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Wanganui Section. Classes N and P between Palmerston and Longburn for interchanged traffic with Manawatu Line : New rate. Ironbark, Wanganui to Terrace End : Local rate cancelled. Bates for bridge-iron, cement, and waterworks plant to Palmerston and Terrace End cancelled Wool, Feilding to Foxton : Local rate adopted. Bate for preserved meat and hides, Patea to Wanganui, cancelled. Butter in lOcwt. lots : Begulation modified. Wool, tallow, and pelts, Longburn to Foxton : Local rates adopted. New rate for native coal, Foxton to Longburn. Nelson Section. Cement, Port to Belgrove : Local regulation. Picton Section. Fresh meat, Blenheim to Picton : New rate. Westport Section. Coke, Ngakawau to Westport, for shipment: Local rate. Coal to Waimangaroa, Fairdown, and Sergeant's Hill: New rate. Greymouth Section. Coal dross, Brunnefton and Wallsend Mines to Greymouth, for shipment: Local rate. Hurunui—Bluff Section. A, B, C, D goods, Glenham extension: Extra charge levied. Bate for Class E (grain, &c.) from Timaru to Lyt^elton in 100-ton lots cancelled. Wool, Tapanui Branch Stations to Bluff: Bates reduced. A, B, C, D goods, Dunedin and Port Chalmers to Oamaru: Bates further reduced. Brown-coal rates gazetted to Timaru and Oamaru ; afterwards abolished. Cement rates, Walton Park to Dunedin, &c, cancelled. Special rate for fat, Wallacetown to Burnside, further reduced; afterwards cancelled. Local rates for brown coals and kerosene shale removed. Empty casks, Woodend to Dunedin : Bate cancelled. A, B, C, D goods, Christchurch to Timaru : Special rate established. Bahaia and Ashburton Forks, Duntroon and Hakateramea, and Waimea Plains District Lines. Special rates cancelled for Classes L, M, O. PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OP GOODS. Class. Acid, carbolic, packed in wrought-iron drums. Owners'risk ... ... ... ... A Butter, packed, in consignments of not less than lOcwt. ... ... ... ... D Carriage-and gig-bodies. Minimum charge as for 15cwt. Owners'risk ... ... ... A Chimneys, galvanized-iron. Owners'risk. Bate and a half ... ... ... ... A Coal, native, brown ... ... ... ... ... ••■ ... ■■• Q Coal-cinders ... ... ... ... ... ... ... •■• ... Q Coal, native anthracite or bituminous ... ... ... ... ... ... P Cornsacks, in bags and bales ... ... ... ... ... ... ... E Empties : Casks, cases, kegs, jars, tins, and tubs, for butter, cheese, cement, fish, fruit, honey, preserved meat, and tallow, not " returned empties" ... As " returned empties," see Part 111. Firewood. Owners'risk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Q Gas-oil. Double rate. Owners'risk. Dangerous ... ... ... ... ... A Gas-water, in 5-ton lots ... ... ... ... ... ... • • • ... N Germina, packed. Owners' risk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... E Haj, pressed or impressed. Owners'risk ... ... ... ... ... ... F House-blocks, split. Owners' risk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Q Iron, pig... ... .. ... ... •■• •• ■ • ■ • ... ... N Iron, railway. Owners'risk ... ... ... ... ... ... .. N Iron, scrap ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Q Iron rails, old, for scrap ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Q Ladders (measurement to be taken over all extreme dimensions as if solid) ... ... X Lignite. Owners'risk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Q Machinery, mining. Owners' risk. Special goods ... ... ... ... ... D Reviewed. —Paintings, packed. Bate and a half ... ... ... ... ... A Removed. —Paintings, loose. Double rate ... ... ... ... ... ... A Paper, waste ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... N Peat. Owners'risk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Q Pictures, loose. Special goods. Double rate. Owners' risk ... ... ... ... A Pictures, packed. Special goods. Bate and a half. Owners'risk ... ... ... A Picture-frames. Bate and a half. Owners'risk ... ... ... ... ... A Poles, hop ... ..." ... ... ... ... ... ..-. ... Q Posts and rails ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Q Poultry crates or cases, empty, not "returned empties." Half rate ... ... ... A Pumice-stone. Owners'risk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Q Quartz and quartz tailings. Owners'risk ... ... ... ... ... ... Q 11—D. 2.

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