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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 28

Parcels over one cwt. will be charged as for an additional cwt. for each cwt. or fractional part of a cwt.
Parcels must be at the station at least thirty minutes before the advertised time of departure of the train by which they are to be forwarded.
The charges on parcels must be prepaid or paid on delivery.
All letter parcels must be prepaid.
Canoes double rate.
Parcels containing--
Artificial flowers,
Paper, bonnet, and hat boxes,
will be charged rate and a quarter.
Parcels containing--
Cases of stuffed birds and animals,
Birds in cages,
Picture frames and mouldings,
Glass and china, except druggists’ bottles,
will be charged rate and a half.
Parcels containing--
Cash,
Bank Notes,
Jewellery,
will be charged double rates.

Pasteboard boxes containing millinery, feathers, &c.,

Bath chairs,
Perambulators,
Velocipedes,
Hand carts,
Racecourse stalls,

Coin,
Plate, gold or silver,
Bills of Exchange,

Horses and Carriages.

Entire horses requiring a special box will be charged a rate and a half, but if allowed to travel with an additional horse belonging to the same owner ordinary rates will be charged.
Foals, one year old and under, and asses, half-rate.
Horses, foals, and asses may be sent in cattle trucks, at rates charged for cattle in truck-loads.

Horses, Carriages, and Dogs.

The Railway Department does not undertake to forward horses, carriages, or dogs by any particular train; but when sent they must be at the forwarding station half an hour before the departure of the train. The owners of horses must provide means of securing them in the horse box, and the Railway Department will not be accountable for any injuries sustained through their breaking loose or otherwise, nor will it undertake to carry unbroken or vicious horses.

Horse Boxes and Carriage Trucks.

Persons requiring a horse box or carriage truck must, when ordering it, pay a deposit of 5s., which will be forfeited if the box be not used. Requisitions for horse boxes and carriage trucks must be made the day before they are wanted.

Dogs.

Dogs must be provided with chains, or sufficient means of securing them. They will not be allowed in carriages, and the sender must obtain a ticket, to be given up at the end of the journey before the dog is delivered.
The charge for conveyance of dogs, for every twenty-five miles or fractional part of twenty-five miles, will be, per head ... ... ... 0 6
The maximum charge per head ... ... ... ... 5 0

Lambs, Sucking Pigs, Rabbits, and Poultry,

Properly secured in crates or baskets, will be carried at parcel rates.

Milk.

For distances of not more than 10 miles ... ... ... ¾d. per gallon.
For every additional 10 miles or fraction thereof... ... ... ¼d. ,,
Milk consigned to cheese and butter factories for manufacturing purposes only, and not for retail trade, will be charged ½d. per gallon for distances of 15 miles and under, and ¼d. a gallon for each additional 10 miles or fraction thereof.
Minimum charge, 6d.
Empties will be returned free.
Milk will be carried only at the owners’ sole risk, who will take all responsibility of loading and unloading.

Corpses.

One shilling per mile. Minimum, £1.
Children’s, half-rates. Minimum, 10s.

Miscellaneous.

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.