28 MAY

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

1023

GOODS

6. Empty Tank Wagons which on the outward journey have been used for the conveyance of benzine, kerosene, or similar mineral oils, and fuel oil, will, when being returned from the original consignee and the original receiving station to the original consignor and the original forwarding station, be hauled free. Where the empty tank wagon is not returned to the original forwarding station, but is forwarded to another station for filling, and where the mileage, when the empty tank is railed, is in excess of that for which it is entitled to free return, the excess mileage will be charged at the rate of 4s. per mile.

7. Handling—Owners may be required to perform all handling of returned empties.

8. Prepayment of Charges—The Department reserves the right to accept consignments only on condition that freight charges are prepaid.

Regulation 89 reserved for future use.

90. Lime for Manuring Farm Lands

91. Subject to the conditions set out herein, New Zealand lime for use in dressing land used bona fide as a farm, orchard, nursery, or market garden within the Dominion of New Zealand, consigned from limeworks direct to farmers, orchardists, nurserymen, or market gardeners in occupation of the land on which the lime is to be used, or educational institutions whose curricula require the carrying on of farming for the purpose of instructing their students, may, at the option and convenience of the Department, be conveyed by rail at the following rates:

2. Wagon Minimum—The minimum loads of New Zealand lime which will be accepted for carriage under the provisions of this regulation will be as follows:

3. Small Lots—The provisions of this regulation will not apply to any consignment of less than the prescribed minimum for the class of wagon used, nor to separate consignments (each less than the wagon minimum) loaded in the same wagon, notwithstanding that the aggregate weight thereof complies with the wagon minimum. The charges on such consignments will be computed separately at the appropriate rate.

Farmers may combine and order in the name of one consignee a wagon load of lime, minimum quantity as per paragraph 2, dividing the lime amongst themselves according to their requirements after arrival at the destination station.

4. Conditions—(a) Application for the concession is to be made by the proprietor of the lime works to, and approved by, the Director-General, Department of Agriculture.

(b) A certificate in the following form is to be endorsed on the consignment note for each consignment of lime railed under the provisions of this regulation:

I hereby certify that the lime entered hereon and consigned to ……… is for use upon land used bona fide as a ………

91. Empty Cases for Carriage of Fruit, and Shooks for Manufacture of Fruit Cases

92. Empty cases, and crates containing empty punnets—not “returned empties”, but to be reconsigned full by rail and, when so reconsigned, to contain only New-Zealand-grown fresh fruit—consigned direct to fruitgrowers’ agents or associations approved by the General Manager, and bona fide fruitgrowers, will be charged at the rate for returned empties (paragraph 2, regulation 88).

93. Shooks not exceeding 3 ft. in length, in bundles, consigned direct from mill to fruitgrowers’ agents or associations approved by the General Manager, and bona fide fruitgrowers, for manufacture of cases to be used solely for the carriage by rail of New-Zealand-grown fresh fruit, will be charged Class C less 50 per cent.

Small lots will be charged at the scale for Class E plus 50 per cent (regulation 71).

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