✨ Railway Parcels Traffic Rates
28 MAY
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.
| Commodity | Rate |
|---|---|
| Birds (other than birds in cages or fragile containers) and poultry in crates, baskets, or other suitable receptacles so as to prevent damage to other goods. Owner’s risk— | |
| Per package not exceeding 1½ cwt. | Parcels rates. |
| Per package exceeding 1½ cwt. | Parcels rates plus 25%. |
| Blinds, venetian | Parcels rates plus 50%. |
| Boats, completely unassembled | Parcels rates. Grouped weight. |
| Bread | 56. Grouped weight. |
| Briar rose berries, certified for domestic use of the consignee | As per regulation 56. Grouped weight. |
| Bulbs not packed in soil | Parcels rates. Grouped weight. |
| Bullion, coin, etc. | See regulation 63. |
| Butter | Parcels rates. Grouped weight. |
| Cake and bakers’ small goods | Parcels rates. Grouped weight. |
| Canoes, assembled, not exceeding 70 lb. | Parcels rates. |
| Canoes, assembled, exceeding 70 lb. | Double parcels rates, subject to a minimum charge as for 5 cwt., at Class C plus 50%. |
| Canoes, completely unassembled, or canoe parts | Parcels rates. (The maximum weight conveyed as parcels traffic by any one train will be 14 lb.) |
| Caps, paper, for toy pistols. Dangerous | Double parcels rates plus 25%. |
| Cardboard boxes, empty (not collapsed). Owner’s risk | Parcels rates plus 25%. |
| Cardboard boxes containing millinery, feathers, or other goods liable to damage by crushing. Owner’s risk | Parcels rates plus 25%. |
| Cardboard boxes containing goods certified not liable to damage by crushing | Parcels rates. |
| Cash registers not packed in wooden cases | Parcels rates plus 25%. |
| Cats | See “Animals”. |
| Cheese | Parcels rates. Grouped weight. |
| Chinaware not packed in cases. Owner’s risk | Parcels rates plus 25%. |
| Cinematograph films. Dangerous | Parcels rates. See regulation 112. |
| Coffins | Parcels rates plus 25%. |
| Coin, bullion, etc. | See regulation 63. |
| Corpses | See regulation 61. |
| Crackers, fireworks, etc. Dangerous | Double parcels rates. The maximum weight conveyed as parcels traffic by any one train will be 14 lb. See regulation 57. |
| Cream, in cans | See regulation 57. |
| Cream, synthetic | Parcels rates. Grouped weight. |
| Crockery, not packed in cases. Owner’s risk | Parcels rates plus 25%. |
| Cycle trailers | Parcels rates plus 25%. |
| Dangerous goods other than fireworks, cinematograph films, fuse, paper caps for toy pistols, and safety small-arm cartridges | Not accepted for conveyance as parcels traffic. |
| Dogs | See regulation 60. |
| “Dunlopillo” (a sponge-rubber product) | Parcels rates plus 25%. |
| Eggs | Parcels rate. Grouped weight. |
| Empty returns n.o.s., forwarded through Parcels | Parcels rates. (For empty returns previously railed full as parcels traffic and returned through Goods, see regulation 88.) |
| Empty returned milk bottles previously railed full for free distribution to schoolchildren and certified accordingly | The empty bottles will be returned free from the original destination station to the original forwarding station. The bottles will not be delivered by the Department. |
| Eskimo pie and similar chocolate-coated ice cream | As ice cream. |
| Feathers, packed in cardboard boxes | Parcels rates plus 25%. |
| Films, cinematograph. Dangerous | Parcels rates. See regulation 112. |
| Fireworks Dangerous | Double parcels rates. The maximum weight conveyed as parcels traffic by any one train will be 14 lb. |
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