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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 28

WANGANUI SECTION.

FOXTON AND EAST TOWN WHARVES.

These wharves shall be open for receipt and delivery of goods on all days (Sundays and holidays observed at H.M. Customs excepted) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., but on Saturdays they may be closed at 2 p.m. Vessels may load or discharge from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., but on Saturdays until 1 p.m. only.

Masters of vessels discharging or loading cargo outside of regular wharf hours shall pay 10s. per hour for vessels discharged or loaded by steam-power, and 5s. per hour for vessels worked by hand-power; but this shall not apply to vessels loading or discharging ballast, coal, or timber where wharfingers’ labour is not required.

Rates.

Cattle and horses, per head
... ... 0 6
Sheep, pigs, goats, per head
... ... 0 1
Grain and flour, per ton
... ... 1 6
Timber, per 100 superficial feet
... ... 0 2
White pine, per 100 feet superficial
... ... 0 1
Posts and rails, per 100
... ... 1 0
Shingles, per 1,000
... ... 0 3
Paling, per 100
... ... 0 2
Firewood, per cord
... ... 1 0
Bricks, per 100
... ... 0 3
Slates, per 100
... ... 0 6
Coal (imported), per ton
... ... 1 0
Coal (native), per ton
... ... 0 6
Lime, limestone, sand, per ton
... ... 1 0
Shells, undressed building stones, and shingle, per ton
... ... 0 6
Drain-pipes, per ton (ships’ 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 0½
Sheepskins and rabbitskins, per bale (not exceeding 2 cwt.)
... ... 0 3
For every vehicle, four-wheel
... ... 5 2
” ” two-wheel
... ... 2 6
Agricultural produce not otherwise specified, per ton
... ... 1 6
Fencing wire and fencing materials, per ton
... ... 0 6
Poultry of all kinds, each
... ... 0 1
Other goods not enumerated above, per ton, weight or measurement, at option of wharfinger
... ... 2 0
Minimum charge in all cases
... ... 0 6
Returned empties, half-rates.
Half wharfage rates will be charged on all goods loaded or unloaded from or into lighters into or from ships lying at Foxton and East Town Wharves.

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.

Storage will be charged on all import goods or merchandise not taken away within 12 working hours at the rate of 1s. per ton per day or fraction thereof
... ... 1 0
On all export goods or merchandise, if not shipped per first steamer for which they are consigned, storage at the rate of 6d. per ton per day or fraction thereof
... ... 0 6
On wool, flax, tow, sheepskins and rabbitskins, per bale, per day or fraction thereof
... ... 0 3
On tallow, per cask, per day or fraction thereof
... ... 0 3
On timber remaining over sixty-four working hours, per 100 feet superficial, per week
... ... 0 2
The working hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m on week-days.
The above storage charges do not include handling.

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GREYMOUTH SECTION.

GREYMOUTH.

Charges for use of Wharf.

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
... ... 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 £5 10s. per trip.
The minimum charge on any vessel coming for coal or timber in ballast to be 5s,