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2. Tallying—Except where otherwise specified, when senders who do their own loading,
   or consignees who do their own unloading, desire the department to check and give receipts
   for goods in respect of which loading or unloading charges are prescribed, a charge at $1.10
   per tonne will be made for tallying. Minimum charge, $1.10. The department reserves the
   right to decline to undertake the tallying of goods.

3. Covering—If covering of any goods referred to in paragraph 2 hereof is performed by
   the department a labour charge of $2.00 per tarpaulin will be made irrespective of whether such
   goods are loaded by owners or the department. The department will not accept responsibility in
   respect of such goods on account of their not being covered by tarpaulins.

Consignors who undertake the covering of any goods shall make good all damage to tarpau-
lins arising from such goods being insufficiently, negligently covered, secured, or protected.

4. Additional Charges—Except as otherwise provided, in cases where the nature or condition
   of any goods (or the containers in which such goods are packed) is such that additional charges
   are incurred in the handling of such goods from or to railway wagons, or in any hand-
   ling incidental thereto, such additional charges will require to be borne by the consignor
   or consignee as the case may be.

5. Liability—The department will not be responsible for loss of or damage or delay to
   goods where loading or unloading or covering or securing of same is not performed
   by the department.

6. Light and Bulky Articles

7. Except where otherwise provided, the charges for consignments of goods which by reason
   of their bulk in relation to weight or other circumstances connected with the nature of the
   goods, require the sole use of a wagon for their carriage, and which goods if properly loaded
   will not permit of other goods being loaded in the same wagon, will be computed at the appro-
   priate rate for the commodity on the following minimum weights:

Per four-wheeled wagon, n.o.s., 2.5 tonnes.
Per bogie wagon, 7.5 tonnes.

The charge for Class G goods which require the sole use of a wagon will not be less than the
charge computed on the above minima at the appropriate rate for Class C.

The minimum weight will not apply to consignments which do not require the sole use of a
wagon and which, if properly loaded, permit of other goods being loaded in the same wagon
even though in the particular case the consignment may in fact have the sole use of a wagon.

NOTE—The provisions of this paragraph will not apply to goods which owing to their length
require the use of a bogie wagon. Such goods will be chargeable under the provisions of section
106, paragraph 2 (b).

Where, however, sole use of a wagon is allowed at a specific request of a consignor, the
minimum weight listed above for the type of wagon concerned will apply.

2. The department may decline to accept for carriage, or may accept for carriage only under
   special agreement, articles which by reason of excessive length, bulk, weight, or other circum-
   stance the department considers unsuitable for carriage, or suitable for carriage only under
   special conditions.

3. In the case of consignments of traffic Classes, A, B, C, D, E plus 25 percent, E plus 50
   percent, or G, the units of the consignment must be such as will not impose on the department
   unreasonable work in handling or tallying same.

4. Wagons Overloaded or Requiring Adjustment of Load

5. Wagons Overloaded—Except as otherwise provided, where goods are loaded by a con-
   signor or where a consignor has incorrectly stated the weight of the goods and the load of a
   four-wheeled wagon into which such goods are loaded is more than 500 kg in excess of the
   maximum carrying capacity marked on such wagon, or in the case of a bogie wagon where the
   load is more than 1 tonne in excess of the maximum carrying capacity marked on such wagon,
   the weight in excess of the maximum carrying capacity of such wagon will be charged as a
   separate consignment—viz, freight charges for the whole consignment will be computed as
   though an additional wagon had been used for the whole journey. When the excess weight
   is removed to another wagon, the owner will require to pay for such removal at the rate of
   $5.00 per tonne.

6. (a) Wagons Unsafe—The weight of a load shall be distributed as evenly as possible
   over the floor of a wagon and the load must not exceed the limits of weight, quantity, and
   gauge for the wagon. When the load of a wagon is considered unsafe to travel, the department
   will reload or adjust the same including wagons which are loaded by consignors. A charge of
   $5.00 per tonne will be made for unloading or adjusting wagons loaded by consignors.
   Minimum charge, $16.00.

(b) If a derailment shall occur owing to any failure whatsoever on the part of the consignor
to load the wagon in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (a) hereof the consignor
shall be responsible for any injury to any person or damage to any goods or property arising
out of or caused or contributed by such failure, and shall meet all claims arising therefrom.

3. Minor Timber Adjustments which may be undertaken by the department, such as cutting
   off excess lengths of uprights and cross-ties, nailing insecurely fastened cross-ties, levelling off
   the top of a load, closing wagon doors, etc., in order to facilitate the prompt dispatch of wagons,
   will be charged for at a rate of $4.50 per man-hour. Minimum charge $2.25.

4. Computation—For the purpose of charging under the provisions of this section, the
   weight of timber will be calculated as follows: hardwood, 0.80 m³ to the tonne; all other
   timbers, 1.00 m³ to the tonne.

5. Miscellaneous

6. Working Hours—Except as otherwise provided, working hours shall be deemed to be
   between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive. Sundays and other days on which
   goods sheds are closed for the whole day will be treated as dies non.

7. Acceptance of Goods—Goods are accepted for carriage or storage only upon the express
   condition that the same are warranted to be fit to be carried or stored in the condition in which
   they are handed to the department and not to be of a dangerous character.

8. Nature of Goods—(a) In any case where the nature or condition of any goods is such
   as to require the payment, either of a special rate exceeding the ruling rates of pay, or of
   special allowance in addition to the ruling rates of pay, for the handling, sorting, or carriage
   of such goods, then in addition to the charges that would ordinarily be payable to the
   department there shall be payable, the extra cost incurred by the department as a result of the
   payment of the aforesaid special rate or, as the case may be, special allowance.

(b) In any case where the nature or condition of any goods is such that the charges
prescribed are insufficient to meet the cost incurred by the department in the receipt, sorting,
handling, craniage, or delivery of the same, the cost so incurred by the department will be
payable in lieu of the charges prescribed.

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