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TRAMWAYS, 6 OF 1883.] 687

Schedule c.

Tolls AND CHARGES FOR ANIMALS, Goods, & c .
Animals.
Per mile.
For every borse, mule , or other beast of draught or burden , per ! 12 cents.
? head , ... S
For every ox, cow , bull or head of cattle, per head ,...... .12

For erery calf, pig, sheep, or other small animal, per head ,............ 10
Goods and Minerals.
For all coals, coke, cuim , charcoal, camnel, limestone, chalk , lime,
salt, sand, fireclay, cinders, dung, compost and all sorts of
manure, and all undressed materials for the repair of public
roads or highways, per ton ,....... .... 20
For all iron, iron ore, pig iron , bar irou , rod iron, sheet iron, hoop
iron , plates of iron, slabs, billets and rolled iron, bricks, slags,
and stone, stones for building, pitching, and paving, tiles, slates,
and clay ( except fire-clay), and for wrought iron not otherwise
specially classed herein , and for heavy iron castings including
railway chairs, per ton, ....... 20
For all sugar, grain , corn , flour, hides, dyewoods, earthenware,
timber and metals (except iron ), nails, anvils, vices, and chains,
and for light iron castings, per ton , ........ 20
For cotton and other wools, drugs (except opium ) and manufactured
goods, and all other wares, merchandise, fish, articles, matters
or things, per ton, ........ 30
For opium , per chest, ....... 20

Small parcels.
For every parcel not exceeding seven pounds in weight, each, ... 5 cents .

For any parcel exceeding seven pounds and not exceeding fourteen
... 10
pounds in weight, cach,
For any parcel exceeding fourteen pounds and not exceeding twenty
,




eight pounds in weight, eaclı,. . . . . . ... ......... 15
For any parcel exceeding twenty -eight pounds, and not exceeding
fifty - six pounds in weight, each , ........ 20
For any parcel exceeding fifty -six pounds in weight, such sums as
the company may think fit.
Provided always, that articles sent in large aggregate quantities, although
made up in separate parcels, such as bags of sugar, coffee, meal, and the like,
shall not be deemed small parcels, but that term shall apply only to single
parcels in separate packages.
Regulations as to tolls.
A fraction of a mile beyond an integral number of miles shall be deemed a
mile .

For a fraction of a ton , the company may demand and take tolls and
charges according to the number of the quarters of a ton in such fraction, and
if there be a fraction of a quarter of a ton , such fraction shall be deemed a
quarter of a ton .

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