1794

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 89

76. Live-stock

Paragraph 5: The rates scheduled in this paragraph will be increased as follows:—

Miles. Increase.
Per Cent.
1-60 .. .. 5
61-62 .. .. 6
63-64 .. .. 7
65-66 .. .. 8
67-68 .. .. 9
69-70 .. .. 10
71-72 .. .. 11
73-74 .. .. 12

Miles. Increase.
Per Cent.
75-76 .. .. 13
77-78 .. .. 14
79-80 .. .. 15
81-82 .. .. 16
83-84 .. .. 17
85-86 .. .. 18
87-88 .. .. 19
Over 88 .. 20

79. Class Q

Omit paragraph 2, and substitute the following:—

2. Any less quantity than the minimum specified in each case for mangolds and turnips will be charged at such minimum weights or at Class E, whichever is the cheaper. Other goods of Class Q in quantities less than the minimum specified in each case will be charged at such minimum weights or on actual weight at Class E plus 50 per cent., whichever is the cheaper.

3. Horses

Omit paragraphs 4 to 18 inclusive, and substitute the following:—

4. Horses (including ponies, foals, mules, and asses) loaded in horse-boxes will be charged as follows, according to the distance actually conveyed:—

• Per horse by mixed or goods train For distances not exceeding 10 miles, 16s. 6d.; for each additional mile 7½d.
• Per horse by express or passenger For distances not exceeding 10 miles, £1 2s.; for each additional mile, 10d.
• Minimum charge per UG wagon as for two horses.

5. The Department reserves the right to decline to convey horses by express and passenger trains, and will not convey horses by such trains when loaded in four-wheeled wagons.

6. The charges for conveyance of horses in bogie wagons by express goods-trains will be as follows:—

(a) In UG wagons .. At the rates for conveyance by mixed or goods trains. Minimum charge as for two horses per wagon.
(b) In T wagons .. At double Class M rate for each wagon used. Charges as per paragraph 4 will not apply.

The Department will not convey horses by express goods-trains when loaded in four-wheeled wagons.

7. Horses conveyed by mixed or goods trains in cattle-wagons will be charged at Class M rates or, if cheaper, at the rate for horses conveyed in horse-boxes.

8. Horses in UG wagons conveyed portion of the distance by express (or passenger) and portion by goods (or mixed) trains will be charged at the appropriate rate as specified in paragraph 4 for the total distance travelled by each class of train (subject to a minimum charge as for two horses per wagon in each case) or, if cheaper, at express-train rates for the whole journey.

9. Where for portion of a journey, only one horse occupies a UG wagon, a charge for an additional horse will apply, based on the total mileage of the journey or journeys where the horse travels alone.

10. The Department reserves the right to load or have loaded into any wagon the full number of horses which such wagon is designed to carry. When owners request, and are granted, the exclusive use of part or whole wagons, the minimum charges will be as follows:—

(a) G wagon for one animal Rate and a half of the rate specified in paragraph 4.
(b) Half UG wagon As for two horses at the rates specified in paragraph 4 according to the class of train by which the wagon is conveyed.
(c) Whole UG wagon As for four horses at the rates specified in paragraph 4 according to the class of train by which the wagon is conveyed.

82. Stud Stock for Breeding Purposes

Omit this regulation.

83 Motor-vehicles and Carriages

Paragraph 1: Omit the schedule of rates for distances 1 to 18 miles inclusive, and substitute the following:—

Miles. Charge Per Vehicle.
1 to 18 .. £2

Regulation No. Paragraph No. Omit. Insert.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
83 2 .. .. .. 23 9 0 9 30 0 0 10
6 (b) (ii) .. .. 1 4 26 8 1 6 32 0
84 1 .. .. .. 24 8 0 8 30 0 0 10
2 .. .. .. 37 0 .. .. 45 0 .. ..
85 4 .. .. .. The rates shown in this paragraph will be increased as follows:—

                                            Per
                                            Cent.
                                            1 to 150 miles inclusive    .. 10
                                            Over 175 miles              .. 20

Omit the scheduled rates for distances 155 to 175 miles inclusive and substitute the following:—

Miles not Rate
Exceeding Per Ton.
s. d.
155 49 8
160 51 8
165 53 8
170 55 8
175 57 8