NOV. 13.J
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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GOOOS—continued.
REGULATIONS—continued.
90. Seeds returning from Seed-cleaning Establishments.

1. New-Zealand-grown seeds forwarded by the grower direct by rail to seed-
   cleaning establishments to be cleaned will, if returned within six months from
   the original consignee to the original sender, be carried back to the original sending-
   station at half-rates, provided that such seed was grown in the vicinity of the
   original forwarding-station and is for use by the grower in the locality where
   grown, and that a certificate in the following form is endorsed on the consignment-
   note when the seed is being forwarded to the seed-cleaning establishment:
   “I hereby certify that the seed entered hereon is New-Zealand-grown; that
   it was grown in the vicinity of Station, and is being forwarded to
   for the purpose of being cleaned, and will, when returned, be used by me in the
   locality where grown.”
2. When seed is returned under this regulation the consignment-note must be
   endorsed as follows: “The seed entered hereon is New-Zealand-grown, and was
   consigned from Station to Station on for cleaning, and
   is entitled to be carried back at half rates.”
3. Lime for Manuring Farm Lands.
4. New Zealand lime for use in dressing land used bona fide as a farm,
   orchard, nursery, or market-garden within the Dominion of New Zealand con-
   signed from kilns direct to farmers, orchardists, nurserymen, market-gardeners,
   or educational institutions whose curricula require the carrying-on of farming
   for the purpose of instructing their students, may, at the option and convenience
   of the Department, be conveyed by rail for distances not exceeding 100 miles
   free of charge, provided-
   (a) That application for the concession is made by the proprietor of the
   lime-kiln to, and approved by, the General Manager at least seven days
   prior to the date on which it is desired to forward the first consign-
   ment of lime; the application specifying the name of the lime-kiln,
   the railway-stations from which the lime will be forwarded, and the
   net price to be charged to the farmers:
   (b) That the price charged to the farmers for the lime to be conveyed free
   under this regulation does not exceed the price approved by the
   Department:
   (c) That a certificate in the following form is endorsed on the consignment-
   note: “I hereby certify that the lime entered hereon and consigned
   to is for use upon land used bona fide as a , that
   the price charged to the consignee does not exceed the price approved
   by the Department, and that no undue preference has been given
   in fulfilling this order.”
5. The minimum load for New Zealand lime carried under the provisions of
   this regulation will be as follows:-
   Per Four-wheeled Per MA Truck. Per LA or RD Per R or U Per RB or UB
   Truck, n.o.s. Truck. Truck.
   Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons.
   6 9 10 15 20
6. The Department reserves to itself the right to decline any application,
   and to withdraw approval in the event of an infringement of any of the foregoing
   regulations, and in particular may decline to extend the benefit of the regulation
   to any farmer, orchardist, nurseryman, or market-gardener who utilizes other
   means of transport than the railway for the carriage of other goods to or from
   his farm, orchard, nursery, or market-garden, as the case may be, when the
   railway is available for the transport of such goods.
7. Empty Cases for Carriage of Fruit, and Shooks for Manufacture of
   Fruit-cases.
8. Empty cases and crates containing empty punnets, consigned direct to
   fruitgrowers’ agents or associations approved by the General Manager of the New
   Zealand Government Railways, Wellington, and bona fide fruitgrowers-not
   “returned empties,” but to be reconsigned over the railway full, and, when
   so reconsigned, to contain only New-Zealand-grown fresh fruit--will be charged
   at the rate for returned empties (paragraph 6, Regulation 89).
9. Shooks not exceeding 3 ft. in length, in bundles, consigned direct from
   mills to fruitgrowers’ agents or associations approved by the General Manager of
   the New Zealand Government Railways, Wellington, and bona fide fruitgrowers,
   for manufacture of cases to be used solely for carriage by rail of New-Zealand-
   grown fresh fruit, will be charged half rates, Class C, or Class K, whichever
   is the cheaper.
10. Consignments under this heading will be conveyed at owner’s risk.
11. Consignment-notes for empty cases, and shooks, carried under this regula-
    tion are to be endorsed by senders as follows:-
    I hereby certify that these cases [or shooks] are consigned direct to a*
    , and are to be used solely for packing New-Zealand-grown fresh fruit
    to be conveyed by rail.
12. All loading and unloading must be performed by the owners.

• Insert fruitgrowers’ agent, fruitgrowers’ association, or bona fide fruitgrower, as the case
  may be.