RAILWAY CHARGES: CONCESSIONS MADE, AND REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1899 Session I, D-08

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1899. NEW ZEALAND.

RAILWAY CHARGES: CONCESSIONS MADE, AND REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the sth July, 1898. Ordered, " That a return be laid before this House showing— (a) The articles upon which concessions have been made to the publio using the railways since 1890, and the revenue conceded upon the same ; (6) the articles upon which concessions have been made in the postal and telegraph service (including telephones), and the revenue conceded upon the same ; (c) the total revenue and expenditure of the railway and postal services in 1890, and the same in 1898 ; (d) the percentage of revenue to expenditure for both periods separately."—(Hon. Mr. Wabd.)

[For particulars relative to Postal and Telegraph Department vide F.-11, 1898.] (a.) LIST OF ARTICLES ON WHICH CONCESSIONS IN RAILWAY CHARGES HAVE BEEN MADE, 1890 TO 1898. Fbee school tickets issued to children up to sixteen years of age attending private schools for primary education. Return tickets at reduced rates granted to delegates to annual and biennial meetings of religious bodies and friendly societies. Tickets at reduced rates granted to members of rowing-clubs travelling together in parties. Season-ticket rates for three miles reduced. Commutation season tickets at reduced rates and for distances up to twenty miles introduced. Return tickets at single fares granted to school-boarders. Through tickets vid Wairarapa line issued at reduced rates from Wellington, Ngahauranga, Petone, and Lower Hutt to Napier, Hastings, Te Aute, Waipawa, and Waipukurau. Return tickets at reduced rates issued daily. News-runners allowed to take 56 lb. of newspapers for distribution along line free of charge. Teachers' season tickets made available for use on Saturdays and Mondays. Religious bodies and friendly societies' concession in fares made to apply to any meeting instead of to annual and biennial meetings only. Newspaper reporters' season tickets issued at maximum charge of £10 for either Island. Return tickets between Picton and Blenheim made available for return for one month, and all fares on section reduced. Fares between Kaiata and Brunner reduced. Fares between Inveroargill and Bluff reduced. Local fares on Duntroon-Hakateramea line abolished, and fares reduced. Tickets at reduced rates granted to members of rifle-clubs travelling together in parties. Second-class return fare between Auckland and Newmarket reduced. Through return fares vid Wairarapa line between Wellington, Ngahauranga, Petone, and Lower Hutt and Napier, Hastings, Te Aute, Waipawa, and Waipukurau reduced. Fares to and from Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, and stations within two miles thereof, reduced. Fares between Pelichet Bay and Ravensbourne reduced. Fares on Westport Section reduced; local rate abolished. Fares on Greymouth Section reduced; local rate abolished. Commutation fifty-trip tickets made available for two months. Ordinary tickets : Single fares for one mile reduced. Return tickets for distances over 200 miles made available for two months. Workmen's twelve-trip tickets introduced at special low rates for distances up to twenty miles. Booking-fee for passengers joining train without first obtaining a ticket reduced to 6d. Fares between Cattle-yards, Dunedin, and Caversham reduced; distance between Dunedin and Cattle-yards to be deemed to be three miles. Season tickets at half-rates issued to students and scholars over nineteen years of age. I— D. 8.

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School season tickets made available for return for three months from date of issue, instead of expiring on quarter-days. Athletic teams and pleasure parties of not less than twenty travelling together, rate reduced. Theatrical, concert, and circus companies in parties of ten and upwards allowed to travel first-class on second-class fares. School excursion fares for over seven miles reduced. Fares and season-ticket rates, Burkes to Dunedin and Pelichet Bay, and vice versd, and between Caversham and Cattle-yards, reduced. Return tickets between Napier and Te Aro and Wellington made available for two months. Ordinary return tickets for distances eleven to twenty miles made available for return for one calendar month. Return tickets for distances over ten miles made available for break of journey, and provision made for extension of time for which available on payment of difference of fare. Holiday excursion tickets at 2d. per mile first class and Id. per mile second class introduced. Season-ticket rates for monthly, quarterly, and half-yearly reduced. School season tickets : Age-limit raised from nineteen to twenty years. Students of agricultural and technical colleges travelling together in parties of five for field instruction granted return tickets at single fare. Theatrical, concert, and circus companies in parties of six allowed to travel first-class at second-class fares. Athletic teams : Golfers included, and number of party reduced from twenty to twelve. School excursions : Rates reduced and made applicable to factories and friendly societies, and stop-over fares provided for school excursions. Charge for mail specials of more than one large or two small cars reduced. Newspaper reporters' tickets made available for use by any reporter solely employed on staff of a bond fide newspaper. Single fares on Whangarei Section reduced. Fares from and to Te Aro and stations within ten miles thereof reduced. Fares between Newmarket and Green Lane and Remuera and Green Lane reduced. Fare, Te Aro to and from Lower Hutt, reduced. Fares between Oamaru and Waiareka Junction reduced. Fares between Pelichet Bay and St. Leonards reduced. Fares between Auckland, Kingsland, Morningside, Mount Albert, Westfield, and Papatoitoi reduced. Fares between Newmarket and Mount Eden, Kingsland, Morningside, Mount Albert, Avondale, Remuera, Green Lane, Te Papapa, Onehunga, Otahuhu, and Papatoitoi reduced. Fares between Mount Eden and Kingsland, Morningside, Mount Albert, and Avondale reduced. Reduced fares between Clyde Station and Bluff and Ocean Beach granted. Distance between Ashburton and Tinwald to be counted as two instead of three miles. Excursion tickets from Remuera, Ellerslie, Penrose, and Otahuhu to Rotorua and Okoroire, and from Onehunga to Okoroire, arranged. Travellers' annual all-lines tickets : Provision made for transfer from holder to bond fide employe of same firm on payment of a fee of 10s. for each transfer. Ticket issued at reduced rate for North Island; transferable and non-transferable tickets issued ; also tickets for one or both Islands. No previous provision. Season tickets : Regulation fixing conditions and charge for transfer of a ticket or the replacing a lost season ticket inserted. No previous provision. Navy recruits : Cheap fares arranged for boys proceeding to ports to be examined on or to join any of Her Majesty's war-ships. Tickets of students of agricultural and technical colleges made available for return for one week from date of issue. School-boarders : Age-limit and notice clause removed; tickets granted without special notice, and irrespective of age of boarder. Apprentices' arid pupil-teachers' age-limit for tickets at half-rate raised to twenty-one years. Teachers' Saturday season tickets : Regulation amended to permit of tickets being used by teachers proceeding to examinations. Technical school and commutation tickets issued at reduced rates. Tourist excursion tickets North, South, and both Islands obtainable by any person at reduced rates. Technical schools commutation tickets: Age-limit removed; tickets issued to any person attending a technical school registered with the Minister of Education. Judges of show exhibits granted tickets at 2d. per mile when proceeding to shows for the purpose of judging exhibits. School season and technical school season tickets made available for distances not exceeding sixty miles. Defence Forces conveyed at reduced rates. Reduced fares (2d. per mile) granted to delegates attending meetings of religious bodies. Stage system on the Whangarei Section abolished ; ordinary fares and regulations substituted. Distance for charging fares between Whangarei and Kamo to be counted three instead of four miles. Workmen's tickets at 2s. 6d. for twelve trips issued from Lower Hutt and Petone to Wellington and Te Aro. Excursion tickets to Hanmer Hot Springs issued from Dunedin and Inveroargill. Fares between Te Aro, Wellington, and all stations beyond Makakahi reduced, consequent on opening of Wairarapa line to Woodville and the computing of the charges on the basis of the

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distance by the shorter route. Return tickets between Napier and Te Aro made available for two months. Commutation tickets between Westport and stations on the Waimangaroa Branch line issued at reduced rates. Flax, native, dressed, pressed, Kawakawa to Opua, reduced from Class A to Class D. Carts, drays, carriages, and wagons, Whangarei Section, minimum charge reduced. A, B, C, D goods, Auckland or Newmarket to Oxford, rate reduced. Sulphur from Oxford, reduced. A, B, C, D goods ex ships from ports beyond Kaipara Heads, Helensville to Auckland, reduced. Wool, undumped, Te Aroha Branch to Auckland, reduced. Coal, Kimihia to Cambridge and Te Aroha, reduced. Coal-dross, fireclay, and bricks, Huntly, Kimihia, and Miranda to Auckland, reduced. Timber, Hunua to Auckland, reduced. Pig-iron, Auckland to Onehunga, reduced. Milk to Newmarket, rate reduced. Timber to Mount Eden, reduced. Timber, Kanohi and Kaukapakapa to Mount Eden and Auckland, reduced. Red-pine timber for export, rate reduced. Live-stock between Napier and Wanganui Sections, reduced. Cement, bridge-iron, and waterworks plant in 5-ton lots, Foxton to Palmerston, reduced. Hides, Patea to Wanganui, for export, reduced. Butter in 4-ton lots, Taranaki Station to Wellington, minimum rate reduced. Cement, Foxton to Longburn, reduced. Red-pine for New Zealand ports, rate reduced. Wool, Mangamahoe, Opaki, and intermediate stations to Wellington, reduced. Cased meats and wool, Petone to Wellington, reduced. Cattle and sheep, Wellington and Manawatu Company's Wellington Station to Kaiwarra, Ngahauranga, and Petone, reduced. Timber, Para to Koromiko, reduced. Wool, Belgrove to Nelson or Port, reduced. Bark-extract in casks, rate reduced. Native coal ■ and minerals, Waimangaroa Branch to Westport, reduced; rate on coal, Ngakawau to Westport, reduced. Coke to Greymouth for export beyond New Zealand, minimum reduced. Rate for mixed consignments of minerals of different classes reduced. Firewood : Maximum load of truck increased from sto 6 tons; rates for distances over seven miles reduced. Goods of Class 0 reduced, viz. : Ballast, ship's ; boulders ; bricks, native ; clay, native; coaldross ; coal-refuse; gravel; lime (gas-refuse); lime from local kilns for agricultural purposes and to ship for export; lime for cement-making; limestone metal, road; ores—copper, iron, and other ; manures, animal; pipes, unglazed ; earthenware, flangeless drain, up to 6 in. in diameter ; sand ; scoria ; shingle. Timber from Southland mills to Winchester and Orari, reduced. A, B, C, D goods, Dunedin and Port Chalmers to Oamaru, reduced. Soda crystals and refined tallow, Westfield to Auckland, reduced. Coke, Auckland and Onehunga to Huntly, and native bituminous coal, Onehunga to Huntly, rate reduced. Sugar, fencing-wire, and iron, Auckland and Newmarket to Te Aroha, rate reduced. A, B, C, D goods ex ships from ports beyond Kaipara Heads, wharfage reduced. Brown coal and kerosene shale, reduced. Class E goods to Napier and Spit, rate reduced. Wool, Dannevirke, Woodville, and intermediate stations to Spit, and between Farndon, Napier, and Spit, reduced. Firewood to Awatoto, rate reduced. Butter in lOcwt. lots, not for export, reduced. N and P goods, interchanged traffic with Wellington and Manawatu Company between Palmerston and Longburn, rate reduced. Wool, Feilding to Foxton, rate reduced. Wool and tallow, Longburn to Foxton, rates reduced. Limed pelts and tallow, Longburn to Foxton, rate reduced. Native coals, Foxton to Longburn, reduced. Tallow, Petone to Wellington, rate reduced. Timber for local use, rate reduced. Class E, consigned to Wellington, reduced from E and quarter to E single rate. Meat, fresh, Blenheim to Picton, rate reduced. Cement, Nelson Port to Belgrove, reduced. Coke, Ngakawau to Westport, rate reduced. Coal, Waimangaroa Branch to Waimangaroa, Farndon, and Sergeant's Hill, reduced. Coal-dross for shipment, rate reduced. Wool, Tapanui Branch to Bluff, reduced. A, B, C, D goods, Dunedin and Port Chalmers to Oamaru, further reduced. Fat, Wallacetown to Burnside, further reduced. L, M, and O goods ex Rakaia and Ashburton Forks, Duntroon, Hakateramea, and Waimea Plains Railways, reduced.

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Coal, native, Kurow to Oamaru, reduced. Coal, native, Waihao Forks to Timaru and Oamaru, reduced, A, B, C, D goods, Christchurch to Timaru, also rate for small lots, reduced. Beet, carrots, mangolds, and turnips in small lots, reduced. Rate for native brown coal, lignite, and peat reduced. Rate for milk consigned to Wellington reduced. Cream, rates reduced. Huntsmen's horses going to hunt-club meetings returned free if sent back within three days of meeting. Time-limit for discharging trucks standing under load extended from four to five hours. Bonedust, guano, manure, salt, and artificial manures reduced to Class P; minimum quantity reduced to 1-| tons. Stock, implements, dogs, and poultry exhibited at agricultural shows, and entire horses exhibited at horse-parades, returned unsold, half outward freight refunded. Dogs accompanying drovers carried free. Truck-load of Class F goods increased from 5 to 6 tons. . Exhibits for Imperial Institute, London, carried free if consigned to Agent-General. Goods for sufferers by Queensland floods carried free to ports of shipment. Copra, candlenuts, peanuts, rapeseed, linseed, sodas, and other raw materials, and for oil, soap, candles, soda crystals, refined tallow, and oil-cake, between Westfield and Auckland, reduced. Cheese in lOcwt. lots, rate reduced. Butter in 4-ton and dead meat in 2-ton lots consigned to Wellington, reduced. Permanent-way railway material, rate reduced. White-pine timber, rate reduced. Pelts, limed, and tallow in casks, Longburn to Foxton, rate reduced. Dead meat, hides, tallow, and pelts, Woodville to Spit, reduced. Fruit in 4-ton lots, New Plymouth Breakwater and Waitara to Wanganui, reduced. Wool, Spit to Hastings and Wangaehu to Wanganui, reduced. Bonedust and guano, rate reduced. White-pine from bush districts to sawmill for dressing, reduced. Coal, Foxton to Longburn, reduced. Cheese direct from factories in 10 cwt. lots, rate reduced. White-pine from bush districts to sawmills, rate reduced. Pelts, Petone to Wellington, rate reduced. Cased meats, tallow, pelts, manure, wool, and coal, Ngahauranga to Wellington, reduced. Bonedust, guano, manures, rate reduced. Sheep-rates from stations south of Wanganui to Wellington, Johnsonville, Ngahauranga, and Petone. Hides and pelts to Picton, rate reduced. Class E to Picton, for shipment, rate reduced. Wool, Belgrove to Nelson or the Port, reduced. Coal and coal-dross, rates reduced. Goods of Classes P and Q from coal-mines, rates reduced. Coal and coal-dross consigned to port for shipment from Brunner and Wallsend, reduced. Coke for export beyond New Zealand, rate reduced. Timber from Mount Somers, local rate abolished. Paper from local paper-mills, reduced. A, B, C, D goods, Dunedin and Port Chalmers to Inveroargill, reduced. Goods to Inveroargill Jetty, reduced. Bar-iron and castings in 4-ton lots, Burnside to Christchurch, Timaru, Oamaru, and Inveroargill, reduced. Class E and oil, soap, candles, bar-iron,' iron castings, artificial manures, sulphur, linseed, guano, tar, raw materials used in manufacture of acids and sulphuric acid in 2-ton lots between Dunedin, Burnside, and Cattle-yards, reduced. A, B, C goods, Christchurch to stations between Ashley and Amberley inclusive, reduced. Branch charge on goods of Classes X, N, and P cancelled. District railway rates abolished except for the Waimea Plains Railway. Wire-netting on Port lines, reduced. Carriage-covers returned free. Wool ex Livingstone Branch, reduced. Frozen meat and butter, Lyttelton to ship's side, reduced. Timber, Springburn to Tinwald and Ashburton, reduced. Flax, native, dressed, rate reduced. Cement, Auckland or Auckland Wharf to Onehunga, reduced. Goods of Class E, reduced. Pressed straw to Picton for shipment, reduced. Bark, native, rough, Wakefield to Nelson, reduced. Timber, Kaiata to Greymouth, reduced. Wool from Hakateramea-Duntroon and intermediate stations to Oamaru and Breakwater, reduced. Cased meats, tallow, and pelts, wool, native coal, artificial manures, and ships' ballast, Ocean Beach to Bluff, reduced. Nightsoil, Kensington to Wingatui, reduced.

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Threshing-machines, reapers-and-binders, winnowing-machines, and bulky machinery, carriageand gig-bodies, and furniture, between Dunedin and Inveroargill, reduced. Commercial travellers' luggage sent through Goods Department, rate reduced to Class B. Stereotype casts consigned by or to newspaper-proprietors, reduced to same rate as newspapers. Horses of members of polo-clubs conveyed back free if returned within three days of polo match. Each passenger allowed to carry as luggage one bicycle, tricycle, or perambulator free of charge. Corpses : Rate reduced from Is. to 6d. per mile. Hawera Exhibition : Exhibits carried free; store cattle and sheep in large mobs, rate reduced. Rock-salt and salt for agricultural or pastoral purposes in lf-ton lots, rate reduced. Exhibits to agricultural shows and horse-parad.es : Part consignments unsold conveyed back to sending station free. Contributions for gift-auction in aid of Wellington Convalescent Home carried free. Threshing-machines, chaff-cutters, and hay-presses, with engines (portable or traction), consigned to country stations for threshing, &c, carried back at half-rate if returned within one month. Sheep-, rabbit-, and calf-skins, wool, hides, lard, fat, and tallow in small lots, rate reduced. West Coast Exhibition, Greymouth : Exhibits carried free. Sulphur, Oxford and Tarukenga to Westfield or Auckland, reduced. A, B, C, D goods, Auckland or Newmarket to Putaruru, reduced. Sheet-iron and train-rails, Onehunga to Auckland, reduced. Timber, Kanohi to Auckland and Onehunga Wharf, reduced. White-pine, Whangarata to Newmarket and Auckland, reduced. Timber, Auckland and Onehunga to Tarukenga, reduced. Wool, hides, and skins between Auckland or Newmarket and Onehunga, reduced. Bonedust manure, &c, conveyed over Rotorua district line, reduced. A, B, C, D goods, Te Aroha to Auckland and Newmarket, and between Onehunga and Te Aroha, reduced. Goods of Class D, reduced. Rock-salt and salt for agricultural purposes, rate reduced. Dead meat for Wellington, minimum quantity reduced. A, B, C, D goods between Breakwater and New Plymouth, reduced. Dead meat for Wellington vid Wellington and Manawatu Company's line, minimum reduced. Goods of Class D, rate reduced. Rock-salt and salt for agricultural purposes, reduced. Bark, native, rough, Wai-iti to Nelson, reduced. Timber, Picton to Blenheim, ex ship, reduced. Timber, Dobson to Greymouth, reduced. Clay and bricks to Greymouth, reduced. Beer, in bulk, Hokitika to Greymouth for shipment, reduced. Coal, Blackball to Greymouth, reduced. Ships' goods, A, B, C, D, in 10-ton lots, Timaru to Bluff, reduced. A, B, 0, D, and E goods to ships at Dunedin Railway Wharf, reduced. Wool, Waihao Downs and Waihao Forks to Timaru, Oamaru, and Breakwater, reduced. Timber from Buccleugh to Tinwald and Ashburton, and Rangitata to Timaru, Ashburton, and intermediate stations, reduced. A, B, C, D goods at Lyttelton, charge for Customs examination abolished. Fat, Eveline to Burnside, reduced. Preserved meats exempted from district railways rate. Flock and kapok in bales and grass-seed-cleaning machines on port lines, reduced. Tallow, Washdyke to Dunedin,-reduced. Fat, Eveline to Dunedin, reduced. Pelts, Maheno to Woolston, reduced. Skimmed milk returning from dairy factories, free carriage. Deposit on horse-box and carriage-truck orders abolished. Milk to and from Mount Eden and stations not exceeding ten miles radius of Auckland, rate reduced. Milk, Mungaroa to Petone, rate reduced. Bonedust, guano, manure-salt, salt for agricultural and pastoral purposes, rock-salt, soot, and artificial manure in small lots, reduced. Timber in small quantities, rate for over forty miles reduced. Trees in small lots, rate reduced. Grain charge for wheat in bags containing over 240 lb. reduced. Drovers in charge of not less than three trucks live-stock granted return passes for themselves and dogs. Bones in small quantities, rate reduced. Poultry coops and pens for use at shows returned free. Threshing-machines, chaff-cutters, and hay-presses, with engines: Time of return at half-rate extended from one to two months. Fresh fruit, New-Zealand-grown, reduced rate of 6d. for every 56 lb. for any distance. Fruit-cases, empty returns carried free.

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Store sheep and cattle in mobs, rate for 100 miles and upwards reduced, Sheep in double-floored trucks, rate reduced 20 per cent. Scoria and road-metal in 10-ton lots consigned to public bodies, rate for distances over thirteen miles reduced. Timber for shipment at Dargaville and logs skidded at Dargaville, rates reduced. A, B, C, D, and E goods consigned to private sidings in Auckland, reduced. Timber, Kanohi to Mount Eden, reduced. Coke, Auckland to Onehunga, reduced. Earthenware empties and materials for manufacture of sulphuric acid, between Onehunga, Auckland, and Westfield, reduced. Wool, Rotorua to Auckland, reduced. Tinned fish ex ship, Helensville to Auckland, reduced. Butter and cheese to Wellington via Wellington and Manawatu Railway, maximum rate reduced. Log timber from bush districts to sawmills, reduced. White-pine timber for manufacture of casks and boxes for carriage of dairy produce and tallow, rate reduced. Coke for lime-burning, Masterton to Mauriceville, reduced. Coal-dross, Wellington to Mauriceville, reduced. Timber to Lower Hutt, Ngahauranga, and Kaiwarra, reduced. Red-pine, Eketahuna, Opaki, and intermediate stations, and from Booth's Siding to Wellington, reduced. White-pine for manufacture of casks and cases for conveyance of dairy produce and tallow, reduced. Native coal (gas), Wellington to Petone, reduced. Lime, except for agricultural purposes and cement-making, reduced. Meat, fresh, to Picton, reduced. Coal from Cardiff, rate reduced. Coal and coal-dross for local use at Westport, reduced. Timber for export, rate reduced. Timber, haulage, Greymouth to ships, reduced. Timber from Hokitika line to Greymouth for export, reduced. Hides, tallow, and sheepskins, Hokitika to Greymouth, reduced. Blackball coal for local use at Greymouth, reduced. A, B, C, D goods, Oamaru to Port Chalmers and Dunedin, reduced. Fat, Mataura to Wallacetown, reduced. Gravel, Menlove's Siding to Oamaru, reduced. Quarry refuse and rough stone, Sawyer's Bay to Port Chalmers, reduced. Wool, undumped, Kurow and Hakateramea to Oamaru and Breakwater, Hyde to Dunedin or Port Chalmers, Springfield to Whitecliffs Branches to Christchurch and Lyttelton, and Fairlie Branch to Timaru, reduced. Pelts, Refrigerating Siding to Islington, reduced. Stone, rough, and stone piles, for distances over fifty-one miles, reduced. Stone and stone piles, Oamaru, Maheno, and intermediate stations to Dunedin and Port Chalmers, reduced. White-pine for manufacture of casks and boxes for export of dairy produce and tallow, reduced. Mining plant, A, B, C, D, exempted from extra charge on district railways and branch lines. Ballast in 200-ton lots, Bluff to Inveroargill, reduced. Goods between Dunedin and Burkes, reduced. Wool, Washdyke and Timaru Refrigerating Siding to Timaru, reduced. Timber from sawmills in Southland to Dunedin, Orari, and intermediate stations, reduced. A and B goods, Dunedin to Milton, Balclutha, Waitahuna, and Lawrence, reduced. Rates for game, dead rabbits, frash fish, in packages not exceeding 281b., reduced. Milk for cheese-making consigned to cheese-factories, rate reduced. Commercial travellers' luggage arriving by train or sent to stations for despatch by train granted free storage for eighteen hours. Parcels : Rates for distances over 100 miles reduced. Fresh fruit and vegetables, New-Zealand-grown, rate reduced. Milk for ordinary consumption, rate reduced. Left-luggage storage, charge reduced. Milk to butter-factories and to creameries from stations distant over fifty-five miles, rate reduced. Fuze : Rate for packages up to 14 lb. in weight reduced. Polo-ponies sent in cattle-trucks, rate reduced. Library exchanges, rates reduced. Class F, chaff, hay, firewood, &c, for distances eight to twelve miles and over thirty miles, reduced. Penal charge for overloading trucks with Class F goods reduced. 'Game, dead rabbits, and fresh fish in packages not exceeding 281b., rates reduced. New Zealand coal for export beyond the colony, rate reduced. Seeds for agricultural purposes returning from seed-cleaning establishments carried free. Timber in small lots, reduced. Fresh fruit and vegetables, New-Zealand-grown, in packages of 56 lb., rates reduced.

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Lime-gas refuse, lime from local kilns for agricultural purposes, export, or cement-making, reduced. Animal manures, scrap-iron, old iron rails for scrap in quantities under a truck-load, rate reduced. Boats for regattas accompanied by their crews carried free. Palings and shingles charged on actual measurement. Private-siding minimum reduced. Exhibits consigned to public museums in New Zealand casried free. Empty cases and shooks, New Zealand timber for making cases for conveyance over New Zealand railways of locally grown fruit, carried free. Rate for mixed consignments of goods of Classes E, F, N, P, and Q reduced. Returned empty vegetable packages carried free. Goods of Class F, reduced. Timber for shipment for distances over seventy miles, reduced. Log timber, Maropiu and stations north to Kaihu, rate reduced. Tallow, Mount Eden to Westfield, reduced. White-pine timber, rate reduced. Pipes, iron, Auckland to Hamilton East and Hamilton West, reduced. Timber, Papakura and Waikomiti to Auckland or Newmarket, reduced. Coal-slack for lime-burning, Huntly or Kimihia to Te Kuiti, Te Aroha, and Paeroa, rate reduced. Pumice, Auckland Railway-station to Auckland Railway Wharf, reduced. A, B, C, D goods, Auckland, Newmarket, or Onehunga to Paeroa, and wool, hides, and skins, Paeroa to Auckland, reduced. Timber, Kaukapakapa to Mount Eden, Auckland, and Onehunga Wharf, reduced. Sugar, fencing-wire and materials, and iron, Auckland to Paeroa, reduced. White-pine timber, rate reduced. Coal, Wanganui to Aramoho, reduced. A, B, C, D goods, charges on small lots between New Plymouth and the Breakwater reduced. Coke, rate reduced. White-pine for local use, rate reduced. Cement, Wellington to Petone, reduced. Sheepskins, Mangamahoe to Wellington, reduced. Tallow and pelts, Petone to Wellington, in 3-ton lots, reduced. Coke, reduced. A, B, C, D goods, Blenheim to Picton, reduced. Class F, maximum rate reduced. Timber, log, Sergeant's Hill and Farndon to Westport, and from Griffiths to Conn's Creek, reduced. Coal and coal-dross, Conn's Creek to Waimangaroa, reduced. Log timber, Kaiata and Dobson to Greymouth, reduced. F Class goods, reduced. A, B, C, D goods from Hokitika line to Greymouth for shipment, reduced. Sleepers, railway, reduced. • . Beer, in bulk, Dunedin to Inveroargill, reduced. Fat, Wallacetown to Burnside, reduced. Raw materials for manufacture of earthenware, Dunedin and Port Chalmers to Milton, and Lyttelton and Christchurch to Glentunnel, South Malvern, and Whitecliffs. » Sheepskins, South Canterbury Freezing-works to Orari, reduced. Pelts, Gore to Woolston, reduced. White-pine for local use, reduced. Log timber, Glenomaru Tunnel to Glenomaru and Balclutha, reduced. Wool, Culverden to Lyttelton, Woolston, Christchurch, and Addington; from Balmoral, Medbury, Hawarden, Waikari, and "Waipara to Lyttelton, Christchurch, and Addington ; from Springfield and Whitecliffs Branches to Addington, and from Fairlie to Washdyke, reduced. Store sheep for restocking Crown lands, reduced. A, B, C, D goods to Christchurch, not to private sidings, reduced. Bicycle season tickets at reduced rates inaugurated. Fruit and vegetables conveyed as passengers' excess luggage, rate reduced. Dead hares, rate reduced. Puppies properly secured in crates, baskets, or sacks, rate reduced. Goods for relief of sufferers by Brunner disaster carried free. Exhibits for Palmerston North Industrial Exhibition carried free. Exhibits for Wellington Industrial Exhibition carried free. Green flax in quantities under a truck-load, rate reduced. Dead hares, rate reduced. Goods stored on railway land, storage-rate reduced. Goods in small lots of 281b. and 561b., rates reduced. Tussock-grass, under truck-load, rate reduced. Broken glass, under truck-load, rate reduced. Sawn timber, Whakupara and Otonga to Opau. Bricks, country stations to Auckland Railway Wharf, reduced. Steel, Auckland or Newmarket to Te Aroha or Paeroa, reduced.

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Timber, Mamaku to Paeroa, Te Aroha, and intermediate stations, reduced. Firewood, Woodville, Pirpiri, and intermediate stations to Hastings, Spit, and intermediate stations, reduced. A, B, C, D goods, New Plymouth and Motorua, reduced. Wool, Woodville, Matamau, and intermediate stations to Spit, and from Marton, Woodville, and intermediate stations to Wellington, vid Foxton, reduced. Red-pine, Newman, Opaki, and intermediate stations to Wellington, Lower Hutt, and intermediate stations, reduced. „ Coal for use by Wellington and Manawatu Company hauled in company's own wagons from Wellington Wharf to Exchange Siding, reduced. Wool to Picton, rate reduced. / Bark, native birch, rate reduced. White-lead and other materials for manufacture of earthenware, Dunedin and Port Chalmers to Benhar, reduced. A, B, C, D, E goods to Dunedin, reduced. E Class goods between Burnside and Cattle-yards and Dunedin, reduced. Wool, Albury to Washdyke, Forsyth to Dunedin or Port Chalmers, and Clydevale, Greenfield, and Hillend to Dunedin or Port Chalmers (by steam and rail), and Capburn, Kokonga, to Dunedin and Port Chalmers, reduced. Wickerware and wire- and spring-mattrasses, reduced. Stone and stone piles, rough, Weston to Port Chalmers or Dunedin, reduced. Small lots of goods on district railways, rate reduced to Government scale. Paper-bags from local paper-mills, reduced. Firewood, Owaka, Glenomaru, to Abbotsford, Pelichet Bay, and intermediate stations, reduced. Branch charge of Id. per ton on A, B, C, D goods abolished. Petroleum, native, crude, Dunedin or Port Chalmers to Balclutha, reduced. Passengers' luggage: Regulation amended to permit of any articles not exceeding 112 lb. in weight purchased for domestic use (furniture excepted) being carried free instead of as excess luggage. Workpeople allowed to carry up to 112 lb. of work and work-tools free of charge. Parcels rates reduced. Cartridges, safety small-arm, reduced from double to single parcels rate. Carriages: Rate for every carriage after the first from and to one consignor reduced. Rate for old carriages exchanged for new, for carriages on loan, or for use while others are sent for repair, reduced. Special charge for sending a messenger in charge of special goods abolished. Homing pigeons and crates in connection with pigeon-flying clubs carried free. Commercial travellers representing bicycle agencies allowed to carry with their luggage two sample bicycles free of charge, provided aggregate weight is not over 112 lb. Bicycles to carry one rider, when sent through parcels, maximum charge to be as for 28 lb. Milk for milk-condensing factories, rate reduced. Rates for conveyance of goods of Class F reduced for distances over thirty miles. Carts, drays, wagons, and expresses the property of same owner, rate on each vehicle after first in same truck reduced. Loading and unloading charges on small lots of goods of Class E reduced. Chaff- and hay-presses reduced to single rate F from rate and half F. Wool in bales over 4cwt. undumped and Bcwt. double-dumped, charge on excess weight reduced. Manure-salt, bonedust, rock-salt, and salt for agricultural and pastoral purposes, guano, soot, and manure other than street, stable, and farmyard, in small quantities, maximum rate reduced. Special charge for sending a messenger with consignments of special goods abolished. Lime, native produce, in quantities under a truck-load, rate reduced. Waste-paper rags in bales and "bundles, sacking-cotton, waste and other fibrous materials for paper-making, in small lots, rate reduced. Goods for relief of sufferers by Hawke's Bay floods carried free. Rates for small lots of Classes N, P, and Q goods reduced. Food products for charitable institutions carried at half-rates. Regulation for use of combined local and classified rates, where such are lower than classified mileage, introduced. (This affects and reduces the freight of most of the goods in the classification.) Lime, colonial produce, reduced. Exhibits to New Plymouth and Dunedin Industrial Exhibitions carried free. A, B, C, D, and H goods, Opau to Kamo, reduced. Timber from Mangahahuru, reduced. Lime, sulphur, fireclay, Auckland Station to Auckland Railway Wharf, rate reduced. Pumice for export, rate reduced. Goods consigned direct between country stations and Auckland Railway Wharf, rate reduced. Log timber, Helen3ville to Onehunga Wharf, reduced. Ashes consigned to Matahiwi, rate reduced. A, B, C, D goods between New Plymouth Breakwater, Morley Station, and New Plymouth, reduced. Lime from Mauriceville to stations on Napier-Taranaki Section, reduced.

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Coal-dross for lime-burning, Wellington to Mauriceville, reduced. •"•"■n?A, B, C, D goods to Picton from stations other than Blenheim, reduced. f.n<.fl.pDistrict railway rates abolished, goods on district railways charged at Government scale. "'"is Timber, Owaka, Glenomaru, and intermediate stations to Caversham, Pelichet Bay, and intermediate stations, reduced. Timber from sawmills in Southland to Kensington, reduced. Pelts, Timaru, Ocean Beach, One-tree Point, and Inveroargill to Woolston, reduced. Gravel in 6-ton loads, Inveroargill Jetty to country stations, reduced. A, B, C, D goods on Lyttelton-Christchurch line and Lyttelton to stations beyond Christchurch, reduced. Cardboard boxes on port-lines, reduced. Sheeps' runners in casks, between Bluff and Ocean Beach, reduced. Left luggage, rate on part lot reduced. Horses, Shetland and polo ponies, foals, mules, asses, and hounds in truck-loads, rate reduced. Mixed consignment of horses and hounds, rate reduced. Tawa timber, Mamaku to Te Aroha, Paeroa, and intermediate stations, reduced. Machinery and raw or manufactured products, Westfield and Auckland, reduced. Wool, Spit to Hastings, reduced.

The following articles are affected by the above alterations : — Class Acid, acetic and tartaric, packed. Owners'risk ... ... A Acid, carbolic, packed in casks or wrought-iron drums. Owners' risk A Acids, not otherwise specified, packed. Double rate. Owners' risk. Dangerous ... ... A Acid, sulphuric, packed, from local factories, in consignments of not less than 2 tons. Owners' risk. Dangerous ... ... A Acid, sulphurous, packed. Owners'risk ... ... A Ale ... ... As beer Almonds, packed ... ... A Alum, packed ... ... C Ammonia gas, compressed, in solid-drawn steel tubes. Owners' risk. Dangerous ... ... A Ammunition, not otherwise specified. Double rate. Owners' risk. Dangerous ... ... A Anchors and Chain Cables ... ... D Animals, living, not otherwise specified. In crates or cases. Owners'risk A Animals and Birds, stuffed, in cases. Rate and a quarter. As parcels, see Part 11. Antimony, smelted ... ... C Anvils ... ... D Apparatus, distillery. Double rate. Owners'risk ... ... A Arrowroot, packed ... ... A Arsenic, packed ... ... A Asphalt ... ... D Axes, loose ... ... A Axes, packed ... ... B Axles ... ... C Bacon, loose. Owners' risk ... ... B Bacon, packed ... ... C Bags, paper, not otherwise specified ... ... A Bags, paper, colonial manufacture ... ... D Ballast, ships'. Owners' risk. ... ... Q Bank-notes. Double rate. Special goods As parcels, see Part 11. Banners, packed. If loose, owners'risk ... ... A Bark, packed, in bags or bundles. Owners'risk ... ... D Bark, loose. Owners' risk ... ... C Bark, native, loose, or packed in bags or bundles. Owners'risk ... N Bark extract, in casks ... ... C Barley, grain, in bags. Owners' risk ... ... E Barley, pearl, packed. Owners' risk ... ... E Basils, in bales ... ... B Baskets and Basketware. Rate and a half. (Tf through Parcels, rate and a quarter) ... ... A Baths, plunge or shower. If loose, owners'risk. Rate and a half ... A Baths, wood, lined with zinc or tin. Rate and a half ... ... A Bath-chairs. Rate and a half. (If through Parcels, rate and a quarter)... A Beans, imported, packed ... ... B Beans, colonial produce, whole or crushed ... ... E Beds and Bedding, packed. If loose, rate and a half, owners' risk. Special goods ... ... A Bedsteads, packed, in cases ... ... A Bedsteads (loose), in sacking, matting, straw bands, partially or wholly exposed. Rate and a quarter. Owners'risk. Special goods ... A Beef, salt, packed ... ... C Beehives. Owners' risk ... ... C Beer, bottled, packed. Owners' risk ... ... B Beer, in bulk (4 hhds. to the ton) ... .. C Beeswax ... ... A Beetroot. Owners'risk ... ... P Bellit. Double rate. Owners'risk. Dangerous ... ... A Bellona. Double rate. Owners'risk, Dangerous ... ~. A 2—D. 8.

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Class Bellows. Owners' risk ... ... B Bells of all kinds. Owners'risk ... ... A Belting, leather or rubber. Owners'risk ... ... B Benzole, packed. Double rate. Owners'risk. Dangerous ... ... A Berries, juniper, packed ... ... A Bicycles accompanying passengers. Owners' risk. Special goods See Part 11. Bicycles, complete (not packed in cases), to seat one rider, each machine as for 28 lb. Rate and a quarter. Owners' risk As parcels, see Part 11, Tandems, triplets, quadruplets, &c. (not packed in cases). Owners' risk As parcels, see Part 11. Bicycles, packed in cases (if sent through Parcels, rate and a quarter). Owners' risk ... ... A Bicycle-wheels, packed (if sent through Parcels, rate and a quarter). Owners' risk ... ... A Bicycle-wheels, not packed. Rate and a quarter. Owners' risk As parcels, see Part 11, Bills of Exchange and other Securities. Special goods. ") Double rate ) " " Binder-twine ... ... D Birds, mutton, preserved ... ... D Birds in cages. Rate and a quarter. Owners' risk As parcels, see Part 11. Birds and Animals stuffed, in cases. Rate and a quarter ~ „ Biscuits, in tins and cases. Owners' risk ... ... A Biscuits, in tins and cases, beyond 140 miles (minimum rate as Class A for 140 miles). Owners'risk ... ... B Biscuits, in bags and casks ... ... C Biscuits, settlers'. Owners' risk ... ... C Bisulphide of carbon. Double rate. Owners'risk. Dangerous ... A Bitters, packed. Owners' risk ... ... A Blacking, packed ... .. B Blacklead, packed ... ... B Blades, scythe, in bundles ... ... A Blasting-gelatine. Double rate. Owners'risk. Dangerous ... ... A Bleach Soda-ash, packed, consigned to paper-mills. Owners'risk ... D Bleaching Liquids. Double rate. Owners' risk. Dangerous ... A Blight Specific. Owners' risk ... D Blinds, Venetian, packed. If in bundles, owners' risk ... ... A Blocks, concrete. Owners' risk ... ... N Bluestone, packed ... ... B Blue, washing, packed ... ... A Boats. Minimum charge as for 1 ton. Owners' risk ... ... B Boats, to and from regattas, accompanied by their crews ... See Part 111, Boilers and Shell Flues, copper or iron, kitchen, washing, or other open, not otherwise specified. Owners'risk ... ... A Boilers, steam-engine. Owners' risk ... ... C Bolts and Nuts, packed ... ... C Bone-dust, packed. Owners' risk ... ... P Bones. Owners' risk ... ... Q Books, packed. Owners' risk A Boots, packed ... ... B Bottles, druggists', packed. Owners' risk ... ... A Bottles, empty, old, collected in New Zealand. Owners' risk... ... N Bottles, empty, "returned empties." Owners' risk ... jSee Part 111. Bottles, empty, packed, not otherwise specified. Owners'risk ... C Boulders. Owners' risk ... ... Q Boxes, cardboard, colonial manufacture, packed in crates. Rate and a half. Owners' risk ... ... A Boxes, bonnet and hat, paper. Rate and a quarter As parcels, see Part 11. Boxes, pasteboard, containing millinery, feathers, &c. Rate and a quarter As parcels, see Part 11. Boxes, empty, not "returned empties," not otherwise specified ... A Brads, packed ... ... B Bran, packed. Owners' risk ... ... E Brass (rod, sheet, wire, nails) ... ... B Brass, scrap. Owners', risk ... ... N Bread, packed. Owners' risk ... ... C Bread, unpacked As'parcels, see Part 11. Bread, cabin. Owners' risk ... ... C Breeze. Owners' risk ... ... P Bricks, Bath ... ... C Bricks, imported. Owners' risk ... ... N Bricks, scouring, clay, native produce. Owners' risk ... ... P Bricks, native produce. Owners' risk ... ... Q, Bridge-cylinders, in pieces. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... D Briquettes, coal ... ... P Britannia-metal Goods, packed ... ... A Bromine. Double rate. Owners' risk. Dangerous ... ... A Brooms, corn, packed Double rale ... ... A Brooms, corn, New Zealand manufacture, packed. Rate and a half ... A Brooms, packed ... ... A Brushware ... ... A Buckets, tin or other metal, in nests. Owners'risk ... ... A Buckets, tubs, &c, wood ... ... A Bush-trollies, under 2 tons ... ... B Bush-trollies, 2 tons and over. Owners to load and unload ... ... D Butter, packed ... ... C Butter, packed, in consignments of not less than 10 cwt. ... ... I) Butter-boxes in pieces, packed in crates, not "returned empties." Half-rate B

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Class Cabin bread. Owners' risk ... ... 0 Cables, chain ... ... D Cages, bird. Double rate. Owners'risk ... ... A Cake, linseed. Owners'risk ... ... E Calcium, carbide of, in hermetically-sealed tins packed in strong wooden cases, or in air-tight and damp-proof iron drums. Owners' risk. Dangerous ... ... A Calfskins ... ... B Calves. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... M Candied Peel, packed ... ... A Candles, packed ... ... A Canoes. Minimum as for 5 cwt. Owners'risk ... ... A Canvas, in bolts or bales ... .. B Cardboard boxes, colonial manufacture, packed in crates. Rate and a half. Owners' risk ... ... A Carpeting, packed ... ... A Carpeting, unpacked. Rate and a half ... ... A Carriages, either set up or in pieces. Owners'risk. Special goods See Part 11. Carriages and Gigs in pieces, unpainted, and in the rough. Minimum, 15 cwt. per truck. Owners'risk ... ... A Carriage-shafts and-wheels. Owners'risk ... ... A Carriage-covers (returned empty free) ... ... A Carrots ... ... E Cars, tram ... ... A Carts, Daisy, in pieces, packed in three packages, total weight of each cart not to exceed 2cwt. Double rate. Owners'risk ... ... A Carts, either set up or in pieces ... See Part 111, Carts, in pieces, unpainted and in the rough. Minimum, 1 ton per truck C Carts, hand. Rate and a quarter As parcels, see Part 11, Cartridges, not otherwise specified, packed. Double rate. Owners' risk. Dangerous ... ... A Cartridges, safety, small-arm, packed. Owners' risk. Dangerous. (If sent through Parcels, single rate) ... ■•• A Cases, empty, for carriage of fruit . ... See Part 111, Cases, empty, not " returned empties," not otherwise specified ... A Cash. Double rate. Owners' risk. Special goods As parcels, see Part 11, Casks, empty, not " returned empties," not otherwise specified ... A Castings. Owners'risk. Special goods ... 0 Castings, iron, turned and polished, light and fragile. Owners' risk. Special goods ... ... A Castings, iron, rough. Owners'risk. Special goods ... '... D Casts, stereotype, consigned by or to newspaper proprietors ... See Part 11, Cattle. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... M Cement. Owners' risk ... ... D Cement, manufactured from colonial products. Rate and a half. Owners' risk ... ••• B Chaff. Owners' risk ■•• ... B 1 Chaff-cutters. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... C Chain (not cable) ... ■•• 0 Chairs, Bath and basket. Rate and a half. (If through Parcel*, rate and a quarter) ... ... A Chalk, not otherwise specified ••• ... C Chalk, native. Owners' risk ... ... N Chandeliers, packed. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... A Charcoal, crushed or uncrushed. Owners'risk ... ... N Cheese, packed ... • ■•• C Cheese, loose or in bags. Owners'risk ... ... B Cheese, packed, consigned from makers' factories, in consignments of not less than 10 cwt. ... ••• D Chicory, packed ... ••• -^ Chicory-roots ••• ... -™ Chimney-pots. Owners' risk ... ••• 0 Chimney-pieces. Owners'risk. If marble or slate, Special goods ... A Chimneys, galvanised irpn. Rate and a half. Owners'risk ... ... A China-clay ••• ••• N China, parcels containing. Rate and a quarter As parcels, see Part 11. China, packed. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... A Chinese Crackers, in packages not exceeding 141b. weight. Double rate. Owners'risk. Dangerous As parcels, see Part II Chinese Crackers. Double rate. Owners'risk. Dangerous ... ... A Chinese Goods, packed. Owners' risk ... ... A Chlorate of Potash. Owners' risk. (Not to be loaded in same truck as Oil of Myrbane) ■•• ••■ A. Chloride of Sulphur. Double rate. Owners'risk. Dangerous ... A Chocolate, packed ■■•'• • • • A Chocolate, packed, beyond 140 miles. Minimum rate as Class A for 140 miles B Churns. Owners' risk ••• ••• A Chutney, packed ••■ ••• A Cider, bottled, packed. Owners' risk ... ... B Cider, in bulk ••• ••• c Cigars and Cigarettes, packed. Double rate. Owners' risk ... ... A Circuses. Owners'risk. Special goods ... See Part 111 Clay, imported ■•• ••• N Clay scouring-bricks, native produce. Owners'risk ... ... V Clay, native. Owners'risk ••• ••• Q Clocks, packed. Owners' risk. Special goods ... ... A Closets, earth ••• ••• A Cloth, wire. Owners' risk ... ... A Coal, imported. Owners' risk ... ••• N

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Class Coal, native, brown ... ... Q Coal, native, anthracite or bituminous ... ... P Coal, native, for export to places outside New Zealand ... See Part 111. Coal, cinders. Owners' risk ... ... Q Cocoa, packed ... ... A Cocoa, packed, beyond 140 miles. Minimum rate as Class A for 140 miles B Cocoanuts, packed ... ... C Coffee, ground or roasted, packed ... ... A Coffee, raw, packed ... ... B Coffins, empty. Double rate ... ... A Coin. Double rate. Owners'risk. Special goods As parcels, see Part 11. Coke. Owners' risk ... ... N Collodion, in hermetically sealed tins or bottles packed in sawdust in cases not exceeding 561b. each. Double rate. Owners'risk. Dangerous ... A Colours, packed. Owners' risk ... ... A Combines. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... B Concrete Blocks. Owners' risk ... ... N Confectionery, packed ... ... A Confectionery, packed, beyond 140 miles. Minimum rate as Class A for 140 mile's ... ... B Contractors'plant, 2 tons and over. Owners to load and unload ... D Contractors' plant, under 2 tons ... ... B Copper (rod, sheet, nails, wire, and rivets) ... ... B Copper, ingot and bar ... ... C Copper-ore. Owners' risk ... ... Q Copper, scrap ... ... N Copper, sulphate of, packed ... ... • B Copperas ... ... B Cordage ... ... B Cordials, packed. Owners' risk ... ... A Cordials, in bulk ... ... B Corks. Rate and a half ... ... A Corn-flour, packed ... ... A Cornices, in bundles, 40 cubic feet to the ton. Owners' risk ... ... A Corpses ... See Part 11. Cotton-waste, not otherwise specified ... ... B Cotton-waste and other fibrous materials for paper-making. Owners' risk N Counters, shop ... ... A Coverings used for fresh meat conveyed by rail, returned ... ... Free Covers, carriage (returned empty free) ... ... A Covers, horse ... ... B Crabs and crab-winches ... ... C Cream. Owners' risk As milk, see Part 11. Cream of Tartar, packed .. ... A Creosote ... ... D Crowbars ... ... D Crucibles ... ... B Currants, packed ... ... A Curry Powder, packed ... ... A Cutlery, packed ... ... A Cylinders, bridge, in pieces. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... D Dairy Produce, not otherwise specified ... ... B Daisy Carts, in pieces, packed in three packages, total weight of each cart not to exceed 2cwt. Double rate. Owners'risk ... ... A Dates, packed ... ... A Demijohns, glass, in wickerwork. Owners' risk ... . ... B Demijohns, glass, without wickerwork. Rate and a half. Owners'risk .. B Demijohns, earthenware. Owners' risk ... ... D Dholl, packed ... ... E Disinfectants, packed ... ... B Documents, valuable. Double rate. Owners' risk. Special goods As parcels, see Part 11, Dogs. Special goods. Owners' risk ... See Part 11. Door-fittings. Owners 1 risk ... ... B Doors, wooden. Owners' risk ... ... C Doors, glass. Owners' risk ... ... A Doors, glass, packed. Owners' risk ... ... C Drapery, packed. Owners'risk ... ... A Drays, either set up or in pieces ... See Part 111. Dray-shafts and-wheels ... ... B Drays, in pieces, unpainted, and in the rough. Minimum, 1 ton per truck C Dress-stands. Rate and a quarter As parcels, see Part 11, Driers, packed ... ... A Drugs, packed. Owners'risk ... ... A Duck, in bolts or bales ... ... B Dyes, packed ... ... A Dyewoods, not otherwise specified ... ... 0 Dynamite. Double rate. Owners'risk. Dangerous ... ... A Earth-closets ... ... A Earthenware, packed, not otherwise specified. Owners'risk ... C Earthenware, native, packed, consigned direct from local factories, in lots of not less than 20 cwt., half-rate Class B. Any less quantity will be charged as such minimum, or at the classified rates for Class D. Eggs, only when safely packed. Owners'risk ... ... B Empties, cases, for carriage of fruit ... See Part 111, Empties, returned, not otherwise specified ... See Part 111. Empties, returned fruit and vegetable packages ... ... Free

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Class 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 ... ... A Encaustic Tiles ... ... C Engines, locomotive, running on their own wheels. Owners' risk. Special goods ... . See Part 111. Engines, portable and traction. Owners'risk. Special goods ... B Engravings, loose. Double rate. Owners'risk. Special goods ... A Engravings, in cases. Rate and a quarter. Owners'risk. Special goods A Explosive Materials, not otherwise specified (excepting lithofracteur, nitroglycerine, dualine, glyoxiline, methylic nitrate, glonine oil, gun-cotton, pyrolitlie, metallic sodium, which will not be carried). Double rate. Owners' risk. Dangerous ... ... A Express-wagons, either set up or in pieces ... See Part 111. Express-wagons in pieces, unpainted, and in the rough. Minimum, 1 ton per truck ... ... C Express-shafts and -wheels ... ... B Fancy Goods, packed. Rate and a quarter. Owners'risk ... ... A Fascines. Owners' risk ... ... F Fat ... ... C Feathers, packed. Double rate. Owners' risk ... ... A Felloes, manufactured ... ... 0 Felloes, unmanufactured ... ... D Felt ... ... B Fencing, patent (wire and lathwood). Owners' risk ... ... D Fenders. Owners' risk ... ... A Ferns, cut for decorating purposes. Owners'risk ... ... D Fibre, cocoanut ... ... B Field-rollers. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... C Figs, packed ... ... A Firearms, packed ... ... A Firearms, unpacked As parcels, see Part 11. Fire-bars and -bearers, Dumb-plates, and Furnace-doors ... ... D Fireirons ... ... A Firewood. Owners' risk ... ... F Fireworks, packed. Double rate. Owners' risk. Dangerous ... A Fish, in brine ... ... C Fish, in tins ... ... A Fish, dried. Owners' risk ... ... C Fish, fresh, under 2 tons. Owners' risk. (See also Parts 11. and III.) ... D Fish, fresh, 2-ton lots and over. Half rates. Owners' risk ... ... C Fish-cans, empty, for carriage of ova for acclimatisation purposes ... Free Fish-food for Acclimatisation Societies ... ... Free Fittings, gas, packed ... ... B Fittings, shop ... ... A Flagging. Owners' risk ... ... N Flags, packed. If loose, Owners'risk ... ... A Flax, dressed, pressed. If unpressed, rate and a half. (Loose dressed flax will not be accepted for carriage) , ... ... D Flax, native, dressed, screw-pressed. Otherwise rate and a half. (Loose dressed flax will not be accepted for carriage) ... ... E Flax, green. Owners' risk ... ... J? Flax Straw. Owners' risk. (Loose flax straw will not be accepted for carriage) ... ... F Flax Matting ... ... B Flock, in bales ... ... A Floorcloth ... ... A Flour, packed ... ... B Flour-bags, in bags or bales ... ... D Flower-pots, packed ... ... C Flower-pots, loose. Owners to load and unload ... ... B Flowers, artificial. Rate and a quarter As parcels, see Part 11. Flues, shell • ... See Boilers Fluid, boiler. Owners' risk ... ... B Fog-signals. Double rate. Owners'risk. Dangerous ... ... A Food, fish, for acclimatisation societies ... ... Free Foot-rot Preparation ... ... D Forks, hay or other agricultural ~. ... A Frames, picture. Rate and a half. Owners'risk ... ... A Fruit, fresh, packed. Owners' risk ... ... D Fruit, fresh, New-Zealand-grown, packed, rate and a half (but in no case are total charges to exceed Class D). (See also Parts 11. and III.) ... E Fruit, dried ... ... A Fry, salmon and trout, for Acclimatisation Societies ... Free of charge. Fungus, in bales or bags ... ... B Furniture, in packing-cases or crates. Owners'risk. Special goods ... A Furniture, loose, in sacking, matting, straw bands, partially or wholly exposed. Rate and a quarter. Owners'risk. Special goods ... A Furniture, skeleton. Double rate. Owners'risk. Special goods ... A Furniture, marble tops. Double rate. Owners'risk. Special goods ... A Furs, packed. Double rate. Special goods ... A Fuze, packed. Owners'risk. Dangerous. (See also Fart XI.) ... A Fuzees. Double rate. Owners'risk. Dangerous ... ... A Game, dead. Owners' risk. (See also Parts 11. and III.) ... ... A Garden-roots ... ~ D Garden-seats. Owners'risk. If cast, special goods ... ... B

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Class Gas, ammonia, compressed, in solid drawn steel tubes. Owners' risk. Dangerous ••• •■• A Gasaliers. Owners' risk ••■ A Gas, liquefied carbonic acid, in solid drawn steel tubes. Owners' risk. Dangerous ■■■ ■■■ A. Gasoline and Gazogen. Double rate. Owners'risk. Dangerous ... A Gas-oil. Double rate. Owners'risk. Dangerous ... ... A Gas- water, in tanks ■ • ■ • • ■ Gas-water, in 5-ton lots ... ■•■ " Gates, house and garden. Owners' risk ... ... B Gates, field ... ••• D Germina, packed. Owners' risk ... ■•■ E Gigs, either set up or in pieces. Owners'risk. Special goods See Part 11. Gigs, in pieces, unpainted, and in the rough. Minimum, 15 cwt. per truck. Owners' risk ... ••■ A Gig shafts and wheels. Owners' risk ... ... A Ginger, packed ... ••• "■ Girders, iron ■•• ••• " Glass, broken, packed. Owners' risk ... ... P Glass Doors, packed. Owners' risk ... ■•• <-! Glass, parcels containing. Rate and a quarter As parcels, see Part 11, Glass, plate, packed. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... A Glass, window, packed. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... A Glasses, looking, packed. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... A Glasses, looking, not packed. Double rate. Owners'risk. Special goods A Glassware, native, packed, consigned direct from local factories, in lots of not less than 30 cwt., half-rate Class B. Any less quantity will be charged as such minimum, or at the classified rates for Class D. Glassware, packed, not otherwise specified. Owners' risk. Special goods A Glucose, packed ••• •■• B Glue and Glue Pieces, packed ... ••• C Goats. Owners'risk. Special goods ... •■• M Gold Coin. Double rate. Owners'risk Special goods A s parcels, see Part 11. Gold, manufactured or unmanufactured. Double rates. Owners' risk. Special goods As parcels, see Part 11. Grain, in bags, not otherwise specified ... ••• B Grain, poisoned ••• ••• " Grain, phosphorized. Double rates. Dangerous ... ... A Gram, in bags •■• ■•• B Granite, dressed or polished. Owners' risk ... ... D Granite, rough. Owners' risk ••• ■•• N Grass, tussock. Owners' risk ••• ••• F GraßS, brushmakers' •■■ ••• I* Grates. If loose, owners'risk. Special.goods ... ... A Gravel. Owners' risk ••• ••• Q Gravestones. Owners' risk . ... ... D Grease, lubricating ... ••• I* Grindery, not otherwise specified ... ••■ * Grindstones. Owners' risk ••• ••• O Groats, packed ••• ••• " Groats, colonial manufacture, in bags ... ••• -E Guano, packed ... ■•• B Gum, kauri ••• ••• 0 Gum, shellac, packed ... ••• B Gunpowder. Double rate. Owners'risk. Dangerous ... •■• A Gunpowder, in packageß not exceeding 14 lb. Double rate. Owners' risk As parcels, see Part 11. Guttering (zinc, tin, copper, brass, or iron) ... ••• A Haberdashery, packed. Owners' risk ... ... A Hair, upholsterers' ••■ ••• ■=• Hair, plasterers' ••• ••• Hammers ••• ••• ° Hams, loose. Owners' risk ... ••• B Hams, packed ••• ••■ " Handles, wooden, packed ... •■• B Handles, wooden, packed, consigned direct from factory ... ... D Hand-trucks •■• ••• Hardware, not otherwise specified. Owners'risk ... ... A Hares, dead. Owners' risk. (See also Parts II and III.) ... ... A Hares, dead, packed in cases or crates, in consignments of not less than 10 cwt. Owners'risk ... ••• C Harmoniums, packed. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... A Harmoniums, not packed. Rate and a half. Owners' risk. Special goods A Harness, packed ■•• ••• B Harnesß, loose. Owners' risk ... ... A Harrows. Owners' risk. Special goods ... ... C Hat-boxes. Double rate ... ■•• A Hats, packed. Double rate - ... •■• A Hay, pressed or unpressed. Owners' risk. (Loose hay will not be accepted for carriage) ■ ... ••• F Hearthstones. Owners' risk ... ... D Hessian, packed. Owners' risk ... ... . A Hides, green or salted. To be taken at 40 to the ton ... ... B Hides, dried ••• ••• B Hobby-horses. Owners' risk ... ... A Hollo ware. Owners' risk ... ••• A Honey, in bottles, tins, or jars. Owners'risk ... ... A

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Class Honey, in kegs or casks. Owners' risk ... ... B Honey, extracted, packed, locally produced Owners' risk ... ... C Honey, extracted, for export, in consignments of not lesa than 10 cwt. Owners' risk ... ... D Hoofs and Horns ... ... D Hops, packed. Owners' risk ... ... C Horsecovers ... ... B Horsefeed, mixed, pressed. If unpressed, double rate. Owners'risk ... E Horsefeed, green. Owners' risk ... ... E Horse-powers. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... C Horses. Owners'risk. Special goods ... See Part 11. Horseshoes ... ... C Hose, indiarubber. Owners' risk ... ... A Hosiery, packed. Owners'risk ... ... A Houses, wooden, packed ... ... C House-blocks, split. Owners' risk ... ... F Hurdles, iron and wood ... ... D Husks, grain ... ... F Ice, packed. Owners' risk ... ... C Images, marble, packed. If unpacked, double rate. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... A Implement", agricultural, not otherwise specified. Owners' risk ... B Indiarubber Goods or Hose. Owners'risk ... ... A Ink, printers' ... ... B Ink, writing. Owners' risk ... .. A Instruments, musical, packed. If unpacked, rate and a half. Owners' risk. Special goods ... ... A Instruments, scientific. Owners' risk ... ... A Iron, corrugated, loose. Owners' risk ... ... C Iron, corrugated, packed. Owners' risk ... ... D Iron, galvanised, loose ... ... C Iron, galvanised, packed ... ... D Iron (angle, bar, rod, hoop, sheet, and plate),, unmanufactured ... D Iron (angle, bar, rod, hoop, sheet, and plate), manufactured ... ... C Iron fencing material ... ... D Iron, nitrate of. Double rate. Owners'risk. Dangerous ... ... A Iron, perchloride of. Double rate. Owners' risk. Dangerous ... A Iron, pig ... ... N Iron rails, new, and fastenings ... ... N Iron rails, old, for scrap ... ... F Iron rails, old, not for scrap. Owners' risk ... ... N Iron, scrap ... ... F Jam, packed ... ... A Jam, packed, consigned direct from local factories in consignments of not less than 10cwt. ... ~, B Japanned Ware. Owners'risk ... ... A Jewellery. Double rate. Owners'risk. Special goods As parcels, see Part 11. Joinery. Owners' risk ... ... A Kapok, in bales ... ... A Kauri-gum ... ... o Kerosene. Owners'risk ... ... A Lace, packed. Double rate. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... A Ladders (measurement to be taken over all extreme dimensions as if solid) X Lamps, hall and street, loose. Double rate ... ... A Lamps and Lampware, packed. Owners'risk ... ... A Lampblack ... ... n Lamp-posts, iron. Owners'risk ... ... B Lard ... ... o Lasts, packed ... ... B Laths, in bundles ... ... C Laths (native timber),-in truck-loads (measurement to be calculated per bundle) ... ... X Lead, pig, sheet, and pipe. Owners' risk ... ~ D Lead, red and white ... ~, f) Lead, scrap. Owners' risk ... ... tnj Leather, bookbinders'or fancy ... ... A Leather, in bales or bundles ... .. B Library exchanges ... See Part II Lignite. Owners' risk i ... ... Q Lime gas-refuse ... F Lime, not otherwise specified. Owners'risk ... ... N Lime, native produce. Owners'risk ... ... p Limejuice, in cases. Owners' risk ... A Limejuice,. in casks ... .. Q Limestone. Owners' risk ... .. j 1 Linoleum ... A Linseed. Owners'risk ... ... j; Linseed-cake. Owners'risk ... .. E Linseed-meal ... ... b Liquorice ... ... a Liquors, in glass, not otherwise specified. Owners'risk ... ... A Liquors, in bulk, not otherwise specified ... ... B Locomotive Engines, running on their own wheels. Owners' risk. Special goods ... See Part 111. Logs, squared. Owners' risk ~, ... ]£

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Class Logwood ••• ••• I* Looking-glasses, packed. Owners' risk. Special goods ... ... A Looking-glasses, not packed. Double rate. Owners'risk. Special goods A Luggage, not otherwise specified. Special goods ... ... B Luggage, left. Owners'risk. Special goods ... See Part 11. Luggage, passengers'. Special goods ... See Part 11. Luggage, theatrical companies', by goods trains. Half-rate. Special goods B Machines — winnowing, leather-cutting, stripping, printing, threshing, reaping, soda-water, clod-crushing, smut, weighing, flour-dressing; reapers-and-binders set up, minimum charge as for 1 ton; enginesfire, beer, and garden ; hay-rakes and elevators, horse-works; gardenrollers, lawn-mowers ; cheese-, wool-, hay-, and wine-presses ; steam ploughs, mangles, and all machines not otherwise specified. Owners' risk. Special goods ... ... B Machines —reapers-and-binders, packed; chaff cutters, field-rollers, horsepowers, stone-crushers. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... C Machines, sewing, loose. Owners' risk. Special goods As parcels, see Part 11. Machines, sewing, packed. Special goods ... ... A Machinery, light and fragile. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... A Machinery, mining. Owners'risk. Special goods ... .. D Machinery, refrigerating and paper-making. Owners'risk. Special goods C Machinery, not otherwise specified, including cylinders, sole-plates, and flywheels. Owners'risk. Sfecial goods ... ... B Magnite, packed. Owners' risk ... ... A Maize. Owners' risk ... ... E Malt. Owners'risk ... ••• E Manganese-ore - ■•• ... N Mangolds. Owners' risk ... ... F Manilla-fibre. Owners' risk ... ... B Manures, street, stable, and farmyard. Owners'risk .. ... F Manures, other than street, stable, and farmyard. Owners' risk . . P Manure, salt •• ■•• B Maps, packed. Owners' risk. Special goods As parcels, see Part 11, Marble Images, packed. If unpacked, double rate. Owners' risk. Special goods ■•■ ■•• A Marble, loose and polished. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... A Marble, manufactured, packed. Owners'risk. Special goods ... B Marble, rough blocks. Owners' risk ... ... N Marble Slabs, rough. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... B Marble Tiles, packed. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... B Marble Tops (furniture). Doublerate. Owners-risk. Special goods ... A Matches, packed. Owners' risk. Dangerous ... ... A Mats, coir ■•• ... A Mats, woollen, packed. Owners' risk ... ... A Matting, unspecified ... ... A Matting, flax ... ... B Mattresses, packed ... ... A Mattresses, unpacked. Rate and a half. Owners'risk ... ... A Meal, oat, packed ... ... E Meal, linseed ... ... B Meat, chilled ... ... C Meat, fresh. Owners' risk. (Coverings returned free) ... ... C Meat, frozen ... ... D Meat, preserved, in casks, eases, or tins ... ... D Merry-go-rounds. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... B Metal, road. Owners'risk ... ... Q Metal, road, for local bodies ... See Part 111. Metal, scrap, not otherwise specified ... ... N Meters, gas or water. Owners' risk ... ... B Milk. Owners' risk ... See Part 11. Milk, preserved, packed ... ... A Milk, preserved, packed, consigned direct from local factories in consignments of not less than 10cwt. ... ... B Millinery, packed. Double rate ... ... A Millstones. Owners' risk ... ... C Mining machinery and plant, not otherwise specified. Owners' risk. Special goods ... ... D Mining-props. Owners' risk ... ... F Molasses, in casks ... ... C Money. Doublerate. Owners'risk. Special goods As parcels, see Part 11. Monkeys, pile-driving ... ... D Mouldings, in bundles. Owners' risk ... ... X Mouldings, gilt and fancy, in bundles ... ... A Mushrooms ••• ... A Musical Instruments, packed. If unpacked, rate and a half. Owners' risk. Special goods ... ... A Mustard, packed ... ... A Mutton-birds, preserved ... ... D Myrabolams ... ... D Myrbane, oil of. Owners' risk. (Not to be loaded in same truck as chlorate of potash) ... ... A Nails, iron, packed ... ... C Naphtha and Naphthaline. Rate and a half. Owners' risk. Dangerous A Naves, manufactured ... ... C Naves, unmanufactured ... ... D Netting, wire. Owners' risk ... ... D Netting, rope, packed ... ... B

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Class Newspapers ... See Part 11, Nuts, edible (except cocoanuts) .. ... A Nuts, cocoa, paoked ... ... C Nuts, iron, packed ... ... C Oars ... ... A Oatina, packed. Owners' risk ... ... E Oats. Owners' risk ... ... E Oats, crushed. Owners' risk ... ... E Oatmeal, packed. Owners' risk ... ... E Ochre ... ... B Offal. Owners' risk ... ... N Oil, packed, not otherwise specified. Owners'risk ... ... B Oil, Chinese. Owners' risk .. ... B Oil of Myrbane. Owners' risk. (Not to be loaded in same truck as chlorate of potash) ... ... A Oil, gas. Doublerate. Owners'risk. Dangerous ... ... A Oilcake, not otherwise specified ... ... D Oilcake, New-Zealand-made. Owners' risk ... ... E Oilcloth ... ... A Oily Canvas, Paper, Rags, or Waste. Owners'risk. Dangerous ... A Omnibuses ... ... A Onions, packed. Owners' risk ... ... E Opium. Double rate ... ... A Ore, copper, iron, and other, not otherwise specified. Owners' risk ... Q, Ova, trout and Balmon, for acclimatisation societies ... Free of charge. Ovens, camp and colonial. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... B Oysters and other Shellfish, under 2 tons. Owners' risk ... ... D Oysters and other Shellfish, 2-ton lots and over. Half-rates. Owners' risk C Oysters, in bottles, packed. Owners' risk ... ... A Paints, packed. Owners' risk ... ... B Palings ... ... X Paper, waste ... ~, N Paper Bags, not otherwise specified ... ... A Paper Bags, colonial manufacture ... ... D Paper, in reams or bales ... ... B Paper, colonial manufacture, in reams or bales ... ... D Paperhangings ... ... A Paper-making machinery. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... C Papier-mache Goods. Owners' risk ... ... A Parcels, left. Owners'risk. Special goods ... See Part 11. Parcels, unspecified. Owners'risk. Special goods ... See Part 11. Patent fencing (wire and lathwood). Owners'risk ... ... D Pearl barley, packed. Owners' risk ... ... E Peas, colonial produce, whole or crushed .. ... E Peas, imported • ... ... B Peas, split, packed ... ... E Peat. Owners' risk ... ... Q Pegs, surveyors' ... ... D Pelts, green or limed, in bags or casks ... ... D Pelts, limed, in 2-ton lots, owners to load and unload ... ... D Pepper, packed ... ... A Perambulators accompanying passengers. Special goods ... See Part 11. Perambulators in parts, packed in cases, crates, or boxes. Owners' risk ... A Perambulators, loose. Rate and a quarter. Owners' risk. As parcels, see Part 11, Perambulators, packed, not otherwise specified. Rate and a half ... A Perfumery. Owners' risk ... ... A Perry, in bottles. Owners' risk ... ... A Perry, in bulk ... ... C Petroleum. Owners' risk. Dangerous ... ... A Petroleum, native, crude, in 2-ton lots. Owners'risk ... ... D Pewter, scrap. Owners' risk ... ... N Phosphorus. Double Dangerous ... ... A Phosphorized Grain. Double rate. Dangerous ... ... A Pianos, packed. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... A Pianos, unpacked. Rate and a half. Owners'risk. Special goods ... A Pickles, packed. Owners' risk ... ... " B Picks ... ... B Pictures, loose. Doublerate. Owners'risk. Special goods ... A Pictures, packed. Rate and a half. Owners'risk. Special goods ... A Picture-frames. Rate and a half. Owners' risk ... ... A Pigs. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... M Pigeons, homing ... See Part 11. Piles or Heavy Timber. Owners'risk ... ... X Piles, stone, rough. Owners' risk ... ... Q Piles, iron, cast. Special goods ... ... D Piles, iron, wrought ... ... D Pile-shoes ... ... D Pipeclay, packed ... ... D Pipes, smoking. Owners' risk ... ... A Pipes, cast-iron, water or gas. Owners'risk. Special goods... ... D Pipes, earthenware, drain. Owners' risk ... ... N Pipes, unglazed earthenware, flangeless, drain ... ... Q Pipes, copper, brass, and wrought-iron ... ... B Pipes, unflanged wrought-iron, and wrought-iron fluming, for mining purposes ; minimum quantity, 2 tons per single truck, 5 tons per doublebogie truck. Claßs D. Any less quantity will be oharged as such minimum, or at the classified rates for Class B. Owners' risk. Special goods. 3-D. 8.

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Class Pitch ... ... D Plants, packed. Owners' risk ... ... C Plaster. Owners' risk ... ... D Plaster-of-paris, packed ... ... C Plaster-of-paris Ornaments, loose. Doublerate. Owners'risk ... A Plaster-of-paris Ornaments, packed. Rate and a half. Owners' risk ... A Plate, gold and silver. Double rate. Owners' risk. Special goods As parcels, see Part 11. Plated Goods. Rate and a half. Owners'risk. Special goods ... A Plate-glass, packed. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... A Ploughs ... ... B Ploughshares. Owners' risk. Special goods ... ... B Poles, hop ... ... Q Pollard, packed ... ... E Pollard, phosphorized, in tins or drums hermetically sealed, consigned for destruction of rabbits ... ... D Pork, salt, packed ... ... 0 Porter ... ... As beer, Posts, lamp, iron, loose. Owners'risk ... ... B Posts and Rails ... ... F Posts, verandah, iron, loose. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... B Potash ... ... B Potash, chlorate of. Owners' risk. (Not to be loaded in same truck as oil of myrbane) ... ... A Pots, iron. Owners'risk. Special goods ... See Castings. Potatoes . ... ... E Poultry, living, in crates or cases. Owners'risk. (See also Part II.) ... B Poultry, dead. Owners' risk ... ... B Powder, baking ... ... A Powder, bleaching ... ... B Powder, blasting. Doublerate. Owners'risk. Dangerous... ... A Precious Stones. Doublerate. Owners'risk. Special goods See Jewellery. Preserves, in bottles. Owners' risk ... ... A Preserves, not otherwise described, in cases ... ... A Presses, copying. If loose, owners'risk ... ... A Printing Materials and Type. Owners' risk ... ... B Props, mining. Owners' risk ... ... F Provisions, preserved ... .. B Pudrolithe. Doublerate. Owners'risk. Dangerous ... ... A Pumice-Btone. Owners' risk ... ... Q Pumpkins. Owners' risk ... ... F Pumps. Owners' risk ... ... B Puppies in crates, baskets, or sacks. Owners'risk ... See Part 11. Putty, packed ... ... B Pyrites. Owners' risk ... ... Q Quartz and Quartz Tailings. Owners'risk . ... ... Q Quicksilver ... ... A Rabbit Exterminator ... ... D Rabbit-skins, in bales. Owners'risk ... ... H Rabbit-skins, in bags or fadges ... ... A Rabbits, dead. Half-rate. Owners' risk. (See also Parts 11. and III.) C Rabbits, living, in crates or cases. Owners' risk ... See Part 11. Rabbit-traps, packed ... ... C Racecourse Stalls. Rate and a quarter As parcels, see Part 11. Backarock. Double rate. Owners' risk. Dangerous ... ... A Racks, sheep. Owners'risk. Special goods .. ... C Rags, in bales or bundles. Owners'risk ... ... N Railingß, iron. Owners'risk. If cast, Special goods ... ... B Rails, iron and steel, new, and fastenings ... ... N Rails, iron, old, for scrap ... ... F Rails, iron, old, not for scrap. Owners'risk ... ... N Raisins, packed ... ... A Rape-seed ... ... E Rattans ... ... C Reapers-and-binders, set up, minimum charge as for 1 ton. Owners' risk. Special goods ... ... B Reapers-and-binders, packed. Owners'risk. Special g00d5.... ... C Refrigerating machinery. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... C Refuse from Gold-smelting ... ... B Resin ... ... D Retorts, clay. Owners' risk ... ... B Retortß, iron. Owners' risk .. ... C Rice ... ... C Ridging, zinc or tin. If loose, owners'risk ... ~ A Riding-galleries. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... B Rims for wheels, manufactured ... ... C Rims for wheels, unmanufactured ... ... D Rivets, iron, packed . ... ... C Road-metal. Owners'risk ... ... Q Road-metal, for local bodies ... See Part 111. Roburite. Doublerate. Owners'risk. Dangerous ... ... A Rock-salt ... ... P Roots —turnips, mangolds, beet ... ... F Root, chicory ... ... E Roots, garden ... ... D Roots, not otherwise specified ... ... E Rope, hemp or wire ... ... C

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Class Rope, old. Owners' risk ... ... N Ruddle, packed ... ... B Rugs, woollen, packed. Owners' risk ... ... A Runners, sheep, in casks ... ... D Rye - ... E Sacking, old, for paper-making. Owners' risk ... ... N Sacks, loose ... ... A Sacks, in bags and bales ... ... E Saddlery, packed ... ... B Saddlery, loose. Owners' risk ... ... A Safes, bread, meat, and milk. Owners'risk ... ... A Safes, iron ... ••■ B Sago ■•• ••• B Sails, ships' ... ••• B Salmon ova and fry, for acclimatisation societies ... Free of charge. Salt, packed, not otherwise specified ... ... D Salt, manure, or for agricultural or pastoral purposes ... ... P Saltpetre, packed ... ... C Sand. Owners' risk ... ... Q Sardines, packed ... ... A Sashes, window, glazed. Owners' risk. Special goods ... ... A Sashes, window, glazed, packed. Owners' risk ... ... C Sash weights, loose. Owners'risk ... ... A Saßhweights, packed ... ... C Sausage-skins, packed ... ... A Sawdust, in bags •■ ... F Saws, loose As parcels, see Part 11. Saws, packed ... ... A Scab specific, packed ... ... B Scales and Scale-beams. Owners' risk ... ... A Scenery, theatrical. Owners' risk ... ... A Scheelite. Owners' risk ... ... N Scoria. Owners' risk ... ... Q Screwjacks ... ••• B Screws, packed ... ... B Scrim, packed ... ... A Scythes, packed ... ... A Seats, garden. Owners'risk. If cast, Special goods ... ... B Seaweed, in bulk ... ... F Seeds, for crushing for oil. Owners'risk ... ... E Seeds, garden, and agricultural seeds not specified ... ... B Seeds, turnip, clover, mangold ... ... D Seeds, grass. Rate and a half; but in no caße are total charges to exceed Class D ... ... E Seeds, returning from seed-cleaning establishments ... See Part 111. Semolina, packed. Owners' risk ... ... E Settlers' biscuits. Owners' risk ... ... C Shafts and Wheels, dray, express ... ... B Shafts and Wheels, carriage and gig. Owners' risk ... ... A Shags' heads, consigned from country stations to acclimatisation societies ... Free. Shale ... ... Q Sharps, packed ... ... E Shavings, packed ... ... C Sheep. Owners' risk. Special goods ... ... M Sheep-dip, packed. Owners'risk ... ... B Sheep-dip, colonial manufacture, consigned from the factory. Owners' risk D Sheep-feeding boxes, minimum charge as for 10 cwt. Owners'risk ... C Sheep-racks. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... C Sheep-runners, in casks ... ... D Sheepskins, green, in bundles not exceeding 1 cwt. ... ... B Sheepskins (green), loose, or in bundles exceeding 1 cwt. Owners to load and unload. (If loaded or unloaded by Railway Department, rate and a quarter.) Owners' risk ... ... B Sheepskins, dried, in bales ... ... H Sheepskins, dried, in bundles ... ... B Sheepskins, salted, in bales. Owners'risk ... ... H Sheeting, in bales, for manufacture of flour-bags ... ... D Sheeting, in bales, for fellmongeries, or consigned to or to be used by frozen-meat companies, for manufacture of coverings for frozen meat D Shellac, packed ... ... B Sherbert, in bottles. Owners' risk ... ... A Shingle. Owners' risk ... ... Q Shingle, tarred. Owners' risk ... ... N Shingles, roofing ... ... X Shooks ... ... D Shooks, for manufacture of fruit-cases ... See Part lIL Shooting-galleries. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... B Shop-fittings or Counters, paoked. If loose, owners' risk ... ... A Shot, packed ... ... B Shovels ... ••■ B Shrubs, in packages. Owners' risk ... ... C Shrubs, cut for decorating purposes. Owners'risk ... ... D Sieves. Owners' risk ... ... A Signboards ... ... A Silk Goods. Rate and a half. Owners'risk. Splcial goods ... A Silver Coin. Doublerate. Owners'risk. Special goods As parcels, see Part 11. Silver, manufactured or unmanufactured. Double rate. Owners' risk. Special goods As parcels, see Part 11.

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Class Slate Slabs, for furniture and house-fitting, imported. Owners' risk. Special goods ... ... A Slate Slabs, for furniture and house-fitting, New Zealand manufacture. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... B Slate Slabs, imported, for tanks and slate ridging. Owners' risk ... B Slate Slabs, for tanks and slate ridging, New Zealand manufacture. Owners' risk ... ... P Slates, roofing, imported. Owners' risk ... ... N Slates, roofing, New Zealand manufacture. Owners' risk ... ... P Slates, school, packed. Owners' risk ... ... A Sleepers, railway ... ... Q Slops, in cases. If in bales, owners'risk ... ... A Snow, packed. Owners' risk ... ... C Snuff ' ... ... A Soap, fancy ... ... A Soap, in cases ... ... C Soap, packed, locally manufactured, consigned to ship for export ... D Soap-boxes, in pieces, packed in crates, not " returned empties," half-rates B Soda, packed ... ... C Soda-ash, packed ... ... D Soda, bicarbonate of, packed ... ... A Soda, caustic, packed. Owners' risk ... ... C Soda, caustic, packed, consigned to paper-mills. Owners' risk ... D Soda Crystals, packed ... ... D Soot, in bags, as manure. Owners'risk ... ... P Spades ... ... B Spices, packed ... ... A Spirits, in cases or jars. Owners'risk ... ... A Spirits, in bulk ... ... A Sponge, packed. Double rate ... .., A Spokes, manufactured ... ... C Spokes, unmanufactured ... ... D Spouting, iron. Owners'risk. If cast, special goods ... ... A Spouting, tin or zinc. Owners'risk ... ... A Springs ... ... B Stalls, racecourse. Rate and a quarter As parcels, see Part 11. Stamps. Double rate. Owners risk. Special goods As parcels, see Part 11. Standards (iron) for fencing, in bundles ... ... D Standards (iron) for fencing, loose ... ... 0 Staples, packed ... ... C Starch ... ... A Stationery. Owners' risk ... ... A Staves ... ... D Steel (angle, bar, rod, hoop, sheet, and plate), unmanufactured ... D Steel (angle, bar, rod, hoop, sheet, and plate), manufactured ... ... C Steel Rails, new, and Fastenings ... ... N Stereotype Casts, consigned by or to newspaper proprietors ... See Part 11. Stone-crushers. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... C Stone, carved, for building purposes. Owners' risk ... ... C Stone, kerb or dressed. Owners' risk ... ... ■ N Stone, pumice. Owners' risk ... ... Q Stone, rough. Owners' risk ... ... Q Stones, scythe, packed ... ... B Stout ... ... As Beer Stoves and Stovepipes. Owners'risk ... ... A Strainers, iron, for fencing ■ ... ... D Straw, pressed or unpresßed. Owners' risk. (Loose straw will not be accepted for carriage) ... ... F Straw-flax. Owners' risk. (Loose straw-flax will not be accepted for carriage) ... ... F Sugar, loaf, loose. Owners' risk ... ... A Sugar, packed ... ... B Sulkies, with wheels removed. Double rate. Owners' risk ... ... A Sulphide of sodium, packed. Owners'risk ... ... C Sulphur, packed. Owners'risk ... ... C Sulphur, loose. Owners'risk ... ... D Sumach . ... ... C Sundries, contents not specified, packed. Owners' risk ... ... A Surveyors' Pegs ... ... D Tables, billiard or bagatelle, packed. Owners'risk. Special goods ... A Tables, billiard or bagatelle, loose. Doublerate. Owners'risk. Special goods A Tacks, packed ... ... B Tailings, quartz ... .. Q Tallow ' ... ... C Tan-pit refuse. Owners'risk ... ... Q Tanks, corrugated iron, empty. Doublerate ... ... A Tanks, iron, empty, up to 400 gallons. Minimum charge 2s. 6d. each. Owners' risk ... ... A Tanks, iron, empty, over 400 gallons. Minimum charge 2s. 6d. each. Rate and a half ... ... A Tanks, containing water ... ... 0 Tankß, containing gas-water ... ... C Tapioca ... ... B Tar ... ... D Tarred Shingle. Owners' risk ... ~, N Tar, spirits of. Owners' risk ... ... A Tares ... ... E Tarpaulins ... ~, B

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Class Tea. Owners' risk ... •■• A Tea, packed, beyond 140 miles (minimum rate as Class A for 140 miles). Owners' risk ••• •■• B Tents, in bundles ••• --• B Theatrical Companies' Luggage, by goods-trains. Half-rate. Special goods B Theatrical scenery. Owners'risk ... ... A Tiles, encaustic ... ••■ C Tiles, earthenware, imported. Owners'risk ... ... N Tiles, earthenware, native. Owners' risk ... ... Q Timber, sawn or balk. Owners' risk ... ... X Tin, ingot and bar ... ■•■ 0 Tin Plates and Gold Grating ... ■■• B Tin Plates, packed, consigned to rabbit-factories ... ... D Tinware, packed. If loose, owners' risk ... ... A Title-deeds. Doublerate. Owners'risk. Special goods As parcels, see Part 11, Tobacco, smoking ... ••• A Tobacco-ieaf, in bags. Owners'risk ... :.. E Tobacco, sheepwash, packed ••• ••• B Tools, loose ... ••• A Tools, packed ••• ••• B Tow, dressed, pressed. If unpressed, rate and a half. (Loose tow will not be accepted for carriage) ... ... D Tow, native, dressed, pressed. If unpressed, rate and a half. (Loose tow will not be accepted for carriage) ... ... E Toys, packed. Rate and a quarter. Owners'risk. Special goods ... A Tramoars ••• ••• A Treacle, in bottles. Owners' risk ... •■• A Treacle, in casks or tins ... ... C Trees, in packages. Owners' risk ... ... 0 Trees and shrubs consigned to Public Domain Boards for planting in public domains _ •■ Free of charge. Tricycles accompanying passengers. Owners'risk. Special goods See Part 11. Tricycles, packed in cases (if sent through Parcels, rate and a quarter). Owners' risk ■ ■• ■•• A Tricycle-wheels, packed (if sent through Parcels, rate and a quarter). Owners' risk •'■ •■■ A Tricycles and tricycle wheels, unpacked. Rate and a quarter. Owners' ' r j & k As parcels, see Part 11. Trimmings, upholsterers' ■•• -•• A Trimmings, coach ... ••• A Trinkets. Double rate. Owners' risk. Special goods As parcels, see Part 11. Trollies, bush, under 2 tons ... ... B Trollies, bush, 2 tons and over. Owners to load and unload ... ... D Troughing, zinc and tin. Owners'risk ... ... A Trout ova and fry, for acclimatisation societies ... Free of charge. Trunks, empty, not " returned empties" ... ... A Tubing, copper, brass, and iron ... ■■• B Tubs, tin or other metal. Owners'risk ... ... A Tubs, wooden ••• •■■ A Turf _ ■•• •■• Q Turnery, loose. Owners' risk ... -.. A Turnery, packed ■ • • -• - - B Turnips. Owners' risk ... ••• F Turpentine. Owners' risk ■-. ■•■ A Tussock-grass. Owners' risk ... ... F Twine ••• ••• B Twine, binder ••■ ■•■ J-* Type. Owners' risk ••■ ■■• B Umber, for paper-making purposes ... ... D Umbrellas, in cases. If in bundles, owners' risk ... ... A Varnish. Owners' risk ... ... A Vats. Double rate # "'..'" Vegetables, not otherwise specified, packed. Rate and a half (but in no case are total charges to exceed Class D). (See also Parts 11. and III.) E Vegetable refuse, in bags ■ -■ ••• Q Velocipedes .••• See Tricycles. Venetian Red, packed, consigned to paper-mills. Owners' risk ... D Ventilators, all kinds •■• ■•• A Vestas, packed. Owners'risk. Dangerous ... ■■■ A Vices ■■• ■■• B Vinegar, in casks ••• •■• '-' Vinegar, in cases and jarr. Owners'risk ... ... A Wagons, either set up or in pieces. Special goods ... See Part 111. Wagons, empty, railway ... $ cc Part 111. Wagons, express, either set up or in pieces ... See Part 111. Wagons, express, in pieces, unpainted and in the rough.. Minimum, 1 ton per truck ■••■ ••■ ~ Waßhers, iron and lead ••• . ••■ " Waste, cotton, not otherwise specified ... _ ... B Waste, cotton, and other fibrous materials for paper-making. Owners' risk N Watches, packed. Doublerate. Owners'risk. Special goods As parcels, see Part 11. Water, in tanks ■■• •■■ Water, gas, in tanks ••• ■■■ Water, gas, in 5-ton lots ••■ ••_• Waters, aerated, of all kinds ... ■■'• B 4—D. 8.

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Class Weed-killer, colonial manufacture, consigned direct from makers' factories. Owners' risk ... ... D Wheat. Owners' risk ■•■ ... E Wheels, iron, cast, or wrought. If cast, owners' risk. Special goods ... C WTieelbarrows ... ... C Wheels and Shafts, dray and express ... ... B Whips ... ... A Whiting ••• ... C Whiting, native. Owners' risk ... ... N Willows, in bundles ... ... D Willows, green. Owners' risk ... ... N Winches, crab ... ... C Window-sashes, glazed. Owners'risk. Special goods ... ... A Window-sashes, glazed, packed. Owners' risk ... ... C Wine, not otherwise specified, in cases or jars. Owners'risk ... A Wine, not otherwise specified, in bulk ... ... A Wine, New Zealand made, in cases or jars. Owners' risk ... ... C Wine, New Zealand made, in bulk ... ... C Wine butts, pipes, or vats, empty. Doublerate .. ... A Wire, iron, fencing-, in bundles ... ... D Wire, iron, barbed ... ... C Wire, binding ... ... C Wire-cloth. Owners' risk ... ... A Wire-netting. Owners' risk ... ... D Wood Patterns for Castings. Owners' risk ... ... A Wooden ware, buckets, tubs, &c. ... ... A Wool ... ... H Wool, in bags or fadgeß ... ... A Woollen Goods, packed. Owners' risk ... ... A Woolpacks, in bales and bundles ... ... D Writings. Double rate. Owners' risk. Special goods As parcels, see Part 11. Yeast, in casks. Owners' risk ... ... A Zinc, packed ... ... B Zinc, perforated. Owners' risk ... ... A Zinc and Tin Spouting and Ridging. Owners' risk ... ... A Zinc, scrap ... ... N

(c.) TOTAL REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE RAILWAY DEPARTMENT IN 1890 AND 1898.

(d.) PERCENTAGE OF REVENUE TO EXPENDITURE FOR YEARS 1890 AND 1898.

T. EONAYNB, General Manager. Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given ;. printing (1,325 copies), £14 Bs.

By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB99, Price 9d.]

Year ending Revenue. Expenditure. list March, 1890 list March, 1898 £ 1,095,570 1,376,008 £ 682,787 857,191

Year ending Percentage of Revenue to Expenditure. Expenditure per Cent, of Revenue. list March, 1890 160-45 62-32 ilst March, 1898 160-52 62-30