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,
• 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 quarter.

Parcels containing—

• Cash,
• Bank notes,
• Jewellery,
• Valuable documents,

will be charged double rates.

Pasteboard boxes containing millinery,
feathers, &c.,

Bath chairs,

Perambulators,

Velocipedes,

Hand carts,

Racecourse stalls,

Stamps,

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. Horses of members of Hunt
Clubs travelling to meets and returning the same day, will be carried the return
journey for the single charge.

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 for the first twelve dogs, per head ... 0 6

The maximum charge per head ... ... ... ... ... 5 0

Each additional dog above twelve will be charged half-rates.

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 ... ... ... ... ½d. per gallon.

For every additional 10 miles or fraction thereof ... ... ... ¼d.

Milk consigned to cheese and butter factories will be charged ½d. per gallon for
distances of 15 miles and under, and ¼d. a gallon for each additional 15 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.