JULY 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1895

By adding the following :—
Sheep-skins or Hides, Dunedin to Christchurch or Woolston.
Sheep-skins or hides, loose or in bundles, conveyed from Dunedin to
Christchurch or Woolston will be charged £2 9s. 2d. per ton, owners to load
and unload. Minimum quantity, 2 tons per L wagon, and 3 tons per LA
wagon.

PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS, LIVE-STOCK, ETC.
By omitting the following :—
Class:
Brads, packed .. .. .. .. B
Empties, casks, cases, kegs, jars, tins, tubs, and crates not "returned
empties," but when full to be forwarded by rail. The full
packages, &c., to be conveyed between the same stations and
from original consignee to the original consignor as the empties
At rates for "returned empties," see Regulation 23, Part III.
Nails, iron, packed .. .. .. .. .. C
Plaster, fibrous, not otherwise specified, New Zealand manufacture,
packed in cases or crates. Owner's risk. Special goods .. A
(If fibrous plaster, ornamental or plain, or quantities of
both, are forwarded loose, the minimum will be 1 ton per four-
wheeled truck, loading and unloading and packing in wagons
to be performed by owners. If handled by the Department,
rate and a half will be charged.)
Plaster, fibrous, in plain slabs, New Zealand manufacture, packed in
cases or crates. Owner's risk. Special goods .. .. C

And substituting the following :—
Boxes and tins, empty, consigned to dried-milk factories for packing
dried-milk powder, not returned empties, but when full to be
forwarded by rail .. .. .. .. .. D
Brads, not otherwise specified, packed .. .. .. .. B
Brads, flooring, packed .. .. .. .. .. C
Concrete chimneys, in pieces. Owner's risk .. .. .. D
Empties, casks, cases, kegs, jars, tins, tubs, crates, and drums, not
"returned empties," but when full to be forwarded by rail. The
full packages, &c., to be conveyed between the same stations and
from original consignee to the original consignor as the empties
At rates for returned empties, see Regulation 23, Part III.
Nails or flooring-brads, packed .. .. .. .. .. C
Plaster, fibrous, loose, New Zealand manufacture, ornamental or
plain. (Minimum quantity 4 tons per four-wheeled wagon,
8 tons per bogie wagon). Owner's risk. Special goods .. C
(All loading, unloading, and packing in wagons to be
performed by owners. If handled by the Department, rate
and a half will be charged.)
Plaster, fibrous, loose, New Zealand manufacture, ornamental or
plain (minimum quantity 1 ton per four-wheeled wagon).
Owner's risk. Special goods .. .. .. .. A
(All loading, unloading, and packing in wagons to be
performed by owners. If handled by the Department, rate
and a half will be charged.)
Plaster, fibrous, ornamental or plain, New Zealand manufacture,
packed in cases or crates. Owner's risk. Special goods .. C
Rennet, not otherwise specified. Owner's risk. Special goods .. A
Rennet, New Zealand manufacture. Owner's risk. Special goods .. D
Tins and boxes, empty, consigned to dried-milk factories for
packing dried-milk powder, not returned empties, but when
full to be forwarded by rail .. .. .. .. .. D

PART VI.—WHARVES.
By omitting the following :—

1. The working-hours of the Department are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. from
   Monday till Friday, and from 8 a.m. till noon on Saturdays, holidays
   excepted. Ships discharging or taking in cargo at any other time will be
   charged for extra labour at the full rates ruling at the port less 9d. per hour,
   which latter amount will be paid by the Department. Such rates shall be
   paid by the ship for each employee engaged by the Department at shunting,
   tallying, supervising, or in any way upon or in connection with the working
   of the ship.

And substituting the following :—

1. The working-hours of the Department are from 8 a.m. to 12 noon and
   from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive, and from 8 a.m. to noon
   on Saturdays, holidays excepted. Ships discharging or taking in cargo at
   any other time will be charged, in the case of employees engaged by the
   Department upon or in connection with the working of the ship and paid in
   terms of the Waterside Workers' Award, at the full rates ruling at the port
   less 9d. per hour, which latter amount will be paid by the Department. In
   the case of employees engaged by the Department in shunting, tallying, or
   supervising, or in any way upon or in connection with the ship, and who are
   not paid in terms of the Waterside Workers' Award, the ship will be charged
   for such employees at the ordinary time rate ruling for waterside labour at the
   port less 9d. per hour, which latter amount will be paid by the Department.

As witness my hand this 7th day of July, 1926.
J. G. COATES, Minister of Railways.