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Class. Empties. Clause re "full cases being conveyed between same stations as empties " inserted. Express-wagons, either set up or in pieces, unpacked ... ... ... See Part 111. Express-wagons, either set up or in pieces, packed. Minimum, 1 ton per truck ... ... C Furniture, in furniture-vans. (See also Part III.) ... ... ... ... ... B Gas-water, in tanks. Owners'risk. Reduced from C ... ... ... ... D Gigs, either set up or in pieces, unpacked. Owners'risk. Special goods ... Part 11. Gigs, either set up or in pieces, packed. Minimum, 15 cwt. per truck. Owners'risk ... A Removed : Previous rates for gigs. Glue and glue-pieces, packed. Reduced from C ... ... ... ... ... D Grates, packed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A Hams, loose. Reduced from B ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 Hams, packed. Reduced from C ... ... ... ... ... ... ... D Honey, extracted, packed, locally produced. Reduced from G ... ... ... D Removed: Honey, in 10-cwt. lots, D. Maize-meal, from New Zealand products. Owners' risk ... ... ... ... E Milk, preserved, packed, consigned direct from local factories, in lots of 10 cwt. and over. Reduced from B. Rate and a half ... ... ... ... ... ... E Milk, preserved, New Zealand manufacture, packed ... ... ... ... ... C Mushrooms, packed. Rate and a half. (See also Parts 11. and III.) ... ... ... E Removed: Mushrooms, A. Nuts, New-Zealand-grown, fresh, packed. Rate and a half. (See also Parts IL and III.) E Ostriches, living... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... M Pea-meal, from New Zealand produce ... ... ... ... ... ... E Pig-meal, from New Zealand produce ... ... ... ... ... E. Phosphate rock. Owners'risk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Q Poultry, dead. Owners' risk. Reduced from B ... ... ... ... ... C Poultry, living, in crates or cases. Owners'risk. Reduced from B ... ... ... C Poultry-meal, from New Zealand produce ... ... ... ... ... ... E Ranges, loose. Owners' risk. Special goods ... ... ... ... ... A Ranges, packed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A Rye-meal, from New Zealand produce. ... ... ... ... ... ... E Salt-pans, earthenware, New Zealand manufacture. Owners' risk ... ... ... N Shale, not otherwise specified ... ... ... ... ... ... ... N Shale, in 2-ton lots. Owners'risk ... ... ... ... ... ... D Shale-oil, New Zealand manufacture, not otherwise specified ... ... ... ... D Shale-oil, New Zealand manufacture, in 4-ton lots. Owners' risk. Half-rate ... ... B Shale-oil, in 2-ton lots, not otherwise specified. Owners' risk... ... ... ... D Removed : Previous rates for shale and shale-oil. Shavings, leather, for manufacture of manure ... ... .. ... ... E Sheep-dip, colonial manufacture. Owners' risk ... ... ... ... ... I) Removed : Clause re sheep-dip being consigned from factory. Sheepskins, green or salted, in bundles not exceeding 1 cwt. each ... .. ... B Sheepskins, green or salted, loose, or in bundles exceeding 1 cwt. each. Owners to load and unload. (If loaded or unloaded by Railway Department, rate and a quarter.) Owners'risk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B Stoves and stovepipes, loose. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... ... ... A Stoves and stovepipes, packed ... ... ... . . ... ... ... A Removed : Old regulation re stoves and stovepipes. Strawboard, packed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... B Sulkies to seat one person, with wheels removed, and not exceeding 1 cwt. per vehicle. Double rate. Owners' risk. (If wheels are not removed, to be charged as carriages, Part II.) ... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... ... A Sulkies, in pieces, packed, not exceeding 2f cwt. per vehicle. Double rate. Owners' risk. (Or as carriage and gigs if cheaper; if set up, charge as a carriage as per Part II.) ... A Removed : Previous regulations re sulkies. Supplejacks for basket-making. Owners'risk ... ... ... ... ... F Surveyors'pegs and trig.-pipes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... D Tar for local bodies. 5-ton minimum. (See Part III.) ... ... ... ... N Tricycles, motor, packed in cases. Owners'risk. Special goods. (See also Part II.) ... A Tricycles, motor, unpacked. Owners'risk. Special goods as parcels ... ... See Part 11. Venison ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... C Wagons, express, either set up or in pieces, unpacked • ... ... ... See Part 111. Wagons, express, either set up or in pieces, packed. Minimum, 1 ton per truck ... ... C Removed : Old regulation re wagons. •PART VI.—WHARVES. Helensville Wharf. Rates on all goods not otherwise specified and transhipping charge reduced. Wanganui Wharf. Regulation allowing four days' free storage on goods waiting Customs examination inserted. Westport Wharf. Bertl.ge charges increased. Coal for export free inserted. Nelson Wharf. . Rate sheep reduced. By Authority: John Mackav, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9o3.

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