2006
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 73

GOODS.

LOCAL RATES—continued.

will be charged 8s. 6d. per ton, weight or measurement at the option of the Department, including wharfage and all charges.
Beer, in bulk, from or to Hokitika to or from Greymouth or Greymouth Wharf will be charged 8s. 6d. per ton. The rate to and from the wharf includes wharfage.
Hides, sheepskins (in bundles not exceeding 1 cwt.), and tallow, from Hokitika to Greymouth, will be charged 8s. 6d. per ton.
Chaff consigned direct from ship at Greymouth to Kumara, or from Kumara to Greymouth for shipment, will be charged 7s. per ton, including wharfage and all charges at Greymouth. Minimum quantity, 2 tons, calculated at twenty-five bags to the ton.
Wool, undumped, from Hokitika consigned direct to ship at Greymouth will be charged 2s. 6d. per bale, including wharfage and handling at ship’s side at Greymouth.
Except where otherwise specified, timber consigned to Greymouth will be charged as follows, per 100 superficial feet:—

s. d.
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 eighteen miles … … … 1 1
Over eighteen miles and not over twenty-one miles … … … 1 2
Over twenty-one miles and not over forty miles … … … 1 3
Over forty miles and not over fifty miles … … … 1 4

These rates include all charges on timber for export except delivery to ship. 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, and to Greymouth 1s. 1d. per 100 superficial feet. Timber from Stafford to Greymouth will be charged 1s. 1d. per 100 superficial feet. The rates from Ho Ho and Stafford to Greymouth include all charges (except delivery to ship) on timber for export.
Timber from Kaiata and Dobson to Greymouth will be charged—sawn, 7d., and log, 8d., per 100 superficial feet.
Timber, not otherwise specified, loaded at Greymouth will be charged 3d. per 100 superficial feet for haulage from sidings to ships, including wharfage.
Timber loaded at Greymouth, previously carried to Greymouth by rail, will be charged 2d. per 100 superficial feet for haulage from sidings to ships.
Timber for export beyond the Colony of New Zealand, previously carried to Greymouth by rail, will be charged 2d. per 100 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.
Except where otherwise specified, coals and coal-dross consigned to port for shipment will be charged 1s. 10d. per ton for distances not over 8 miles, and for each additional mile or part of a mile ¾d. per ton will be charged, including weighing and delivering to the ship. Minimum quantity, 5 tons per truck.
Coal to Greymouth from the Black Ball Coal Company’s mine will be charged 2s. 6d. per ton. This charge includes weighing and delivering to the ship at Greymouth Wharf on coal for export.
Coal consigned from Reefton to Greymouth for shipment will be charged Class Q, including all charges.
Coal, Brunner to Greymouth, will be charged 2s. per ton.
Coke, Brunner to Greymouth, for shipment, where not otherwise specified, will be charged 3s. per ton, including weighing and discharging into ships. Minimum, 14s. per truck.
Coke, Brunner to Greymouth, for export to ports beyond the Colony of New Zealand will be charged 2s. 4d. per ton, including weighing and delivering to ships. Minimum, 4 tons per truck.
Clay and bricks from Brunner Sidings to Greymouth will be charged 2s. per ton, including weighing.
Receiving and discharging ships’ ballast will be charged 1s. per ton. Minimum charge, 10s.
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 33 for conveyance between Greymouth Station and wharf.

HYDRAULIC CRANES.

Loading or unloading by hydraulic cranes will be done at the option of the Railway Manager, and when not otherwise provided the charge will be 6d. a ton, with a minimum charge of 2s. 6d. per lift.