1676
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74

GOODS.

REGULATIONS—continued.

(17.) Goods and Live-stock conveyed by Special Trains.
Special trains ordered by consignors for conveyance of goods and live-stock which could be worked by the ordinary train service will be charged 10s. per mile; minimum charge, £3. This charge will be in addition to the ordinary charges for the conveyance of the goods. The mileage will be counted one way only. The distance which a train has to run empty to commence a service will be charged at the rate of 5s. per mile.

(18.) Circuses.
Circuses conveyed by ordinary trains will be charged as follows :—
Animals, living, including animals in cages, at live-stock rates.
Vehicles, empty, at rates for carts, drays, &c.
Vehicles loaded with material, or in same truck with material, as material. (See below.)
Material, 9d. per 4-wheel truck per mile; 1s. 6d. per double-bogie truck per mile. Minimum charge—per 4-wheel truck, 15s.; per double-bogie truck, 30s.
Circuses which could be conveyed by ordinary trains, but for which special trains are ordered by the owners, will be charged as follows :—
Per carriage containing passengers ... ... ... 1 0 per mile.
Per 4-wheel truck ... ... ... 2 0 ,,
Per double-bogie truck ... ... ... 20 0 ,,
Minimum charge ... ... ... 20 0 ,,
Minimum charge for a special train, £20.
The distance which a train has to run to commence a service will be charged at the rate of 5s. per mile.
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 or in pieces, each.

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.
Returned empties are packages which have on the outward journey been carried over the railways full and are being consigned from the original consignee and the original receiving station to the original consignor and sending station.

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 ,,
Minimum, charge as for 1 cwt.
Returned empty butter- and egg-boxes ... }
Returned empty fruit and vegetable packages ... } Free.
Returned 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.