Aug. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1449

GOODS, LIVE-STOCK, PARCELS, AND LUGGAGE. 65

PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS, LIVE-STOCK, PARCELS, AND LUGGAGE.

All goods, live-stock, parcels, and luggage, carried on the railways will be charged under the class specified in this classification.

If any goods are required to be carried which are not mentioned in this classification they shall be carried as Class A until the Railway Department shall determine in what class they shall be charged.

If any package contains any of the goods specified in this list as “dangerous,” the word “dangerous” must be marked on the package, and full particulars of the contents thereof must be specified on the consignment-note. The Railway is not bound to carry any such goods.

Where goods are described as “packed,” it is intended that they shall be properly and securely packed in cases, casks, bags, crates, or otherwise, for safe transit by rail, in the manner in which such goods are usually packed in the trade, and that they shall not be carried loose or in bulk.

Except in the case of goods carried by measurement, the words “rate and a quarter,” “rate and a half,” or “double rate,” mean that the classified or local rate for the conveyance of any article in the following classification to which any such words apply shall be increased by “one-fourth,” or by “one-half,” or “doubled,” as the case may be. When any such goods (except dangerous goods) are carried by measurement, such increase of the classified or local rate shall not apply. The increased rate shall apply to dangerous goods in all cases. The word “half-rate,” means that only half the classified or local rate is to be charged whether the goods are carried by weight or measurement.

CLASS
Acid, acetic and tartaric, packed. Owners’ risk … … A
Acid, carbolic, packed in casks or wrought-iron drums. Owners’ risk … A
Acids, not otherwise specified, packed. Double rate. Owners’ risk. … … A
Dangerous
Acid, sulphuric, packed, from local factories in consignments of not less than 2 tons. Owners’ risk. Dangerous … … A
Acid, sulphurous, packed. Owners’ risk … … A
Ale … … As beer
Almonds, packed … … A
Alum, packed … … C
Ammunition. Double rate. Owners’ risk. Dangerous … … A
Anchors and Chain Cables … … D
Animals, living, not otherwise specified. In crates or cases. Owners’ risk A
Animals and Birds stuffed, in cases. Rate and a quarter. As parcels, see Part II.
Antimony, smelted … … C
Anvils … … D
Apparatus, distillery. Double rate. Owners’ risk … … A
Apple blight-mixture, packed … … B
Arrowroot, packed … … A
Arsenic, packed … … A
Asphalt … … D
Axes, loose … … A
Axes, packed … … B
Axles … … C
Bacon, loose. Owners’ risk … … B
Bacon, packed … … C
Bags, paper … … A
Ballast, ships’. Owners’ risk … … Q
Bank Notes. Special goods. Double rate As parcels, see Part II.
Banners, packed. If loose, owners’ risk … … A
Bark, packed, in bags or bundles. Owners’ risk … … D
Bark, loose. Owners’ risk … … C
Bark, native, loose, or packed in bags or bundles. Owners’ risk … … N
Bark extract, in casks … … C
Barley, grain, in bags. Owners’ risk … … E
Barley, pearl, packed. Owners’ risk … … E
Basils, in bales … … B
Baskets and Basketware. Rate and a half. (If through parcels, rate and a quarter) … … A
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