1692
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74

GOODS.

LOCAL RATES—continued.

Except where otherwise specified, timber consigned to Greymouth from the Hokitika line will be charged as follows, per 100 superficial feet :—

From one to seven miles ... ... ... ... ... 0 8
Over seven miles and not over eleven miles ... ... ... ... 0 10
Over eleven miles and not over fifteen miles ... ... ... 1 0
Over fifteen miles and not over twenty-four miles ... ... 1 1

These rates include all charges on timber for export. Where the classified rates for timber for local use at Greymouth are less than these rates, the classified rates will be charged.
Timber from Ho Ho to Hokitika will be charged 7d. per 100 superficial feet.
Goods of Class Q will be charged as Class P, except otherwise specified.
Railway sleepers will be charged Class Q or as timber if cheaper than Class Q.
Except where otherwise specified, goods from or for the Hokitika line for or from ship at Greymouth will be charged under Regulation 31 for conveyance between Greymouth Station and wharf.

HOKITIKA-BRUNNER SECTION.

TIMBER-DRYING SHED.

Timber consigned to Greymouth by rail for export beyond the Colony of New Zealand will be charged 1d. per hundred superficial feet in addition to the classified or local rates, such charge to include four months’ storage in the timber-drying shed at Greymouth. For storage in the timber-drying shed for each month or fractional part of a month after the first four months an additional charge of 1d. per hundred superficial feet will be made.
Timber for export beyond the Colony of New Zealand, previously carried to Greymouth by rail, will be charged 2d. per hundred superficial feet for haulage from timber-drying shed to ship’s side and the use of sheets to cover such timber. All damage to sheets so used to be paid for by consignors of timber.
The unloading, handling, and loading of all timber placed in or removed from the drying-shed must be done by owners.
These regulations will also apply to timber ex the Midland Railway when consigned to Greymouth for export beyond the colony.
Timber other than specified above will not be received into the timber-drying shed at Greymouth.

WESTPORT SECTION.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D will be charged as Class A.
Timber, not otherwise specified, minimum charge, 10d. per 100 superficial feet.
Logs from Sergeant’s Hill and Fairdown to Westport will be charged 8d. per 100 superficial feet.
Log timber consigned from stations on the Waimangaroa Branch to Birchfield will be charged 8d. per 100 superficial feet.
Timber consigned for export will be charged as follows :—

Per 100 Superficial Feet.
s. d.
From one to seven miles ... ... ... ... ... 0 8
Over seven and not over eleven miles ... ... ... ... 0 10
Over eleven and not over fifteen miles... ... ... ... 1 0
Over fifteen and not over twenty-two miles ... ... ... 1 1
Over twenty-two and not over twenty-seven miles ... ... 1 2
Over twenty-seven and not over thirty-one miles ... ... 1 3

Timber, coal, and lime in railway-wagons shunted from or to the Cape Foulwind line to or from sidings in Westport Station-yard will be charged 2s. per truck.
Coal and coal dross consigned to Westport will be charged 1s. 10d. per ton for distances not over eight miles, and for each additional mile or part of a mile ½d. per ton will be charged ; minimum quantity, 5 tons per truck. This charge includes weighing and discharging from the coal-staiths on coal for export.
Coal and coal dross consigned from Waimangaroa Branch line to Waimangaroa Junction, Fairdown, or Sergeant’s Hill will be charged 2s. 3d. per ton.
Coal and coal-dross consigned from Conn’s Creek to Waimangaroa will be charged 1s. per ton.