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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 11

Notices for the supply of trucks given by persons intending to consign goods thereby will be accepted for fulfilment conditionally only upon its being found convenient to the Commissioners to supply them upon the due date. The New Zealand Railway Commissioners will not be responsible for any loss or damages arising through their failure from any cause to have trucks available by any particular date or train.

The Railway Commissioners will not be responsible for the delivery of goods by any particular train or at any particular time.

(24.) Tasmanian Exhibition, Launceston.

Goods consigned for exhibit at the Tasmanian Exhibition, to be opened in Launceston during November, 1891, will be carried free on the New Zealand Government railways, provided that they shall be so carried at the sole risk of the consignors, and that each package shall be consigned to the Official Agent for New Zealand, Exhibition, Launceston, and marked legibly—

"For exhibit at Tasmanian Exhibition,
"Launceston."

T.E.
1891.

The loading and unloading must be done at the expense of the consignors. In the event of such exhibits being sold the full railway charges must be paid.

Exhibits returning may be conveyed free, provided no sale or exchange has been effected. A certificate to this effect must be produced, signed by the Secretary of the Exhibition, before the goods can be received for transit free of charge.

PART IV.—LOCAL RATES.

The following rates will be charged upon the lines herein specified, instead of the classified rates specified in Part III. Small lots will be charged as specified in Part III., unless otherwise provided to the contrary. Except in the respects specified herein the general regulations under Part III. will apply:—

KAWAKAWA SECTION.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, D, E, and H will be charged as Class A, weight or measurement, as the department may direct.

Flax, native, dressed, pressed, from Kawakawa to Opua, will be charged at the classified rate for Class D.

Native coals, Class Q, from the Kawakawa Coal Mine to port for shipment, will be charged 2s. per ton, including weighing and discharging into ships.

Goods of Classes F, M, and N, 15s. per truck.

Goods of Class K, 9d. per 100 superficial feet.

WHANGAREI SECTION.

RATE FOR SHIPS’ GOODS, including wharfage.

Between Railway Wharf and

Goods of Classes A, B, C, D, E, between any station and any station, will be charged 3s. per ton by weight; minimum charge, 6d. The rate includes all charges, and will apply to parcels and small lots of goods, in lieu of parcels rates in Part II. and small lots rates in Part III. The charges for Classes F, H, K are exclusive of cost of loading or unloading. The charges for P and Q include weighing and delivery to ship by skip, but do not include loading.

CLASS M.

Goods of Class M carried to or from the railway wharf will be charged 10s. per truck.

The minimum charge for carts, drays, wagons, and carriages will be 5s. each.

6d. per ton per day storage will be charged on all goods not removed within three working days of their arrival.

AUCKLAND SECTION.

When goods of Classes A, B, C, D, E, are consigned to Auckland, excepting such as are consigned to the Auckland Railway Wharf for shipment there, both the classified rates, Part III., and the local rates following will be increased by 1s. 4d. per ton, except otherwise specified; the minimum charge for small lots will be 1s. 4d., except for small lots of Class E goods, poultry, butter, and other articles enumerated in section 3 of Part III.