S.I. No. 1/1932 - Determining Reductions To Be Made From Standard Charges Where Damageable Merchandise Is Carried by Railway Under Owner's Risk Conditions.

Description of Merchandise as classified in the General Classification of Merchandise.

Reduction from Standard Charge (See page 3)

Aeroplanes, packed

c.

Aeroplane Parts

c.

Ammonia, Carbonate of (in stone jars)

d.

Aquaria, glass

g.

Balusters, Concrete (Cement) or Ferro-Concrete, e.o.h.p.

a.

Basins and Stands, Lavatory, earthenware, complete.

c.

Batteries Electric (not containing liquid)

b.

Baths, packed

f.

Note.—Cast Iron Porcelain enamelled Baths are only accepted at Company's risk when packed in accordance with the following specification:—

SPECIFICATIONS OF PACKING FOR SINGLE CAST IRON PORCELAIN ENAMELLED BATHS, 5’ 6" LONG OVERALL—

The cover of the bath to consist of four boards, 6’ 4" long x 8 ¼" wide x 5/8" thick, bound together by three straps 33" long x 6" wide x 1" thick, running cross wise on top: one at each end, and one in centre. The cover to have a drip board running all round 2" deep x 1¼" thick.

The bottom to consist of one board 5’ 10" long x 11" wide x 1" thick, stiffened by a strap 11" long x 3" wide x 1" thick at each end on the bottom, and by two straps on under side at equal intervals in centre 24" top x 6" wide x 1" thick; the straps on under side to be also strengthened by two short pieces 6" long x 3½" wide x 1" thick.

At each end there is to be a strap 19’ long x 2" wide x 1" thick, to which is to be nailed, on the inside, another strap, 15" long x 2" wide x 1" thick; this 15" strap being fixed so as to bear solidly on cover and on bottom board and take the thrust when any weight is placed on the cover. The 19" strap is to be nailed both to cover and to bottom.

Between the main bottom board and the bath are to be placed three layers of thick felt at two places, and between the roll of bath and cover three layers of thick felt at twelve places, 4 each side and 2 each end, held in position on the underside by four W. I. Hooks screwed at top, one at each end and one at each side, held tight by jam nuts.

Then the cover and bottom board are to be further held tightly together by six hoop iron straps 1½’ wide x 26 gauge,

Description of Merchandise as classified in the General Classification of Merchandise.

Reduction from Standard Charge (See page 3)

two at each side and one at each end and nailed to the two cross boards on bottom already mentioned, and to cover.

Note.—The above measurements are subject to pro rata modification in respect of Baths not of standard dimensions.

Bedsteads (wooden)

c.

Billiard Tables

c.

Blocks—

Butchers' wooden

b.

Glass, for windows, in copper frames, in cases or crates.

g.

Blocks or Slabs, Plaster Composition—

For ceilings and for facing walls, plain, without beading, moulding, or ornamentation.

b.

Boats and Canoes

c.

Boilers—

Aluminium

b.

Copper or Brass

b.

Furnace and Kitchen, iron or steel

b.

Radiator, iron or steel—

In sections

b.

E.o.h.p.

b.

Bottles and Bottle Stoppers—

Glass, including those with caps or covers of metal other than tinware or precious metals, e.o.h.p.

c.

Boxes—

Cardboard, e.o.h.p.—

In crates or hampers

a.

Nested, in bales

a.

Feeder and Transformer Pillar, cast iron or steel, without fittings.

b.

Stop Cock and Road Surface, cast iron or steel

b.

Cabinets—

Oil, japanned or enamelled

c.

Cages for Lifts—

Mahogany, Walnut and other expensive timbers—

In parts

b.

Fitted up

c.

Canoes and Boats

c.

Cans, Motor Spirit or Oil, not new—minimum

c.

1 ton per truck

c.

Caps, e.o.h.p.

c.

Carboys, glass, empty (new), protected by basket work or tubs.

g.

Cards for Carding Machines, e.o.h.p.

b.

Carts, children's—

Not folded, but with wheels off, tied in bundles

a.

E.o.h.p.

b.

Castings, not machined, e.o.h.p.—

Iron or steel, of light type, not packed

c.

Casts—

Plaster, for ornamenting ceilings or walls

c.

Cells—

Earthenware or glass (for use in connection with Electric Accumulators), packed.

c.

E.o.h.p. not containing liquid

b.

Chairs—

Common, folding, stuffed, in cases, crates or bundles.

c.

Common, folding, not stuffed, in cases, crates or bundles.

b.

Description of Merchandise as classified

Reduction from Standard Charge (See page 3)

Chairs, Seats and Tables, Garden, e.o.h.p.—

Common, folding, not stuffed, in cases or bundles.

b.

E.o.h.p.

c.

Chairs, Office and Factory, iron or steel—

Not stuffed

c.

With stuffed seats or backs

c.

Chemicals, e.o.h.p. (not dangerous, corrosive, nor explosive)—

In jars

d.

In carboys

b.

Chimney Pots, clay

c.

China, e.o.h.p.—

In casks or skeleton cases

d.

In hampers

d.

In entirely closed cases

d.

Cider and Perry, in earthenware or stoneware jars, containing not more than 7 gallons.

d.

Cisterns and Tanks—

Fire Clay Ware, with metal fittings

c.

Iron or Steel—

Cast Iron

b.

Coated with lead

b.

Enamelled

c.

Glass lined

c.

E.o.h.p.

b.

Clothing, not oily or oil dressed (not Fur or Feather, nor partly Fur or Feather), e.o.h.p.

c.

Coathangers, wood

b.

Coffins, Parts, wood, polished

b.

Coffins, e.o.h.p.

c.

Concrete (Cement) or Ferro Concrete—

Balusters, e.o.h.p.

a.

Finials, e.o.h.p.

a.

Tubes

h.

Confectionery, in casks or cases not containing bottles or jars.

a.

Cordials—

In jars containing 2 gallons or less

d.

In jars containing not more than 7 gallons

d.

Cyanite—

In jars containing 2 gallons or less

d.

In jars containing not more than 7 gallons

d.

Cylinders—

Brass or Copper

b.

Doors—

Made of Mahogany, Walnut or other expensive timber.

c.

Drugs, not dangerous, corrosive, nor explosive, and not flashing below 150° Fah. E.o.h.p.

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d (in jars.)

h (in carboys.)

Earthenware, e.o.h.p.—

In casks or crates or in skeleton cases

c.

In hampers

c.

In entirely closed cases

c.

Eaves-Troughs, Eaves-Channels Spoutings and their connections—

Cement, containing Asbestos

c.

Cast iron or steel

c.

Electric Cable Terminal Boxes, cast iron or steel, with brass fittings.

b.

Electrical Apparatus for Electric Lighting or Power, in cases, viz.:—

Distribution Boards consisting of ironwork and

c.

Description of Merchandise as classified in the General Classification of Merchandise.

Reduction from Standard Charge (See page 3)

Electrical Apparatus for Electric Lighting or Power, in cases, viz.:—(Contd.)

fittings mounted with earthenware or mica insulation, and without any slate, marble, instruments or meters.

Electrical Regulating Resistances (except Motor Starting Switches).

b.

Fuze Boards and Fuze Boxes, consisting of ironwork and fittings mounted with earthenware or mica insulation, and without any slate, marble, instruments or meters.

c.

Switchboards, consisting of ironwork and fittings mounted with earthenware or mica insulation, and without any slate, marble, instruments or meters.

c.

Electrical Indicators (boxes containing discs)

c.

Electrical Instruments, e.o.h.p.

d.

Essences, Fruit, non-inflammable, for flavouring food, confectionery and beverages—

In jars containing 2 gallons or less

d.

E.o.h.p.

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d (in jars.)

h (in carboys.)

Fenders and Fender Curbs—

In cases, crates or hampers

c.

Not in cases, crates or hampers

f.

Iron or Steel, without parts of other metals, in bundles.

b.

Figures and Ornaments, e.o.h.p.

h.

Finings—

Ale and porter, in jars, e.o.h.p.

d.

Wine, in jars

d.

Fixtures for Buildings, common wood, not gilt, polished, lacquered nor varnished, e.o.h.p.

b.

Fixtures, Shop and Office—

Without glass, in parts—

Unpolished, made of Mahogany, Walnut and other such expensive timber, in cases.

b.

Common Wood, with hard-wood facing unfinished, part polished.

b.

Flower Pots—

Common clay, unglazed

c.

Pedestal, unglazed, packed

c.

Flower Stands, e.o.h.p.

c.

Fluids, Washing or Cleansing, not corrosive nor dangerous—

In carboys

h.

Frames—

Garden, common wood, glazed, in cases or crates.

b.

Picture—

Common wood or composition, Dutch metalled or not gilded, with glass.

b.

E.o.h.p.

c.

Furniture—

Antique

e.

Must be adequately protected by hay, straw, wood-wool, or other soft packing material, and then packed in suitable cases or crates with interstices not exceeding 4 inches, and consigned as, and conspicuously labelled as " Antique Furniture."

Cabinets (including Argentières)

e.

Must be adequately protected by hay,

e.

Description of Merchandise as classified in the General Classification of Merchandise.

Reduction from Standard Charge (See page 3)

Furniture—(Contd.)

Cabinets (including Argentières) (Contd.) straw, wood-wool, or other soft packing material, and packed in cases or crates with interstices not exceeding 9 inches.

Chairs—

Polished, with wood seats or seats only upholstered.

e.

Must be protected by paper and closely banded with hay, straw, wood-wool, or other soft packing material of not less than 2 inches in thickness, firmly secured to prevent stripping in transit.

Polished and/or upholstered, e.o.h.p.

e.

Must be protected by paper and closely banded with hay, straw, wood-wool, or other soft packing material of not less than 2 inches in thickness and firmly secured in flats, mats, or stout canvas tightly sewn.

Windsor, and common, new

e.

Must be closely banded with hay, straw, wood-wool, or other soft packing material, firmly secured to prevent stripping in transit and not more than 6 chairs forming a bundle.

Wickerwork or Basketwork

e.

Couches and Sofas—

Polished, and/or upholstered, e.o.h.p.

e.

Must be protected by paper and closely banded with hay, straw, wood-wool or other soft packing material of not less than 2 inches in thickness, and firmly secured in flats, mats, or stout canvas tightly sewn.

Overmantels, e.o.h.p.

e.

Sideboard Backs with Mirrors

e.

Overmantels with Mirrors and Sideboard Back with Mirrors must be adequately protected with stout packing paper or canvas, and must be screwed or otherwise securely fastened into cases, or crates with interstices not exceeding 9 inches. Not more than 4 articles (each screwed to the crate) to be placed in one crate. When only one article is sent in a crate it must be protected and secured in the same way, but there must be a space of at least 6 inches between the front of the article and the side of the crate.

Tables of delicate construction, such as Occasional, Curio, Card, Writing, etc.

e.

Must be adequately protected by hay, straw, wood-wool, or other soft packing material, and packed in cases, or crates with interstices not exceeding 9 inches.

Tables, Dining

e.

Polished or stained.--When not in cases or crates, the tops, edges, and corners must be first protected with paper, and afterwards with hay, straw, wood-wool, or other soft packing material, to a thickness of 2 inches. The whole, except the underpart, must be covered with mats or stout canvas tightly sewn. The legs must be closely banded with similar packing material.

Description of Merchandise as classified in the General Classification of Merchandise

Reduction from Standard Charge (See page 3)

Furniture—(Contd.)

Tables, Dining—(Contd.)

Not polished or stained.—Must be similarly protected, except that the paper cover may be omitted.

Wardrobes

e.

When not in cases or crates must be protected on front and sides with a layer of hay, straw, wood-wool, or other soft packing material of at least 2 inches in thickness, and covered with mats or stout canvas tightly sewn. Corners must be well wadded. Each glass must also be protected in front with a length-wise board or boards exceeding the length of the glass, each board not to be less than 9 inches wide and ¾ inch thick. Loose Cornices may be placed inside wardrobes if securely fastened by screws or other means. Small articles, parts of wardrobes, if properly packed, may also be placed inside drawers of wardrobes.

Deal, without glass

e.

When not in cases or crates, must be adequately protected, by hay, straw, wood-wool, or other soft packing material, and covered with mats, or stout canvas, tightly sewn.

Furniture (Skeleton)—

Chair, Couch and Sofa Frames

e.

Polished.—Must be protected by paper, and closely banded with hay, straw, wood-wool,or other soft packing material of not less than 2 inches in thickness, firmly secured to prevent stripping in transit.

Not polished.—Must be protected by hay, straw, wood-wool, or other soft packing material of not less than 1 inch in thickness, firmly secured to prevent stripping in transit.

Furniture, e.o.h.p., adequately protected by hay,straw, wood-wool, or other soft packing material—

In cases

e.

In crates or frames with interstices not exceeding 9 inches.

e.

In flats, mats or stout canvas, tightly sewn, the packing material, as specified above, to be of not less than 2 inches in thickness.

e.

Furniture—

Church—

Metal—

Lecterns

c.

Screens

c.

School, as under, consigned direct to schools or to stores of Educational Authorities.

Desks, Schoolroom

e.

Packed in crates, or protected by packing in the following manner, or in a not less effective manner to be approved by the Railway Company:—

(a) The wooden portion must be first covered with paper, and then by straw or other packing material in addition to the canvas or mats, to a total thickness of not less than 1½ inches;

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Description of Merchandise as classified in the General Classification of Merchandise.

Reduction from Standard Charge (See page 3)

Furniture—(Contd.)

Desks, Schoolroom—(Contd.)

(b) The cast iron standards must be well banded with straw and further protected by stout battens (not less than 3 inches by 7/8 in.) securely fixed beneath the feet and across the top ends of each desk and seat to keep them firm.

Alphabet Boxes

Benches

Blackboards

Coal Scuttles

Cupboards

Easels

Fire Irons

Forms

Partitions (unglazed)

Stools

Tables

Gates, ornamental, iron, steel or wood

c.

Ginger Beer, e.o.h.p.

d (in jars.)

Glass—

Cut

g.

Metal lights

g.

Plate—

Polished

g.

Silvered

g.

Prepared for Photographers

g.

Sheet, e.o.h.p.

g.

Silvered, e.o.h.p.

g.

Stained

g.

Glasshouse Pots

b.

Glassware, e.o.h.p., in cases, casks or crates

g.

g.

Glycerine—

Other than crude—

In earthenware or stoneware jars, containing 2 gallons or less.

d.

E.o.h.p.

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d (in jars.)

h (in carboys.)

Granite, polished or dressed—2 tons

a.

E.o.h.p.

b.

Note.—Pieces of granite less than 2 inches in thickness must be protected all over by a layer of hay, straw, wood-wool or other soft packing material, to a thickness of at least 2 inches, and packed in suitable cases or crates of not less than 1-inch wood. The interstices of crates must not exceed 6 inches. Two or more pieces in the same case or crate must be wholly separated by paper.

Gravestones and Tombstones—

Exceeding 2 inches in thickness—

In cases

b.

1 ton

b.

Not in cases

c.

1 ton

h.

Figures

h.

Holloware—

Iron or Steel, including Kettles, Pans, Maslins (Pots for boiling Fruit) and Water cans—

In casks, cases, crates or hampers

b.

Description of Merchandise as classified in the General Classification of Merchandise.

Reduction from Standard Charge (See page 3)

Holloware—(Contd.)

Iron or Steel, including Kettles, Pans, Maslins (Pots for boiling Fruit) and Water cans—(Contd.)

E.o.h.p.

c.

Hothouses, in parts

b.

Lamps—

Electric, e.o.h.p.

g.

Oil, in parts (except china earthenware or glass), in casks or cases.

b.

Lamps or Torches, electric (Pocket)

g.

Lights—

Metal, glass

g.

Limestone—

Polished or dressed, 2 tons

a.

Polished or dressed, less than 2 tons

b.

Note.—Pieces of Limestone less than 2 inches in thickness must be protected all over by a layer of hay, straw, woodwool, or other soft packing material, to a thickness of at least 2 inches, and packed in suitable cases or crates of not less than 1-inch wood. The interstices of crates must not exceed 6 inches. Two or more pieces in the same case or crate must be wholly separated by paper.

Lockers—

Food, Fireclay—

Fitted up, in cases or crates

c.

Looking Glasses—

Not plate glass, common, in metal or wooden frames, not gilt, e.o.h.p.

c.

Not plate glass or swing, complete in common metal or wooden frames, not exceeding 14 inches by 10 inches, in casks, cases, or crates.

c.

E.o.h.p.

g.

Lustres, glass

g.

Mantelpieces—

Concrete or composition, e.o.h.p.

c.

Iron—

Without mirrors, e.o.h.p.

c.

With mirrors

c.

Limestone, packed

c.

Marble or Imitation Marble, packed

c.

Slate—

c.

Not painted, enamelled nor polished, packed

b.

E.o.h.p.

c.

Wood—

Deal or oak, unpolished, and without mirrors, packed.

b.

Note.—Mantelpieces of Slate, Limestone, Marble, Imitation Marble, Composition or Concrete, in Class 7, must be protected all over by a layer of hay, straw, wood-wool, or other soft packing material to a thickness of at least 2 inches, and packed in suitable cases or crates of not less than 1-inch wood. The interstices of crates must not exceed 6 inches. Two or more pieces in the same case or crate must be wholly separated by paper.

Marble—

Scantlings and Slabs—

Plain and unpolished

b.

Description of Merchandise as classified in the General Classification of Merchandise.

Reduction from Standard Charge (See page 3)

Marble—(Contd.)

Scantlings and Slabs—(Contd.)

E.o.h.p.

c.

Carved (other than figures and Ornaments) in cases.

c.

Note.—Pieces of Marble and/or Imitation Marble less than 2 inches in thickness must be protected all over by a layer of straw, wood-wool or other soft packing material to a thickness of at least 2 inches, and packed in suitable cases or crates of not less than 1-inch wood. The interstices of crates must not exceed 6 inches. Two or more pieces in the same case or crate must be wholly separated by paper.

Tablets, polished, in cases

c.

Tiles, packed

b.

Metal lights, glass

g.

Mordant Liquors, non-poisonous (including Alum Liquor and Red Liquor).

h.

Motor Car Body Panels, Seats, Sides and Bonnets, iron or steel, not painted nor enamelled, packed, e.o.h.p.

b.

Motor Car Body Panels, Seats and Sides, wood, not painted nor enamelled, packed, e.o.h.p.

b.

Motor Car Mudguards, iron or steel, e.o.h.p.

b.

Motor Cycle Sidecar Bodies, e.o.h.p.

b.

Motor Cycle Sidecar Body Panels, iron or steel, not painted nor enamelled, packed, e.o.h.p.

b.

Mouldings and Beadings—

Gilt, Lacquered, Varnished or Polished—

Covered with paper and packed in corrugated fibreboard.

b.

E.o.h.p.

c.

Oil Cabinets, japanned or enamelled

c.

Ornaments and Figures, e.o.h.p.

h.

Paints and Colours (Pigments)—

In jars protected by wickerwork

d.

In jars

d.

Pans—

Sanitary (Latrine or Sewer) iron or steel, not enamelled.

b.

Paper—

Covered with a thin layer of metal, for packing or lining, in rolls, protected at the ends.

b.

Gummed, varnished or coated with glue

b.

Sensitised

b.

E.o.h.p., in rolls, protected at the ends

b.

Perambulators—

Complete

b.

With wheels off, in cases or crates

b.

In parts, e.o.h.p.

b.

Photographs

d.

Pictures—

Such as Hawkers', common, in bundles or crates

c.

E.o.h.p.

d.

Pipes—

Cement, containing asbestos, e.o.h.p.

c.

Clay—

Unglazed or salt glazed

h.

Glazed, e.o.h.p.

h.

Iron or steel, lined with cement, glass or lead

b.

Description of Merchandise as classified in the General Classification of Merchandise.

Reduction from Standard Charge (See page 3)

Pipes—(Contd.)

Rain water and their connections, cast iron or steel.

c.

Piping, lead, e.o.h.p.

c.

Pots, Glasshouse

b.

Pumps, Hand, cast iron or steel

b.

Radiators, Motor, in cases

a.

Retorts—

Clay

c.

Glass

g.

Seaplanes, packed

c.

Seaplane Parts

c.

Seats, Chairs and Tables, garden, e.o.h.p.

Common, folding, not stuffed, in cases or bundles.

b.

E.o.h.p.

c.

Sheet glass, e.o.h.p.

g.

Ships' Ventilators

a.

Show Cards, framed. with glass, in cases

b.

Show Cases, glass and woodwork, in frames, cases or mats.

f.

Show Tablets, Slate, glass fronted, in cases

d.

Silica Ware (pure fused Silica), in cases—

Globes, Chimneys and Shades for Gas or Electric Lighting.

g.

E.o.h.p.

g.

Silk Yarn

c.

Sinks—

Cast iron or steel—

Not enamelled

b.

Enamelled

c.

Fireclay, e.o.h.p. Stoneware or Concrete, without fittings.

c.

Slabs, Marble or Slate, for Eectrical Switchboards, in cases.

c.

Note.—The slabs must be protected all over by a layer of hay, straw, wood-wool or other soft packing material to a thickness of at least 2 inches, and packed in suitable cases of not less than 1-inch wood. Two or more pieces in the same case must be wholly separated by paper.

Slabs and Tiles, composed of Cement and Fibre or Sawdust; or Cement, Fibre and Cork.

b.

Slate Beds of Billiard Tables

c.

Slate Slabs—

Painted, in cases

b.

Polished or enamelled

c.

E.o.h.p.

b.

Note.—Slate Slabs, polished, enamelled or painted, must be protected all over by a layer of hay, straw, wood-wool or other soft packing material to a thickness of at least 2 inches, and packed in suitable cases or crates of not less than 1-inch wood. The interstices of crates must not exceed 6 inches. Two or more slabs in same case or crate must be wholly separated by paper.

Spades and Shovels, e.o.h.p., wooden, in bundles or crates.

b.

Description of Merchandise as classified in the General Classification of Merchandise.

Reduction from Standard Charge (See page 3)

Spirits—

In earthenware or stoneware jars—

Containing 2 gallons or less

d.

Containing more than 2 but not more than 7 gallons.

d.

Spoutings and their connections—

Cast iron or Steel

c.

Cement, containing Asbestos

c.

Standards, iron or steel, for desks and seats, not packed

c.

Stands—

Lavatory, cast iron or steel, with mirrors, packed.

c.

Stone—

Carved, for building purposes, e.o.h.p.

b.

Decorative, carved for decorating the interior of buildings.

c.

Stoves, Grates, Heaters and Ranges—

Fire—

Polished or enamelled

d.

E.o.h.p.

c.

Gas Cooking—

Polished or enamelled

d.

E.o.h.p.

c.

Gas, other than Cooking—

Polished or enamelled

d.

E.o.h.p.

c.

Oil or Electric—

Polished or enamelled

d.

E.o.h.p.

c.

Syrup, Fruit, e.o.h.p., in carboys

h.

Tables—

Bagatelle

c.

Billiard

c.

Tables, Chairs and Seats, garden, e.o.h.p.—

Common, folding, not stuffed, in cases or bundles

b.

E.o.h.p.

c.

Terra Cotta Ware—

Constructional, in blocks, plain or ornamental.

b.

Decorative such as Finials and Panels

c.

Textiles, in the piece, not oily or oil dressed, e.o.h.p.

c.

Thermometers

f.

Tiles, Art

c.

Tins, Biscuit—

Not new

b.

Tinware—

In casks, cases, crates or hampers

b.

E.o.h.p.

c.

Torches or Lamps, electric (Pocket)

g.

Trays, wooden—

Painted, polished or lacquered

c.

Troughs—

Fireclay, e.o.h.p., or Stoneware, without fittings.

c.

Wood, iron or steel

c.

Tubes, Sanitary, salt glazed gulleys, earthenware or fireclay.

h.

Notes—

1. Sanitary Tubes with patent composi-

Description of Merchandise as classified in the General Classification of Merchandise.

Reduction from Standard Charge (See page 3)

Tubes, Sanitary, salt glazed and gulleys, earthenware or Fireclay—(Contd.)

Notes—(Contd.)

tion collars must be properly protected by packing

2. Gulleys and Tubes with projecting parts will only be accepted for conveyance at Company's risk when packed as follows:—

(i) An adequate supply of heather, straw or other suitable resilient packing material to be placed at the ends of the wagon and between each article.

(ii) Any space left in a wagon after completion of loading to be filled with heather, straw or other suitable resilient packing material or in such other manner as may be agreed in writing, between the Company and the Traders.

(iii) Exceeding 12 inches in diameter to be efficiently packed with straw bands.

3. Straight Tubes will only be accepted for conveyance at Company's risk when packed as follows:—

(i) Efficiently packed with a reasonable amount of heather, straw or other suitable resilient packing material at the ends of the wagon and between each layer.

(ii) Any space left in the wagon after completion of loading to be filled with heather, straw or other suitable resilient packing material or in such other manner as may be agreed, in writing, between the Company and the Traders.

(iii) Tubes which cannot be loaded on their ends are to be loaded longitudinally in the wagon.

4. The Railway Company will not be liable for chips or cracks in "Seconds," Gulleys and Tubes.

Vases, Glass—

E.o.h.p.

g.

Ventilators, Ships'

a.

Vent linings, fireclay

h.

Warps—

Cotton and Linen, on beams, protected by wrappers.

a.

Silk, or containing Silk

c.

Woollen and Worsted

a (on beams).

E.o.h.p.

b.

Washstand Tops, Marble

c.

Note.—Must be protected on edges by a layer of hay, straw, wood-wool or any other soft material to a thickness of at least 2 inches and on front and back by a layer of similar material of at least 1 inch in thickness and packed in cases or crates of not less than sound five-

Description of Merchandise as classified in the General Classification of Merchandise.

Reduction from Standard Charge (See page 3)

Washstand Tops, Marble—(Contd.)

eighth inch wood strengthened by Hoop Iron or Metal Strip or wire binding around each end of the case or crate, when not more than four slabs are enclosed in one case or crate. Similar conditions to apply when more than that number are sent, except that the wood must be 1 inch instead of five-eighth inch. The interstices of crates must not exceed 6 inches. Two or more pieces in the same case or crate must be wholly separated by paper.

Water—

Distilled, e.o.h.p.

h. (in carboys.)

Heaters—

Aluminium, cylindrical

b.

Brass or Copper, cylindrical

b.

Wind Screens—

Motor car, in cases

g.

Wines—

In earthenware or stoneware jars—

Containing 2 Gallons or less

d.

Containing not more than 7 Gallons

d.

Yarn, Silk or containing Silk

c.