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IiEUULATIONS. Class L, Firewood, &c.: Maximum load increased to 6 tons. Mixted consignments of Classes N, O, P: Eegulation amended. Weighing goods in double-bogie trucks : New rate. Cartage of parcels exceeding 2 tons in weight: To be by special agreement. Demurrage regulation revised. Port traffic : New regulation about timber. PART IV.—LOCAL KATES. Kaivakawa Section. Dressed flax, pressed, from Kawakawa to Opua: New rate. IVhangarei Section. Eeduction of minimum charge on carts, drays, and carriages. Auckland Section. Timber, Hunua to Auckland and Newmarket: Local rate adopted. Pig iron, Auckland to Onehunga : New rate. Through goods and parcels rates between Auckland and Manukau ports by Waiuku and Onehunga steamer services cancelled. Preserved fish from Helensville: Local classification cancelled. Ships' goods rates between Auckland and Helensville cancelled. Milk to Auckland from stations within 10 miles distance therefrom: Local rate extended to Newmarket. Timber from Kaipara Line and Onehunga Wharf: Special log rates cancelled. Timber rates to Mount Eden assimilated to those in force at Auckland. Goods of A, B, C, D classes ex ship, Onehunga, to ship at Auckland "] in 2-ton lots: Class N, Auckland, etc., to Cambridge: Class H, Cambridge to Auckland : Preserved fish ex ship at Helensville to Auckland in 4-ton lots: Locally-manufactured sugar, Auckland to Helensville : [- Kates cancelled. Timber, Mercer to Auckland : Native coal, &c, Taupiri and Mercer to Mount Eden, Auckland, &c.: Coal, Auckland to Hunt's Siding : Fresh fruit, Helensville to Auckland : Timber, Kanohi and Kaukapakapa to Mount Eden and Auckland : Local rate adopted. A, B, C, D goods, Auckland and Newmarket to Oxford for Eotorua : New rate put in force. Sulphur from Oxford : Special classification. A, B, C, D goods ex ships from ports outside Kaipara Heads : Local rate gazetted. Undumped wool, Te Aroha Branch stations to Auckland: Rates further reduced. Local rates gazetted from Auckland and Onehunga to Te Aroha for salt, coke, fluxing-ores; for coal from Kimihia ; and for limestone from Te Kuiti. New rates for coal from Kimihia Siding to Cambridge and Te Aroha. Local rates for dross, fireclay, and bricks from Huntly, Kimihia Siding, and Miranda to Auckland cancelled. Crude sulphur, Oxford to Auckland : Special rate put in force. Napier Section. Rate for rimu for export coastwise. Through sheep rates from Hawke's Bay stations to Petoue, Ngahauranga, and Wellington. New regulation about cattle and sheep carried between Napier and Wanganui Sections. Wellington Section. Rate for rimu for export coastwise. Wool, &C, to Wellington : Rates from Mangamahoe, Opaki, and intermediate stations. Local rates adopted for cased meat and undumped wool, Petone to Wellington. Cattle, &c, from Manawatu Station at Wellington to Kaiwarra, Ngahauranga, and Petone. Local rates for goods and live-stock between Manawatu and Government Stations at Wellington. Wanganui Section. Cement, bridge-iron, and waterworks plant, Foxton to Palmerston: Reduction of minimum quantity. Rate for rimu for export coastwise. New rate for hides from Patea to Wanganui for export. Flax and tow delivered at Foxton to await shipment : Local rate. Butter in 4-ton lots to Wellington from Wanganui Section; Maximum rate fixed. Cement, Foxton to Longfeurn, in 5-ton lots : New rate. Nelson Section. Dipping and yarding sheep, &c.: Special charges gazetted. New rate for undumped wool from Belgrovc to Nelson'and Port. Bark-extract in casks : Special classification.

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