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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 87

GOODS.

LOCAL RATES—continued.

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.

When cranes are not in general use the Railway Manager may, at his option, make special charges for their use, but no less charge than 30s. per hour or part thereof will be made per crane.

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 from Ngakawau to Granity 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 8 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.

The charge for receiving and discharging ships’ ballast will be 1s. per ton. Minimum charge, £1.

One penny per ton will be charged for use of gravel-shoot.

Goods and sheep booked through between stations on the Government railway (Waimangaroa Junction excepted) and stations on the Waimangaroa Branch line will be charged upon the branch, in addition to the classified or local rates on the Government railway, as follows:—