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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &C.
ontinued.
6p.
.p.
2p.
Ac Railway risk.
Is. Up. per mile.
Is. per mile.
6p. „
±P-
Is. per ton per mile.
Double these rates.
Double these rates.
RAILWAY RATES AND CHARGES
Rates for the transport of vehicles, etc.:—
At owner's risk.
( Carriages 4-wheeled .. 1_. per mile
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2-wheeled
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' ) Carts .. 4-wheeled
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2-wheeled
Motor cars, lorries and motor
cycles with side-cars attached,
by special arrangement .. 2\p. per ton per mile
Bicycles, tricycles and peram- Luggage rates by weight subject
bulators on wheels, unpacked to a minimum weight of:
bicycles 16 okes
tricycles 24 okes
perambu–
lators 24 okes
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and a minimum charge of Up.
Sewing machines .. .. Luggage rates by weight with
a minimum charge of Is.
The liability of the Railway for the loss, destruction or deterioration of traction
engines, motor cars and other vehicles delivered into the custody of a Railway clerk
or Station Master to be carried on the Railway and in respect of which a written
.acknowledgment of the receipt by the R a U w a y Adrninistration has been obtained does
not extend to the payment, in respect of anyone vehicle, of any [sum in excess of the
following amounts:—
In the case of a motor car of a kind not otherwise specifically
referred to in the Railway Regulations
£20
In the case of a coach, carriage, ghari or omnibus ..
£5
In the case of a motor-bicycle or motor-tricycle .. .. £5
In the case of any other vehicle
£1
•except where the person delivering or causing delivery of a vehicle into the custody of
a Railway clerk or Station Master declared it in writing or caused it to be declared in
writing, at the time of such delivery, to be of a valne in excess of the above amounts
and paid by way of compensation for increased risk 2 per cent, upon the excess value so
declared.
All detachable accessories should be removed by the owners as the Railway accepts
no liability therefor.
Rates for the transport of goods, etc.
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Hie standard weight for goods is the ton of 800 okes and decimals of that weight;
any consignment of less than 8 okes in weight is regarded as a parcel and charged
accordingly.
For the purposes of Railway charges goods are divided into several classes as shown
in the First Schedule to the Railway Regulations, 1934 (Gazette No. 2352 of 12.3.34).
Goods of different classes packed together are charged at the rate for the highest
•class to which any of them belong.
The following is a list of the basic transport rates per ton per mile for the various
-classes:—
Class
Owner's risk rates
1 ton and over. Half ton and over '
but under one ton
Under half ton
Railwayriskra tes
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
IS
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
P-
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
paras
20
10
00
35
30
25
20
15
10
05
00
35
30
25
20
15
10
05
00
35
30
25
20
15
10
05
00
p. paras
1 4 30
4 20
4 10
4 05
! 4 00
3 35
3 30
3 25
3 20
3 15
3 10
3 05'
3 00
2 35
2 30
2 25
2 20
2 15
2 10 j
2 05
.2 00 ' :
1 35 j
1 30
1 25
1 20
1 15 {
1 10
p. paras
5 00
4 30
4 20
4 15
4 10
4 05
4 00
3 35
3 30
3 25
3 20
3 15
3 10
3 05
3 00
2 35
2 30
2 25
2 20
2 15
2 10
2 05 .
2 00
I 35
1 30
1 25
1 20 "
P-
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
o
2
paras
00
30
20
15
10
05
00
35
30
25
20
15
10
05
00
3*
30
25
20
15
10
05
00
35
30
25
20
AUIHOHITY.
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) Loading and unloading to be done by owners.