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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 18

68. Classification of Goods, Live-stock, &c.—continued

Insert :—

Tanks, copper, steel, or iron not otherwise specified—

Capacity.

Not exceeding 25 gallons .. .. .. .. Actual weight
Not exceeding 50 gallons .. .. .. .. 1 cwt. per tank
Not exceeding 100 gallons .. .. .. .. 2 cwt. per tank
Not exceeding 400 gallons .. .. .. .. 7 cwt. per tank
Each additional 100 gallons or part thereof .. .. 1 cwt. or on the actual weight of the tank if greater

Charges to be based on.

C plus 50%
C
C

(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 1 ton for a four-wheeled wagon, n.o.s., and 25 cwt. for an Lc or Mc wagon, at Class-C, plus 50%).

Tanks, wooden .. .. .. As “tanks, copper, steel, or iron, not otherwise specified”

Vegetables, as under—

Artichokes, beetroot, carrots, marrows, melons, onions (except spring onions), pumpkins, parsnips, and potatoes, fresh, grown in New Zealand, Cook Islands, or Niue, packed .. .. .. .. .. E
Vermiculite (insulation material) .. .. .. .. .. G (Meas. rate).
Wooden tanks .. .. .. As “tanks, copper, steel, or iron, not otherwise specified”

GOODS

79. Class Q.

Paragraph 1: Omit “Per MA Wagon” and substitute “Per MA or Mc Wagon.”
Add after the word “bricks” in the schedule of minimum loads, the words “concrete building blocks, hollow.”
Omit “Pumice, sand, pumice stone, and scoria” from the schedule of minimum loads and substitute “Pumice-sand, pumice-stone, and scoria.”

90. Lime for Manuring Farm Lands

Paragraph 2: Omit “Per MA Wagon” and substitute “Per MA or Mc Wagon.”

96. Haulage, Handling, Sorting, and Transhipment Charges : Port Stations

Paragraph 2, subparagraph (b): Omit this subparagraph and substitute the following :—

(b) Goods ex ship comprising two or more packages or articles (other than those mentioned in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph) which require to be sorted out for delivery or redespach 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.

99. Weighing

Paragraph 2: Omit this paragraph and substitute the following :—

Weighing Charges.—2. The charges for each wagon weighed on a wagon weighbridge will be as follow :—

Four-wheeled wagons .. .. .. .. .. 3s. each.
Bogie wagons .. .. .. .. .. 6s. each.

When more than one copy of a weigh-certificate is required by the same person or firm for goods weighed on the Department’s wagon weighbridges a charge of 1s. will be made for each certificate in addition to the first.

102. Storage.

Paragraph 1: Omit the words “(calculated from the time of arrival of their goods at the destination station) in which to remove such goods :—” and substitute the words “(calculated from the time their goods are available for delivery at the destination station) :—”