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RETURN NO. 29— continued. Statement of Alterations effected in and Additions made to the Scale of Charges— continued. PART IV.-GOODS: LOCAL RATES— continued. Wellington Section. Rate for salted sheepskins to Wellington reduced. Rate for white-pine for local use reduced. Rate for timber (other than white-pine) for export to places outside the colony of New Zealand, and rimu for export, forty to forty-seven miles, removed. Rate for coke reduced. Rate for cement, Wellington to Petone, reduced. Rate for coal-dross for lime-burning purposes, Wellington to Mauriceville, removed. Port Traffic : Charge for tallying goods of Classes A, B, C, D, E, and H at Wellington inserted. Rate for bark, Wellington Wharf to Kaiwarra, removed. Minimum for tallow and pelts, Petone to Wellington, reduced. Oreymouth-Brunnerton Section. Rate for log timber, Kaiata and Dobson to Greymouth, inserted. Greymouth-Hokitika Section. Rate for goods of Class F reduced. Rate for goods of Classes A, B, C, D, E, and F from stations on Hokitika line to Greymouth for shipment reduced. Rate for railway-sleepers reduced. Westport Section. Rate for log timber, Sergeant's Hill and Fairdown to Westport, and from stations on the Waimangaroa Branch line to Griffiths, reduced. Rates for coals and coal-dross, Conn's Creek to Wellington Mine, reduced. Nelson Section. Rate for dipping sheep removed. Picton Section. Clause re storage of goods of Class E at Tuamarina and Spring Creek Stations removed. Rate for goods of Classes A, B, C, D, Blenheim to Picton, reduced. The maximum rate of 15s. per truck for goods of Class F to include sheeting. Rate for native coals, ex ship at Picton: Clause amended. Hurunui-Bluff Section. Rate for goods of Classes A, B, C, D, E consigned to Christchurch (not to private sidings) reduced. Increase of 5Jd. per bale on goods of Class H not to be made when such goods are consigned to the Railway Wharf, Dunedin, for shipment. Rates for wool from Culverden to Lyttelton, Woolston, Christchurch, and Addington reduced. Rates for wool from Balmoral, Medbury, Hawarden, Waikari, and Waipara to Lyttelton, Christchurch, and Addington reduced. Rates for wool from Springfield and Whitecliffs Branches to Addington reduced. Rates for wool from Fairlie to Washdyke reduced. Rates for white-pine timber for local use reduced. Rate for logs, Glenomaru Tunnel to Glenomaru and Balclutha, inserted. Rate for tallow, Washdyke to Dunedin, removed. Rates and regulations for goods between Oamaru and Breakwater amended. Rates for store sheep for restocking Crown lands reduced. Rate for goods of Classes N and P, Port Chalmers Quarry to Port Chalmers Station or Wharf, removed. Rate for quarry refuse and rough stone, Sawyer's Bay to Port Chalmers, removed. Rate for nightsoil, Kensington to Wingatui, removed. Rate for coal on Fernhill Branch line inserted. Rate for pelts, Gore to Woolston, reduced. Rate for road-metal, ships' ballast, and gravel, Greenhills to Bluff, removed. Rate for ballast in lots of not less than 200 tons, Bluff to Invercargill, removed. Fernhill Branch inserted in list of branch lines whereon Id. per ton is charged, in addition to the classified rates, on goods of Classes A, B, C, and D. PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS. Acid, carbolic, packed in casks or wrought-iron drums. Owners' risk .. .. .. A Bark, native, loose. Owners' risk .. .. .. .. .. .. Reduced to N Bellona. Double rate. Owners' risk. Dangerous .. .. .. .. .. A Birds, mutton, preserved .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Reduced to D Biscuits, settlers'. Owners' risk .. .. .. .. .. .. Reduced to C Bisulphide of carbon. Double rate. Owners'risk. Dangerous.. .. .. .. A Bleaching liquids. Double rate. Owners' risk. Dangerous .. .. .. .. A Boats, to or from regattas, accompanied by their crews .. .. .. .. .. Free. Boxes, empty, not " returned empties," not otherwise specified .. .. .. Reduced to A Bromine. Double rate. Owners' risk. Dangerous .. .. .. .. .. A Cabin bread. Owners' risk .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Reduced to C Carriages and gigs in pieces, unpainted, and in the rough; minimum, 15cwt. per truck. Owners' risk .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. A Cases and casks, empties, not " returned empties," not otherwise specified .. Reduced to A Cement, manufactured from colonial products. Owners' risk. Rate and a half; but in no case are total charges to exceed Class D .. .. .. .. ~ ]\j Chloride of sulphur. Double rate. Owners' risk. Dangerous .. .. .. .. A Coal, native, for export to places outside New Zealand .. .. .. .. See Part 111. Drays in pieces, unpainted, and in the rough ; minimum, 1 ton per truck .. .. C Empties, returned, not otherwise specified .. .. .. .. .. See Part 111. Empties, returned fruit and vegetable packages .. .. .. .. .. Free. Empties (casks, cases, kegs, jars, tins, tubs, and crates), not "returned empties," but to be reconsigned over the railway full. As " returned empties " .. .. .. See Part 111. Empties, not " returned empties," not otherwise specified .. .. .. Reduced to A Express wagons in pieces, unpainted, and in the rough ; minimum, 1 ton per truck .. C

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