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PART IV.—GOODS: LOCAL RATES.

By omitting the following :—

Butter from Whangarei to Auckland will be charged .. 30 4 per ton.
Butter from Hikurangi to Auckland will be charged .. 38 1 ,,

And adding the following :—

Butter from Whangarei to Auckland or Southdown will be charged .. .. .. .. 28 8 per ton.
Butter and cheese from Morrinsville to Auckland or South-down will be charged .. .. .. 34 2 ,,
Butter and cheese from Marton to Wellington will be charged 29 9 ,,

PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS, LIVE-STOCK, ETC.

By omitting the following :—

Boxes, in pieces, packed, consigned to butter or soap factories, Class not “returned empties” (the charges not to exceed those computed at the appropriate rate for imported or New Zealand timber, as the case may be, under Class K). Half rate .. B
Butter boxes, empty, not “returned empties” .. .. .. D
Pipes, steel or galvanized-iron, water or gas, not otherwise specified. Owner’s risk. Special goods .. .. .. C
Shooks for the manufacture of cheese-boxes (the charges not to exceed those computed at the appropriate rate for imported or New Zealand timber, as the case may be, under Class K). Half rate .. .. .. .. B
Tiles, earthenware, New Zealand. Owner’s risk.. .. .. Q

And substituting the following :—

Acid, oleic or olive, packed. Owner’s risk. Special goods .. B
Boxes in pieces, packed, consigned to butter or soap factories, not “returned empties,” but when full to be forwarded by rail (the charges not to exceed those computed at the appropriate rate for imported or New Zealand timber, as the case may be, under Class K). Half rate .. .. .. B
Boxes in pieces, packed, consigned to butter or soap factories, not “returned empties,” not otherwise specified (the charges not to exceed those computed at the appropriate rate for imported or New Zealand timber, as the case may be, under Class K) .. D
Butter-boxes, empty, not “returned empties” but when full to be forwarded by rail .. .. .. .. D
Butter-boxes, empty, not “returned empties,” not otherwise specified A
Hay-stack covers, tin, packed .. .. .. .. D
Kumeras grown in New Zealand, Cook Islands, or Niue, packed .. E
Kumeras, not otherwise specified, packed .. .. .. D
Limonite .. .. .. .. .. .. N
Pipes, steel or iron, not otherwise specified. Owner’s risk. Special goods .. .. .. .. .. C
Shooks for the manufacture of cheese-crates which when full are to be forwarded by rail (the charges not to exceed those computed at the appropriate rate for imported or New Zealand timber, as the case may be, under Class K). Half rate .. .. .. B
Shooks for the manufacture of cheese-crates, not otherwise specified (the charges not to exceed those computed at the appropriate rate for imported or New Zealand timber, as the case may be, under Class K) .. .. .. .. D
Tiles, earthenware, New Zealand. Owner’s risk .. .. P
Tins and cases, empty, for conveyance of honey, not “returned empties.” Owner’s risk .. .. .. .. D
Tin hay-stack covers, packed .. .. .. .. D
Tin plates and tin tops and bottoms, manufactured, but not made up into tins, consigned direct from tinware factories to dried-milk or “Glaxo” factories to be made up into tins for produce to be carried by rail, packed .. .. .. C

PART VI.—WHARVES.

RANGANUI, TE HANA, AND RANGIRIRI WHARVES.

By omitting the following :—

On all goods not otherwise specified per ton (weight or measurement at the option of the Department) .. .. .. .. 2 10

And substituting the following :—

On all goods not otherwise specified passing over the Ranganui and Rangiriri Wharves per ton (weight or measurement, at the option of the Department) .. .. .. .. 2 10
On all goods not otherwise specified passing over the Te Hana Wharf per ton (weight or measurement at the option of the Department) 1 6

WESTPORT WHARVES.

Charges.

By adding the following :—

Returned empties .. .. .. .. .. Half rates.

PORT CHALMERS WHARVES.

Charges for Use of the Wharves.

By omitting the following :—

Vessels, including coal-hulks, not occupying berths but lying outside other vessels at the wharf will be charged half dues.

And substituting the following :—

Coal-hulks under 250 tons net register will be charged £25 per annum.
Coal-hulks of 250 tons net register and upwards, and vessels not occupying berths but lying outside other vessels at the wharf, will be charged half dues.

As witness my hand this 3rd day of February, 1926.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Railways.

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