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PART IV.—LOCAL RATES. Auckland Section. Revision of merchandise rates between Auckland, Newmarket, and stations on Te Aroha Branch. Onehunga and Te Aroha local rates cancelled. Special rate adopted for ships' goods, Onehunga to Auckland, in 50-ton lots. Timber, Auckland to Oxford, for Rotoraa : New rate. New rates for native coal, &c, from Waikato mines to Helensville. Napier Section. White-pine rates made applicable to local export traffic, and foreign export rates gazetted for other classes of timber. Cement, Spit to Woodville, in 25-ton lots : New rate. Wellington Section. Eeduced rate for potatoes, Lower Hutt to Wellington. White-pine rates made applicable to local export traffic, and foreign export rates gazetted for other classes of timber. Wemganui Section. Local rates established for undumped wool, Turakina to Wanganui, and Palmerston to Foxton. White-pine rates made applicable to local export traffic, and foreign export rates gazetted for other classes of timber. Preserved meats, Patea to Wanganui: New rate. Ironbark, from Wanganui to Terrace End, to be charged single rate. Cement, bridge-iron, and waterworks plant, Foxton to Palmerston : Eeduced rate put in force. Wanganui and Wellington Sections. Reduced classification for dead meat from stations on Wanganui Section to Wellington, &o. Greymouth Section. Eeduced rate for coke conveyed to Greymouth for foreign export. Westport Section. Local rate made for contractors' plant and permanent-way material from Westport to Ngakawau. Picton Section. Through rate for rail and steamer goods cancelled. Eate for native coal ex ship, Picton to Blenheim, increased. Hurunui-Bluff Section. Stone from Mount Somers quarries to Lytteltou, Timaru, and Oamaru, for export: Special rates adopted. Eeduced rates for cheese consigned from factory. Establishment of rates for timber, other than white-pine, exported to places outside the colony. Native brown coals from Bushey : New rates. Eeduced rate gazetted for native coal from Shag Point to Timaru. PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS. Class. Doors, glass, packed.—Owners'risk... ... ... ... ... ... ... C Sashes, window, glazed.'—Owners'risk ... ... ... ... ... ... C PART VI.—WHARVES. Wanganui Section. Foxton Wharf: Wharfage rate on native coal increased to Is. per ton. Nelson Section. Nelson Wharf: Wharfage rate of Is. per ton gazetted for native bark, including labour. [Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, nil; printing (1,700 copies), £16 os. Cα.]

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