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Picton Section. Storalge on Class 1' goods at Blenheim : Local rates established. New rate for timber from Para to Koromiko. Westport Section. Native-coal rate from Waimangaroa Branch to Port reduced ; and applied to minerals. Adoption of native-coal rate from Ngakawau to Port. Greymouth Section. Coke to Greymouth for export beyond the colony : Minimum reduced. Special rates provided for use of hydraulic, cranes. Ilurunui-hluff Section. Local rate for night-soil, Dunedin to Abbotsford, cancelled. A, B, C, D goods on Otago Central line, and Invercargill to Mokotua : Extra charge. Beer in bulk between Dunedin and Invercargill: Beduction of minimum. Limed pelts, Maheno to Burnside : Local rate removed. Cancellation of rubble rate, Logan's Point to Dunedin Jetty. Eate for fat, Wallace-town to Dunedin, cancelled. New rate established to Burnside. Local rate for raw materials for manufacture of earthenware, Dunedin and Port Chalmers to Milton ; also Lyttelton and Christchurch to South Malvern and Whitecliffs. Green sheepskins from South Canterbury Refrigerating siding to Orari: New rate. New regulation about wool, &c, consigned to Dunedin. Beduced rates for timber to Winchester and Orari from mills in Southland. Stone, Mount Somers to Lyttelton, Titnaru, and Oamaru : , Bough stone from Deborah, Totara, and intermediate stations to Port | Chalmers: I T , , n , Dross, fireclay, and bricks from Springfield, Sheffield, Wtatecliffs, f ijOcal rates callcellcrtSouth Malvern, Glentunnel, Shag Point, Bushey, Milton, Nelson, j Stirling, Nightcaps, and Orepuki: / Cancellation of timber rate between Oamaru and Breakwater. Adoption of local rates for A, B, C, D goods from Dunedin and Port Chalmers to Oamaru. PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS. Class. Barley, pearl, packed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... D Bark-extract, in casks ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... C Bellit. Double rate. Owners'risk. Dangerous ... ... ... ... ... A Binder-twine, consigned direct from factory. Minimum 1 ton ... ... ... ... D Brooms, corn, New Zealand manufacture, packed. Bate and a half ... ... ... A Cheese, loose or in bags. Owners'risk ... ... ... ... ... ... B China clay ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... N Dredging-machines ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 Empties : Casks, cases, kegs, jars, tins, and tubs for butter, cement, cheese, fish, fruit, honey, preserved meat, tallow, not " returned empties." Half rate ... ... ... A Explosive materials : Metallic sodium included in list of articles which will not be carried. Fish, dried or fresh. Owners'risk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 Flax, native, dressed, screw-pressed. Otherwise rate and a half ... ... ... E Handles, wooden, packed, consigned direct from, factory ... ... ... ... D Iron fencing-material ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... J > Iron rails, old, for scrap ... ... ... ... ... ... .... ... P Iron, angle, bar, rod, hoop, sheet, and plate, unmanufactured ... ... ... ... j) Iron, angle, bar, rod, hoop, sheet, and plate, manufactured ... ... ... ... C Paper, waste, for paper-making, consigned to a paper-mill. Half rate ... ... ... C Plaster. Owners'risk ... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... D Pumpkins. Owners'risk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... F Pipes, uuglazed earthenware, flangeless, drain-, up to 6in. in diameter ... ... ... O Eeapers-and-binders, set up. Minimum charge as for 1 ton. Owners'risk. Special goods... B Bails, steel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... D Seeds, mangold ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... ... D Sheep-dip to be carried at owners' risk. Sheep-feeding boxes. Minimum charge as for 1 ton. Owners'risk ... ... "... C Surveyors'pegs ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... I> Soap, packed, locally manufactured, consigned to ship for export ... ... ... D Tripoli. Owners'risk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... O Vegetables, not otherwise specified, packed. Bate and a half (but in no case are total charges to exceed Class D) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... E i PART VI.—WHABVES. General. New regulation about ships' overtime. - Auckland Section.' Onehuntra Wharf: W Tharfage rate provided for Class F goods. 9—D. la.

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