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RETURN NO. 21—continued. Statement of Alterations effected in and Additions made to the Scale of Charges— continued. Part No. I— continued. PART IV.—GOODS, LOCAL RATES. Whangarei Section. Sectional system for charging goods adopted. Kaihu Section. Rate for sawn timber consigned to Dargaville for shipment for distances fourteen to seventeen miles reduced Rate for log timber consigned to Dargaville for shipment inserted Rate for skidding timber at Dargaville reduced, and regulation as to delivery of timber inserted. Auckland Section. Terminal charge on A, B, C, D, and E goods to Auckland not to be made on goods consigned to private sidings Rate for wool, &0., Rotorua to Auckland, reduced Rate for goods of Classes A, B, C, and D, ex ships from ports outside Kaipara Heads, removed Rates for timber to Mount Eden, Auckland, and Onehunga Wharf amended. Regulation as to delivery of logs at Auckland inserted. Rate for timber, Whangarata to Newmarket or Auckland, removed. Rate for timber, Auckland to Tarukenga, removed. (Line opened to Rotorua) Sulphur, Tarukenga to Westfield or Auckland: Altered to read, Rotorua to Westfield or Auckland. (Line opened to Rotorua) Rate for coke, Auckland to Onehunga, reduced Rates for coke, Auckland or Onehunga to Huntly, and coal, Onehunga to Huntly removed Rate for cement, Auckland or Auckland Railway Wharf to Onehunga Wharf, removed Copra, candlenuts, &c, from Auckland to Westfield: Regulation amended to include material for the manufacture of acids, and earthenware empties for sulphuric acid, and to apply from Auckland and Onehunga to Westfield Oil, soap, &c, from Westfield to Auckland Regulation amended to include sulphuric acid, and to apply Westfield to Auckland or Onehunga Rate for dead meat, Westfield to private sidings at Auckland, removed Rates for Classes X, N and P on Rotorua District Railway removed. Napier-Taranaki- Section. Rate for ships' goods, A, B, C, D, E, H, between Spit and Napier, removed Rate for wool, Whakatu, Tomoana, or Hastings to Napier removed. Rate for wool between Farndon and Napier removed. Rate for wool, Spit to Hastings, removed Rate for logs from bush stations to sawmills reduced Rates for white-pine timber to be used in the manufacture of casks and boxes for export of dairy produce and tallow reduced Rate for fruit in 4-ton lots, New Plymouth Breakwater or Waitara to Wanganui, removed Maximum rate on butter and cheese to Wellington reduced. Wellington Section. Rate for timber to Lower Hutt, Kaiwarra, and intermediate stations, reduced. Rate for rimu, Eketahuna, Opaki, and intermediate stations to Wellington, reduced. Rate for timber, Booth's Siding to Wellington, reduced. Rates for white-pine timber, to be used in the manufacture of casks and boxes for export of dairy produce and tallow, reduced. Rate inserted for distances over 90 miles for timber other than white-pine for export to places outside New Zealand, and rimu for export Rate for coke for lime-burning purposes, Masterton to Mauriceville, reduced Rate for coal-dross for lime-burning purposes, Wellington to Mauriceville, reduced. Greymouth-Brunnerton Section. Rates for haulage of timber from sidings to ships at Greymouth reduced Railway sleepers for Greymouth from stations on Midland Company's line to be charged as timber if cheaper than Class Q Rate for coal for local use from Blackball Coal Company's mine to Greymouth reduced. Greymouth-Hokitika Section. Rate on hides, sheepskins, and tallow from Hokitika to Greymouth reduced Rates on timber to Greymouth reduced. Rate on timber, Ho Ho to Hokitika, reduced Railway sleepers to be charged as timber if cheaper than as Class P Westport Section. Rates for goods on Mokihinui Coal Company's line inserted Rates for coals and coal-dross from Mokihinui to Westport for local use reduced Rate for road-metal, Sergeant's Hill to Westport, removed. Picton Section. Rate for fresh meat to Picton reduced Rate for pressed straw, consigned to Picton for shipment, removed. Hurunui-Bluff Section. Rate for ships' goods, Oamaru to Dunedin, removed Rates for wool from Springfield and Whitecliffs Branches to Christchurch and Lyttelton reduced. Rates for wool from stations on Albury Branch to Timaru reduced. Rate for wool from Hakateramea and Kurow to Oamaru or Breakwater reduced. Rate for wool from Hyde to Dunedin or Port Chalmers reduced Rates for white-pine timber to be used in the manufacture of casks and boxes for export of dairy produce and tallow reduced Rates for rough stone and stone piles for distances over fifty-one miles reduced Rate for pelts, Timaru Refrigerating Siding to Islington, reduced Rate for sheepskins, Balcaim to Christchurch, removed