✨ Railway and Wharf Rates




1652

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [Nov. 21

Tolls.
Each vessel lying at the wharf, per working day or part thereof, per ton
gross register up to 150 tons ... s. d.
0 0
For each ton above 150 tons, per working day or part thereof ... 0 0
Minimum charge per working day or part thereof ... 2 6
For every wagon using the wharf, drawn by one horse, each time ... 1 0
For each additional horse ... 0 6
For each express cart or other vehicle, drawn by one horse ... 0 6
For every barrow or hand-truck, each time ... 0 2

Cranage.
For use of crane on wharf, per ton ... 0 6
Exceptional cargoes (as may be determined by the Railway Department) to be
charged per day, or otherwise by special arrangement. The charge for cranage does
not include the cost of haulage to the crane when the goods have been previously
deposited at a distance therefrom.
The working hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on week days.

MERCER AND NGARUAWAHIA WHARVES.
For Traffic not interchanged with the Railway.
s. d.
Cattle and horses, per head ... 0 6
Sheep, pigs, goats, per head ... 0 1
Grain and flour, per ton ... 1 6
Timber, sawn, baulk, or round, per 100 feet superficial ... 0 2
Posts and rails (wood), per 100 ... 1 0
Shingles, per 1,000 ... 0 3
Palings, per 100 ... 0 2
Firewood, per cord ... 1 0
Bricks, per 100 ... 0 3
Slates, per 100 ... 0 6
Coal (imported), per ton ... 0 6
Coal (native), per ton ... 0 2
Lime, limestone, sand, per ton ... 1 0
Shells, undressed building stones, or shingle, per ton ... 0 6
Drain-pipes, per ton (ship measurement) ... 1 0
400-gallon tanks (empty), each ... 1 0
Manure of any kind or bones, per ton ... 1 0
Wool, per bale, not exceeding 4 cwt. ... 0 3
Flax and tow, per bale ... 0 3
Tallow, per ton ... 1 3
Hides, each ... 0 0
Sheep and rabbit skins, per bale not exceeding 2 cwt. ... 0 2
For every vehicle of four wheels ... 5 0
two wheels ... 2 6
Agricultural produce, not otherwise specified, per ton ... 1 6
Fencing wire and materials ... 0 6
Poultry of all kinds, each ... 0 1
Other goods not enumerated above, per ton, weight or measurement, at the
option of the Wharfinger ... 2 0
Minimum charge in all cases ... 0 6
Returned empties, half rates.

Labour.
Receiving and delivering, for all kinds of goods, at per ton ... 1 0
Packages exceeding half a ton weight, by arrangement.
Timber, for each handling by the railway, 3d. per 100 feet will be charged.
(Handling not compulsory.)

Storage.
Same as Railway Regulations.

NEW PLYMOUTH AND WAITARA RAILWAY.
WAITARA WHARF RATES.

On goods conveyed by rail :-
Goods of all kinds, at per ton ... 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

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.β€”Half wharfage must be paid on all goods transferred to other crafts, while
the ship that is discharging is lying alongside the wharf.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1879, No 118





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πŸš‚ Continuation of Wharfage Rates Schedule for Wharves and Railways (continued from previous page)

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
21 November 1879
Tolls, Cranage, Mercer Wharf, Ngaruawahia Wharf, Waitara Wharf, Railway rates, Goods charges