3274

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 85

GOODS—continued.

REGULATIONS—continued.

2. The Department reserves to itself the right of unloading such wagons
   at any time after the expiration of the aforesaid eight hours at the sole risk and
   expense of the owner or consignee, when the goods will be stacked and stored in
   the most convenient place for the Department, and remain on hand at the sole
   risk and expense of the owner or consignee, as the case may be.

3. Demurrage at the rates specified in paragraph 1 of this regulation will
   also be charged on every truck ordered and not loaded, or improperly loaded, or
   loaded and not ready for despatch within eight working-hours from the time such
   wagon is made available for loading in pursuance of such order.

4. For the purpose of calculating demurrage charges working-hours shall
   be deemed to be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays and days on which goods traffic
   is not worked will be treated as dies non.

5. Except as otherwise provided, the following charge will be made on goods
   consigned to a port and held in railway-trucks awaiting shipment :—

For the day of arrival and following day no charge will be made. After
the expiry of that time 1s. 5d. per ton per day or part of a day will be charged.
In no case shall such charge exceed the charge for demurrage under paragraph 1
of this regulation.

106. Locomotive Engines.

1. Locomotive engines running on their own wheels will be charged as
   follows :—

Under their own steam, 3s. 9d. per mile.
Dead, 4s. 3d. per mile.
Minimum charge as for 20 miles.

2. When locomotive engines are run under their own steam they must, if
   the Department so requires, be manned by employees of the Department, and
   the wages and allowances payable to such employees in connection with the
   transport of any such engine over the railway, together with the cost of any
   fuel, oil, &c., supplied by the Department for the running of the engine, shall
   be payable by the consignor (or consignee) in addition to the charges set forth
   in paragraph 1 of this regulation.

3. When dead locomotives have to be hauled by special train the charges
   as for a special train at the rates specified in Regulation 107 shall be payable in
   addition to the charges specified in the preceding provisions of this regulation.

107. Goods and Live-stock conveyed by Special Trains.

1. Special trains ordered by consignors for conveyance of goods or live-
   stock which could be worked by the ordinary train service will be charged 14s.
   per mile; minimum charge, £8. This charge will be in addition to the ordinary
   charges for the conveyance of the goods. The mileage will be counted one way
   only. The distance which a train has to run empty to commence a service will
   be charged at the rate of 7s. 6d. per mile.

2. The Department does not undertake to run special trains.

3. Special trains will be run only at the option of the Department. The
   Department reserves to itself the right to forward any of its ordinary traffic by
   any special train, provided that no traffic for which the special train was
   ordered is thereby prevented from being carried by such train; but no reduction
   of the special-train rates shall be made on account of the train being so utilized
   by the Department.

108. Check and Empty Railway-wagons.

1. Check wagons and empty railway-wagons hauled on their own wheels will
   be charged 6d. per truck per mile up to 50 miles, and 4d. per truck per mile for
   each additional mile. Bogie trucks will be charged double rates.

2. A check wagon or wagons will be charged for when the running of the
   same is required by reason of the length of the goods. When such goods cannot
   be loaded in a four-wheeled truck and a bogie truck is specially provided, charges
   as for a check wagon will be made unless other provision is made for charging
   for such goods when loaded in bogie wagons.

109. Shunting Charges.

The classified or local rates or haulage charges on goods for shipment cover
the placing of the wagons containing such goods at the ship's side. Where a
request is made to the Department, either before or after the wagons are placed
at the ship's side, for the wagons to be sorted for a particular hold or port of
discharge, and such sorting necessitates additional shunting work beyond that
which would ordinarily be required to place such wagons at the ship's side, the
additional service will be charged for at the rate of £1 10s. per hour ; minimum
charge, 7s. 6d. for each service.