SEPT. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2839

Alterations to Scale of Charges in force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me under the Government Railways Act, 1926, and of all other powers enabling me in this behalf, I, Joseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Railways, do hereby make the following alterations in the scale of charges in force on the New Zealand Government Railways open for traffic made on the 10th day of August, 1925, and published in the Gazette of 11th August, 1925.

PART III.—GOODS.

By adding the word “ice-cream” after the word “fruit,” in the first line of paragraph 6 of Regulation 23.

PART IV.—GOODS: LOCAL RATES.

By omitting the following:—

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES.

From To Description of Goods. Rate per Ton.
s. d.
Kaikohe .. Auckland or Southdown .. Butter and cheese .. 44 5
Otiria .. " .. " .. 42 9
Waihi .. Southdown .. " .. 35 0
Inglewood .. Moturoa .. " .. 10 7
Bainesse .. Wanganui .. " .. 23 6

Timber hauled between the Castlecliff railway-line and private sidings at Wanganui will be charged 6d. per 100 superficial feet. Minimum charge, 3s. 6d. per four-wheeled wagon and 7s. per bogie wagon.

And inserting the following:—

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES.

From To Description of Goods. Rate per Ton.
Frankton Junc- Auckland Bacon packed or un- 32s. 3d.; minimum
tion packed; also pork quantity,
products such as 2 tons per four-
brawn, lard, and wheeled wagon.
sausages
Aorangi Wellington Tallow .. 42s.
Wellington Featherston or Fern- Classes A and B 32s.
side
Wellington Woodside, Greytown, Classes A, B, and C 32s.
Matarawa, Dale-
field, Carterton,
Booth’s Siding,
Clareville, Wai-
ngawa, Solway, or
Masterton

• Small lots of goods of classes A, B, C, and D, from Wellington to Featherston, Fernside, Woodside, Greytown, Matarawa, Dalefield, Carterton, Booth’s Siding, Clareville, Waingawa, Solway, or Masterton will be charged pro rata at the local or classified rates, as the case may be, instead of under Regulation 3, Part III of Tariff, minimum charge 1s.

• The charge for small lots of goods from Wellington to Featherston, Fernside, Woodside, Greytown, Matarawa, Dalefield, Carterton, Booth’s Siding, Clareville, Waingawa, Solway, or Masterton charged at Class E rate is not to exceed the charge for small lots of goods of Classes A, B, C, and D, from Wellington to these stations.

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES.

From To Description of Goods. Rate per Ton.
Christchurch Sawyer’s Bay Hides or sheepskins, 60s.; minimum quantity
loose or in bundles 2 tons per four-wheeled
wagon.
Timaru Christchurch Beer and stout, bottled 37s. 1d. per ton; minimum quantity, 5 tons
or in bulk per four-wheeled wagon.
†Timaru " Biscuits .. 37s. 1d. per ton; minimum quantity, 5 cwt.
per consignment.

† In the case of biscuits in tins, loose, in consignments of more than twenty tins or parcels, the local rate of 37s. 1d. will be increased by 2s. per ton.

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

By omitting the following:—

Carpet, packed .. .. .. .. .. .. A
Carpet, unpacked, rate and a half .. .. .. .. .. .. A
Cartridges, safety, smallarm, New Zealand manufacture, packed.
Owner’s risk, dangerous .. .. .. .. .. .. D
Cream, ice, packed. Owner’s risk .. .. .. .. .. .. C
Ice-cream, packed. Owner’s risk .. .. .. .. .. .. C
Sulphate of iron, packed .. .. .. .. .. .. D
Sulphur, not otherwise specified, packed. Owner’s risk .. .. .. C
Sulphur, not otherwise specified, loose. Owner’s risk .. .. .. D
Tanks, iron or galvanized corrugated iron. Up to 400-gallons capacity to be charged as 7 cwt. each tank, and each additional 100 gallons to be counted as 1 cwt. Owner’s risk, special goods C
(When tanks belonging to the same consignment are nested, each nested tank will be charged half the rate of the outside tank.)