1448
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 67

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GOODS.

LOCAL RATES—continued.

Native coal and manures (other than street, stable, and farmyard, 2s. per ton; minimum quantity, 5 tons per truck.
Ballast, ships’, 1s. 6d. per ton; minimum quantity, 5 tons per truck.

CLASS Q, FROM GREENHILLS.

Road-metal, ships’ ballast, and gravel from Greenhills to Invercargill will be charged 1s. 6d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 5 tons per truck.

DISTRICT RAILWAYS.

The following rates for goods of Classes A, B, C, and D (except mining machinery and plant, and preserved meat from local factories) will be charged upon the District Railways stated below, viz.:

Ashburton Forks, Waimate, Duntroon and Hakateramea, and Waimea Plains—

s. d.
Classes A, B, per ton per mile … … … … … 0 9
Classes C, D, per ton per mile … … … … … 0 6

All other goods, including small lots, booked from stations on the Hurunui–Bluff Section to stations on the district railways, and vice versâ, will be charged at Government scale on continuous mileage.

For local traffic on the district railway-lines and between the terminal stations and stations intermediate the minimum charges will be not less than the classified rates.

Goods booked through between stations not situated on the Waimea Plains District Railway will be charged for conveyance over the District Railway—

s. d.
Classes A, B, per ton … … … … … 16 0
Classes C, D, per ton … … … … … 10 0

All other goods, including small lots, at Government scale on continuous mileage.

COAL FROM NIGHTCAPS.

A terminal charge of 2s. 6d. per ton will be made on all coal loaded at the public sidings on the Nightcaps Coal Company’s Railway at Nightcaps Station in addition to the ordinary rates.

PAPER FROM LOCAL PAPER-MILLS.

Paper consigned from local paper-mills will be charged Class C, half-rate. Minimum quantity, 10cwt. Any less quantity will be charged as such minimum, or at the classified rates for Class D.

CHEESE.

The maximum rate for cheese in 4-ton lots, consigned from factories south of Dunedin to Bluff, Invercargill, Dunedin, or Port Chalmers will be 23s. per ton. For cheese in 4-ton lots, consigned from factories north of Oamaru to Oamaru, Timaru, Christchurch, or Lyttelton, the maximum rate will be 23s. per ton.

GOODS OF CLASSES A, B, C, D (BRANCH LINES).

One penny per ton per mile will be charged in addition to the classified rates on goods of Classes A, B, C, D, on the following branch lines: Rangiora to Sheffield, Eyreton, Springfield, Whitecliffs, Lincoln to Little River, Mount Somers, Waimate, Pukeuri, Duntroon, Ngapara, Livingston, Waihemo, Fernhill, Otago Central, Catlin’s River, Tapanui, Wyndham, Seaward Bush, Invercargill to Kingston, Mararoa, Riverton, and Riverton–Nightcaps; but such addition to be made only for the distance goods are carried on the branch. Mining machinery and plant is exempted from this regulation.

SHIPS’ GOODS ON PORT LINES.

The following ships’ goods will be carried by measurement at half-rates on the lines stated below, viz.: Combines, grass-seed-cleaning machines, omnibuses, tram cars, flock and kapok in bales, wickerware, and wire and spring mattresses.

LINES:—
Onehunga–Auckland. Lyttelton–Christchurch.
Picton–Blenheim. Port Chalmers–Dunedin.
Breakwater–New Plymouth.