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GOODS.

REGULATIONS—continued.

may be removed, unloaded, and stored at the usual rates, at the option of the
department, and at the risk and expense of the owner.
Goods hauled between private sidings or between any private stores or sidings and
other sheds or sidings at the same station will be charged 1s. per ton.
No consignment of less than two tons will be delivered at or received from private
stores or sidings.
Holders of private sidings are held responsible for the safe custody of railway
property of any kind while in their sidings, and must give up the same in good
order as required.

(20.) Weighing.
When weights are supplied to any persons requiring them, the following charges
will be made :—
Wool, rabbitskins, and sheepskins, in bales, 4d. per bale.
Sheepskins in bundles, ½d. per bundle.
Grain, ½d. per bag.
Potatoes, &c., ½d. per cwt.
Other goods, 1d. per cwt.
When goods are weighed on the truck weighbridge, and the weights given are per
truck-load, 1s. per truck-load will be charged. Double-bogie trucks will be
charged 2s.
Goods carried by railway, 3d. per load (cart weighbridge).
Goods not carried by railway, 6d. per load (cart weighbridge).
The Railway may refuse to supply weights.

(21.) Stock, Implements, Dogs, Poultry, Produce, &c., exhibited
at Agricultural, Horticultural, Dog and Poultry Shows; and
Entire Horses exhibited at Horse Parades.
Stock, implements, dogs, poultry, produce, &c., consigned for exhibition at Agri-
cultural, Horticultural, Dog and Poultry Shows, and entire horses consigned for
exhibition at Horse Parades, will be charged ordinary rates going to the Show or
Parade; such rates must be prepaid. Returning from the Show they will be carried
as follows :—
For all exhibits which may have been sold, ordinary rates will be charged.
If part of a consignment is sold, the balance, if returned to the original station
within one month from the closing of the Show or Parade, will, on production of
a certificate in writing from the Secretary that such balance is unsold, be carried
back free, but at owners' risk.
If the whole of a consignment is returned unsold to the original station within one
month from the closing of the Show or Parade, the exhibits will, on production of a
certificate in writing from the Secretary that they are all unsold, be carried back
free, but at owners' risk, and one-half of the railway rate paid for conveyance to
the Show or Parade will be refunded.
All loading, unloading, collection, and delivery to be performed by the owners at
their own risk and expense.

(22.) Threshing-machines, Chaff-cutters, Hay-presses, with
Engines (Portable or Traction).
Threshing-machines, chaff-cutters, and hay-presses, with engines (portable or
traction), consigned to country stations for threshing, chaff-cutting, or pressing pur-
poses, will, if returned within one month, from the original receiving station to the
original sending station, be carried back at half the ordinary rates.

(23.) Parcels for Distribution at Destination.
When more articles or parcels than one are sent packed or loose from one consignor
to one consignee for express companies or forwarding agents, and are for distribution
at destination, the minimum charge will be as for 2cwt. at small-lots rates.
Small parcels or articles must be properly packed, or they may be charged sepa-
rately at parcels rates at the option of the department.
The onus of proving that parcels are not packed rests with consignors.

(24.) Miscellaneous.
Goods for stations where no officer of the department is in charge must be pre-
paid. They will be put out at such places at the risk of the consignor.
Poisonous or injurious substances will not be received on the Railways unless
securely packed.