1404
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 93

Storage.
Sixpence (6d.) 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 charging storage.

Demurrage.
One pound (£1) per truck per day demurrage will be charged for trucks not loaded
or unloaded by consignors or 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.

Vehicles applied for and not used.
Any horse-box, truck, wagon, or carriage fetched on application to any station or
siding, and not used within 48 hours, will be charged 3d. per mile for fetching.

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 the condition of the goods
or for delivery of quantities or weights as declared by owners.
At private sidings all loading and unloading must be done by owners or consignees.
For each loading or unloading done by the Department 1s. per ton will be charged.
Demurrage at the rate of one pound (£1) per truck per day will be charged on trucks
not loaded or unloaded within four working hours after arrival.
No consignment of less than two tons will be delivered at or received from private
stores or sidings.

Weighing.
Wool, Rabbitskins, and Sheepskins in bales, 4d. per bale.
Sheepskins in bundles, d. per bundle.
Grain, d. per bag.
Potatoes, &c., d. per cwt.
Minerals, Classes N and P, 1s. per truck-load.

Cart Weighbridge.
Goods carried by Railway, 3d. per load.
Goods not carried by Railway, 6d. per load.

Stock, Implements, Dogs, and Poultry exhibited at Agricultural
Shows, and Entire Horses exhibited at Horse Parades.
Stock, implements, dogs, and poultry conveyed by Railway for exhibition at
Agricultural Shows, and entire horses conveyed for exhibition at horse parades, 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 or parade at which they have been exhibited
that such are unsold, and that they are returned direct from the Show or parade 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.
For loading and unloading any package weighing over 2 tons an extra charge will
be made; packages over 2 tons weight will also be charged extra for cranage.
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 and charges. Five chains
and over will be taken as an additional mile; less than five chains will be omitted.

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.:—

KAIPARA SECTION.
THROUGH SHIPS' GOODS.
Through ships' goods of Classes A, B, C, D, between Riverhead and Helensville
will be charged 11s. 8d. per ton, including wharfage and handling, weight or
measurement, as per ship's manifest. Timber will be charged 9d. per 100 superficial
feet, exclusive of the charge for handling.