MARKET SURVEY, JACKSONVILLE, FLA. 25 



EXPLANATION OF REFERENCK MARKS GOVERNING THE EXPRESS RATES 



t. Applicable on interstate shipments of fresh and dry salt fish in barrels also on clams and oysters in 

 shell. Weight basis; 



Fresh and dry salt fish rates named will apply on dry salt flsh in barrels. They will also apply on fresh 

 or dry salt fish in boxes when the net weight of the shipment is 150 pounds or more. The charges on fresh 

 fish must be assessed on the net weight of the fish plus 25 per cent for ice. 



Charges on dry salt fish must be assessed on the basis of actual gross weight. 



Oysters in shell: Flour barrel, estimated weight 200 pounds per barrel. Sugar barrel, estimated weight 

 250 pounds per barrel. 



Shipments of fresh or dry salt fish in sugar barrels when in lots of 10 barrels or more, and in boxes when 

 net weight is 2,000 pounds or more from one consignor to one consignee. 



(1). Shipments of fresh or dry salt fish in sugar barrels when in lots of 10 barrels or more from one con- 

 signee will be charged 10 per cent less than the charge determined at rates named. The charge will first 

 be computed on the entire shipment at rates named, observing the weight basis defined above, and from 

 the gross charge so ascertained 10 per cent thereof may be deducted. 



(2). Shipments of fresh or dry salt fish in boxes when net weight is 2,000 pounds or more from one con- 

 signor to one consignee between stations in Alabama, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, 

 North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia, will be charged on same basis as when in sugar barrels, 10 

 barrels or more, as shown in paragraph (1). 



*. Applicable on interstate shipments of fish in flour or sugar barrels. 



Weight basis: Waybill at net weight plus 25 per cent for ice. 



Shipments of fish in sugar barrels, when in lots of 10 or more from one consignor to one consignee, must 

 be charged for at 10 per cent less per barrel than the charge upon a single barrel waybilling at net weight 

 plus 25 per cent for ice. 



X. Applicable on shipments of fresh and frozen flsh and oysters shucked and in the shell. Weight 

 basis: Fresh fish must be waybilled at net weight plus 25 per cent for ice. 



Shell oysters must be waybilled at gross weight, but the minimum billing weight must not be less than 

 200 pounds per flour barrel or 250 pounds per sugar barrel. 



Fish in standard sugar barrels, when in lots of 10 barrels or more, from one shipper to one consignee, 

 charge 10 per cent less per sugar barrel than the rate applying per single sugar barrel. 



(?' . Second-class rates. Classification weight basis: Fish, fresh, frozen, smoked, dried, salted, pickled, 

 or otherwise preserved or cured. Charge on basis of gross weight, except that fresh or frozen fish shipped 

 with ice, which is necessary for its preservation, must be charged for on the basis of 25 per cent added to 

 the net weight of the fish, unless actual gross weight is less at time of shipment. The minimum billing 

 weight of any iced shipment of fish under this rule is 40 pounds unless the gross weight is less. On mixed 

 shipments of fish and oysters shipped with ice necessary for preservation, charge on the basis of 25 per 

 cent added to the net weight of the flsh, plus the weight of the oysters as specifled hereunder. The mini- 

 mum billing weight of such a mixed shipment is 40 pounds, unless the gross weight is less, in which event 

 the gross weight will apply. 



Oysters, clams, or scallops in shell, glass jars, canned, or in bulk: 



When shipped in bulk estimate 12 pounds per gallon. 



If forwarded in refrigerators weighing gross in excess of 200 pounds, charge on basis of rule 1 (h), Offlcial 

 Express Classification, I. C. C. No. .3280. (Gross weight of the shipment at the time it is received for trans- 

 portation, provided, however, that when it is necessary to use ice for preservation, and it is used for that 

 purpose only, an allowance of 25 per cent from the gross weight will be made from March to November, 

 inclusive, and an allowance of 15 per cent from gross weight will be made from December to February, 

 inclusive, but the weight must not be less than the gross weight of the shipment without ice.) 



In glass jars estimate 24 pints at 45 pounds, 36 pints at 65 pounds, 48 pints at 90 pounds, and 48 half pints 

 at 50 pounds. 



The following estimated weights will apply to oysters in metal cans with or without ice, when packed in 

 boxes: i>5-gallon can, ll4 pounds each; pint cans, 13i pounds each; standard or ?4 cans, 2 pounds each; 

 i -gallon cans, 2' 2 pounds each; full quart cans, 3 pounds each; >2-gallon cans, 6 pounds each; and gallon 

 cans, 12 pounds each. 



Gross weight at time of shipment will apply when less than the estimated weights shown above. The 

 minimum billing weight for any single shipment of oysters, clams, or scallops is 30 pounds unless the actual 

 gross weight is less or unless tlie percentage allowance from gross weight authorized in rule 1 (h) makes a 

 lower billing weight. On mixed shipments of fish and oysters shipped with ice necessary for preservation 

 charge on the basis of 25 per cent added to the net weight of the flsh plus the weight of the oysters as specifled 

 above. 



The minimum billing weight of such a mixed shipment is 40 pounds unless the gross weight is less, in 

 which event the gross weight will apply. Oysters, clams, or scallops: On mixed shipments of shellfish, 

 consisting of shellfish both shucked and in the shell, the minimum billing weight will be 40 pounds per 

 shipment unless the actual gross weight is lower, in which event the actual gross weight will apply. (Does 

 not apply on intrastate traffic between stations in Georgia.) 

 * Carloads: Minimum billing weight 12,000 pounds, on the following basis: 



When in the shell actual weight. Shucked oysters in carriers estimated at 12 pounds per gallon. Shucked 

 oysters in naked cans without other packing, charge on the basis of actual weight of the oysters and con- 

 tainers. 



No charge will be made for the transportation of necessary chopped ice packed on top or around the cans, 

 nor when refrigerator cars are used will any charge be made for transportation of ice in the bunkers. The 

 cost of all ice furnished by the express company must be paid by the shipper or consignee. 



**. Shipments of oysters originating in Canada, Newfoundland, or Labrador will be subject to billing 

 weight basis provided for in item 1 (h), Offlcial Express Classiflcation, I. C. C. No. 3280. (Item noted 

 above.) 



(A) . On shipments of fresh salmon packed with ice or snow, from points in Canada the minimum billing 

 weight will be 75 pounds per box unless the gross weight is less. 



