Dec. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3733

2. Except where otherwise specified, not more than 140 bags of chaff shall be loaded in any L wagon, and not more than 180 bags of chaff shall be loaded in any LA wagon.
3. Any less quantity than the minimum specified in each case for woodash house-blocks, fencing-posts (New Zealand timber), fencing battens, droppers, and stakes (New Zealand timber), phosphate (ground), mangolds, and turnips will be charged at such minimum weights or at Class E, whichever is the cheaper. Other goods of Class Q in quantities less than the minimum specified in each case will be charged at such minimum weights or at Class E (rate and a half), whichever is the cheaper.

And inserting the following :-

1. The minimum quantities of goods chargeable at the Class Q rate will be as follow :--

| Four-wheeled Truck,
n.o.s. | 10-ton L Truck. | MA Truck. | LA or RD Truck. | R or U Truck. | RB or UB Truck. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons cwt. | Tons. | Tons. |
| Ballast, boulders, bricks, gravel,metal, sand, shingle, stone(rough) | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 0 | 15 | 20 |
| Chaff... | 6 | 6 | . | 7 15 | . | . |
| Hay... | 6 | 6 | . | 6 10 | . | . |
| Lime, limestone... | 6 | 6 | 9 | 10 0 | 15 | 20 |
| Goods in Class Q, not otherwise specified | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 0 | 13 | 18 |

3. Any less quantity than the minimum specified in each case for bones, woodash, house-blocks, fencing-posts, fencing battens, droppers, and stakes, phosphate (ground), mangolds, and turnips will be charged at such minimum weights or at Class E, whichever is the cheaper. Other goods of Class Q in quantities less than the minimum specified in each case will be charged at such minimum weights or at Class E (rate and a half), whichever is the cheaper.

By omitting the following :-

(14) Road-metal for Use of Local Bodies.

1. Road-metal consigned for distances not exceeding 116 miles in each case to a County Council, Road Board, or Town Board, to be used solely for the construction or maintenance of roads under the jurisdiction of such local body that constitute "feeding" routes to and not competing routes with the railway, will be charged five-eighths Class Q. Such road-metal shall be certified in the form set out hereunder by or on behalf of the local body by some person duly authorized in that behalf, and shall be subject to a further certificate by an authorized officer of the Public Works Department to the effect that he is satisfied that the metal is required bona fide for use on public roads under the jurisdiction of the local body concerned, and that such roads (being specified) constitute "feeding" routes to and not competing routes with the railway.

2. The certificates referred to in the last preceding paragraph of this regulation shall be in the following form :-

I,* hereby certify that the road-metal entered on the attached consignment-note, dated , 19 , is for use by† for the construction [or maintenance] of‡ Road, that no portion of such metal will be used for any other purpose, and that such metal forms§ of that referred to in the certificate dated , 19 , under the hand of|| Esq., an authorized officer of the Public Works Department.

Dated the day of , 19 .
For and on behalf of the

(Signed)......

• Insert name of person duly authorized to certify on behalf of the local body.
  † Insert name of local body.
  ‡ Insert name or other particulars to identify the particular road or roads.
  § Insert the words "the whole," or "part," or "the balance," as the case may be.
  || Insert name of Public Works officer.

I hereby certify that I have satisfied myself that the road-metal, amounting in quantity to cubic yards ( tons), proposed to be forwarded by rail by the * from Station to Station, is required bona fide for the construction [or maintenance] of† Road , and that such road constitute[s] [a] "feeder" route to and not [a] competitive route , with the railway.

Dated the day of , 19 .

(Signed)......
An Authorized Officer of the Public Works Department.

• Insert name of local body.
  † Insert name or other particulars to identify the particular road or roads.