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GOODS.

LOCAL RATES—continued.

DUNEDIN AND INVERCARGILL.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D not otherwise specified below, between Dunedin
and Invercargill, in quantities of 5cwt. and over, will be charged 18s. per ton.
Quantities of less than 5cwt. will be charged 3s. 6d. for the first hundredweight,
and 3d. for each additional hundredweight or fraction of a hundredweight. But
this regulation will not apply to goods consigned under Regulation (3), Part III.
These rates cover all charges.

Threshing-machines, reapers-and-binders, winnowing-machines, bulky machinery,
carriage- and gig-bodies, and furniture between Dunedin and Invercargill, in quan-
tities of 5cwt. and over, will be charged 30s. per ton. Quantities of less than 5cwt.
will be charged 5s. 6d. for the first hundredweight, and 6d. for each additional
hundredweight or fraction of a hundredweight. These rates cover all charges.

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 com-
panies or forwarding agents, and are for distribution at destination, the minimum
charge will be 7s. 6d.

MILEAGE.

The distance between Dunedin and the following stations for the purpose of com-
puting the charges will be deemed to be as follows:—

Miles.
Caversham ... ... 2
Ravensbourne ... ... 2
Burnside ... ... 4
Abbotsford ... ... 5
Sawyer's Bay ... ... 7
Port Chalmers Lower Station 8

And between Pelichet Bay and Port Chalmers Upper Station, 8 miles.

CLASSES N AND Q, FROM PORT CHALMERS QUARRY.

Goods of Classes N and Q, from Port Chalmers Quarry to Port Chalmers Station
or Wharf, will be charged 1s. 6d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 5 tons per truck.
Goods of Classes N and Q, from Port Chalmers Quarry to stations on the main
line, Hurunui—Bluff, will be charged 2d. per ton in addition to the classified rates.

GOODS FOR TRANSHIPMENT AT PORT CHALMERS.

When goods are landed ex ship, and taken into shed and redelivered to other
ships, they will be charged 3s. per ton, according to ship's manifest, or by weight or
measurement, at the option of the department, including one week's storage, after
which storage will be charged for.

BARK, PORT CHALMERS TO SAWYER'S BAY.

Bark, in bags, from Port Chalmers to Sawyer's Bay will be charged 3s. per ton.

BURNSIDE TO CHRISTCHURCH, TIMARU, OAMARU, AND INVERCARGILL.

Bar iron and castings, in 4-ton lots, locally manufactured, from Burnside, will be
charged as follows:—

To Christchurch ... ... ... 25s. per ton.
To Timaru ... ... ... ... 21s. per ton.
To Oamaru ... ... ... ... 15s. per ton.
To Invercargill ... ... ... 18s. per ton.

BURNSIDE AND DUNEDIN.

Goods of Class E, oil, soap, tallow, candles, bar iron, iron castings, artificial man-
ures, sulphur, linseed, guano, tar, raw materials used in the manufacture of artificial
manures and acids, sulphuric acid, in 2-ton lots, between Dunedin and Burnside or
the Cattle-yards, will be charged 3s. 8d. per ton; when consigned to private sidings,
2s. 6d. per ton.

DUNEDIN AND PORT CHALMERS TO MILTON.

Whitelead, Cornish stone, flint, calcined bone, baryta, manganese, borax, metallic
oxides, and other raw materials used in the manufacture of earthenware, Dunedin
or Port Chalmers to Milton, will be charged Class D.