718 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 23

GOODS

2. 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.

3. Haulage of Steam Cranes—When the weight of the consignment to be handled is beyond the lifting capacity of a crane at a station and a crane is, at the request of the owner of the goods, hauled from another station the haulage and hire charges will be by special arrangement.

4. Hire of Mobile Cranes and Forklifts—Where a Departmental mobile lifting appliance is hired for lifts outside the station yard, the following hire charges will apply—
   (a) Lifting capacity up to 3 tons, £2 10s. per hour including the wages of the crane driver only.
   (b) Lifting capacity over 3 tons but not exceeding 6 tons, £3 per hour including the wages of the crane driver only.

The hire charges will accrue during the whole period the crane is absent from its headquarters and in every case will be subject to a minimum as for one half hour.

The foregoing charges will also apply for the time a mobile crane is absent from its home station performing lifts at other stations at the request of a consignor or consignee. Chief Stationmasters and Goods Managers will authorise the movement of cranes for this purpose.

Mobile cranes on hire from the Department are not to be operated by any person other than the operator provided by the Department.

5. 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 Department does not undertake to supply cranes, forklifts, or any other mechanical lifting appliance, nor does it guarantee the lifting capacity thereof, or of any equipment used in connection therewith.
   (c) The loading and unloading of heavy articles at stations or sidings not provided 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.

6. Yardage

7. 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, 3s. per head per day or part of a day.
   Calves, sheep, goats, pigs: For the first 100 or part thereof, 1s. per head per day or part of a day; for each additional animal, 6d. per head per day or part of a day.

8. Livestock will be held at the sole risk of owners, who will also make their own arrangements for feeding and watering the animals.

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

10. Storage

11. 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):

} Eight working-hours (irrespective of distance).