LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.--continued

59. Homing-pigeons

Paragraph 1: Omit this paragraph, and substitute the following:

1. Homing-pigeons sent to a station to be liberated for a race or liberated for training will, on production of a certificate as per paragraph 3 hereof, be charged as follows:

By goods or mixed trains . . . . . Half parcels rates. Minimum charge 1s. per consignment. Charges will be computed on grouped weight.

By express or passenger trains . . . . . Ordinary parcels rates, computed on the separate weight of each container.

GOODS, LIVE-STOCK, PARCELS, AND LUGGAGE

68. Classification of Goods, Livestock, etc.

Paragraph 4: Omit the preamble to this paragraph, and substitute the following:

4. The word 'dangerous' used in relation to goods denotes that the goods will be conveyed under the regulations applicable to explosives and dangerous goods, pursuant to the Dangerous Goods Act.

Omit:

Asbestos-cement products as under—

Pipes, and fittings for same . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D

Asphalt, not otherwise specified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D

Asphalt, consigned exclusively for use in connection with the construction or maintenance of roads which are under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Works or duly constituted local bodies. Minimum quantity, 5 tons per consignment. Owners to load and unload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D less 25%

*Boats, plastic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C plus 20%

Each consignment will be charged on the following basis:

1 boat loaded on a 4-wheeled wagon--as 1 ton.

2 boats loaded on the same 4-wheeled wagon--as 1 ton 5 cwt.

3 or more boats loaded on the same 4-wheeled wagon--as 10 cwt. per boat.

(For the purpose of this classification, a bogie wagon will be treated as two 4-wheeled wagons).

Cement, not otherwise specified. Owner's risk-

Up to 180 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E plus 25%

Over 180 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C less 50%

Small lots will be charged at the scale for Class E plus 50 per cent.

Quantities exceeding 5 cwt. will be subject to a minimum charge as for 5.cwt. at the small lots scale.

(If packed in paper bags, owners to load and unload.)

Cement, refractory, magnesia, "Colourcrete", "Sairset", "Snowcrete", and stucco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C

Concrete articles as under-

Pipes to be used for drainage purposes and certified accordingly

See Regulation 77 N

Pipes, not otherwise specified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D

Drainpipes, concrete or earthenware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N

Drainpipes, unglazed, earthenware, flangeless (field pipes) See Regulation 79 Q

Earthenware products as under-

Drainpipes, not otherwise specified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N

Drainpipes, unglazed, flangeless (field pipes) . . . . . . . . . . . . Q

Earthenware, consigned direct by rail from factories, in consignments of not less than 20 cwt. Owners to load and unload . . . . . . . . . . . . . D less 25%

Fencing posts, concrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q

See Regulation 79

Fibreboard sheets, packed, in bundles, for the manufacture of butter-boxes, which, when full, are to be forwarded by rail . . . . . . . . . . . . D less 25%

Fibreboard sheets, not otherwise specified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C

"Jungle Gyms" (wooden gymnastic appliances) in sections . . . . . . . . . . C plus 50%

"Jungle Gyms" (wooden gymnastic appliances) assembled . . . . . . . . . . . G. (Meas. rate)

Kumaras, not otherwise specified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D

Kumaras grown in New Zealand, Cook Islands, or Niue . . . . . . . . . . . . . E

Limonite, not otherwise specified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N

See Regulation 77

Limonite, direct from quarry. For use as an artificial manure . . . . . . . . . E

Mining-props, hewn, and mining-caps, hewn, for use in conjunction with props . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F

See Regulation 73

Motor-tractors exceeding 5 cwt., assembled, with implements fitted thereto . . . C plus 20%