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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 26, 28 January 1876, Page 2

The Nelson and/ Wakefield /Railway is to be' operied to the public on , Monday. The fares between the vanoris' .stations will be as follows—the price of return tickets being reduced by 25 per cent, on the double fare: —

Children^under; twelve.will be charged. ■ h>lf*price,.and tickets' to those attendljpg"Bchools will be supplied at very small

*T"*""— — ■"■ '■' '"" ■'»'■'' i -Us iiisa**— vi ■„ —„i ■.■■,,■- ■ — from the Traffic Manager. The oharges for the carriage of goods will be accord-: ing to tne classification under^which, they come, : the rate's- 1 being ;Sxed as .fpllows.£~F6r; clasrisA., front; N§l|on \o Richmond 5s 6d, from* Nelsorf*i|t6'Eox^ hill (or as near to it as the line goes) ' "8s 6d per ton , for class B, 4s Id and 6s 9d.for the same stations respectively ; for class C, lOd and ls 4d ; for class D, ls^andF2.3 "4d-.;;fo^ class o, 5s Id andj, 7s : 7ii pcr 1 - score. The classifications are! arranged as follows : — -..----., „CjC ASSIPIOATION OP G OODS. Class A. Merchandise .by weight or measurement, include* all goods not otherwise specified. Flax (in ba'e). per. ton weight ; brao anl coke; stoves" and 'other" castings '(hot "packed); per Ttbn jweight, fifty per per- cent, additional ;.„ china,. gins*, pictures, andj other" iValuable" or ? hazardous goods, apecial rates ; empties; not - less than a quarter of a ton, half rate ; pack- , ages, weighing more than two fyms; per-a.gree-„ v ment packages tinder a quarter ofa ton, sent by goods train, to be charged as a quarter of a ton at goods rates. . _,,-■•■ - Class B. ' ' '■ By weight only, includes grain, potatoes, hay, straw, chaff, and' mixed hotse feed" (pressed); and sharps (dead weight); coal, iron, s ; ate«, bricks j t.tope, . lime, mwures, kauri gum. hides, skins, po«'ts and rails, pilrV,' heavy timber, firewood (one cord as a ton); hay, ttraw, chaff, and mixed horse feed (impressed),; double rate; loading firewood,' per cord, one shilling additional. '' Class C. Sawn timber, by 100 feet superficial; 100 palings, 0r 1,900 shingles, 10D feet timber. "f * ■- ; ' Class D. . v...f Wool, per bale, not exceeding 4 cwt; wool per bale exceeding 4 cwt; one farthing per cwt; per mile extra. Class E. .' . 'I '-. Sheep, pigs, goats, per score or fraction of a score . .':■"."■ , Weighing wool on receipt or delivery, with certificate of weight, 4d per bale; do grain, Jdpjrbag. ' .hiri.-.iiii.-.rnir-i f»~i-'-Tiniria»6ar r'n in. , nhisi

. . Scale or Fees. lab. Class. 2nd. Class. ■■---, •;. «• ,d. . 8. d. Bishopdate l o .. 0 9 St c * l 6 ••• i 3 Hichmond 2 6 ... 19 .Bope 2 9 ... 2 0 Wairoa 3 a ... as I Spring Groye 3 6 ..* 2 6 . Wakfefield 4 a' ... 2 9 Foxhill 5 0 ..', 33