Wharf Regulations and Charges




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 101

The working hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on week-days.
No ship shall 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 receiving 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.
The captain or agent of each vessel is to supply the Wharfinger with a correct copy of the vessel’s manifest prior to discharging any cargo, under a penalty of £5 for each offence.

WESTPORT SECTION.
WESTPORT.
Charges for use of Wharf.
£ s. d
For every vessel lying at a wharf, per day, per ton register ... 0 0 2
Minimum charge ... 1 0 0
For every vessel coming for coal in ballast lying at a wharf, per day, per ton net register ... 0 0 1
On every vessel tendering vessels (not entering the river) in the roadstead, per ton net register, per trip ... 0 0 1

Rates.
On all goods and luggage not otherwise specified, per ton (minimum charge, 3d.) ... 0 2 0
Wool, per bale ... 0 0 6
Timber, per 100 feet superficial ... 0 0 2
Firewood, per cord ... 0 1 0
Cattle and horses, per head ... 0 2 0
Sheep, pigs, goats, &c., per head ... 0 0 3
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 5 0
Drays, two-wheel ... 0 2 6

NELSON SECTION.
NELSON WHARF.
Rates, including Labour.
s. d.
Wharfage on all goods and luggage not otherwise specified, per ton weight or measurement ... 2 0
Hops, per bale ... 1 3
Wool, per bale ... 1 0
Flax and tow, per bale ... 0 6
Sheepskins and rabbitskins per bale, not exceeding 2 cwt. ... 0 3
Sheepskins, loose, per 100 ... 2 6
Hides, each ... 0 1
Poultry, each ... 0 1
Carts and carriages, each ... 5 0
Hand-carts or trucks, each ... 1 0
Minimum charge ... 0 6
Grain and flour ... 1 6

Rates, excluding Labour.
Posts and rails, at per 100, and firewood, at per cord ... 0 6
Sawn timber, at per 100 feet ... 0 1
Horses, bullocks, and other great cattle, each ... 2 6
Sheep, pigs, and other small cattle, each ... 0 3
Bricks, per 1,000 ... 3 0
Slates, per 1,000 ... 3 0
Shingles, per 1,000 ... 0 6
Coals, coke, ballast, ore, limestone, sand, and manure, per ton ... 1 0
Half dues for wharfage to be charged on all goods transhipped into lighters, &c., from vessels lying alongside the wharf.
Vessels lying alongside the wharf without landing or receiving cargo shall pay ½d. per ton net register per day. Minimum charge, £1.
Masters or agents to supply Wharfinger with a list of cargo to be shipped or landed, together with the particulars of weight or measurement on which freight is calculated, and wharfage to be paid accordingly, unless the measurement or weight be found incorrect, in which case the same is to be paid on the correct measurement or weight.
Goods reshipped without being removed from the wharf, and upon which inward wharfage has been paid, to be free of outward wharfage.

Storage.
Any coal or other goods remaining on the platform more than forty-eight hours after landing to pay at the rate of 1s. per ton for every week or part of a week. Rent on all goods sent to the sheds and stored for vessels which are not then in harbour or not ready to receive, and goods delivered from ship and not taken away within eight working hours, at per ton, per week or part of a week ... 1 6
Receiving and delivering, per ton ... 1 0
Wool, flax, and tow at per bale, and tallow at per cask ... 0 6
Receiving and delivering ... 0 6

Crannage.
For use of crane on wharf, per ton ... 0 6
Exceptional cargoes (as may be determined by the Railway Department) by special agreement.



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