GOODS.

(b) Goods ex ship comprising two or more packages or articles (other than those mentioned n subparagraph (b) of this paragraph) which require to be sorted out for delivery or redespatch will be charged for such sorting at the following rates :

Goods, n.o.s., per ton (minimum charge, 1s. 6d.), 3s.

Timber per 100 superficial feet (minimum charge, 1s. 6d.), 9d.

Dividing.—3. Where the consignee of any goods requires that the consignment be divided for delivery or redespatch to his order the following charges will be levied on such goods in addition to those specified in subparagraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 2 of this regulation :

Goods not otherwise specified, per ton (minimum charge per lot delivered or re- s. d. despatched, 9d.)

Timber, per 100 superficial feet (minimum charge per lot delivered or redespatched, 9d.) 0 6

4. The charge on consignments divided for delivery or redespatch to order will be enforced only on that portion of each such consignment as is subdivided for delivery or redespatch.

5. Haulage of Ship’s Ballast from ship’s side and tipping to spoil will be charged 6s. per ton (minimum charge, £4 10s.).

6. Transhipments.—Except as otherwise provided, bona fide transhipments from one vessel to another at the same port will be charged for haulage, handling, and storage at the following rates :—

(a) When the goods are received by the Department on the wharf and redelivered to another vessel at the same wharf without being placed in trucks, 4s. 6d. per ton (minimum charge, 2s.). The Department reserves to itself the right to decide whether such goods shall or shall not be loaded into wagons and hauled from ship to ship.

(b) When the goods are received ex ship into wagons and hauled to another ship for reshipment within thirty-six hours, 9s. per ton, including receipt ex ship, haulage, and redelivery to ship (minimum charge, 4s. 6d.).

(c) When the goods are received ex ship into wagons and are not reshipped within thirty-six hours or are hauled to shed for storage and afterwards redelivered to ship, a transhipment charge of 4s. 6d. per ton (minimum charge, 2s.) will be made to cover handling in the shed (or detention of the wagons) and storage up to one week. In addition, charges will be made for haulage from or to the ships and for handling (when performed by the Department) at the ships’ side at the rates specified in subparagraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 1 of this regulation. After the expiry of one week, storage will be charged for at the rate ordinarily chargeable for storage at the station concerned in each case.

(d) Live-stock received ex ship into wagons and hauled to another ship for reshipment will be charged 22s. 6d. per four-wheeled wagon.

(e) For the purposes of charging under the provisions of this paragraph the weight of timber will be calculated as follows : Australian hardwood, 350 superficial feet to the ton : all other timbers 450 superficial feet to the ton.

(For wharfage rates on transhipments over railway wharves, see Regulation 130.)

7. Computation.—(a) Wool will be computed at the rate of five bales not exceeding 4 cwt. each to the ton.

(b) Charges may be computed by weight or measurement, at the option of the Department, and where the charges are so computed the provisions of paragraph 1, Regulation 127, will apply.

97. Private Siding Traffic—Haulage, Handling, and Tallying Charges : Wagon Minima.

1. Where the loading or unloading of traffic is performed by consignors or consignees at private stores and sidings, the Department will take no responsibility for the condition of the goods or for delivery of quantities or weights as declared by consignors or consignees.

2. Haulage.—Goods hauled between a private siding and a public siding or Government shed, or between two private sidings at the same station, will be charged haulage as follow :
   s. d.

Goods not otherwise specified, per ton (minimum charge, 15s. per four-wheeled wagon)

Live-stock per four-wheeled wagon

Timber, not otherwise specified, per 100 superficial feet (minimum charge, 15s. per four-wheeled wagon)

Australian hardwood exceeding 36 square inches in end section for sawn timber, 7 in. in diameter for round timber, and in the case of either sawn or round timber exceeding 15 ft. in length, per 100 superficial feet (minimum charge, 22s. 6d. per four-wheeled wagon)

3. Handling.—When any such goods are handled by the Department at a public siding, Government shed, or private store or siding the following charges will be made for handling :
   s. d.

Goods not otherwise specified, per ton (minimum charge, 1s. 6d.)

Goods charged at Class E, single rate, per ton (minimum charge, 1s. 6d.)

Timber (Class K), per 100 superficial feet (minimum charge, 1s. 6d.)

Provided that where cranage charges are incurred the provisions of Regulation 100, paragraph 1, will apply.