812
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 39

Goods of Class E consigned direct to ships for shipment will be charged 4s. 6d. a ton, including all charges. At Tua Marina and Spring Creek Stations, on goods of Class E preceding, no storage will be charged for the first four weeks, after which 1d. per ton per week will be charged. The Department does not guarantee storage room.

CLASS F.—HAY, &c.

The maximum rate on goods of Class F consigned direct to ship at Picton for shipment will be 15s. per truck, including wharfage and unloading.

CLASS H.—WOOL.

Wool consigned from Blenheim to ship at Picton will be charged 1s. per bale for undumped, and 1s. 9d. per bale for double-dumped, including all charges.

CLASS K.—TIMBER.

Minimum rates for distances not exceeding four miles, 8d. per 100 superficial feet; over four miles, 9d. per 100 superficial feet.

Timber consigned from Mount Pleasant, Koromiko, or Tua Marina to Para will be charged 6d. per 100 superficial feet.

CLASS P.

Goods of Class P will be charged as Class N, except otherwise specified.
Native coals, ex ship, Picton to Blenheim, will be charged 4s. 6d. per ton, including all charges; owners to load and unload.

HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION.

RATES FOR SHIPS’ GOODS, CLASSES, A, B, C, D, E.

Ships’ goods of Classes A, B, C, D, will be charged as follows by weight or measurement, according to the ship’s bill of lading, or at the option of the Department; minimum quantity, ten tons:—

Between Lyttelton and Timaru … … … … 15s. per ton.
„ Lyttelton and Oamaru … … … … 20s. „
„ Lyttelton and Dunedin … … … … 28s. „
„ Port Chalmers, or Dunedin and Christchurch … 28s. „
„ Port Chalmers, or Dunedin and Timaru … … 18s. „
„ Port Chalmers, or Dunedin and Oamaru … … 15s. „
„ Port Chalmers, or Dunedin and Bluff … … 25s. „
„ Timaru and Oamaru … … … … 11s. „
From Timaru to Christchurch … … … … 15s. „
„ Oamaru to Christchurch … … … … 20s. „

Class E, from Timaru to Lyttelton, 12s. a ton. Minimum consignment, 100 tons.

These rates will not be used for computing the charges on small lots of goods.

GOODS FOR CHRISTCHURCH, DUNEDIN, AND INVERCARGILL.

When goods of Classes A, B, C, D, and E are consigned to Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill, the classified rates will be increased as follows:—

s. d.
To Christchurch by … … … … 1 1 per ton.
To Dunedin by … … … … 1 2 „
To Invercargill by … … … … 1 3 „

But such increase will not be made when goods are consigned to private sidings at those stations.

CLASS H.—WOOL.

Wool undumped from Culverden to Christchurch or Lyttelton Stations will be charged 6d. per bale less than the classified rates.

Wool from railway stations lying between Ealing and Deborah inclusive, and from stations on the Albury, Waimate, Duntroon, and Ngapara Branches, will be charged classified rates up to seventy-one miles inclusive, and ¼d. per bale per mile for undumped, and ½d. per bale per mile for double-dumped, for each additional mile, when not otherwise specified.

The following rates will be charged on wool undumped from stations named below to Timaru, viz.:—

s. d.
Eversley and Fairlie Creek … … … … 3 3 per bale.
Winscombe … … … … 3 0 „
Cricklewood … … … … 2 9 „
Albury and Coal Creek … … … … 2 3 „
Cave … … … … 2 0 „
Sutherland’s … … … … 1 6 „

Wool to Timaru from stations on the main line, within 25 miles distance, will be charged 1s. per bale undumped for distances up to and including 14 miles, and 1¼d. per bale for each additional mile.

Wool from Invercargill to the Bluff will be charged 1s. 4d. per bale undumped, 2s. 4d. double dumped.

CLASS K.—TIMBER.

Timber from View Hill, East Oxford, West Oxford, or Bennett’s to stations on the Oxford and Eyreton Branches, or to Ashley and Kaiapoi, and intermediate stations, will be charged 6d. per 100 superficial feet less than the classified rates, Minimum rate per 100 feet, 8d.