Oct. 16.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

GOODS.
REGULATIONS—continued.

Circuses which could be conveyed by ordinary trains, but for which special trains
are ordered by the owners, will be charged as follows :—
s. d.
Per carriage containing passengers ... ... ... 2 6 per mile.
Per 4-wheel truck ... ... ... ... 1 0 ,,
Per double-bogie truck ... ... ... ... 2 0 ,, Minimum charge ... ... ... ... ... 20 0 ,, The distance which a train has to run to commence a service will be charged at
the rate of 5s. per mile. The minimum charge for a special train will be £20.
Special trains will be run only at the option of the Department.
All loading and unloading to be performed by the owners at their own risk and responsibility.

(19.) Locomotive Engines.
Locomotive engines running on their own wheels will be charged 1s. 6d. per
mile ; minimum charge, £1.

(20.) Carts, Drays, Express Wagons, and Wagons, either set up
or in pieces, each.

s. d.
For any-distance of not more than 10.miles ... 1 0 per mile.
For every mile after the first 10 miles ... 0 3 ,, Minimum charge ... ... ... ... ... 10 0 ,, Heavy wagons, over one ton in weight, rate and a half.
When two or more vehicles as above, 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 vehicle and half rates for each additional
vehicle, but will be carried at owner's risk.
A double-bogie truck will be treated as two four-wheeled trucks.

(21.) Returned Empties.
Packages returning empty are those which on the outward journey were carried
full by railway between the same stations, and from the original consignee to the
original sender of the goods.
s. d.
For any distance of not more than 25 miles ... ... 0 4 per cwt.
For any distance over 25 miles and not more than 50 miles 0 6 ,, For each 50 miles or part of 50 miles beyond the first 50 0 3 ,, Returned empty fruit and vegetable packages ... Free.
Minimum, 1cwt.
Empties must be certified by consignors to have passed over the line full.
Carriage must be prepaid, unless there be an arrangement with the consignee to
the contrary.

(22.) Empty Cases for Carriage of Fruit, and Shooks for Manufacture of Fruit-cases.
Empty cases, manufactured from New Zealand timber, consigned to fruit-growers—not “returned empties,” but to be reconsigned over the railway full,
and, when so reconsigned, to contain only New-Zealand-grown fresh fruit—will be
carried free.
Shooks, New Zealand timber, consigned to fruit-growers for manufacture of cases
to be used for carriage by rail of New-Zealand-grown fresh fruit will be carried free.
Consignment notes for empty cases, and shooks, carried under this regulation to
be indorsed by senders as follows : “These cases [or shooks] are to be used for
packing New-Zealand-grown fresh fruit to be conveyed by rail.”

(23.) Port Traffic.
At port stations goods hauled or conveyed between private stores or Government
sheds and ships, including handling at the ship’s side, will be charged 1s. 6d. per ton.
Haulage or conveyance only will be charged 1s. per ton; minimum charge, 6d.
In addition to the above charge of 1s. 6d. per ton, a charge of 1s. 6d. per ton will
be made on transhipment goods handled in Government sheds.
Haulage of timber between private stores or Government sheds and ships, including
handling at the ship’s side, will be charged as follows, viz. :- Timber (except Australian and Tasmanian), 4d. per 100 superficial feet.
Timber, Australian and Tasmanian, 6d. per 100 superficial feet.
Haulage of ships' ballast from ships' side and tipping to spoil will be charged 1s. 6d. per ton; minimum charge, £1.