3566

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 91

GOODS.

81

LOCAL RATES—continued.

WESTPORT SECTION.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D will be charged as Class A.
Except where otherwise specified, timber consigned to Westport will be charged as follows, per 100 superficial feet:—

From one to seven miles … … … … … s. d.
Over seven miles and not over eleven miles … … 0 8
Over eleven miles and not over fifteen miles … … 0 10
Over fifteen miles and not over eighteen miles … … 1 0
Over eighteen miles and not over twenty-one miles … … 1 1
Over twenty-one miles and not over thirty-one miles … … 1 2

These rates include all charges on timber for export except delivery to ship. Where the classified rates for timber for local use at Westport are less than these rates, the classified rates will be charged.

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.

Coal-dross for briquette-making consigned direct from the pit at Seddonville to the briquette-works at Westport will be charged 2s. 6d. per ton, including weighing and delivery into siding at works; minimum quantity, 4 tons per truck.

Coke consigned from Granity to Westport for export will be charged 4s. 6d. per ton, minimum quantity 4 tons per truck. This charge includes handling and weighing.

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

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:—

Between the Junction and Conn’s Creek: Sheep, 3d. per head; timber, ½d. per 100 superficial feet; coals and minerals, in 5-ton loads, 1d. per ton; other goods, 1s. 3d. per ton. Minimum charge, 3d.

Between the Junction and Waimangaroa: Timber, 2d. per 100 superficial feet; coals and minerals, in 5-ton loads, 2d. per ton; other goods, 9d. per ton. Minimum charge, 3d.

Goods booked between stations upon the Waimangaroa Branch (including Waimangaroa Junction) will be charged at the classified rates.

Owners of sheep must take all risk and responsibility, and do all loading and unloading.

NELSON SECTION.

NELSON STATION AND PORT.

Goods passing over the Railway Wharf, and paying wharfage, which are conveyed between Nelson Station and Port will be charged at the rates specified in Regulation 33, Part III, weight or measurement, according to bill of lading; other goods by weight or measurement, as the Department directs.

CLASSES C AND D.

Goods of Classes C and D will be charged as Class B.