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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 26]

PARCEL RATES.

The scale of parcel rates is hereby cancelled, and the fol-
lowing substituted :—

| Weight. | Not exceeding | | | | Over |
| | 30 Miles. | 50 Miles. | 100 Miles. | 200 Miles. | 200 Miles. |
| | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. |
| 3 lb. | 0 6 | 0 6 | 0 6 | 0 6 | 0 6 |
| 7 lb. | 0 6 | 0 6 | 1 0 | 1 0 | 1 0 |
| 14 lb. | 0 6 | 0 9 | 1 0 | 1 6 | 2 0 |
| 28 lb. | 0 9 | 1 0 | 1 6 | 2 0 | 3 0 |
| 56 lb. | 1 6 | 2 0 | 2 6 | 3 9 | 5 0 |
| 84 lb. | 2 0 | 2 9 | 3 6 | 5 6 | 7 6 |
| 112 lb. | 2 6 | 3 3 | 4 0 | 6 6 | 10 0 |

In addition to the above rates a charge of 3d. for each
hundredweight or part of a hundredweight will be made upon
all parcels consigned to Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, or
Invercargill.

The clause stating that parcels containing cartridges will
be charged double rate is hereby cancelled.

Safety small-arm cartridges, in packages not exceeding
14 lb. in weight, properly packed, will be charged single
parcel rate. Cartridges other than safety small-arm will not
be carried as parcels.

CARRIAGES.

| | For any Distance not exceeding 10 Miles. | For every Mile after the First 10 Miles. |
| | s. d. | s. d. |
| Two-wheeled carriages, either set up or in pieces, each | 10 0 | 0 3 |
| Four-wheeled carriages, either set up or in pieces, each | 10 0 | 0 4 |

When two or more carriages, either set up or in pieces,
consigned from one consignor to one consignee, are loaded
together in one four-wheeled truck they will be charged full
rates for the first carriage and half rates for each additional
carriage. In cases where the carriages loaded in a four-
wheeled truck comprise four-wheeled and two-wheeled
vehicles, a four-wheeled carriage must be considered to be
the first carriage, and full rates charged thereon, the remain-
ing carriages being charged half rates for four-wheeled or
two-wheeled carriages respectively.

A double-bogie truck will be treated as two four-wheeled
trucks.

Carriages sent on hire or for repairs, and so consigned, also
carriages on loan sent to be used in place of other carriages
under repair, will, if returned within three months from the
original consignee and receiving station to the original con-
signor and sending station, be carried back at half the
ordinary rates. A certificate in the following form, signed
by the consignor, must be attached to the consignment note:
"I hereby certify that the consigned by me to
station was conveyed by rail from"
to on

Old carriages exchanged for new carriages will be charged
full ordinary rates going from the owner to the coachbuilder.
If a new carriage is sent from the same coachbuilder to the
same owner and between the same points within three
months it will be charged the ordinary rate, but one-half of
the railway-rate paid for conveyance on the old carriage
from the owner to the coachbuilder will be refunded.

Carriages conveyed under any of the foregoing conditions
will be carried at owners' risk.

Dogs.

Dogs must be distinctly addressed with the name of con-
signee and the station to which they are proceeding. They
will not be allowed in carriages, and the sender must obtain
a ticket, to be given up at the end of the journey before the
dog is delivered. Owners must see their dogs safely placed
in the train, and take delivery of them immediately on
arrival at destination. Dogs not secured in hampers, crates,
boxes, or sacks must be provided with efficient chains and
collars, or other means of securing them.

The charge for conveyance of dogs, whether loose s. d.
or packed in hampers, crates, boxes, or sacks,
for every 25 miles or fractional part of 25
miles, will be, for the first twelve dogs, per
head 0 6
The maximum charge per head 5 0
Each additional dog above twelve will be charged half-
rates.
The charges on dogs must be prepaid.

• Insert here name of original sender and sending station.
  † Insert here name of original consignee and receiving station.
  ‡ Insert date.

PART III.—GOODS: REGULATIONS.

(4.) Class E.—Grain and other Agricultural Produce.
Minimum quantity, 1½ tons. Any less quantity will be
charged as such minimum, or at rate and a half Class E,
not exceeding the rate for Class D.
At Auckland, Onehunga, Spit, Wellington, Foxton, Wanga-
nui, New Plymouth-Breakwater, Waitara, Greymouth, West-
port, Nelson, Nelson Port, Picton, Blenheim, Lyttelton,
Christchurch, Timaru, Oamaru, Breakwater, Port Chalmers,
Dunedin, Invercargill, and Bluff, 6d. per ton will be charged
in addition to the classified rates, except when consigned
from or to private sidings at those stations, or except local
rates otherwise provide; but such addition will not be made
when goods are charged at Class E (actual weight) single
rate under small-lots scale regulations 2 and 3, or at rate
and a half, Class E.
At all other stations, when the loading or unloading is
done by the owners, or when loaded by owners into sheds,
owing to trucks not being available after reasonable notice
is given, the classified rates only will be charged. When
the loading or unloading is done by the Railway Department
6d. per ton will be charged for each operation; minimum
charge, 3d. When goods are charged at Class E (actual
weight) single rate under small-lots scale regulations 2 and
3, or at rate and a half, Class E, no charge for loading or
unloading will be made.
At all private stores or sidings the loading or unloading
shall be done by the owners.
The following method of computing the tonnage of grain
will be followed:—
Wheat—10 bags of 4 bushels to the ton.
Barley—12 bags of 4 bushels to the ton.
Oats—14 bags of 4 bushels to the ton.
Flour, bran, and pollard—2,200lb. to the ton.
Oats (crushed) and other grain by actual weight.
60lb. of wheat, or 50lb. of barley, or 40lb. of oats count
as 1 bushel.
The number of bags and the quantity they contain must
be declared upon the consignment notes.

(5.) Class F.—Hay, Turnips, Firewood, etc.
Pressed chaff, pressed hay, and pressed straw in quantities
under a truck-load will be charged as a truck, or as Class E,
rate and a half.
Except where otherwise specified, not more than 140 bags
of chaff shall be loaded on any four-wheel truck. Hydraulic
pressed chaff in bales or bundles may be loaded up to 6 tons
per four-wheel truck, provided the gauge limit is not ex-
ceeded.
Loose flax-straw, loose flax-tow, or loose dressed flax will
not be accepted for carriage.

(6.) Class H.—Wool, Sheepskins, and Rabbit-skins in
Bales.
For undumped bales of more than 4cwt., and double-
dumped bales of more than 8cwt., the excess weight in each
separate consignment will be charged pro ratâ at Class A
rates.

(8.) Class M.—Live-stock.
Cattle, Calves, Sheep, Goats, and Pigs, in Small Lots.
The clause stating that calves, sheep, goats, and pigs pro-
perly secured in crates, baskets, or sacks, so as to prevent
injury to other goods, may be sent as goods Class A is hereby
cancelled.
Calves, sheep, goats, and pigs, such as are ordinarily sent
to market for consumption, properly secured in crates,
baskets, or sacks, so as to prevent injury to other goods, may
be sent as goods, Class A. In all such cases the depart-
ment reserves to itself the right to load such stock in a
truck with other goods.
Valuable stud and show calves, sheep, goats, and pigs,
properly secured in crates, will be charged at the rate for
cattle, calves, sheep, goats, and pigs in small lots. Where a
truck is only partially occupied by a consignment of stud or
show stock, the department reserves to itself the right to fill
up the truck to its full carrying-capacity with other stock.
If a separate truck is specially required full truck rates will
be charged.

(10.) Class P.—Native Coal (Anthracite or Bituminous),
etc.
Minimum quantity, 4 tons, except otherwise specified
below. Any less quantity will be charged as such minimum,
or at the classified rates for Class D.
The minimum quantity of bonedust, guano, manure-salt,
rock-salt, salt for agricultural or pastoral purposes, soot, and
manure other than street, stable, and farmyard will be 1½
tons; any less quantity will be charged as such minimum or
as Class E (actual weight), single rate. In no case, however,
are the charges at Class P rate on the goods specified (in-
cluding labour and covering) to exceed the total charges
under Class E (actual weight), single rate.
The Railway Department may require loading or unload-
ing to be done by the owner. For each loading or unloading