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Napier Section. Bed-pine for foreign export : Reduced rates of carriage for long distances. Local firewood rates to Napier and Spit extended. Class M : Through rates for sheep to Petone. Cement, Napier and Spit to "Woodville: Chargeable Class D rates. Soap, Awatoto to Napier and Spit: New rate. Cheese from cheese factories : New regulation. Butter for export in lOcwt. lots to be charged Class D rates. Wellington Section. Coal, Wellington to Petone : Local rate. Red-pine for foreign export: Rates reduced for long distances. Class L to Wellington : Local rate gazetted. Butter for export in lOcwt. lots to be charged Class D rates. Wanganui Section. Wool, Carnarvon to Foxton: Local rate. Butter for export in lOcwt. lots to be charged Class D rates. Bridge-ironwork and cement, Foxton to Palmerston and Terrace End : New rate. Reduction of through sheep and cattle rates to Wellington, &c. Picton Section. Native coal ex ship, Picton to Blenheim : Local rate put in force. Wool rate, Blenheim to Picton: Minimum load per truck fixed. Local rate for tallow for shipment. Special storage rates for grain at Blenheim. Greymouth Section. Native coal rate from mines to port inserted. Removal of special shunting-charge between Greymouth station-yard and foundry. Receiving and delivering ships' ballast: Minimum lowered. Clay and bricks, Brunnerton sidings to Greymouth: Local rate inserted. Alteration in rate for exported coke. Hurunui-Bluff Section. Cartage charge introduced at Kaiapoi and Rangiora. New ships'-goods rate for Classes A, B, C, and D between Timaru and Oamaru. Local rates for colonially-made cement, Walton Park to Dunedin, Pelichet Bay, and Oamaru Breakwater. Clay, Buxton's to Invercargill: Included at brick rate. Coal, Mount Somers to Tinwald: Local rate established. A, B, C, and D goods: Extra Id. per ton imposed on Lumsden-Mararoa, Livingston, and Catlin's River Branches. Empty iron tanks on port lines : Regulation aboui charging at half-measurement rates cancelled. Reductions in wool rates to Dunedin, Port Chalmers, Timaru, Oamaru, and Breakwater. Waimate District Railway : Undumped w tool rate reduced. A, B, C, and D goods between Christchurch and Southbrook: New rate. Lyttelton Station : Grain storage regulation altered. Fat to Dunedin : West Plains rate cancelled, and made applicable to Wallacetown. Dunedin to Invercargill A, B, C, and D goods rates to apply Invercargill to Dunedin. Oil, soap, &c, Burnside to Dunedin : New rate. Classes K, N, and P : Extra charge levied on Livingston Branch. Timber from Southland mills : Local rate extended to Temuka. Empty casks, Woodefid to Dunedin : Special rate. Waimea Plaias District Railway : Rate inserted for double-dumped wool. Reduction in undumped wool rates to Invercargill and Bluff. Revision of coal rates from Springfield and Malvern mines. Coal to Caversham: Dunedin rates from southern mines made applicable to Cavershain. Native coal from mines in Walton Park District to Abbotsford, &c.: Local rate. New shunting charge for coal, Jetty Street Wharf, Dunedin, to Pelichet Bay. PAET V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS. Hemoved. —American, woodenware, buckets, tubs, &c. ... ... ... ... ... A Biscuits, in tins and cases, beyond 140 miles (minimum rate as Class A, for 140 miles). —Owners' risk ... ... ... ... ... ... B Blasting-gelatine. Double rate. —Owners' risk. Dangerous ... ... A Bleach soda-ash, packed, consigned to paper-mills.—Owners' risk ... D Buckets, w00d... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A Butter, packed, consigned to ship for export, in consignments of not less than lOcwt. ... ... ... ... . . ... ... ... D Cement-casks, empty, not "returned empties." Half rate ... ... A Charcoal, crushed.—Owners' risk ... ... ... ... ... ... N Chocolate, packed, beyond 140 miles ... ... ... ~, B