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Westland Section. Class B : Bate for Class E goods between Greymouth and Kumara amended. Picton Section. Bate for chaff, ex Sounds, shipped at Picton inserted. Hurunui-Bluff Section. Christchurch and Lyttelton : Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D reduced. Pelt rates, Timaru to Woolston, Maheno to Woolston, Gore to Woolston, Ocean Beach, Invercargill, and One-tree Point to Woolston, removed. Dunedin and Christchurch : Cement and clinker rate removed. Nightsoil, Christchurch to Chaney's : Minimum of 5 tons per four-wheeled truck inserted. Classes N and Q : Special rate from Port Chalmers quarry removed. Dunedin and Burnside : Special rates for articles carried under Class B removed. Ships' goods on Port lines : Millet and cane included in half-measurement list. Class X : Maximum rate for timber, Catlin's Biver to Caversham, Pelichet Bay, and intermediate stations, provided. Pelts, Fairfield to Belfast, and Pareora to Belfast, Pareora to Woolston : Special rates provided. Bate for casks, staves, meat-bags, &c, Belfast to Fairfield, provided. PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OP GOODS, LIVE-STOCK, PARCELS, AND LUGGAGE. Class. Bemoved: Benzine. Owners'risk. Dangerous. Double rate ... , ... ... A Bemoved : Benzine, New Zealand manufacture. Owners' risk. Bate and a half ... A Benzine. Owners'risk. Dangerous. Bate and a half... ... ... ... A Bemoved : Boxes, cardboard, colonial manufacture, packed in cases. Owner's risk. Bate and a half ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A Boxes, cardboard and strawboard, colonial manufacture, packed in crates or cases. Owners' risk. Bate and a half ... ... ... ... ... A Cheese, packed [ex factory), previously carried by rail to grading-store and recohsigned in consignments of not less than 5 ewt. Bate and a half ... ... ... E Bemoved: Fencing, Patent, wire and lathwood. Owners' risk ... ... ... D Fencing, Patent, steel wire and lathwood. Owners' risk ... ... ... D Fowl-grit, New Zealand produce. Owners'risk ... ... ... .... E Fruit, preserved, packed ... ... ... ... ... ... A Fruit, preserved, packed, New Zealand manufacture ... ... ... ... B Fruit-pulp, New Zealand manufacture ... ... ... ... ■ ... D Bemoved: Gates, field ... ... ... ... ... ... D Gates, field, either set up or in pieces ... ... ... ... ... D Greenstone, rough ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A Machines, Washing. Owners' risk. Special goods ... ... ... ... B Milk, dried, New Zealand manufacture, packed ... ... ... ... B Milk, dried, New Zealand manufacture, packed, consigned direct from local factories ... D Oat-dust. Owners' risk ... ... ... .. ... ... E Bemoved: Ore, Copper, iron, and other ... ... ... ... ... Q Ore, Copper, iron, sulphur, and other ... ... ... ... ... Q Potash, Sulphate of ... ... ... ... ... ... ... E Poultry-food manufactured from New Zealand produce ... ... ... ... E Bemoved: Tussock grass ... ... ... ... ... ... p Tussock or marram grass ... ... ... ... ... ... p Acid, Picric. Dangerous. Owners'risk. Double rate... ... ... ... A Taipo. Dangerous. Owners'risk. Double rate ... ... ... ... A Farinaceous foods, New Zealand produce ... ... ... ... ... E Chilled rolls (flour-mill machinery) ... ... ... ... ... C Golden syrup ... ... ... ... ... ... As treacle. Soap-extract, New Zealand manufacture ... ... ... ... ... B Sucrosine, New Zealand manufacture. Bate and a half... ... ... ... E

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