New Zealand Gazette – 1885 – No. 57

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✨ Railway and Shipping Rates

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 57

TIMBER, MERCER TO AUCKLAND.
Timber from Mercer to Auckland will be charged 1s. 9d. per 100 superficial feet, including wharfage at Mercer, exclusive of loading or unloading.

KAURI LOGS, WAIMAUKU TO AUCKLAND AND ONEHUNGA.
Kauri logs from Waimauku to Auckland will be charged 1s. 6d. per 100 superficial feet, and from Waimauku to Onehunga 1s. 7d. per 100 superficial feet, exclusive of loading or unloading charges, but inclusive of wharfage at Onehunga.

RAILWAY SLEEPERS.
Railway sleepers consigned from Auckland Railway Wharf to the Hamilton Branch Stations will be charged £2 14s. per 100 small sleepers.

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NAPIER SECTION.

SHIPS’ GOODS.
Goods of Classes A, B, C, D, E, H, between Spit and Napier, will be charged 2s. 6d. per ton, by weight or measurement, according to ship’s bill of lading, or at the option of the Department.

CLASS K.—TIMBER.
Timber consigned from saw-mills to Spit to vessels for shipment will be charged 3d. per 100 superficial feet less than the classified rates; minimum charge, 8d. per 100 superficial feet.
White-pine timber consigned to Spit for shipment direct to ports outside New Zealand will be charged at the same rates as white-pine, Wellington Section.
The rate for round logs consigned to Spit, Napier, and Waipukurau will be as fixed in Gazette No. 3, of the 8th January, 1885.
Consignments of white-pine for ports outside New Zealand not made direct to the export ship will be charged the same rate, upon a statutory declaration to that effect being furnished, such declaration being made under “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882,” sections 233 and 234, in the form prescribed.

CLASS D.
Goods of Class D will be charged as Class C.

CLASS E.
Goods of Class E will be charged rate and a quarter, provided that the total charges shall not exceed the charges at the classified rates for Class D.

CLASS H.—WOOL.
Wool, undumped, from Farndon, Whakatu, Tomoana, or Hastings to Napier will be charged 10d., to Spit 11d., per bale.

CLASS P.
Goods of Class P will be charged as Class N.

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WELLINGTON SECTION.

CLASS K.—TIMBER.
Timber consigned from saw-mills to Wellington to vessels for shipment will be charged 3d. per 100 superficial feet less than the classified rates.
White-pine timber consigned to Wellington for shipment direct to ports outside New Zealand will be charged as follows:—
8d. per 100 superficial feet for all distances from 1 to 20 miles inclusive, and at the following rates per 100 superficial feet for distances beyond:—

Miles ...	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.
	0 9	0 9	0 10	0 10	0 11	0 11	1 0	1 0	1 1	1 1
Miles ...	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.
	1 1	1 1	1 2	1 2	1 2	1 2	1 2	1 2	1 3	1 3
Miles ...	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50
	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.
	1 3	1 3	1 3	1 3	1 4	1 4	1 4	1 4	1 4	1 4
Miles ...	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.
	1 5	1 5	1 5	1 5	1 5	1 5	1 6	1 6	1 6	1 6
Miles ...	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70
	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.
	1 6	1 6	1 7	1 7	1 7	1 7	1 7	1 7	1 8	1 8
Miles ...	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80
	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.
	1 8	1 8	1 8	1 8	1 9	1 9	1 9	1 9	1 9	1 9

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1885, No 57

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🚂 Timber Rates from Mercer to Auckland

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🚂 Kauri Logs Rates from Waimauku

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🚂 Railway Sleepers Rates from Auckland to Hamilton

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🚂 Napier Section Shipping Rates

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🚂 Wellington Section Timber Rates

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KeywordsWellington, Timber, Rates, White-pine, Shipment, Distances

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