to be as Class B.

Class G.—Posts and Rails, Fascines, Tussock
Grass, Green Flax, Sea Weed, and Split
House Blocks—(Owners' risk.)—Minimum, 7s.
per truck; 1s. per truck per mile. Owner loads
and unloads.

For each loading or unloading done by the Rail-
way 6s. 3d. additional per truck will be charged.

Sawn Timber.—Minimum, 200 feet super.; ½d per
100 feet super., per mile.

½-inch boards and under, half rate.
100 Palings or 1,000 shingles as 100 feet timber.
Owner to do all loading or unloading.

For each loading or unloading done by the Railway
3d. per 100 feet additional will be charged.
All sawn timber under 1 inch is taken as inch stuff
in computing the measurement.

Wool.—Minimum, 1s. per bale. Per bale not ex-
ceeding 4 cwt., 1d. per bale per mile; ¼d. per
mile extra for bales over 4 cwt.

For each loading and unloading done by the Rail-
way 3½d. per bale additional will be charged.

Weighing.

Wool, 4d. per bale.
Grain, ½d. per bag.
Potatoes, &c., 1d. per cwt.

Cart Weighbridge.

Goods carried by railway, per load, 3d.
Goods not carried by railway, per load, 6d.

Sheep, Pigs, and Goats. (In large lots.) Mini-
mum, £1 per truck with two floors, if both floors
are used; 10s. per truck, if one floor only, or if
an open truck is used.

1s. 6d. per truck with two floors per mile for the
first 10 miles, and 1s. per truck per mile additional
for each additional mile, if both floors be used.

1s. per truck per mile for the first 10 miles, and
9d. per truck per mile for each additional mile, if only
one floor, or if an open truck be used.

These animals to be loaded and unloaded by own-
ers, who must take entire responsibility and risk.

Miscellaneous.

Corpses, 1s. per mile. Minimum £1.

Ships' goods to and from Dunedin and Port Chal-
mers, Christchurch and Lyttelton, and Invercargill
and Bluff, all carried according to bill of lading.

In addition to the above rates per mile, a charge of
2s. 6d. per ton is made for terminal charges on
Classes A, B, C, D, and grain. A remission of 9d.
per ton on grain will be made for each loading or
unloading done by consignees at country stations.

For distances after the first 50 miles to 100 miles
the above rates to be diminished as follows:—On
Classes A, B, C, D, and grain, by 1d. per ton; on
minerals 2½d. per truck; on wool, ¼d. per bale.

For distances above 100 miles the rates to be
further diminished as follows:—On classes A, B, C,
by 1d. per ton; on D, ½d. per ton; on wool, ⅛d. per
bale.

A truck load is computed at 5 tons. A fraction
of a mile is counted as a mile, and a fraction of a
ton as a ton, unless otherwise specified.

A truck of firewood must not exceed 3 cords.
When the rate is per truck load, and the carrying
capacity of the truck exceeds five tons, the weight
loaded over that quantity (if consigned) will be
charged 25 per cent. additional.

No truck with live stock is to be loaded with more
animals than can be conveniently placed therein.

Any package weighing over 2 tons will be charged
extra for loading and unloading.

Any freight working out to an odd half-penny will
be charged at the next higher penny.

2s. per ton per day storage will be charged on all
goods not removed by consignee within 12 working
hours of their arrival.

£1 per truck per day demurrage will be charged
for trucks not unloaded by consignees within 12
working hours of their arrival.