New Zealand Gazette – 1882 – No. 96

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✨ Railway Tariffs Schedule



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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OAMARU AND BREAKWATER.

Item To or from Station Yard or Goods Shed. To or from Harbour Board Sidings.
General merchandise, per ton ... £ s. d. 0 2 0 £ s. d. 0 1 6
Coal and other minerals, including loading, unloading being done by consignees, per ton ... 0 1 0 0 1 0
Grain, flour, and other produce, per ton ... 0 1 6 0 1 0
Wool, screw-pressed, per bale ... 0 0 9 0 0 6
Timber, per 100 superficial feet, including loading, unloading being done by consignees ... 0 0 3½ 0 0 3½
Rails and posts, per truck ... 0 6 6 0 6 6
Live stock, per truck ... 0 5 0 0 5 0
Returned empties, each ... 0 0 6 0 0 6

A uniform rate of 6d. each for all passengers.

Goods to or from Government sheds will be loaded by the Department, and those to
or from Harbour Board sidings by Harbour Board tenants. Demurrage at the rate
of 10s. per truck per day or part of a day will be charged on trucks not loaded or
unloaded within 4 working hours after arrival.

Ships' goods will be charged according to bill of lading, or by weight or measure-
ment, at option of the Department; other goods by weight or measurement as the
Department directs.

All through goods will be charged at ordinary rates; one mile for the Breakwater
Branch Line will be added to the mileage to or from Oamaru.

DUNEDIN AND PORT CHALMERS.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D, from Port Chalmers to Dunedin, s. d.
not to private sidings ... 5 7 per ton.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D, from Port Chalmers to Dunedin,
to private sidings ... 4 6 ”

Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D, from Dunedin to Port Chalmers... 4 6 ”

Ships' goods will be charged according to bill of lading, or by weight or measure-
ment, at option of the Department; other goods by weight or measurement as the
Department directs.

MILEAGE.

The distance between Dunedin and the following stations for the purpose of com-
puting the charges will be deemed to be as follows:-

Caversham ... Miles. 2
Ravensbourne ... 2
Burnside ... 4

And between Pelichet Bay and Port Chalmers Upper Station, 8 miles.

PORT CHALMERS.
CLASS N.

Goods of Class N, from Port Chalmers Quarry to Port Chalmers Station or Wharf,
will be charged 1s. 6d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 5 tons per truck.

Goods of Class N, from Port Chalmers Quarry to Stations on the main line,
Hurunui-Bluff, will be charged 6d. per ton in addition to the classified rates.

STIRLING TO MILBURN.
CLASS N.

Coal Refuse from Stirling to Milburn will be charged 1s. 6d. per ton less than the
classified rates for Class N.

CLARKSVILLE AND LAWRENCE BRANCH.
CLASSES K, N, AND P.

In addition to the rates specified in Part III., a charge of 3d. per ton per mile
will be made on all goods of Classes N and P, and of 3d. per 500 superficial feet, or
fraction thereof, per mile on all timber carried on the Lawrence Branch, such
addition to be made only for the distance such goods are carried on the branch.

BLUFF TO INVERCARGILL.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D, from Bluff to Invercargill, not to s. d.
private sidings ... 7 10 per ton.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D, from Bluff to Invercargill, to
private sidings ... 6 6 ”

Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D, from Invercargill to Bluff ... 6 6 ”

Ships' goods will be charged according to bill of lading, or by weight or measure-
ment, at option of Department. Other goods by weight or measurement, as the
Department directs.

BUXTON'S TO INVERCARGILL.
CLASS P.-BRICKS.

Bricks of native produce, from Buxton's to Invercargill, will be charged 1s. 6d.
per ton. Minimum quantity, 5 tons per truck.



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🚂 Railway Tariffs and Storage Rates for Oamaru, Dunedin, and Bluff sections (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
13 November 1882
Railway rates, tariffs, Oamaru, Dunedin, Port Chalmers, Bluff, Invercargill, mileage, freight charges