THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 23

CART WEIGHBRIDGE.
Goods carried by Railway, 3d. per load.
Goods not carried by Railway, 6d. per load.

PORT TRAFFIC.
At port stations, haulage between private stores and wharves, or between stores
and stores, including handling at ship's side, will be charged 1s. 6d. per ton.

CRANAGE.
Cranage will be charged 6d. per ton. No additional charge will be made for
fetching the crane.

CHECK WAGONS.
Empty check wagons will be charged 3d. per truck per mile up to 50 miles, and
2d. 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 conveyance back to the station from which they were sent. All loading,
unloading, collection, and delivery to be performed by the owners.

General Regulations.

A truck-load will be taken at 5 tons.
For loading and unloading any package weighing over 2 tons an extra charge will
be made.
Wherever an alternative charge is specified, it is intended that the lower charge
shall be taken.
In computing rates and charges any fraction less than one halfpenny in the result
will be omitted. A halfpenny and above will be taken as a penny.
No fractions of a mile will be used in computing rates. Five chains and over will
be taken as an additional mile; less than five chains will be omitted.
Two shillings (2s.) per ton per day storage will be charged on all goods not
removed by consignee within twelve working hours of their arrival, except at country
stations, when 2s. per week will be charged.
All stations except those at Bluff, Invercargill, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Oamaru,
Timaru, Christchurch, Lyttelton, and the Head Stations on all other sections, are
deemed to be country stations for the purpose of this order.
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.

Private Stores and Sidings.
Where the loading or unloading of traffic is done by owners at private stores and
sidings, the Government will take no responsibility for delivery of quantities or
weights, as declared by owners.
At private sidings all loading and unloading must be done by owners or consignees.
Demurrage at the rate of one pound (£1) per truck per day will be charged on trucks
not unloaded within four working hours after arrival.
No consignment of less than four tons will be delivered at or received from private
stores or sidings.

Public Vehicles.
The driver of any public vehicle plying for hire within the precincts of any railway
will be charged a fee of ten shillings (10s.) for a twelve months' license, to be issued
at the option of the Manager. No public vehicle will be allowed to ply within the
limits of the railway without a license.

PART IV.—LOCAL RATES.

The following rates will be charged upon the lines herein specified, instead of the
general rates specified in Parts I., II., and III. :—

AUCKLAND.
Passenger Rates.

Children under fourteen years of age half rate.