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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 36

PART II.—LUGGAGE, PARCELS, HORSES, ETC.

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HOMING-PIGEONS.

Homing-pigeons and returned empty crates, in connection with pigeon-flying and pigeon-fanciers’ clubs, will be conveyed free of railway charge, at owners’ risk, and at the convenience of the Department. The Department will not be liable for loss or for damage to pigeons or crates. All loading is to be done by owners, who must take all responsibility in connection therewith.

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HOMING-PIGEONS.

Homing-pigeons and returned empty crates, in connection with pigeon-flying and pigeon-fanciers’ clubs, will be conveyed by ordinary, mixed, and goods trains free of railway charges, at owners’ risk, and at the convenience of the Department. If sent by express and mail trains ordinary parcel rates will be charged. The Department will not be responsible for loss or damage to pigeons or crates. All loading is to be done by owners, who must take all responsibility in connection therewith.

PART III.—GOODS.

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REGULATION (4), CLASS F.

Not more than 180 bags of chaff shall be loaded on any LA truck, and will be charged one and a quarter times the classified or local rates, and the loading and unloading charges will be made on the same basis.

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REGULATION (7), CLASS M.

Sheep conveyed in LA wagons will be charged two-thirds of the rate charged for J trucks.

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REGULATION (10), CLASS Q.

Minimum quantity, 4 tons per ordinary four-wheel truck, n.o.s., 8 tons per LA truck, and 15 tons per double-bogie truck. Any less quantities will be charged as such minimum, or at the classified rates for Class E (rate and a half), except in the case of bones, which will be charged as such minimum, or as Class E.

The Railway Department may require loading or unloading to be done by the owner. For each loading or unloading done by the Railway Department 1s. per ton will be charged. When cranage is charged for or provided, 6d. per ton only will be charged for each loading or unloading done by the Department.

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REGULATION (10), CLASS Q.

Minimum quantity, 4 tons per ordinary four-wheel truck, n.o.s., 8 tons per LA truck, and 15 tons per double-bogie truck. Any less quantities will be charged as such minimum, or at the classified rates for Class E (rate and a half), except in the case of bones and New-Zealand-ground phosphates, which will be charged as such minimum, or as Class E.

The Railway Department may require loading or unloading to be done by the owner. For each loading or unloading done by the Railway Department 1s. per ton will be charged. When cranage is charged for or provided, 6d. per ton only will be charged for each loading or unloading done by the Department.

PART IV.—GOODS: LOCAL RATES.

PictON SECTION.

Through Booking between Wellington and the Port (Nelson) and Stations on the Picton Section.

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Malt, per sack, 9d.

Flour, wheat, beans, peas, barley, potatoes, pollard, oatmeal, onions, oats, bran, and grass-seed, per sack, 9d.

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Malt, flour, wheat, beans, peas, barley, potatoes, pollard, oatmeal, onions, oats, bran, and grass-seed, between Wellington and stations between Picton and Blenheim inclusive, 9d. per sack; and between the Port (Nelson) and stations between Picton and Blenheim inclusive, 1s. per sack.

HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION.

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Dunedin and Port Chalmers.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D, from Port s. d.

Chalmers to Dunedin .. .. 4 6 per ton.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D, from

Dunedin to Port Chalmers .. .. 4 6

Ships’ goods will be charged according to bill of lading, or by weight or measurement, at option of the Department; other goods by weight or measurement, as the Department directs.

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Dunedin and Port Chalmers.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D, from s. d.

Port Chalmers to Dunedin .. .. 4 6 per ton.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D, from

Dunedin to Port Chalmers .. .. 4 6

Ships’ goods will be charged according to bill of lading, or by weight or measurement, at option of the Department: Provided that the charges shall not be computed on more than twice the actual weight of any package. Other goods by weight or measurement, as the Department directs.

PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS, ETC.

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Asbestos, sheets, packed. Owners’ risk .. .. D

Cask-heads. Owners’ risk .. .. .. D

Cattle-food manufactured from New Zealand produce. Owners’ risk .. .. .. E

“Congo” roofing .. .. .. B

Flax-refuse consigned from flax-mills to factories for manufacture of cattle-food. Owners’ risk .. F

Halters, rope .. .. .. C

Gas, acetylene, in cylinders. Owners’ risk. Dangerous .. .. .. A

Machines, sheep-shearing. Owners’ risk. Special goods .. .. .. B

Malt screenings .. .. .. E

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Mattresses, packed .. .. .. A

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Mattresses, packed, whole or in parts .. .. A

Milk, humanised .. .. As milk, see Part II.

Mussels, in bottles. Owners’ risk .. .. C

Petrol. As benzine.

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Posts and rails, fencing. Owners’ risk .. .. F

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Posts and rails, fencing. Not otherwise specified. Owners’ risk. Rate and a half .. .. F

Posts and rails, fencing. New-Zealand-grown timber. Owners’ risk .. .. F

Pumice building-blocks .. .. .. P

Timber, imported. Not otherwise specified. Rate and a half. Owners’ risk .. .. K

PART VI.—WHARVES.

WESTLAND SECTION.

Greymouth Wharf.

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Bricks, per 1,000, 2s. 6d.

Posts, per 100 6d.

NELSON SECTION.

Nelson Wharf.

Meat, frozen, per ton, 1s. 6d.

As witness my hand, this twentieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Railways.

Harbour of Angaur, Pelew Islands, open to Foreign Shipping.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 21st April, 1909.

THE following despatch, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

(New Zealand.—No. 56.)
Downing Street, 5th March, 1909.

My Lord,—I have the honour to transmit to you for the information of your Minister the papers noted in the subjoined Schedule on the subject of the opening to foreign shipping of the Harbourage of Angaur, Pelew Islands.

I have, &c.,
CREWE.

The Officer administering the Government of New Zealand.