✨ Railway Wharf Rate Schedules
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
All loading and unloading at private sidings are to be done by owners or con-
signees, and demurrage at the rate of one pound (£1) per truck per day, will be-
charged on trucks not unloaded within four (4) working hours after arrival.
All stations except those at Dunedin, Port Chalmers, Invercargill, the Bluff,
Christchurch, Timaru, Oamaru, and Lyttelton, and the Head Stations on all other
lines, are deemed to be country stations for the purpose of this regulation.
NEW PLYMOUTH AND WAITARA RAILWAY.
WAITARA WHARF RATES.
On goods conveyed by rail:—
Goods of all kinds, at per ton ... ... ... ... ... ... ... s. d. 1 0
Receiving and delivering ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 0
Storage, per week, at per ton ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 0
Timber, wharfage, at per 100 feet superficial ... ... 0 3
Receiving and delivering ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 3
Timber remaining over four weeks to be charged, per 100 feet superficial,
per week ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 3
Cattle and horses, per head ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 3
Sheep, pigs, goats, &c., per head ... ... ... ... ... 0 1
On goods other than those conveyed by rail:--
Goods of all kinds, at per ton ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 6
Receiving and delivering ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 0
Storage, per week, at per ton ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 0
Timber, wharfage, at per 100 feet superficial ... ... 0 6
Receiving and delivering ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 3.
Timber remaining over four weeks to be charged, per 100 feet superficial,
per week ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 3
Cattle and horses, per head ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 3
Sheep, pigs, goats, &c., per head ... ... ... ... ... 0 1
NOTE.—Half wharfage must be paid on all goods transferred to other crafts, while
the ship that is discharging is lying alongside the wharf.
WANGANUI AND MANAWATU RAILWAY.
FOXTON WHARF.
Wharfage Rates.
Goods of all kinds, at per ton ... ... ... ... ... ... s. d. 2 6
Receiving and delivering, at per ton ... ... ... ... 1 0
Timber, at per 100 superficial feet ... ... ... ... 0 3.
Cattle and horses, per head ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 6
Sheep, pigs, goats, &c., per head ... ... ... ... ... 0 2
Wool, per bale ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 6
Drays, carriages, &c., four wheels ... ... ... ... 5 0
" two wheels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 6
Timber remaining over one week to be charged 2d. per 100 feet superficial per week.
PICTON AND BLENHEIM RAILWAY.
PICTON WHARF.
Wharfage Rates.
Grain or Flour, per ton ... ... ... ... ... ... ... s. d. 1 6
" not exceeding 200lb., per bag ... ... ... ... 0 3
Posts and rails, at per 100, and firewood, at per cord ... 0 6
Sawn timber, at per 100 feet, from or upon New Wharf ... 0 3
" Old Wharf ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 2
Single bag or parcel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 3
Horses or cattle, if not more than one ... ... ... 2 6
" after the first, each ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 6
Sheep or pigs, not exceeding 50, each. ... ... ... 0 2
" all over 50, each ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 1
Bricks, per 1,000 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 6
Coals, per ton ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 0
Wool, per bale ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 3
Flax and tow, per bale ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 2
Hides, 40 to the ton ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 0
Sheepskins, per bale ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 3
Tallow, per cask ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 3
All other goods not enumerated, per ton, either weight or measurement, at the
option of the wharfinger ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 0
Wagons ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 0
Traps ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 0
Hand-carts or trucks ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 6
All goods, &c., landed on the Government lands adjacent to the wharves shall be
subject to same dues as if landed on wharf.
Exemptions.
Such passengers' luggage or ships' stores as are carried in hand.
All goods, produce, or stock coming from or going to settlers residing in Queen
Charlotte Sound.
Storage.
s. d..
Wool, flax, and tow to be charged at per bale, and tallow at per cask, including
storage, labour, and shipping ... ... ... ... 0 7
Wool or flax, tow, and tallow, to be removed within four weeks, or a charge
per week will be made for every week after that time, per bale or cask ... 0 3
Labour.
On all goods, with the exception of timber and live stock, and except on
packages exceeding one-half ton weight (when the Wharfinger shall be at
liberty to make an additional charge for extra labour, if required), per ton ... 1 0
Labour loading carts, not compulsory, per ton ... ... ... ... 0 6
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NZ Gazette 1878, No 82