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(6) Rates for round timber do not include unloading. 



(7) When round timber is consigned, the number of cubic 



feet must be declared by the sender ; or else an 

 extra charge will be made. 



(8) For pieces of timber, of less than four tons weight, 



which, owing to their length, require more than I 

 truck, a minimum charge of I ton per truck is made 

 for each truck so used, whether carrying part of 

 the load or used as a safety waggon only. 



(9) Pit-wood for mining purposes is charged at measure- 



ment weight and tape over bark with 144 divisor. 



(10) Except between stations on Scotch railways, the 

 following special conditions hold good, and special 

 rates per ton are quoted for 2 tons and upwards : 



(a) Fir and Pine deals, battens, and boards ^ 66 cub. ft. 

 (unprepared, and not exceeding 4 in. (as measured) 

 in thickness, post and rails, Fir cut > equal I ton, 

 square for fencing (and not exceeding and 



4 in. in thickness) J special rates. 



() Planks, sawn or hewn square, or waney-edged logs of 



Alder . . 



Ash 



Beech 



Birch 



Chestnut 



Elm 



Fir 



Larch 



40 or 50 ft. 



per ton 

 (vide sect. (5)), 



Pine .... 



special rates. 



Spruce . . . , . . . 



Hornbeam ... * '.' 



Plane . X- ' 



Poplar . . . ... 



Sycamore . 



(c) Pitwood and telegraph poles (consigned direct to a mine), 

 ordinary measurement weight, but special rate, viz., 20 per 

 cent, over rate for deals, battens, and boards. 



With reference to the above, it may be stated, by way of a 

 summary, that 



(i) Battens, deals, and boards of Fir and Pine are carried 



