17 APRIL
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
677

GOODS

2. Weighing Charges—The charges for each wagon weighed on a wagon weighbridge (except wagons of New Zealand coal for which no charge will be made) will be as follows:

$
Four-wheeled wagons .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.50 each
Bogie wagons .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.00 each

When more than one copy of a weight certificate is required by the same person or firm for goods weighed on the Department's wagon weighbridges a charge of 20c will be made for each certificate in addition to the first.

3. Goods weighed on cart weighbridges will be charged as follows:

4. The charges for other goods weighed by the Department will be as follows:
   Wool, and sheep skins, in bales .. .. .. .. 20c per bale.
   Sheep skins in bundles .. .. .. .. .. 10c per bundle.
   Grains, onions, potatoes, and seeds .. .. .. 10c per bag.
   All other goods (minimum charge 7c per package, maximum charge 50c per package) .. .. .. .. .. 10c per cwt.

5. General—The Department will, at stations where weighing facilities exist, and when reasonably convenient, weigh goods at the special request of consignor or consignee. No liability shall rest on the Department for any omission to weigh any goods. Consignors should declare on the consignment note whether they require the goods weighed by the Department. The reweighing of goods in truck loads will be at the option of the Department.

6. The Department may decline to supply weights.

7. Consignments of goods are weighed solely for the purpose of arriving at railway charges, and in no instance will the Department accept responsibility for or guarantee its weighing as between buyer and seller.

100. Cranage

1. Charges—Except as otherwise provided, cranage charges for the use of the Department's cranes, forklifts, and similar mechanical lifting devices, based on the aggregate weight of the craned goods in each consignment will be made as follows:

Goods (except timber) for which a loading or unloading charge is prescribed .. .. .. Under the provisions of section 122, paragraph 2.
Timber (all types) .. .. .. .. .. Under the provisions of section 75, paragraph 15.
Goods, not otherwise specified .. .. .. At the following rates:

Charge for Cranage
Up to 1 ton per article .. .. .. .. Free.
Exceeding 1 ton but not exceeding 30 cwt per article .. 30c per ton. Minimum charge 30c per consignment.
Exceeding 30 cwt per article .. .. .. .. 90c per ton (for unusual lifts see also section 125, paragraph 3 (b)).

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, $5.25 per hour including the wages of the crane driver only.
   (b) Lifting capacity over 3 tons but not exceeding 6 tons, $6.30 per hour including the wages of the crane driver only.