MAY 30.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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(4.) Class E.—Grain and other Agricultural Produce.
Minimum quantity, 1½ tons. Any less quantity will be charged as such minimum,
or at rate and a half Class E, not exceeding the rate for Class D.
At Auckland, Onehunga, Spit, Wellington, Foxton, Wanganui, New Plymouth
Breakwater, Waitara, Greymouth, Westport, Nelson, Nelson Port, Picton, Blen-
heim, Lyttelton, Christchurch, Timaru, Oamaru, Breakwater, Port Chalmers,
Dunedin, Invercargill, and the Bluff, 6d. per ton will be charged in addition to
the classified rates, except at private sidings at those stations, or except local rates
otherwise provide.
At all other stations, when the loading or unloading is done by the owners, or
when loaded by owners into sheds, owing to trucks not being available after reason-
able notice is given, the classified rates only will be charged. When the loading or
unloading is done by the Railway Department 6d. per ton will be charged for each
operation.
At all private stores or sidings the loading or unloading shall be done by the
owners.
The following method of computing the tonnage of grain will be followed :—
Wheat—10 bags of 4 bushels to the ton.
Barley—12 bags of 4 bushels to the ton.
Oats—14 bags of 4 bushels to the ton.
Flour, Bran, and Pollard—2,200lb. to the ton.
Oats (crushed) and other grain by actual weight.
60lb. of wheat, or 50lb. of barley, or 40lb. of oats count as 1 bushel.
When grain is in bags holding more than 240lb. each the full contents of such
bags of grain will be charged rate and one-eighth. The consignment note should
state the number of such bags, failing which the charge will be made on the whole
consignment. The tonnage on which such charge is made will be computed in the
manner prescribed above.
The number of bags and the quantity they contain must be declared upon the
consignment notes.

(5.) Class F.—Hay, Straw, Chaff, Turnips, &c.
The Railway Department may require all loading and unloading to be done by
the owner. For each loading or unloading done by the department 5s. per truck
will be charged.
Quantities of Class F under a truck-load will be charged as a truck, or as Class E.
A truck-load must not exceed 5 tons in weight; any truck loaded with more than
this quantity will be charged rate and a half.
Mixed consignments of Classes E and F, from one consignor to one consignee, will
be charged separately, or as one consignment, Class E.
Double-bogie trucks will be charged double the classified or local rates.

(6.) Class H.—Wool, Dried Sheepskins, and Rabbitskins in
Bales.
For undumped bales of more than 4 cwt., and double-dumped bales of more than
8 cwt., 4d. per bale per mile will be added to the classified rates.
Scoured wool, undumped, in bales not exceeding 24 cwt. each, will be charged one-
fifth less than the classified rates. Minimum charge, 1s. per bale. This will
supersede the local rates specified in Part IV. where bales do not exceed 24 cwt.,
unless otherwise specified under Part IV.
The Railway Department may require all loading and unloading to be done by
the owner.
For each loading or unloading done by the Railway Department 3d. per bale for
undumped, and 6d. per bale for double-dumped, will be charged.

(7.) Class K.—Timber.
Sawn Timber, Squared Logs, and Mouldings.
Timber carried in single wagons, minimum quantity, 1,200 superficial feet for
each wagon for distances of 75 miles and under; 2,000 superficial feet for each
wagon for distances over 75 miles: when timber is over 26 feet long a check wagon
or wagons will be charged for. Timber carried in timber trucks, minimum 2,000
superficial feet per pair of trucks for distances of 75 miles and under; minimum,
4,000 superficial feet per pair of trucks for distances over 75 miles; when timber is
over 26 feet long a check wagon or wagons will be charged for except when conveyed
in double-bogie trucks.
The minimum quantity for a double-bogie truck to be the same as for a pair of
timber trucks.
Any less quantity which can be carried in one truck will be charged as such
minimum, or at 1d. per 100 superficial feet per mile up to 50 miles, and for each
additional mile, 4d.; where this rate is charged the minimum quantity will be
100 feet, and the minimum charge 1s. per 100 superficial feet, without further
charge for loading or unloading.
The minimum charge for each consignment will be 2s. 6d.
Mouldings will be carried solely at owners' risk.
In computing the charges for timber 50 feet or under in excess of any multiple
of 100 are to be foregone; over 50 feet to be charged as the next 100.
Australian and Tasmanian timbers will be charged at a rate and a half; any
less quantity than the minimum will be charged as such minimum at a rate and
a half, or as ordinary timber at the rate for small lots.
Round timber, measurement as follows: The average girth in inches to be
squared and divided by 152, the result to be multiplied by length in feet; the
product will be deemed to be the contents of the log in superficial feet.
Odd lengths of 6 inches and upwards are to be counted as a foot in measuring
the length of timber; less than 6 inches are to be omitted.
No allowance to be made for bark by ringing or otherwise, or for tops, butts, or
unsound wood.
One hundred palings, or 1,000 shingles, as 100 feet timber.
The Railway Department may require all loading and unloading to be done by
the owner. For each loading or unloading done by the Railway Department 3d. per
100 feet additional will be charged.