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Reductions in Fares and Rates since Appointment of Railway Commissioners— continued.

B. G. PILCHER, 7th July, 1893. Secretary.

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LOCAL— continued. Section. Item. Nature of Beduction. Example. Goods— continued. apier-Taranaki and Wellington— cont. Staves Strainers (iron), for fencing Sulphur (loose) Tar .. Tow (dressed), pressed .. Umber, for paper-making purposes Venetian red, consigned to paper-mills Willows (in bundles) .. Wire (iron), fencing, in bundles Wire-netting Woolpacks, in bales Clay and bricks Previously charged Class C ; now. Class D Ditto Previously, 50 miles, 22s. lid. per ton ; now, 50 miles, 17s. 5d. per ton. Ditto. jroymouth Timber, Kaiata and Dobson to Greymouth Bark (native), Wai-iti to Nelson Ships' goods (A, B, C, D), in 10-ton lots, between Timaru and Bluff Terminal charge of Is. Classes A, B, C, D, and when goods arc con for shipment in vessels Wool, Ocean Beach to Bluff Timber, Springburn and Buccleugh to Tinwald and Ashburton Fat, Eveline to Burnside Rate of 2s. per ton from Brunnerton to Greymouth to include weighing charge. Rate reduced 2d. per 100ft. Local rate adopted Previously, 9d. per 100ft.; now, 7d. per 100ft. Previously, 4s. 8d. per ton; now, 3s. 6d. per ton. Previously, average rate 61s. 5d. per ton; now, 30s. per ton. Nelson Hurunui-Blufi Local rate of 30s. per ton adopted 2d. per ton on goods of E at Dunedin foregone signed to Railway Wharf lying there. Rate reduced Previously, Is. per bale ; now, 6d. per bale. Rate reduced Previously, Buccleugh to Ashburton, Is. 7d. per 100ft.; now, Buccleugh to Ashburton, Is. 2d. per 100ft. Previously, 31s. 4d. per ton; now, 22s. 6d. per ton. Rate reduced Nightsoil, Kensington to Wingatui Preserved meat from fac railways, exempted fro charge. Rate of 12s. per truck adopted, tories, situated on district m district railways' extra Wharves. Greymouth Charge for use of wharfl vessels with one-eighth I reduced 50 per cent, for cargo.