THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

GOODS

7. Shed Cranes—Where a shed crane is used for a lift from shed floor to lorry, or vice versa, charges as specified in paragraph 1 hereof will be made, except that where the traffic would normally be handled direct from wagon to lorry, or vice versa, without cranage (as in the case of drums of cable) and the use of a crane is necessitated solely by the working of the wagon through the shed for the Department’s convenience, cranage charges will not be made.

8. Subsidiary Uses—Where the use of a station crane is required for the purpose of assembling or dismantling machinery received, or to be forwarded, by rail, the following charge, in addition to the ordinary cranage charges (if incurred) for lifts to or from railway wagons, will be made:

   7s. 6d. per hour (minimum charge as for one hour).

   Where labour or supervision is provided, the actual cost of such services will be additional.

9. Haulage of Cranes—When the weight of the consignment to be handled is beyond the lifting capacity of the crane at the station, or where there is no crane provided and a crane having a lifting capacity of less than 7 tons is, at the request of the consignee (or consignor), hauled from another station to the station at which the crane is required, a charge at the rate of 5s. per mile (mileage counted one way only) will be made for such haulage, with a minimum charge of £2. The haulage and hire charges for cranes having a lifting capacity of 7 tons or more will be by special arrangement.

10. General—(a) No article which requires for its carriage a specially constructed wagon, or any alteration to a wagon, shall be received and carried except under special arrangements.

    (b) The loading and unloading of heavy articles at stations or sidings unprovided with suitable lifting appliances for the handling of such packages must be undertaken by the owners at their own risk and expense, and such articles will not be received for carriage from or to such stations or sidings unless satisfactory arrangements shall first have been made by the owners for loading or unloading, as the case may be.

    (c) The Department does not undertake to supply cranes, nor does it guarantee the lifting capacity thereof, or of any appliances used in connection therewith.

101. Yardage

1. Livestock, which has not been carried by or is not to be forwarded by rail, occupying or using railway stockyards will be charged as follows:

   Cattle, 2s. per head per day or part of a day.
   Calves, sheep, goats, pigs: For the first 100 or part thereof, 9d. per head per day or part of a day; for each additional animal, 2d. per head per day or part of a day.

2. Livestock will be held at the sole risk of owners, who will also require to make their own arrangements for feeding and watering the same.

3. Railway stockyards may be used for such livestock only at the convenience of the Department.

102. Storage

1. Free Allowance—For the purpose of computing storage charges consignees will, according to the distance of their residence or place of business from the destination station, be allowed the undermentioned periods (calculated from the time their goods are available for delivery at the destination station):

   Distance of Residence or Place of Business from Station (by Nearest Available Route)	Period Allowed when Goods are Handled by the Department and Stored	Period Allowed when Goods are Required to be Unloaded from Wagons by Consignees
   Not exceeding 2 miles	Eight working-hours	Eight working-hours (irrespective of distance). See paragraph 4 hereof.
   Exceeding 2 miles and not exceeding 5 miles	Sixteen working-hours
   Exceeding 5 miles and not exceeding 20 miles	Three days
   Exceeding 20 miles	One week

   Working hours shall be deemed to be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays, and days on which goods sheds are closed for the whole day will be treated as dies non.