THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1637

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 (7d.) 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 (d.) per bag.
Potatoes, &c., one halfpenny (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 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
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.

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 (4) a cwt.
Minimum charge, threepence (3d.) in each case.

General Regulations.
A truck load is computed at 5 tons.
Any package weighing over 2 tons will be charged
extra for loading and unloading.
Any rate working out to an odd halfpenny will be
charged at the next higher penny.
Two shillings (2s.) per ton per day storage will be
charged on all goods not removed by consignee within
ten working hours of their arrival, except at country
stations, when 2s. per week will be charged.
When a consignor sends to the same consignee
several packages of different classes, A, B, C, D, E,
which may each be below the minimum quantity of
2 cwt., the whole may be sent as one consignment,
carried as Class A.
One pound (£1) per truck per day demurrage will
be charged for trucks not unloaded by consignees
within four working hours of their arrival. If not
discharged within that period, the goods may, at the
option of the Manager, be unloaded and stacked, and
stored at the risk and expense of the consignor.

Road Materials.
Road metal (or stone to be converted into road
metal), sand, earth, gravel, and shingle, required for
the construction and maintenance of streets and
roads, to be carried at twopence (2d.) per ton per
mile, with a minimum charge of ten shillings (10s.)
per truck of five tons load.

Notice is also hereby given that the minimum
number of trains to be run daily shall be one train
each way, daily, Sundays excepted.
And notice is also hereby given that the rates it is
proposed to levy, pursuant to the provisions of the
said Act, in respect of the lands above classified, are
as follow:
A rate sufficient to produce five pounds per centum
per annum on the cost of the proposed railway
and equipment thereof.
The registered office of the said company is in
High Street, Dunedin, in the Provincial District of
Otago, where all communications may be addressed,