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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

68. CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS, LIVE-STOCK, ETC.

69. Except as may be otherwise provided, goods specifically named or described in the following classification will be charged for carriage by railway at the rates for the specified class (where stated), such rates being set forth in Regulation 69.

70. Goods not specifically named or described in the following classification will, except as otherwise provided, be charged for carriage by railway at the rates prescribed by Regulation 69 for goods of Class C.

71. Goods mentioned in the following classification and followed by the words “Owner’s risk,” and all goods chargeable at any rate other than Class C as prescribed by Regulation 69 or Class C plus a prescribed increase, shall, unless a request is made that such goods be received, held, and carried at the risk of the Department under and subject to the provisions of Regulation 110, be received, held, and carried at the sole risk in all respects of the owner. (For regulations regarding the carriage of “Owner’s risk” goods at the risk of the Department, see Regulation 110.)

72. Every article of goods which exceeds in value the sum of £10, and every parcel, package, or container whatsoever of goods which, together with the contents of such parcel, package, or container, exceeds in value the sum of £10, is hereby declared to be “Special Goods.” Live animals and birds, irrespective of their values, are hereby declared to be “Special Goods.” (For Regulations regarding “Special Goods,” the insurance thereof, and the liability of the Department therefor, see Regulation 110.)

73. The word “dangerous” used in relation to goods denotes that the goods will be conveyed under the regulations applicable to explosives and dangerous goods.

Class
Acids, not otherwise specified, packed. Owner’s risk.
Dangerous .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. C. Double rate
Acid, acetic, boracic, citric, formic, oleic, olive, sulphurous,
and tartaric, packed .. .. .. .. .. C
Acid, carbolic, packed in casks or wrought-iron drums .. .. C
Acid, sulphuric or muriatic, not otherwise specified, packed.
Owner’s risk. Dangerous .. .. .. .. C plus 50%
Acid, sulphuric or muriatic, consigned direct from factory.
Minimum quantity, 4 tons per four-wheeled wagon.
Owner’s risk. Dangerous .. .. .. .. C
Acorns, packed .. .. .. .. .. .. E plus 50%
Aerated or mineral waters, bottled, packed, or in jars or bulk .. .. D
Aeroplanes. Minimum charge as for 1 ton per four-wheeled
wagon, 2 tons per bogie wagon .. .. .. C plus 50%
Agricultural implements .. .. .. .. See Implements
Ale (including ginger, Kentish, and lager), bottled, packed in
cases, or in jars, or bulk. If in paper packages or in
sacks, Class C plus 20% .. .. .. .. D
Alumina, hydra silicate of, raw .. .. .. .. Q
Alumina, sulphate of or ferric alum, for water-purification
purposes .. .. .. .. .. .. E plus 50%
Aluminium scrap. Owners to load and unload .. .. C less 50%
Ammonia, anhydrous, in iron drums or steel cylinders.
Owner’s risk. Dangerous .. .. .. .. C
Ammonia, chloride of, packed in drums or casks for use in
freezing-works .. .. .. .. .. .. D
Ammonia, sulphate of, for manufacture of manure .. .. E
See Regulation 86
Ammunition, not otherwise specified. Owner’s risk.
Dangerous .. .. .. .. .. .. C. Double rate
Ammunition, safety, small-arm, packed, not otherwise specified.
Owner’s risk. Dangerous .. .. .. .. C
Ammunition, safety, small-arm, packed, consigned direct from
factory. Minimum quantity, 6 tons per four-wheeled
wagon. Owner’s risk. Dangerous .. .. .. D less 25%
Ammunition, gun. Minimum quantity, 10 tons per consignment. Owners to load and unload. Owner’s risk.
Dangerous .. .. .. .. .. .. C
Anchors and chain cables .. .. .. .. .. D
Animals, living, not otherwise specified. In crates or cases .. C plus 50%
Animals and birds, stuffed As parcels, see Regulation 55
Anvils .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. D
Arsenic, pentoxide of .. .. .. .. .. .. D
Artichokes .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. E
Asbestos-cement products as under—
Builders’ requisites including ventilators, skylights, downpipe, guttering, &c., packed or unpacked, in minimum wagon loads as prescribed in Regulation 77 .. .. N
Builders’ requisites not otherwise specified, including
ventilators, skylights, downpipe, guttering, &c.,
packed. If unpacked Class C .. .. .. .. D
Pipes, water .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. D
Sheets, plain or corrugated, packed or unpacked, in minimum wagon loads as prescribed in Regulation 77 .. .. N
Sheets, plain or corrugated, not otherwise specified,
packed. If unpacked, Class D .. .. .. .. E plus 50%
Slates, roofing .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. N