✨ Freight Rate Regulations
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 67
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GOODS.
REGULATIONS—continued.
In computing the measurement of rusticated weather-boards, tongued-and-grooved flooring and lining boards, and all other boards of irregular width and thickness, the full over-all measurement will be charged for—i.e., the board will be taken to measure as if its greatest width and thickness were uniform throughout the entire width and thickness of the board.
In computing the sizes of sawn timber, whether dressed or undressed, fractional parts less than one-eighth of an inch in width or thickness will be reckoned as one-eighth of an inch.
Round timber: Trade measurement; computed according to Hoppus’s tables of trade measurement.
Odd lengths of 6in. and upwards are to be counted as a foot in measuring the length of timber; less than 6in. are to be omitted.
No allowance to be made for bark by ringing or otherwise, or for tops, butts, or unsound wood.
The Railway Department may require all loading and unloading to be done by the owner. For each loading or unloading done by the Railway Department 3d. per 100 superficial feet additional will be charged.
Where senders who do their own loading require a receipt for number of pieces, 3d. per 100 superficial feet additional will be charged, as if loading had been done by the Department.
For each certificate of timber measurement supplied by the Railway Department at the request of consignors or consignees, 3d. per 100 superficial feet additional will be charged. Measuring of timber will only be done at the option of the Department.
(8.) Class M.—Live Stock.
Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Goats, and Calves, in Truck-loads, carried at Owners’ risk.
No more animals are to be put into a truck than it will conveniently hold.
One bonâ fide drover and his dogs will be allowed to accompany each consignment of not less than three trucks of live-stock. He will be furnished with a free return pass for himself and his dogs, available for a week. In cases where the stock is conveyed by more than one train a return pass will be issued for each train. The drover must travel by the same train as the stock, otherwise a pass will not be issued.
When a consignment of less than three trucks of live stock is sent by a goods train and a drover desires to accompany it, he may be permitted to do so on payment of second-class fare for himself and ordinary rates for his dogs, if any.
Drovers must ride in the Guard’s van or a second-class carriage, as may be directed by the Department.
Mixed consignments of cattle and horses will be charged separately, or as one lot, as cattle.
All animals must be loaded and unloaded by the owners at their own risk and responsibility.
Double-bogie wagons will be charged double rates.
Cattle, Calves, Sheep, Goats, and Pigs, in small lots,
May be charged at truck-load rate, or at the following rates:—
| For any Distance not exceeding 10 Miles. | For every Mile after the First 10 Miles. | |
|---|---|---|
| s. d. | d. | |
| Cattle, one only | 7 0 | 3 |
| Cattle, each additional one in the same truck, belonging to the same owner | 1 0 | 1 |
| Calves (one year old and under), sheep, goats, or pigs, one only, carried loose | 2 6 | 2 |
| Calves, sheep, goats, or pigs, each additional one in the same truck, belonging to the same owner | 0 3 | 0½ |
When a truck is only partially occupied by a consignment of live-stock the Department reserves to itself the right to fill it up to its full carrying-capacity with other stock. Where a truck is specially required by sender the truck rate will be charged.
All animals must be loaded and unloaded by owners at their own risk and responsibility.
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NZ Gazette 1896, No 67
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Freight Rate Regulations for Timber and Live Stock
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