1896
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 90

16
LUGGAGE, PARCELS, HORSES, ETC.

Entire horses requiring a special box will be charged a rate and a half, but if
allowed to travel with an additional horse belonging to the same owner ordinary
rates will be charged.
Shetland ponies, foals one year old and under, mules, and asses, half-rate.
Horses, Shetland ponies, foals, mules, and asses may be sent in cattle trucks, at
rates charged for cattle in truck-loads.
Horses of members of Hunt or Polo Clubs travelling to meets and returning on
or before the third day will be carried the return journey for the single charge.

Horses, Carriages, and Dogs.

The Railway Department does not undertake to forward horses, carriages, or dogs
by any particular train; but when sent they must be at the forwarding station half
an hour before the departure of the train. The owners of horses must provide
means of securing them in the horse-box, and the Railway Department will not
be accountable for any injuries sustained through their breaking loose or other-
wise, nor will it undertake to carry unbroken or vicious horses.

Horse Boxes and Carriage Trucks.

Persons requiring a horse box or carriage truck must (except at Auckland,
Napier, Wanganui, Wellington, Christchurch, Hornby, Dunedin, and Invercargill
Railway Stations), when ordering it, pay a deposit of 5s., which will be forfeited
if the box be not used. Requisitions for horse boxes and carriage trucks must be
made the day before they are wanted.

Dogs.

Dogs must be provided with chains, or sufficient means of securing them. They
will not be allowed in carriages, and the sender must obtain a ticket, to be given up
at the end of the journey before the dog is delivered. Owners must see their dogs
safely placed in the train, and take delivery of them immediately on arrival at
destination.
The charge for conveyance of dogs, for every twenty-five miles or fractional s. d.
part of twenty-five miles, will be for the first twelve dogs, per head ... 0 6
The maximum charge per head ... ... ... ... 5 0
Each additional dog above twelve will be charged half-rates.
The charges on dogs must be prepaid.

Calves, Sheep, Goats, Pigs, Rabbits, and other small Animals,
and Poultry,

Properly secured in crates, baskets, or sacks, so as to prevent injury to other goods,
will be carried at parcel rates.

Milk.

For distances of not more than 10 miles ... ... ... ¾d. per gallon.
For every additional 10 miles or fraction thereof up to 30 miles ... ¼d. ,,
For each additional 30 miles or fraction thereof ... ... ¼d. ,,
Milk consigned to cheese and butter factories, and to and from creameries, will be
charged ½d. per gallon for distances of 15 miles and under, and ¼d. per gallon for the
next 15 miles, and ¼d. per gallon for each additional 25 miles or fraction thereof.
Minimum charge, 6d.
Empties will be returned free.
Where milk is sent by rail to dairy factories, and the consignors of the milk have
their skim-milk sent back to them, the skim-milk will be conveyed free of charge in
the cans returning from the factory.
Milk will be carried only at the owners' sole risk, who will take all responsibility
of loading and unloading.
Cream will be charged same rates as milk.

Corpses.

Sixpence per mile. Minimum, £1.
Children's, half-rates. Minimum, 10s.

Miscellaneous.

No fractions of a mile will be used in computing rates and charges. Five chains
and over will be taken as an additional mile; less than five chains will be omitted.

LOCAL RATES AND REGULATIONS.

WHANGAREI SECTION.

For the purpose of charging for the conveyance of parcels the section will be
divided into three subsections, as below:—
Opau to Kamo.
Kamo to Hikurangi.
Hikurangi to Wairo.