THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1065

MINERAL AND ANIMAL MANURES.
s. d.
Per ton, per mile ... ... ... 0 2½
Minimum quantity, 4 tons.
Minimum charges, coal for 3 miles and under 1 6
Minimum charges, coal over 3 miles and not
exceeding 15 miles ... ... ... 2 6
Minimum charges, other minerals ... ... 1 3
Small lots, in packages or bags, as merchandise.
Every loading or unloading done by the Com-
pany, per ton ... ... ... ... 1 6

WOOL.
Undumped, per bale, per mile (bale not to
exceed 4 cwt.) ... ... ... ... 0 1½
Ditto, for each bale exceeding 4 cwt. extra,
per mile ... ... ... ... 0 0½
Ditto, minimum charge per bale ... ... 1 0
Double-dumped, per bale, per mile (bale not
not to exceed 8 cwt.) ... ... ... 0 2½
Ditto, for each bale exceeding 8 cwt. extra,
per mile ... ... ... ... 0 0½
Ditto, minimum charge, per bale ... ... 1 6
Each loading or unloading done by the Com-
pany, per bale, undumped... ... 0 4
Ditto, dumped... ... ... ... 0 8

TIMBER.
Sawn timber, per 100 feet super., per mile... 0 0¾
Ditto, minimum charge per 100 feet super... 0 7
Heavy timber, per 100 feet super., per mile.. 0 1
Ditto, minimum charge per 100 feet super... 1 0
Australian timber, rate and a half.
For each loading or unloading done by the
Company, 100 feet super. ... ... 0 4
A truck-load is computed at 5 tons.
A fraction of a mile is counted as a mile.
A truck of firewood must not exceed 3 tons.

PASSENGERS.
First class, per mile ... ... ... ... 0 3½
Second class, per mile ... ... ... 0 2½
Minimum charge,-
First class ... ... ... ... 0 6
Second class ... ... ... 0 4
Return fares equal one and one-half single
fares.
A fraction of a mile is counted as a mile.

Notice is also hereby given that the maximum
rent, or charge to be made for the storage of goods,
produce, or merchandise, shall be as follows:-

STORAGE
On all goods not removed within twelve
working hours of their arrival, per ton,
per day ... ... ... ... 2 0

DEMURRAGE
On all trucks not unloaded by the con-
signees within four working hours of
their arrival, per truck, per day ... 20 0

Notice is also hereby given that the minimum
number of trains to be run daily shall be two trains
each way daily, Sundays excepted.

And notice is also hereby given that the rate it is
proposed to levy in respect of the various classes of
land hereinbefore mentioned shall be—

An annual maximum rate of ninepence per acre
for every acre of land comprised and being in
the first class.

An annual maximum rate of eightpence per
acre for every acre of land comprised and
being in the second class.

An annual maximum rate of sixpence per acre
for every acre of land comprised and being in
the third class.

An annual maximum rate of fourpence per acre
for every acre of land comprised and being in
the fourth class.

By order of the Board of Directors of the said
Company.
C. F. BARKER,
Secretary.

BOROUGH OF THAMES.

NOTICE OF THE COMPULSORY TAKING OF LANDS
UNDER "THE PUBLIC WORKS ACT, 1876," FOR
DRAINAGE.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Council of the
Borough of Thames propose to cut construct
and build an open channel or aqueduct for the
purpose of draining from the westward side of the
bridge in Pollen Street in the said borough which
crosses the Karaka Creek and thence in a straight
line having a direction westerly to the Hauraki Gulf
and that such channel or aqueduct will be of the
uniform width of fifteeen feet or near thereto and
will be cut made and constructed and will occupy
the site set out shown delineated and mentioned in
the plans drawings specifications and schedule here-
inafter mentioned. And notice is hereby further
given that the said Council will require for the
purpose aforesaid and propose to acquire under
the provisions of "The Public Works Act 1876"
the land being the site of the proposed channel or
aqueduct and which land is a portion of a block of
land situate in Shortland in the said borough called
and known as Karaka and numbered 1242A and
which said land with its divisions into allotments
and the numbers of such allotments and the names
of the several owners and occupiers thereof are
particularly delineated set out and named in the
said plan and schedule. And notice is hereby
further given that the said Council have caused
a survey to be made of the land aforesaid and
have caused plans drawings specifications and
schedules to be prepared showing the land proposed
to be acquired as aforesaid with its division into
allotments and the numbers of such allotments and
the names of their several owners and occupiers
so far as known and also the nature of the said
works proposed to be executed as aforesaid and that
all such plans drawings specifications and schedules
are now deposited in the office of the Town Clerk
of the said borough in Albert Street in the said
borough and will there remain and be open for the
inspection of all persons for the space of forty
days from the twelfth day of July 1878 from the
hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon to the hour of
four o'clock in the afternoon. And notice is hereby
given that all persons affected by the cutting con-
structing or building of the said channel or aqueduct
or by the acquiring of the said land or any part
thereof are hereby required to set forth in writing
any objections to the execution of such works as
aforesaid or to the taking or acquiring of such land
as aforesaid or any part thereof and to send such
objections to the said Council at the said office of the
said Town Clerk within forty days from the twelfth
day of July 1878 being the date of the first publica-
tion hereof.

Thames, 11th July, 1878.
F. C. DEAN,
Town Clerk. 439

WAITAKI COUNTY COUNCIL.

NOTICE.-I hereby proclaim the following Roads
to be County Roads:----

1. The road leading from the County Road to the
   Uxbridge Railway Station.