✨ Railway Freight Classification Table
1458 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 67
74 GOODS, LIVE-STOCK, PARCELS, AND LUGGAGE.
CLASSIFICATION—continued.
Machines. — Winnowing, leather-cutting, stripping, printing, threshing,
reaping, soda-water, clod-crushing, smut, weighing, flour-dressing ;
reapers-and-binders set up, minimum charge as for 1 ton ; engines—
fire, beer, and garden ; hay-rakes and elevators, horse-works ; garden-
rollers, lawn-mowers ; cheese, wool, hay, and wine presses ; steam-
ploughs, mangles, and all machines not otherwise specified. Owners’
risk. Special goods ... ... B
Machines.—Reapers-and-binders, packed ; chaff-cutters, field-rollers, horse-
powers, stone crushers. Owners’ risk. Special goods ... ... C
Machines, sewing, loose. Owners’ risk. Special goods As parcels, see Part II.
... ... A
Machines, sewing, packed. Special goods ... ... A
Machinery, light and fragile. Owners’ risk. Special goods ... ... D
Machinery, mining. Owners’ risk. Special goods ... ... C
Machinery, refrigerating and paper-making. Owners’ risk. Special goods ... ... B
Machinery, not otherwise specified, including cylinders, sole-plates, and fly-
wheels. Owners’ risk. Special goods ... ... A
Magnite, packed. Owners’ risk ... ... E
Maize. Owners’ risk ... ... E
Malt. Owners’ risk ... ... N
Manganese-ore ... ... F
Mangolds. Owners’ risk ... ... B
Manilla Fibre. Owners’ risk ... ... F
Manures, street, stable, and farmyard. Owners’ risk ... ... P
Manures, other than street, stable, and farmyard. Owners’ risk ... ... P
Manure, salt ... ... As parcels, see Part II.
Maps, packed. Owners’ risk. Special goods ... ... A
Marble Images, packed. If unpacked, double rate. Owners’ risk. Special
goods ... ... A
Marble, loose and polished. Owners’ risk. Special goods ... ... B
Marble, manufactured, packed. Owners’ risk. Special goods... ... N
Marble, rough blocks. Owners’ risk. ... ... B
Marble Slabs, rough. Owners’ risk. Special goods ... ... B
Marble Tiles, packed. Owners’ risk. Special goods ... ... A
Marble Tops (furniture). Double rate. Owners’ risk. Special goods ... ... A
Matches, packed. Owners’ risk. Dangerous ... ... A
Mats, coir ... ... A
Mats, woollen, packed. Owners’ risk ... ... A
Matting. Unspecified ... ... A
Matting, flax ... ... B
Mattresses, packed ... ... A
Mattresses, unpacked. Rate and a half. Owners’ risk ... ... E
Meal, oat, packed ... ... B
Meal, linseed ... ... D
Meat, preserved ... ... C
Meat, fresh. Owners’ risk. (Coverings returned free) ... ... B
Merry-go-rounds. Owners’ risk. Special goods ... ... Q
Metal, road. Owners’ risk ... ... See Part III.
Metal, road, for local bodies ... ... N
Metal, scrap (not otherwise specified) ... ... B
Meters, gas or water. Owners’ risk ... ... See Part II.
Milk. Owners’ risk ... ... A
Milk, preserved, packed ... ... B
Milk, preserved, packed, consigned direct from local factories in consign-
ments of not less than 10cwt. ... ... A
Millinery, packed. Double rate ... ... A
Millstones. Owners’ risk ... ... C
Mining Machinery and Plant, not otherwise specified. Owners’ risk.
Special goods ... ... ... D
Mining-props. Owners’ risk ... ... F
Molasses, in casks ... ... C
Money. Owners’ risk. Special goods. Double rate ... ... As parcels, see Part II.
Monkeys, pile-driving ... ... D
Mouldings, in bundles. Owners’ risk ... ... K
Mouldings, in bundles, gilt and fancy ... ... A
Mushrooms ... ... A
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