1408
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 70.

(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, Blenheim, 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 reasonable 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.
Beet, carrots, mangolds, pumpkins, turnips, pressed chaff, pressed hay, and pressed straw, in quantities under a truck-load, will be charged as a truck, or as Class E. Other goods of Class F, under a truck-load, will be charged as a truck, or as Class E, rate and a half. 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., ½d. per bale per mile will be added to the classified rates.
Scoured wool, undumped, in bales not exceeding 2¾ 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 2¾ 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, ½d. ; 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.