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RETURN NO. 32. Statement of Alterations in and Additions to Scale of Charges during the Year ended 31st March, 1911. PART III.—GOODS: REGULATIONS. Eegulation (3), Class E : Penalty rate for sacks containing cereals or other agricultural produce amended to conform with by-law. Kegulation (22): Eeturned empty butter, egg, fish, fresh-meat, fruit, and vegetable packages previously carried over the railways full to be carried free up to 100 miles, and for balance of journey at " empty return " rate. Eegulation (23): Free carriage granted up to 100 miles for empty cases for carriage of fruit and shooks for manufacture of fruit-cases, and for balance of journey fruit-cases to be charged at the " empty return " rate and shooks at Class D. i PART IV.—GOODS: LOCAL RATES. Coal to Greymouth from Blackball Coal Company's mine : Bate cancelled. Coal, Blackball to Greymouth : Bate provided. Coal, Eoa (Paparoa Coal Company's line) to Greymouth : Bate provided. Other goods booked between stations on Government line and Boa (Paparoa Coal Company's line): Bates provided. PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS, LIVE-STOCK, PARCELS, AND LUGGAGE. Eemoved— Class Cartridges, safety, small-arm, packed. Owner's risk. Dangerous. (If sent through parcels, single rate) ... ... ... ... ... ... A Inserted— Cartridges, safety, small-arm, not otherwise specified, packed. Owner's risk. Dangerous. (If sent through parcels, single rate) ... ... ... A Cartridges, safety, small-arm, New Zealand manufacture, packed. Owner's risk. Dangerous. (If sent through parcels, single rate) ... ... ... D Removed — Empties : Returned butter, egg, fish, fresh-meat, fruit, and vegetable packages ... Free Inserted— Empties: Beturned butter, egg, fish, fresh-meat, fruit, and vegetable packages See Part 11 [ Bemoved— Glue and glue-pieces, packed ... ... ... ... ... D Inserted— Glue and glue-pieces, not otherwise specified, packed ... ... ... D Glue and glue-pieces and fleshings for glue-making consigned direct from tanneries and slaughter-yards to glue-making factories. Owner's risk ... ... ... N Kale-seed ... ... ... ... .... ... ... I) PART VI.—WHARVES. Greymouth Wharf. Berthage-charges amended to meet cases of vessels occupying berths for an umiue length of time. Timber for export to be charged wharfage. Westport Wharf. Berthage-charges amended to meet the case of vessels failing to put to sea when loading completed. Nelson Wharf. Berthage-charges amended to meet conditions of new wharf. Picton Wharf. Provision for free wharfage on goods to and from the Sounds deleted, and berthage-charges on vessels trading between Picton and the Sounds amended. Foxton Wharf. Provision made for wharfage-charges to be leviable on goods and live-stock loaded on the Government lands adjacent to the wharves or on private wharves worked in conjunction with Railway leaseholds.

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