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Napier-Taranaki Section. Rate for goods of Classes A, B, C, D, E, H, N, and P, between Palmerston and Longburn, booked between Palmerston and stations on Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company's line, removed. Maximum rate for butter and cheese, consigned by way of Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company's line to Wellington, removed. Rate for limed pelts, and tallow in casks, Longburn to Foxton, removed. Rate for dead meat, hides, tallow, and pelts, Woodville to Spit, removed. Rate for wool, Feilding, Palmerston, and Longburn to Foxton, removed. Through rates for wool consigned to Wellington vid Foxton removed. Rate for firewood consigned from Woodville, &c, to Spit, Napier, &c, regazetted, to remain in operation till 31st March, 1898. Rate and regulation for ashes consigned to Matahiwi inserted. Subsequently removed; rate not made use of. New Plymouth Breakwater line charge between Breakwater and New Plymouth reduced. Napier-Taranaki and Wellington Sections. Clause re lime consigned from Mauriceville to stations on Napier-Taranaki Section removed. Rate reduced. Rate for dead meat oonsigned via Manawatu Company's line to Wellington, &0., removed. Regulation re goods of Class M consigned to Johnsonville, &c, from stations between New Plymouth and Wanganui, removed. Wellington Section. Maximum rate for rimu, Hukanui to Lower Hutt, &c, inserted. Rate for coal-dross for lime-burning, Wellington to Mauriceville, reduced. Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth Section. Regulation for purpose of computing rates and charges on through goods oonveyed over Government Railway, via Rimutaka line, inserted. Greymouth-Brunnerton Section. Shunting rate on slack between Brunnerton and Wallsend removed. Greymouth-Hokitika Section. Regulation for charging goods for Hokitika, conveyed between Greymouth Wharf and Greymouth, inserted. Westport Section. Rate for sheep on Waimangaroa branch-line inserted. Nelson Section. Rate for wool, Foxhill and Wai-iti to Nelson or Port, inserted. Picton Section. Regulation re goods of Classes A, B, C, and D, consigned to Picton, amended to provide for maximum rate of 7s. 6d. per ton. Rate for tallow, hides, and pelts, consigned to Picton for export, removed. Rates and regulations for goods booked through between Wellington and stations on Picton Section, landed at or shipped from Picton, inserted. Hurunui-Bluff Section. Rates for goods of Class H, from Kokonga and Capburn to Dunedin and Port Chalmers, inserted. Maximum rate for timber consigned from Owaka-Glenomaru and intermediate stations to Caversham-Pelichetßay and intermediate stations inserted. Rate for timber from sawmills in Southland to Kensington inserted. Maximum rate for firewood, Owaka, &c, to Abbotsford, &c, inserted, and subsequently removed. Rates for Classes A, B, C, and D goods, between Christchurch and Lyttelton, reduced. Regulation re goods of Classes A, B, C, and D, from Lyttelton to stations beyond Christchurch, amended. Regulation re bar-iron and castings from Burnside Ironworks amended. Regulation for pelts, Timaru to Woolston, inserted. Rate reduced. Regulation re pelts, Refrigerating Siding, Timaru to Islington, amended. Regulation re pelts, Maheno to Woolston, amended. Regulation re pelts, Gore to Woolston, amended. Regulation re fat, Mataura to Wallacetown, amended. Rate and regulation re pelts, Ocean Beach, Invercargill, and One-tree Point, to Woolston, inserted. Regulation re charging timber and gravel between country stations and Invercargill Jetty inserted. Rates for sheeps' runners, in casks, between Bluff and Ocean Beach, inserted. Special rates for conveyance of goods on district railways abolished. Goods now charged ordinary classified rates. Cardboard boxes included among ships' goods carried by measurement on port lines at half rates. PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS, LIVE-STOCK, PARCELS, AND LUGGAGE. Clasa. Regulation re carriage of packages containing dangerous goods inserted. Regulation re goods carried at " half rate " amended. Ammonia-gas, compressed, in solid drawn-steel tubes. Owners' risk. Dangerous .. A Ammunition, not otherwise specified. Double rate. Owners' risk. Dangerous .. .. A Removed: Apple-blight mixture, packed .. .. .. .. .. .. B Bags, paper, not otherwise specified .. .. .. .. .. .. .. A Removed: Bicycles, packed. Owners'risk .. .. .'. .. .. .. A Removed: Bicycles and bicycle-wheels, unpacked. Rate and a quarter. Owners' risk. As parcels .. .. '• .. .. .. .. .... See Part 11.

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