1572
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

1,000 a charge of £40 will be made. No charge to
exceed ordinary rate charges.

Cattle in Truck-loads.

Cattle to be carried at fifteen shillings (15s.) per
truck for all distances not exceeding 10 miles; and
for each additional mile fivepence (5d.) per truck per
mile, up to 50 miles; and for each additional mile
fourpence (4d.) per truck per mile, up to 100 miles;
and for each additional mile threepence (3d.) per
truck per mile.

All animals to be loaded and unloaded by owners,
who must take entire responsibility and risk.
No truck with live stock is to be loaded with more
animals than can be conveniently placed therein.

Class M.—Horses and Cattle; also. Calves, Sheep,
Goats, and Pigs, in small lots.

RATES OF FREIGHT.

Foals (one year old and under) to be charged half
the rate charged for horses.
No truck with live stock is to be loaded with more
animals than can be conveniently placed therein.

Class N.—Hay, Straw, and Chaff.

Hay, straw, and chaff, six shillings (6s.) per truck
for distances of 5 miles and under; and for each
additional mile sevenpence (7d.) per truck per mile
up to 50 miles; and for each additional mile sixpence
(6d.) per truck per mile.

Owner loads and unloads. For each loading and
unloading done by the department one shilling and
sixpence (1s. 6d.) per truck extra will be charged.
Quantities under one ton may be carried as Class B;
pressed, at single rates; unpressed, double rates.
No charge to exceed truck rate.

Class O.—Posts and Rails, Firewood, Split House
Blocks.
(Owners' risk.)

Tenpence (10d.) per truck per mile for each mile
up to 50 miles; sevenpence halfpenny ($7\frac{1}{2}$d.) per
truck per mile for each additional mile. Minimum
charge, six shillings (6s.) per truck; full truck
charged for.

Owner loads and unloads. For each loading and
unloading done by the department five shillings (5s.)
per truck will be charged. Small lots not exceeding
two tons may be carried as Class D.
A truck of firewood must not exceed 3 cords.

Miscellaneous.—Weighing.

Wool, fourpence (4d.) per bale.
Grain, one halfpenny ($\frac{1}{2}$d.) per bag.
Potatoes, &c., one halfpenny ($\frac{1}{2}$d.) per cwt.

Cart Weighbridge.
Goods carried by railway, per load, threepence (3d).
Goods not carried by railway, per load, sixpence
(6d).

Port Traffic.
At port stations, haulage between private stores
and wharves, including handling at ship's side, at per
ton, one shilling and sixpence (1s. 6d.).

Cranage.
Cranage to be charged at sixpence (6d.) per ton.
No additional charge will be made for fetching the
crane.

Check Wagons.
Empty check wagons, sixpence (6d.) per truck per
mile up to 50 miles; and threepence (3d.) per truck
per mile for each additional mile.

Stock, Implements, Dogs, and Poultry Exhibited at
Agricultural Shows.
Stock, implements, dogs, and poultry conveyed by
railway for exhibition at agricultural shows may be
conveyed back to the station from which they were
originally sent free of cost, if unsold, but at owners'
risk, upon the production of a certificate in writing
from the Secretary of the agricultural show at which
they have been exhibited that such are unsold, and
that they are returned direct from the show for con-
veyance back to the station from which they were
sent. All loading, unloading, collection, and delivery
to be performed by the owners.

Conveyance Native Coals.
Conveyance of Native coals from collieries in Go-
vernment trucks, one shilling and sixpence (1s. 6d.)
per ton for distance of three (3) miles and under;
two shillings and sixpence (2s. 6d.) per ton for dis-
tances over three (3) miles and not exceeding fifteen
(15) miles; twopence (2d.) per ton per mile for each
additional mile up to twenty-five (25) miles; three
halfpence ($1\frac{1}{2}$d.) per ton per mile for each additional
mile up to fifty (50) miles; one penny (1d.) per ton
per mile for each additional mile. Full truck charged
for.

Trucks will be allowed to remain at coal pits eight
(8) working hours for the purpose of loading, after
which demurrage will be charged at the rate of one
pound (£1) per day or fraction thereof.
Any time from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. counted as working
hours.

Coal Dross.
Coal dross from collieries, in Government trucks,
for distances of twenty-five (25) miles and under to
be carried under Class F—Minerals; for distances
over twenty-five (25) miles at native coal rate.
Minimum charge to be two shillings (2s.) per ton.

Corpses.
One shilling (1s.) per mile. Minimum, one pound
(£1).

Empties.
Certified by consignors to have passed over line
full.
Carriage must be prepaid unless there be an ar-
rangement with the consignee to the contrary.

s. d.
Not exceeding 50 miles 0 6 per cwt.
51 to 100 ,, 0 9 "
101 to 150 ,, 1 0 "
151 to 200 ,, 1 3 "
201 to 250 ,, 1 6 "
251 to 300 ,, 1 9 "
301 to 400 ,, 2 0 "
401 to 500 ,, 2 6 "

The minimum weight charged for, half ($\frac{1}{2}$) a cwt.
Minimum charge, threepence (3d.) in each case.

General Regulations.
A truck load is computed at 5 tons.