New Zealand Gazette – 1931 – No. 85

Page 3263

✨ Railway Freight Regulations



Nov. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3263

GOODS—continued.

REGULATIONS—continued.

use of the consignee, with a maximum weight per consignment of 2 cwt., and will not apply to fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, mushrooms, and nuts forwarded for sale, or to be used or dealt with by the consignee for any purpose other than that mentioned. In every case the consignor shall endorse on the face of the consignment-note, “Certified for domestic use of consignee only.”

  1. The Department reserves the right to decline to carry fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, mushrooms, and nuts at these rates on any express, mail, or passenger train.

  2. Fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, mushrooms, and nuts grown and packed in New Zealand (including the Cook Islands and Niue) not coming within the foregoing provisions of this regulation will be charged as follows:—

Miles. Rate per Ton. Miles. Rate per Ton. Miles. Rate per Ton. Miles. Rate per Ton. Miles. Not exc’d- ing Rate per Ton.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
1 5 8 39 14 6 77 21 9 115 25 7 155 29 9
2 6 3 40 14 9 78 21 9 116 25 7 160 30 2
3 6 3 41 14 10 79 21 11 117 25 10 165 30 10
4 6 3 42 15 2 80 21 11 118 25 10 170 31 3
5 6 3 43 15 4 81 22 2 119 26 1 175 31 10
6 6 3 44 15 7 82 22 2 120 26 1 180 32 2
7 6 3 45 15 8 83 22 3 121 26 4 185 32 11
8 6 3 46 16 0 84 22 3 122 26 4 190 33 3
9 6 3 47 16 2 85 22 7 123 26 5 195 33 10
10 6 3 48 16 5 86 22 7 124 26 5 200 34 4
11 6 3 49 16 6 87 22 9 125 26 8 205 34 11
12 6 3 50 16 9 88 22 9 126 26 8 210 35 5
13 6 7 51 17 0 89 23 0 127 26 10 215 36 3
14 7 1 52 17 3 90 23 0 128 26 10 220 36 8
15 7 5 53 17 4 91 23 1 129 27 2 225 37 2
16 7 11 54 17 7 92 23 1 130 27 2 230 37 7
17 8 2 55 17 10 93 23 5 131 27 3 235 38 1
18 8 6 56 18 1 94 23 5 132 27 3 240 38 6
19 8 9 57 18 2 95 23 7 133 27 6 245 39 0
20 9 1 58 18 5 96 23 7 134 27 6 250 39 5
21 9 7 59 18 7 97 23 10 135 27 8 255 39 11
22 9 10 60 18 11 98 23 10 136 27 8 260 40 4
23 10 2 61 19 0 99 23 11 137 28 0 265 40 10
24 10 4 62 19 3 100 23 11 138 28 0 270 41 3
25 10 9 63 19 5 101 24 3 139 28 1 275 41 9
26 11 2 64 19 9 102 24 3 140 28 1 280 42 2
27 11 6 65 19 10 103 24 5 141 28 4 285 42 8
28 11 10 66 20 1 104 24 5 142 28 4 290 43 1
29 12 0 67 20 3 105 24 8 143 28 6 295 43 7
30 12 5 68 20 7 106 24 8 144 28 6 300 miles or
31 12 10 69 20 8 107 24 9 145 28 10 beyond 300 miles, 44s. per
32 13 1 70 20 11 108 24 9 146 28 10 miles, 44s. per ton.
33 13 3 71 21 1 109 25 0 147 28 11
34 13 6 72 21 1 110 25 0 148 28 11
35 13 8 73 21 4 111 25 3 149 29 2
36 13 11 74 21 4 112 25 3 150 29 2
37 14 0 75 21 6 113 25 6
38 14 4 76 21 6 114 25 6

  1. Artificial Manures and Raw Material (except Lime) for the Manufacture of Artificial Manures.

  2. Except otherwise specified, artificial manures, including ammonia (sulphate of), basic slag, bones, bone-char, bone-dust, cyanamide fertilizer, guano (loose or in bags), kainit, manure salts, phosphate rock, phosphate rock (ground), potash (sulphate or muriate of), soda (nitrate of), sulphur, sulphate of iron, and such commodities when for use in the manufacture of artificial manures will be charged as per paragraph 6 of this regulation.

  3. Consignments in any quantity of less than 6 tons will be charged as for 6 tons or at the rate applicable to consignments of a minimum weight of 1 ton. Any quantity of less than 1 ton will be charged as 1 ton or at the classified rate for Class E.

  4. The provisions of paragraph 1, Regulation 72, will apply to consignments charged at Class E.

  5. At Auckland, Onehunga, Port Ahuriri, Wellington (Thorndon), Wellington (Lambton), Foxton, Wanganui, New Plymouth Breakwater, Waitara, Greymouth, Westport, Nelson, Picton, Blenheim, Lyttelton, Christchurch, Timaru, Oamaru, Oamaru Breakwater, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Invercargill, and Bluff, 1s. 1d. per ton will be charged in addition to the rates specified in paragraph 6 of this regulation, except when consigned from or to private sidings at those stations, or except local rates otherwise provide.

  6. At all other stations, when the loading or unloading is performed by the owners, or when loaded by owners into sheds, owing to trucks not being available after reasonable notice is given, the rates specified in paragraph 6 of this regulation only will be charged, provided that when loading or unloading is charged for no charge shall be made for tallying. For each loading or unloading performed by the Department 1s. 7d. per ton will be charged (minimum charge, 9d.), and the charge shall include the service of tallying when such is performed in connection with either the loading or unloading. When it



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