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Sawn Timber. — Minimum, 200 feet super.; \d. per Miscellaneous. 100 feet super., per mile. Corpses, Is. per mile. Minimum £1. £-inch boards and under, half rate. Ships' goods to and from Dunedin and Port Chal--100 palings or 1,000 shingles as 100 feet timber. mers, Christchurch and Lyttelton, and Invercargill Owner to do all loading or unloading. and Bluff, all carried according to bill of lading. For each loading or unloading done by theltailway In addition to the above rates per mile, a charge of 3d. per 100 feet additional will be charged. 2s. 6d. per ton is made for terminal charges on All sawn timber under 1 inch is taken as inch stun 0 Classes A, B, C, D, and grain. A remission of 9d. in computing the measurement. per ton on grain will be made for each loading or unloading done by consignees at country stations. Wool. — Minimum, Is. per bale. Per bale not ex- For distances after the first 50 miles to 100 miles ceeding 4 cwt., Id. per bale per mile; \d. per the above rates to be diminished as follows: —On mile extra for bales over 4 cwt. Classes A, B, C, D, and grain, by Id. per ton; on For each loading and unloading done by the Eail- minerals 2£d. per truck; on wool, id. per bale. way 3|d. per bale additional will be charged. For distances above 100 miles the rates to be further diminished as follows : —On classes A, B, C, ... by Id. per ton; on D. id. per ton ; on wool, |d. per Weighing. bale r * r Wool, 4d. per bale. A ' truc k i oad is com puted at 5 tons. A fraction Grain,- a d. per bag. of a mile is counted as a mile, and a fraction of a Potatoes, &c, Id. per cwt. ton ag a ton> unlesg ot h er wise specified. Cart Weighbridge. A truck of firewood must not exceed 3 cords. Goods carried by railway, per load, 3d. When the rate is per truck load and the carrying Goods not carried by railway, per load, 6d. capacity of the truck exceeds 5 tons, the weight loaded over that quantity (if consigued) will be charged 25 per cent, additional. Sheep, Pigs, and Goats. (In large lots.) Mini- 0 trU ck with live stock is to be loaded with more mum, £1 per truck with two floors, if both floors animals than can be conveniently placed therein. are used; 10s. per truck, if one floor only, or if Any package weighing over 2 tons will be charged an open truck is used. extra for loading and unloading. la. 6d. per truck with two floors per mile for the Any freight working out to an odd half-penny will first 10 miles, and Is. per truck per mile additional be charged at the next higher penny, for each additional mile, if both floors be used. 2s. per ton per day storage will be charged on all Is. per truck per mile for the first 10 miles, and goods not removed by consignee within 12 working 9d. per truck per mile for each additional mile, if only hours of their arrival, one floor, or it" an open truck be used. £1 per truck per day demurrage will be charged These animals to be loaded and unloaded by own- for trucks not unloaded by consignees within 12 ers, who must take entire responsibility and risk. working hours of their arrival.