New Zealand Gazette – 1884 – No. 31

Page 493

✨ Railway Freight Rates

Mar. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 493

OAMARU AND BREAKWATER.

	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, un- loading 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 load- ing, 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

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 four working hours after arrival.

Ships’ goods will be charged according to bill of lading, or by weight or measurement, 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, 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 measurement, 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 computing the charges will be deemed to be as follows:—

Miles.	Miles.
Caversham ... ... 2	Abbotsford ... ... 5
Ravensbourne ... ... 2	Sawyer’s Bay ... ... 7
Burnside ... ... 4	Port Chalmers Lower Station 8

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, Huru-nui-Bluff, will be charged 2d. per ton in addition to the classified rates.

FERNHILL SIDING.

The minimum charge on goods of Classes N and P consigned from this siding will be 2s. 7d. per ton.

STIRLING TO MILLBURN.

CLASS N.

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

CLARKSVILLE AND LAWRENCE, MOUNT SOMERS, DUNTROON, AND NGAPARA BRANCHES.

CLASSES K, N, AND P.

In addition to the rates specified in Part III., a charge of ½d. per ton per mile will be made on all goods of Classes N and P, and of 1d. per 500 superficial feet or fraction thereof per mile on all timber carried on these branches, such addition to be made only for the distance such goods are carried on the branches.

BLUFF TO INVERCARGILL.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D, from Bluff to Invercargill, not to 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 measurement, at option of Department. Other goods by weight or measurement, as the Department directs.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1884, No 31

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🚂 Freight Rates for Oamaru and Breakwater

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🚂 Freight Rates for Dunedin and Port Chalmers

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🚂 Mileage for Freight Calculation

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🚂 Freight Rates for Port Chalmers

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🚂 Minimum Charge for Fernhill Siding

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🚂 Freight Rates for Stirling to Millburn

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🚂 Additional Charges for Branch Lines

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🚂 Freight Rates for Bluff to Invercargill

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