1870 [No. 89
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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

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

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 classifica-
tion they shall be carried as Class A until the Railway Department shall deter-
mine 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.

Packages containing "dangerous goods" (other than fuse, safety small-arm cart-
ridges, Chinese crackers, and gunpowder) will not be accepted for carriage through
the Parcels Department.

The maximum weight of either gunpowder or of Chinese crackers accepted for
carriage through Parcels Department by any one train will be 14lb.

Where goods are described as "packed," it is intended that they shall be pro-
perly 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," where specified, means that the "classified rate" per ton will be
halved, and applies to that rate only, except in cases where goods charged at the
"local rate" are carried by measurement, when the "local rate" will be halved.

Acid, acetic and tartaric, packed. Owners' risk ... ...
Class A
Acid, carbolic, packed in casks or wrought-iron drums. Owners' risk ... ...
Class A
Acids, not otherwise specified, packed. Double rate. Owners' risk. ... ...
Class A
Dangerous
Acid, sulphuric, packed, from local factories in consignments of not less
than 2 tons. Owners' risk. Dangerous ... ...
Class A
Acid, sulphurous, packed. Owners' risk ... ...
Class A
Ale ... ...
Class As beer
Almonds, packed ... ...
Class A
Alum, packed ... ...
Class C
Ammonia gas, compressed, in solid drawn steel tubes. Owners' risk. ... ...
Class A
Dangerous
Ammunition, not otherwise specified. Double rate. Owners' risk. ... ...
Class A
Dangerous
Anchors and Chain Cables ... ...
Class D
Animals, living, not otherwise specified. In crates or cases. Owners' risk
Class A
Animals and Birds stuffed, in cases. Rate and a quarter. As parcels, see Part II.
Class C
Antimony, smelted ... ...
Class D
Anvils ... ...
Class A
Apparatus, distillery. Double rate. Owners' risk ... ...
Class A
Arrowroot, packed ... ...
Class A
Arsenic, packed ... ...
Class D
Asphalt ... ...
Class A
Axes, loose ... ...
Class B
Axes, packed ... ...
Class C
Axes