Railway Freight Classification Table




APRIL 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1009

CLASSIFICATION—continued.

Dolomite, ground. Minimum quantity, 6 tons per consignment.
Any less quantity will be charged at such minimum or
at the rate specified for stock-lick .. .. .. E
Dolomite, unground .. .. .. .. .. Q
Door-frames .. .. .. .. .. C
Doors, glass, packed. If unpacked, Class C plus 50%
Owner’s risk .. .. .. .. C
Dowells, wooden, packed .. .. .. .. D
Downpipe, galvanized .. .. .. .. C plus 50%
Drainpipes, concrete or earthenware .. .. .. N
Drainpipes, unglazed, earthenware, flangeless (field pipes) .. Q
Drays, either set up or in pieces, unpacked See Regulation 84
Drays, either set up or in pieces, packed. Minimum, 1 ton
per four-wheeled wagon .. .. .. C
Dress-stands .. .. As parcels, see Regulation 55
Drills, alluvial, and equipment for use in connection with
mining operations, also diamond drills and equipment
for prospecting purposes .. .. .. .. D
Drills, disc or hoe .. .. .. See Implements
Drills, grain, seed, or fertilizer .. .. See Implements
Droppers, iron, fencing, in bundles. If loose, Class C .. D
Droppers, wooden, fencing, hewn or sawn .. .. Q
Ducts, earthenware (for use in laying telegraph, telephone, or
electric cables) .. .. .. .. N
Dumb-plates .. .. .. .. D
Dynamite. Owner’s risk. Dangerous .. .. .. C. Double rate

Earth .. .. .. .. .. Q
Earth, diatomaceous, raw, to be used in the manufacture of
polish or for insulating or filtration purposes .. .. Q
Earth, infusorial .. .. .. .. D
Earthenware bottles, packed .. .. .. D
Earthenware, breeze, or pumice building-blocks .. .. P
Earthenware drainpipes, not otherwise specified .. .. N
Earthenware drainpipes, unglazed, flangeless (field pipes) .. Q
Earthenware flooring-tiles or quarries .. .. .. P
Earthenware, packed, consigned direct by rail from factories,
in consignments of not less than 20 cwt. .. .. D less 25%
Earthenware, not otherwise specified, glazed, packed. If
unpacked, Class C plus 50% .. .. .. C
Earthenware, not otherwise specified, unglazed, packed. If
unpacked, Class C .. .. .. .. D
Eggs, not otherwise specified, packed .. .. .. C
Eggs, packed, minimum quantity, 1 ton per consignment .. D
Electric display-signs, packed in cases or crates. Owner’s
risk .. .. .. .. .. C plus 50%
Electric display-signs, not otherwise specified. Minimum,
15 cwt. per four-wheeled wagon, 30 cwt. per bogie wagon.
Owners to load and unload. Owner’s risk .. .. C plus 50%
Electric-light fittings, lamp-shades, holders, &c., packed .. C plus 50%
Empties, cases, for carriage of fruit ..See Regulation 91
Empties, casks, cases, drums, kegs, jars, tins, tubs, and crates,
not otherwise specified, not “returned empties,” but when
full to be forwarded by rail. The full packages, &c., to be
conveyed between the same stations and from original
consignee to the original consignor as the empties
At rates for “returned empties,” see Regulation 88
Empty tins, cases, and cartons, for conveyance of honey (not
“returned empties”), not otherwise specified .. .. C plus 50%
Empty tins, cases, and cartons, not “returned empties,” for
the conveyance of honey which, when full, will be forwarded
by rail .. .. .. .. .. D
Empty tins and boxes consigned to dried-milk or milk-con-
densing factories for packing dried-milk powder or con-
densed milk, not “returned empties,” but when full to be
forwarded by rail. Minimum quantity, 30 cwt. per four-
wheeled wagon .. .. .. .. D
Empty tins, consigned to meat-preserving works, fish-preserving
or freezing-works, not “returned empties,” but when full
to be forwarded by rail, packed .. .. .. D
Empties, not “returned empties,” not otherwise specified .. C plus 50%
Empties, returned, not otherwise specified..See Regulation 88
Emulsion, Plunket, packed .. .. .. .. D
Engines, locomotive, running on their own wheels
See Regulation 104
Engravings, in cases. If loose, Class C, double rate .. C plus 50%
Envelopes, straw, packed .. .. .. .. D
Equipment, military (exclusive of aeroplanes, ammunition, or
explosives of any description), including clothing, guns,
gun-carriages, machine guns, rifles, stores, uniforms,
wagons, and other incidentals .. .. .. C
Eruptite. Owner’s risk. Dangerous .. .. .. C. Double rate
Eskimo pies, packed .. .. .. .. D
Explosive materials, not otherwise specified (excepting litho-
fracteur, nitro-glycerine, dualine, glyoxiline, methylic
nitrate, glonine oil, guncotton, pyrolithe, metallic sodium,
which will not be carried). Owner’s risk. Dangerous .. C. Double rate
Express-wagons, either set up or in pieces, unpacked
See Regulation 84
Express-wagons, either set up or in pieces, packed. Minimum
load, 1 ton per four-wheeled wagon .. .. .. C



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