Nov. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3205

LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.—continued.

12. When more parcels than one are consigned by one consignor to one consignee as one consignment they will be charged for separately, except as specified in paragraph 13 of this regulation.

13. When more parcels than one consisting of any of the undermentioned commodities are consigned in one consignment from one consignor to one consignee at the same destination station such parcels will be charged upon the total weight of each commodity:—

Bread.
Butter.
Cake.
Cheese.
Eggs.
Eskimo pie.
Fish, fresh, salted, frozen, or chilled.
Flowers, cut, not made up into wreaths, &c., packed in baskets, hampers, or boxes.
Fruit, fresh, produce of New Zealand, Cook Islands, or Niue.
Game, fresh, frozen, or chilled.
Hares, fresh, frozen, or chilled.
Ice.
Ice-cream.
Meat, fresh, salted, frozen, or chilled.
Mushrooms, produce of New Zealand.
Nuts, produce of New Zealand, Cook Islands, or Niue.
Plants, including tomato and vegetable and flower seedlings, also bulbs, not packed in soil.
Poultry, fresh, frozen, or chilled.
Rabbits, fresh, frozen, or chilled.
Shrubs.
Vegetables, fresh, produce of New Zealand, Cook Islands, or Niue.

The charge of 6d. for each hundredweight or part of a hundredweight as provided in paragraph 3 of this regulation will be computed on the total weight of each commodity carried under the provisions of this paragraph.

No consignment exceeding 2 cwt. in weight or 20 cubic feet in measurement will be accepted under the provisions of this paragraph.

14. Bicycles, pedal, not packed in cases or crates, to seat more than one rider, will be charged one and a half times the rates specified in paragraph 1 of this regulation, computed on the actual weight of the machine.

15. Bicycles, motor, or bicycles with motor propelling attachment, to seat one rider, will be charged one and a half times the rates specified in paragraph 1 of this regulation, computed on the actual weight of the machine in each case. The charges for the weight in excess of 2 cwt. will in all respects be treated as a separate consignment.

16. Bicycles, motor, with trailers or side-cars attached, or tricycles, motor, will be charged at the rate for two-wheeled carriage, Regulation 83.

17. Parcels containing or consisting of the following articles will be charged double rate:—

Canoes.
Crackers, Chinese.
Fuze.

In no case shall the charge for a canoe be less than as for 5 cwt. at Class A rate.

18. The maximum weight of Chinese crackers carried through Parcels Department by any one train will be 14 lb.

19. Dangerous goods other than Chinese crackers, safety small-arm cartridges, fuze, and cinematograph-films, will not be accepted for carriage through Parcels Department.

20. Parcels must be at the station at least thirty minutes before the due time of departure of the train by which they are to be forwarded.

21. Charges on all letter parcels must be prepaid.

LIVE POULTRY, RABBITS, OR OTHER SMALL ANIMALS.

22. Live poultry, rabbits, or other small animals, properly secured in crates, baskets, or other suitable receptacles so as to prevent injury to other goods, will be carried at parcel rates: Provided only that crate, basket, or other receptacle containing live poultry, rabbits, other small animals, and weighing more than 1½ cwt. gross, will be charged rate and a quarter.

23. Fresh Fruit, Fresh Vegetables, Mushrooms, and Nuts.

24. The maximum charges for fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, mushrooms, and nuts grown and packed in New Zealand, including the Cook Islands or Niue, whether conveyed as excess luggage or as parcels, will be as follows between any two stations on the same section of railway:—

s. d.
Not exceeding 56 lb. . . . . . 0 8
Over 56 lb. but not exceeding 112 lb.. . . . 1 4
Over 112 lb. but not exceeding 168 lb. . . . 2 0
Over 168 lb. but not exceeding 224 lb. . . . 2 8

2. In addition to the foregoing charges, a charge of 6d. for each hundredweight or part of a hundredweight will be made for fresh fruit, vegetables, mushrooms, and nuts charged at these maximum rates, consigned as parcels or conveyed as excess luggage to Auckland, Frankton Junction, Hamilton, Wanganui, Hawera, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, or Invercargill.

3. When more packages than one consisting of fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, mushrooms, and nuts are consigned from one consignor to one consignee at the same destination station such packages will be charged upon the total weight of each consignment.