Railway Freight Classification




  1. Classification of Goods, Live-stock, &c.--continued

Omit :-
Concrete and “Terrazzo” articles as under-
Blocks, “Hollowstone,” concrete building ... See Regulation 79 Q
Crockery ... See Earthenware or China
Cylinders, empty, for hot-water supply. Charges will be computed as for “Tanks,
copper, steel, or iron, not otherwise specified.”
Cylinders fitted with water-heating appliances will be charged as
“Heaters, water (gas or electric).”
Felspar ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... D
Handlers, sheep (cradles for holding sheep) ... ... ... ... ... ... G (Meas. rate)
Heaters, water (gas or electric), packed-
Not exceeding 112 lb. gross weight per heater ... ... ... ... ... C plus 50%
Exceeding 112 lb. gross weight per heater ... ... ... ... ... C. Double rate
Lead, pig, sheet and pipe ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... D
Plaster, not otherwise specified ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... D
Plaster, packed in paper bags ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... D
(If packed in paper-bags, all loading and unloading (except from ship
to railway wagon) to be performed by owners. Any handling performed by
the Department (except from ship to railway wagon) will be under special
arrangement.)
Plaster-of-paris, packed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... C
Racks, sheep feeding ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... G (Meas. rate)
Scheelite ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... N
Soap, packed, consigned for shipment beyond the Dominion ... ... ... D
Stovepipes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... C plus 50%
Tanks, copper, steel, or iron, not otherwise specified-

Capacity.
Charges to be
based on.
Not exceeding 25 gallons ... ... ... ... Actual weight
Not exceeding 50 gallons ... ... ... ... 1 cwt. per tank } C plus 50%
Not exceeding 100 gallons ... ... ... ... 2 cwt. per tank
Not exceeding 400 gallons ... ... ... ... 7 cwt. per tank C
Each additional 100 gallons or part thereof ... ... ... 1 cwt. or on the C
actual weight
of the tank if
greater

(When tanks belonging to the same consignment are nested, each nested
tank will be charged half the charge applicable to the outside tank--e.g.,
two tanks, one of 600-gallon capacity, one 500-gallon capacity, the latter
nested, forwarded a distance of 100 miles would be charged as follows:-

£ s. d.
Outside tank, 9 cwt. at 76s. 10d. ... ... ... 1 14 7
Nested tank, half of 34s. 7d. ... ... ... 0 17 4
£2 11 11

Where the size of a tank is such as to require the exclusive use of a four-
wheeled wagon for its conveyance, the charge will be on actual weight (with a
minimum charge as for 15 cwt. for a four-wheeled wagon, n.o.s., and 1 ton
for an Lc wagon, at Class C, plus 50%)
Tanks, wooden ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... C plus 20%
Vegetables as under-
Fresh, such as artichokes, beetroot, carrots, marrows, melons, onions (except
spring onions), pumpkins, parsnips, and potatoes grown in New Zealand,
Cook Islands, or Niue, packed ... ... ... ... ... E
Wooden tanks ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... C plus 20%

Insert :-
Asbestos-wool and asbestos-slag (insulation material) ... ... ... ... ... G (Meas. rate)
Bags and coverings manufactured from stockinette, or such like material, packed
in bags, bales, or bundles, and consigned to frozen-meat companies for use
as coverings for frozen meat ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... D
Bags, hessian, or hessian paper-lined, and coverings manufactured from hessian,
packed in bags, bales, or bundles, and consigned to frozen-meat companies
for use as coverings for frozen meat ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... D
Bails, cattle dehorner, metal ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... C plus 20%



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