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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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GOODS.

REGULATIONS—continued.

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 Department may refuse to supply weights.

(29.) 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 Agricultural, 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 freight 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.
Poultry-pens and -coops for use at poultry-shows will be conveyed under this regulation.

(30.) 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 purposes, will, if returned within two months, from the original receiving station to the original sending station, be carried back at half the ordinary rates.
A certificate in the following form, signed by the owner, must be attached to the consignment note: “I hereby certify that the __, consigned by me from __ to __ Station, has been working in this district, and that on __ it was conveyed by rail from __ to __ Station.”

(31.) 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 separately at parcels rates at the option of the Department.
The onus of proving that parcels are not packed rests with consignors.

(32.) Boats for use at Regattas.

Racing and other boats for use in contests at regattas will be conveyed free both ways, provided they are accompanied by their crews.

(33.) Miscellaneous.

Goods for stations where no officer of the Department is in charge must be prepaid. 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.
The Department may decline to receive broken, damaged, insecurely packed, or leaky packages.
The Department will not be responsible for loss of or damage to goods arising from their being insufficiently protected or packed.
The Department does not provide sheets for Classes F, N, P, Q, and will take no responsibility on these classes of goods on account of damage from water unless