Nov. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2641

WHARVES.

WANGANUI STATION.

Ships’ Goods.

Except otherwise specified, storage at the rate of 1s. 6d. per ton per week or fraction of a week will be charged on goods for town delivery not removed within twenty-four hours, and on goods received from or to be forwarded by railway after seventy-two hours.

Goods waiting Customs examination will be allowed four days’ free storage.

No ship shall discharge or take in cargo at other times than ordinary working-hours without written notice being given by the ship’s officer to the wharfinger, under a penalty of £5 for each offence.

Goods for Transhipment.

When goods are landed on wharf ex ship, and redelivered to other ships, they will be charged 2s. 6d. per ton, according to ship’s manifest, or by weight or measurement, at the option of the Department, including handling and one week’s storage, after which storage will be charged for.

When a horse is used to haul on the discharge of cargo from any vessel, the master of such vessel shall pay to the Railway Department 3d. per ton weight or measurement, at the option of the Department, for all cargo discharged by horse-power. The Railway Department will provide all labour in the Customs examining-shed for arranging, sorting, weighing, marking, and examining goods, and for setting up casks for gauging, charging for such services as follows :—

s. d.
For setting up, gauging, and marking casks, per cask … … 0 3
For opening and weighing tobacco and cigars, per case or package … 0 3
For weighing and marking sugar, per ton … … 0 6
For weighing and marking all other packages not otherwise specified, per package … … 0 0¼

KAIWARA RAILWAY WHARF.

Rates.

s. d.
Gunpowder and explosives landed or shipped, per ton or part of a ton … 2 6

Regulations.

Gunpowder and explosives may be landed or shipped from this wharf between the hours of sunrise and sunset only.

The owner must give all particulars in writing of the quantities and description of such goods to the Railway Stationmaster at Wellington during working-hours, stating the dates and times it is proposed to land or ship them, at least two hours before the goods are landed or shipped; and no goods shall be landed on or shipped from the wharf without the written consent of the Railway Stationmaster at Wellington is first had and obtained.

The owner of such goods shall not allow them to remain on the Railway Wharf after dark; and must have a man continuously in charge of them for their proper custody whilst on the wharf.

No person is allowed to smoke, or to strike lights, or light any fire on or about the wharf, or on any vessel lying thereat.

No goods, other than gunpowder or explosives, may be landed or shipped at the wharf.

Every person committing any breach of these regulations shall, upon conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding £10.

GREYMOUTH SECTION.

GREYMOUTH WHARF.

Charges for Use of Wharf.

s. d.
For every vessel lying at a wharf, per ton net register, per trip … 0 6
For every vessel coming in ballast for coal or timber, for the first four days, per ton net register … … 0 1
For each additional day, per ton net register … … 0 0¼
Maximum charge on any vessel, per trip … … 110 0
Minimum charge on any vessel coming for coal or timber in ballast … 5 0
For every vessel, sailing or steam, with one-eighth cargo (or less), calculated at ship’s measurement on the net register, one-eighth rates to be charged.