Sept. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1677

GOODS.

REGULATIONS—continued.

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.) Stock, Implements, Dogs, Poultry, Produce, &c., exhibited at Agricultural, Horticultural, Dog, and Poultry Shows; Entire Horses exhibited at Horse Parades; and Collie Dogs competing at Dog Trials.

Stock, implements, dogs, poultry, produce, &c., consigned for exhibition at Agricultural, Horticultural, Dog, and Poultry Shows; entire horses consigned for exhibition at Horse Parades; and collie dogs competing at Dog Trials—will be charged full tariff rates going to the Show, Parade, or Dog Trial; such rates must be prepaid. Returning from the Show, Parade, or Dog Trial they will be carried as follows:—

For all exhibits which may have been sold, ordinary rates will be charged.

If part of a consignment is sold, the balance, if returned to the original sending station within one month from the closing of the Show, Parade, or Dog Trial will, on production of a certificate in writing from the Secretary that such balance is unsold, be carried back free, but at owners’ risk.

If the whole of a consignment is returned unsold to the original sending station within one month from the closing of the Show, Parade, or Dog Trial, the exhibits will, on production of a certificate in writing from the Secretary that they are all unsold, be carried back free, but at owners’ risk, and one-half of the railway freight paid for conveyance to the Show, Parade, or Dog Trial will be refunded on arrival of the returned exhibits at the original forwarding station.

All loading, unloading, collection, and delivery to be performed by the owners at their own risk and expense.

Poultry-pens and -coops for use at poultry-shows will be conveyed under this regulation.

(24.) Threshing- and Sheep-shearing -machines, Chaff-cutters, Hay-presses, with Engines (Portable or Traction).

Threshing-machines, sheep-shearing machines, chaff-cutters, and hay-presses, with engines (portable or traction), consigned to country stations for threshing, sheep-shearing, chaff-cutting, or pressing purposes, will, if returned within two months from the original receiving station to the original sending station, be carried back at half the ordinary rates.

A certificate in the following form, signed by the owner, must be attached to the consignment note: “I hereby certify that the __, consigned by me from __ to __ Station, has been working in this district, and that on __ it was conveyed by rail from __ to __ Station.”

(25.) Parcels for Distribution at Destination.

When more articles or parcels than one are sent packed or loose from one consignor to one consignee for express companies or forwarding agents, and are for distribution at destination, the minimum charge will be as for 2 cwt. at small-lots rates.

Small parcels or articles must be properly packed, or they may be charged separately at parcels rates at the option of the Department.

The onus of proving that parcels are not packed rests with consignors.

(26.) Boats for use at Regattas.

Racing and other boats for use in contests at regattas will be conveyed free both ways, provided they are accompanied by their crews.

(27.) Food-products for Charitable Institutions.

Food-products donated to charitable institutions will be conveyed over the New Zealand Government Railways at owner’s risk at half-rates, on written authority of District Manager.

Written application for this concession, supported by the recommendation of a Charitable Aid Board, must in every case be made to District Manager before the goods are presented for carriage.

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