Railway Freight Classification




2378

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 58

GOODS, LIVE-STOCK, PARCELS, AND LUGGAGE.

CLASSIFICATION—continued.

Brass (rod, sheet, wire, or nails) .. .. .. .. .. B
Brass, scrap. Owner’s risk. Half rate .. .. .. .. C
Brasses for axle-boxes .. .. .. .. .. B
Brattice-cloth. Owner’s risk .. .. .. .. .. D
Bread, packed. Owner’s risk .. .. .. .. .. D
Bread, unpacked .. .. .. .. See Regulation 10, Part II
Breeze blocks. As concrete building-blocks .. .. .. P
Breeze. Owner’s risk .. .. .. .. .. P
Bricks, bath .. .. .. .. .. C
Bricks, concrete, New Zealand manufacture. Owner’s risk .. .. P
Bricks, fire, broken, and pieces of old retorts, consigned to brickworks for manufacture of bricks .. .. .. .. F
Bricks for house grates, unpacked. Owner’s risk .. .. .. C
Bricks for house grates, packed in cases or crates. Owner’s risk .. D
Bricks, imported. Owner’s risk .. .. .. .. N
Bricks, New Zealand manufacture. Owner’s risk .. .. .. Q
Bricks, ventilating, New Zealand manufacture .. .. .. Q
Bridge-cylinders, in pieces. Owner’s risk. Special goods .. .. D
Broom-heads, unfinished without bristle, wooden, packed .. .. D
Brooms, corn, New Zealand manufacture, packed. Rate and a half, or ordinary parcel rates where cheaper .. .. .. A
Brooms, corn, packed, not otherwise specified. Double rate .. .. A
Brooms, not otherwise specified, packed .. .. .. .. A
Brushware .. .. .. .. .. A
Buckets, tin or other metal, or wooden (if more than one to be nested). Owner’s risk .. .. .. .. .. A
Bush-trollies, under 2 tons .. .. .. .. .. B
Bush-trollies, 2 tons and over. Owners to load and unload .. .. D
Butter, packed .. .. .. .. .. D
Butter and Cheese Wrappers, packed .. .. .. .. D
Butter-boxes, in pieces, packed, not “returned empties.” Half rate. (Class K if cheaper) .. .. .. .. .. B
Butter-boxes, empty, not “returned empties” .. .. .. D
Butterine, packed .. .. .. .. .. C
Buttermilk in tanks, minimum 6 tons per four-wheeled truck. (Tanks returned free.) Owner’s risk .. .. .. .. .. E

Cables, chain .. .. .. .. .. D
Cables, telephone or electric, packed on reels. Owner’s risk .. .. B
Cages, bird. Double rate. Owner’s risk .. .. .. .. A
Cake, linseed, for stock-foods, New Zealand product. Owner’s risk .. E
Calcimite (lime-refuse) .. .. .. .. .. D
Calcium, carbide of, in hermetically sealed tins packed in strong wooden cases, or in airtight and damp-proof iron drums. Owner’s risk. Dangerous .. .. .. .. .. A
Calcium, carbide of, refuse .. .. .. .. .. D
Calcium cyanide for bona fide use as a rabbit-exterminator. Dangerous D
Calf-meal, not otherwise specified .. .. .. .. .. D
Calf-meal, New Zealand manufacture .. .. .. .. E
Calf-skins .. .. .. .. .. B
Calves. Owner’s risk. Special goods .. .. .. .. M
Candied Peel, packed .. .. .. .. .. A
Candles, packed.. .. .. .. .. A
Can-keys, packed (for opening preserved meat and other tins) .. C
Canoes. Minimum charge as for 5 cwt. each. Owner’s risk .. .. A
Canvas, in bolts or bales .. .. .. .. .. B
Carbon, loose. Owner’s risk .. .. .. .. N
Carbonate of barytes. Minimum quantity, 5 tons per four-wheeled truck, half rate B. Any less quantity to be charged such minimum or class .. .. .. .. .. D
Carpet, packed .. .. .. .. .. A
Carpet, unpacked. Rate and a half .. .. .. .. A
Carriages, either set up or in pieces, unpacked. Owner’s risk. Special goods .. .. .. .. See Regulation 16, Part II
Carriages and Gigs, either set up or in pieces, packed. Minimum, 15 cwt. per four-wheeled truck. Owner’s risk .. .. .. .. A
Carriage Shafts and Wheels. Owner’s risk .. .. .. .. A
Carriage-covers .. .. .. .. .. A
Carrots. Owner’s risk .. .. .. .. .. E
Cars, motor, in cases. Minimum, 1 ton per four-wheeled truck. Owner’s risk. Special goods .. .. .. .. .. A
Cars, motor, unpacked. Owner’s risk. Special goods See Regulation 16, Part II
Cars, tram .. .. .. .. .. .. A
Carts, daisy, in pieces, packed, total weight of each cart not to exceed 2½ cwt. Double rate. Owner’s risk (or as carriages or gigs, if cheaper; if set up, to be charged as carriages, Regulation 16, Part II) A
Carts, either set up or in pieces, unpacked .. See Regulation 21, Part II
Carts, either set up or in pieces, packed. Minimum, 1 ton per four-wheeled truck .. .. .. .. .. C
Carts, hand .. .. .. .. See Regulation 10, Part II
Cartons, cardboard or strawboard, collapsed or nested, not otherwise specified, packed in cases or crates. Owner’s risk .. .. A
Cartons, cardboard or strawboard, collapsed or nested, New Zealand manufacture, packed in cases or crates. Owner’s risk .. .. D
Cartridges, not otherwise specified, packed. Double rate. Owner’s risk. Dangerous .. .. .. .. .. A



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