Railway Freight Classification




Conduits, earthenware, for use in laying telegraph, telephone, or electric cables .. .. .. .. .. N
Cones, ice-cream, packed .. .. .. .. .. C plus 20%
Cones, pine, consigned to seed-extraction plants. Minimum quantity, 6 tons per four-wheeled wagon .. .. E
Cones, pine, not otherwise specified .. .. .. .. C
Cones, pine, for firewood .. .. .. .. .. F
Confectionery in tins or boxes, loose, in consignments of not more than twenty tins or parcels, or packed in crates or cases .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. C
Confectionery in tins or boxes, loose, in consignments of more than twenty tins or parcels .. .. .. .. .. C plus 20%
Contractors’ plant, second-hand, moving from contract to contract (as determined by the Department), 2 tons and over. Owners to load and unload. (Drays and tractors for bona fide use on the contract may be included in the total weight of consignment and charged at the tonnage rate.) Quantities of less than 2 tons will be charged at such minimum or Class C whichever is cheaper .. D
Copper boilers, washing or kitchen .. .. .. .. C plus 50%
Copper-ore .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Q
Copper, scrap. Owners to load and unload .. .. .. C less 50%
Copper, sulphate of, packed, not otherwise specified .. C
Copper, sulphate of, packed. Minimum quantity, 5 cwt. per consignment .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. D
Cornflour, packed .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. D
Cordials, bottled, packed, or in bulk, not otherwise specified .. C
Cordials, bottled, packed, or in bulk, manufactured from fresh fruit grown in New Zealand .. .. .. .. .. D
Cork slabs .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. C plus 50%
Corks .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. C. Double rate
Corn-sacks, hessian, jute, or twill, loose, not otherwise specified C
Corn-sacks, loose. Minimum quantity, 6 tons per four-wheeled wagon. Owners to load and unload .. .. .. E
Corn-sacks, hessian, jute, or twill, in bags, bundles, or bales .. E
Cornices, in bundles. Charges to be based on 40 cubic feet to the ton .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. C plus 50%
Corpses .. .. .. .. .. .. .. See Regulation 63
Cotton-waste and other fibrous materials for papermaking .. N
Counters, shop, wooden .. .. .. .. .. .. .. C plus 50%
Coverings manufactured from hessian, stockinette, and such-like materials packed in bales or bundles and consigned to frozen-meat companies .. .. .. .. .. .. .. D
Coverings, furniture .. .. .. .. .. See Regulation 88
Coverings, textile, used for fresh meat conveyed by rail, returned .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. See Regulation 88
Covers used for carriages, gigs, or motor-cars forwarded by rail, returned .. .. .. .. .. .. .. See Regulation 83
Covers used for pelts forwarded by rail, returned .. .. .. Free
Crackers in packages not exceeding 14 lb.
As parcels, see Regulation 55
Crackers not otherwise specified. Owner’s risk. Dangerous.. C. Double rate
Cream .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. See Regulation 58
Cream, preserved, packed, not otherwise specified .. .. .. C
Cream, preserved, packed, consigned direct by rail from factories. Minimum quantity, 10 cwt. per consignment.. D
Cream, ice- or Devonshire, packed .. .. .. .. D
Creosote, not otherwise specified .. .. .. .. .. D
Creosote, consigned direct from factory. Minimum quantity, 5 tons per consignment .. .. .. .. .. D less 25%
Crockery .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. See Earthenware K
Cross-arms for telegraph, telephone, and electric-line poles .. D
Crowbars .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. D
Cultivators, unpacked .. .. .. .. .. See Implements
Curd, casein, packed. Minimum quantity per four-wheeled wagon, 2 tons; any less quantity will be charged at such minimum or at Class E plus 50 % whichever is cheaper E
Cyanamide fertilizer .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. See Regulation 86 E
Cyanide .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. D
Cyanide of calcium, for bona fide use as a rabbit exterminator. Dangerous.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. D
Cylinders, bridge, in pieces .. .. .. .. .. .. D
Daggins, sheep.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. E plus 50%
Daisy carts, in pieces, packed, total weight of each cart not to exceed 2½cwt. (or as carriages or gigs if cheaper; if set up, charge as a carriage, as per Regulation 83) .. C. Double rate
Demijohns, earthenware, packed .. .. .. D
Demijohns, glass, in wickerwork .. .. .. .. C plus 20%
Demijohns, glass, without wickerwork .. .. .. .. C plus 50%
Desks and seats, school or church, packed. If unpacked, Class C plus 50% .. .. .. .. .. .. .. C
Dieselene. Minimum quantity, 2 tons .. .. .. .. D
Dieselene, not otherwise specified.. .. .. .. .. C
Dinghys (under 10 ft.). Minimum, 10 cwt. each consignment per four-wheeled wagon .. .. .. .. .. .. C plus 20%
Documents .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. See Regulation 65
Dogs .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. See Regulation 61



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