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Coal-slack (native) for lime-burning, from Huntly or Kimihia to Te Aroha and Paeroa : Special rate removed. Coal-slack (native), Huntly or Kimihia to Komata, Thames, and intermediate stations: Special rate removed. Tinned fish, Tuakau to Auckland : Rate, 15s. a ton, inserted. Timber: Special rates inserted from Mangapeehi and Otorohanga to Auckland, Newmarket, and Mt. Eden ; from Ngatira to Tirohia, Thames, and intermediate stations; from Mamaku to Mt. Eden; from Ngatira to Mt. Eden, Newmarket, and Auckland ; and from Kanohi to Mt. Eden. Gisborne Section. Special rate, Bd., inserted for white-pine, Kaiteratahi to Gisborne. Wetting ton-Nap ier-Neiv Plymouth Section. Cartage contract, Is. 6d. per ton, delivery instituted at Wellington, and subsequently abolished. Wool, &c.: Special Class H rates abolished on account of general reduction. Timber : Special rate, Greytown to Wellington, removed. Meats (cased), tallow, &c, Petone and Ngahauranga to Wellington : Regulation inserted. Owners to load and unload. Westland Section. Timber : Special levy, Id.-per 100 ft. timber to drying-shed at Greymouth, abolished. Nelson Section. Wool &c. : Local rates removed on general reduction, Class H. Firewood : Local rates, Motupiko to Nelson and Port Nelson, removed. Cement: Local rates, Port Nelson to Belgrove, removed. Native bark : Rates reduced. Picton Section. Lime (gas-refuse) : Rate, 15s. per truck, inserted, Picton to Blenheim. Through booking Wellington and Port Nelson, rates reduced for produce—flour, wheat, chaff, Ac. Hurunui-Bluff Section. Cartage rates for delivery at Dunedin on goods of Classes A, B, C, D, E, and H abolished. Burnside-Dunedin : Special rate, Class E, oil, soap, &c, reduced from 3s. 7d. to 3s. per ton. Nightsoil : Rate inserted, Christchurch to Chaney's. Cranes : Rate inserted for use of 15-ton crane at Lyttelton. Wool, &c. : Local rate amended, and mostly removed on account of general reduction. PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS, LIVK-STOCK, PARCELS, AND LUGGAGE. Class. Asbestos ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... C Bacon, loose. Reduced from Class B ... ... ... ... ... ... G Bacon, packed. Reduced from Class C ... ... ... ... ... ... D Barley-meal, from New Zealand products. Owners'risk ... ... ... ... E Baskets, coal, supplejack, locally manufactured ... ... ... ... ... A Baskets, commercial travellers'. Empty, not returned empty ... ... ... ... A Bean-meal, from New Zealand products. Owners'risk ... ... ... ... E Benzine, not otherwise specified. Dangerous. Owners' risk. Double rate. Special goods A Bicycles, motor, packed in cases. Owners' risk. Special goods (if through parcels). Rate and a half ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A Butter, packed. Reduced from C ... ... ... ... ... ... ... D Butter, packed. Minimum, 5 cwt. Rate and a half... ... ... ... ... E Calf-meal, from New Zealand products. Owners'risk ... ... ... ... E Carriages, set up or in pieces, unpacked. Owners'risk. Special goods ... Part 11. Carriages and gigs, in pieces, packed. Minimum, 15 cwt. per truck. Owners' risk ... A Removed : Previous rates re carriages and gigs. Cars, motor ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Part 11. Carts, daisy, in pieces, packed, total weight not exceeding 2_ cwt. Double rate. Owners' risk. (Or as carriages and gigs if cheaper ; if set up, to be charged as carriages, Part II.) A Carts, either set up or in pieces, unpacked ... ... ... ... .. Part 111. Carts, either set up or in pieces, packed. Minimum, 1 ton per truck ... ... ... G Removed : Previous rates re carts. Cement, not otherwise specified. Rate and a half. Minimum, 2 tons. Charges not to exceed Class D ... ... ... ... ... ... ... N Cheese, packed. Reduced from C ... ... ... ... .. ... ... D Cheese. Minimum, 5 cwt., from factories. Rate and a half ... ... ... ... E Cheese-boxes, in shooks, packed, not returned empty. Half-rate ... ... ... B Daisy-carts, in pieces, packed, total weight of each cart not to exceed 2-Jcwt. Double rate. Owners' risk. (Or as carriages and gigs if cheaper ; if set up, charge as a carriage, Part II.) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . ... ... A Removed : Previous classification of daisy-carts. Deer, dead. Owners' risk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... C Drays, either set up or in pieces, unpacked ... ... ... ... ... See Part 111. Drays, either set up or in pieces, packed. Minimum, 1 ton per truck ... ... ... C Removed : Previous classification of drays. Removed : Previous classification of express-wagons. Eggs. Reduced from B. Owners'risk ... ... ... ... ... ... C

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