3272
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 85

GOODS—continued.

REGULATIONS—continued.

day after the first eight hours. Working-hours shall be deemed to be from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays and days on which goods-sheds are closed for the
whole day will be treated as dies non.

5. When owners of goods do their own loading, and require the use of tarpau-
   line, they must provide the labour for covering the truck. If covering is per-
   formed by the Department 1s. 6d. per tarpaulin will be charged.

6. Private tarpaulins supplied by consignors for the protection of their
   consignments during transit by rail will be conveyed free of charge on both the
   outward journey and when being returned from the original destination station
   to the original forwarding-station.

7. Weighing.

8. The consignor shall declare the weight of traffic handed to the Depart-
   ment for transport. If, however, the weight is not declared, and it is neces-
   sary for the Department to weigh the traffic for the purpose of calculating the railage
   charges, a charge may be made for weighing at the rates set forth hereunder.

9. Consignments of goods are weighed solely for the purpose of arriving at
   railway charges, and in no instance will the Department accept responsibility
   for or guarantee its weighings as between buyer and seller.

10. The Department will, at stations where weighing facilities exist, and
    when reasonably convenient, weigh goods at the special request of consignor or
    consignee. No liability shall rest on the Department for any omission to weigh
    any goods. Consignors should declare on the consignment-note whether they
    require the goods weighed by the Department.

11. In cases where either the consignor or consignee requests in writing that
    the goods be weighed and there is no wagon weighbridge either at the forwarding
    or the destination station, or on the direct route between such forwarding and
    destination stations, the goods will be forwarded to the nearest weighbridge
    station and the railage will be calculated via such weighing-station. The usual
    charge for the weighing will be imposed. In addition, a shunting charge of
    2s. 6d. per wagon will be made when a wagon has to be specially shunted at
    a station (not being the starting or destination station of the goods to be
    weighed) to enable the weight to be ascertained for the purposes of the consignor
    or consignee.

12. The charges for each wagon weighed on a wagon weighbridge will be as
    follow :—

    Four-wheeled wagons .. .. .. .. 1s. 5d. each.
    Bogie wagons .. .. .. .. 2s. 10d. each.

When more than one copy of a weight-certificate is required by the same
person or firm for goods weighed on the Department’s wagon weighbridges a
charge of 6d. will be made for each certificate in addition to the first for each
four-wheeled or bogie wagon.

6. Goods weighed on cart weighbridges will be charged as follows :—

   Goods conveyed by rail .. .. .. 5d. per load.
   Goods not conveyed by rail .. .. .. 6d. per load.

7. The charges for other goods weighed by the Department will be as
   follows :—

   Wool, rabbit, and sheep skins in bales .. .. 5d. per bale.
   Sheep-skins in bundles .. .. .. 1d. per bundle.
   Grain, onions, potatoes, and seeds .. .. 1d. per bag.
   All other goods .. .. .. 1½d. per cwt.
   Minimum charge 1d. per package.

8. The Department may decline to supply weights.

9. Cranage.

10. Except as otherwise specified, cranage will be charged for the use of the
    Department’s cranes for lifts exceeding 10 cwt. at the following rates :—

    (a.) For goods not otherwise specified, 8d. per ton; minimum charge, 8d.
    For timber, 2d. per 100 superficial feet; minimum charge, 8d.

    (b.) When the weight of any package for which a crane is used exceeds 30 cwt.,
    cranage will be charged for at the rate of 2s. 10d. per ton, plus the
    cost to the Department of providing labour and supervision.

    (c.) When cranage is charged for in respect of the handling of any goods for
    which loading, unloading, or handling charges are payable, half the
    ordinary charges will, unless otherwise provided, be made for such
    loading, unloading, or handling (in addition to the charge for cranage).

    (d.) Where the weight of the individual packages in a consignment of goods
    does not exceed 10 cwt. and a crane is used for the convenience of the
    Department during loading or unloading operations no cranage charge
    will be made.

11. When the weight of the consignment to be handled is beyond the
    lifting-capacity of the crane at the station, or where there is no crane provided,
    and a crane is, at the request of the consignee (or consignor), hauled from
    another station to the station at which the crane is required, a charge at the
    rate of 2s. per mile (mileage counted one way only) will be made for such
    haulage, with a minimum charge of 14s.

12. The Department does not undertake to supply cranes, nor does it
    guarantee the lifting-capacity thereof, or of any appliances used in connection
    therewith.

13. The loading and unloading of heavy articles at stations or sidings un-
    provided with suitable lifting appliances for the handling of such packages
    must be undertaken by the owners at their own risk and expense, and such
    articles will not be received for carriage from or to such stations or sidings
    unless satisfactory arrangements shall first have been made by the owners for
    loading or unloading, as the case may be.

14. No article weighing more than 10 tons or the weight of which exceeds
    the lifting-capacity of the crane at either the receiving or forwarding station, or
    which requires for its carriage a specially constructed truck, or any alteration
    in a truck, shall be received and carried except under a special agreement.