Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1875 – No. 38

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✨ Railway Tariff Schedule



SCHEDULE 2.

TOLLS AND CHARGES ON THE

Great Northern Railway—Addington to Ashley.
Great Southern Railway—Christchurch to Rangitata.
Oxford Branch Railway—Rangiora to Oxford.
Malvern Branch Railway—Rolleston to Malvern.
Southbridge Branch Line—Racecourse Junction to Southbridge.

Class A. Class B. Class C. Class D. Class E. Class Gr.
Tolls for Haulage, per mile,
or fraction of a mile 4d. per ton 3d. per ton 3d. per 100 feet supfl. 1d. per bale 4d. per score 2½d. per ton
Terminal Charges 2s. 6d. 2s. 3d. 7d. 2s. —

For details, see annexed Classification.

Classification hereinbefore referred to.

Class A Includes

  • Flax, in bales.
  • Brass and Coke.
  • Scrap Iron and other Castings, if declared undamageable and at owner’s risk.
  • Ditto, damageable—Rate and a-half.
  • Furniture, China, Glass, Pictures, and other Valuable or Hazardous Goods—Double rates.
  • Returned Empties—Half rates.
  • Packages weighing two or more tons—Double rates.
  • Packages under a quarter of a ton, to be charged as a quarter ton.
  • Iron (liable to damage or depreciation by moisture or breakage).
  • Merchandise and all Goods not otherwise described.

Note.—Weight or Measurement in all cases at the option of the Railway Department.

Class B Includes

  • Hay, Straw, and Chaff (pressed); Potatoes, Flour, Sharps, Imported Coal (North and South Lines—Stacked at Consignees cost).
  • Undamageable Iron, Slates, Bricks, Stone, Lime, Posts and Rails, Piles, Heavy Timber, Firewood—One cord to the ton.
  • Boxes in bage.
  • Hay, Straw, and Chaff (unpressed) double rates.
  • Firewood—1s. per cord additional if loaded by Railway.
  • Agricultural Produce, not otherwise described.

Note.—Weight or Measurement in all cases at the option of the Railway Department.

Class C Includes

  • Sawn Timber, per 100 feet superficial.
  • Palings, per 100.
  • Shingles, per 1000.


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🏗️ Canterbury Railways Goods Tariff (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
16 August 1875
Railways, Tariff, Tolls, Wharf Dues, Canterbury