✨ Government Wharf Rate Schedules
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
On all goods and luggage not otherwise specified, per ton (minimum
charge, 6d.) £ s. d.
Wool, per bale 0 2 6
Timber, per 100 feet superficial 0 0 6
Firewood, per cord 0 1 0
Cattle and horses, per head 0 2 6
Sheep, pigs, goats, &c., for first 50, per head 0 0 3
Sheep, pigs, goats, &c., over that number, per head 0 0 2
Hides, each 0 0 1
Palings, per 100 0 0 6
Poultry, each 0 0 1
Shingles, per 1,000 0 0 6
Minerals, per ton 0 0 6
Drays, four-wheel 0 10 0
", two-wheel 0 5 0
GREYMOUTH AND BRUNNER RAILWAY.
WHARF RATES.
Tonnage Dues.
On all sailing vessels, foreign, intercolonial, or coastwise, from ports beyond the
limits comprised between Cape Farewell and Milford Sound, per ton register,
per trip... s. d.
1 0
On all sailing vessels from ports within the above limits, per ton register, per
trip 0 9
On all coasting steamers from ports beyond the limits comprised between
Cape Farewell and Milford Sound, per ton register, per trip 0 9
On all coasting steamers trading only within the above limits, per ton register,
per trip 0 6
On all intercolonial steamers when coming to the wharf, per ton register, per
trip 0 6
On all vessels or steamers tendering ships or steamers (not entering the river)
in the roadstead, per ton register, per trip 0 1
On all vessels coming for coal (in ballast) 0 1
The maximum charge on any steamer to be five pounds ten shillings (£5 10s.)
per trip.
Wharfage.
On all goods and luggage not otherwise specified, per ton weight or measure-
ment 2 0
Minimum charge 0 3
Wool, per bale 0 6
Timber, per 100 feet superficial 0 1
Firewood, per cord 2 0
Half dues for wharfage to be charged on all goods transhipped into lighters,
&c., from vessels lying alongside Government wharves, or at any of the
Government moorings 2 0
Cattle and horses, per head 2 0
Sheep, pigs, goats, &c., per head 0 6
Hides, each 0 1
Palings, per 1,000 2 0
Poultry, each 0 1
Shingles, per 1,000 0 6
Slates, per 1,000 3 0
Vehicles, four-wheel 5 0
do. two-wheel 2 6
Parcels, each 0 3
Cranage.
For use of crane on wharf or yard, per ton 0 6
Exceptional cargoes (as may be determined by the Railway Department) to
be charged per day, or otherwise, by special agreement.
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.
Storage.
On goods not removed within 12 working hours, per day, per ton 1 0
On timber not removed within one week, per 100 feet superficial, per day 0 2
The working hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on week-days. No ship shal
discharge or take in cargo at other times without written notice being given by the
ship's officer to the wharfinger, under a penalty of £5 for each offence. The time
allowed for discharging coals from the trucks into ships is at the rate of 30 tons per
hour. Demurrage will be charged on such trucks as are detained beyond the time
calculated at such rate, at 5s. per truck per hour or fraction thereof.
Ships discharging or taking in cargo at other than the appointed working hours
will be charged at the rate of 2s. 6d. per hour or fraction thereof.
DUNEDIN SECTION.
WHARF RATES.
Wharfage at the rate of one shilling (1s.) per ton shall be charged on all goods
loaded or unloaded from or into lighters, into or from ships lying at Port Chalmers
Railway Wharf.
Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.
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Continuation of General Wharf Rates Schedule
(continued from previous page)
🚂 Transport & CommunicationsGoods rates, luggage, wool, timber, livestock, minerals, drays
🚂 Greymouth and Brunner Railway Wharf Rates and Charges Schedule
🚂 Transport & CommunicationsGreymouth, Brunner, railway, wharfage, tonnage dues, cranage, storage, demurrage
🚂 Dunedin Section Wharf Rates for Port Chalmers Railway Wharf
🚂 Transport & CommunicationsDunedin, Port Chalmers, railway wharf, lighterage
NZ Gazette 1879, No 2