✨ Wharf and Railway Rates




SEPT. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1193

Classes L, N, P, per ton
Minimum charge
Class E, carried by rail
Returned empties

The ordinary wharf rates will be charged to the owners, masters, or agents
of ships or vessels on all goods loaded or unloaded from or into boats or other craft
into or from boats or other craft lying at the wharf.

Storage.
On goods not taken away within twelve working hours, at per ton, per week s. d.
or fraction thereof
On timber not taken away within one week, at 100 superficial feet, per
week or fraction thereof
Working hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on week-days.

Cranage.
On all timber, per 100 superficial feet

RAILWAY WHARF, AUCKLAND.
Cranage (10-ton crane), at per hour
" " " ton
Minimum charge

ONEHUNGA WHARVES.
When consignees do not take delivery of ships' goods from the ships' slings at the
Onehunga Wharf such goods will be received by the Railway Department, and will
be subject to the charges provided under Part III. of the scale of fares, rates, and
charges on the New Zealand Railways, for loading, unloading, haulage, and storage.

Rates.
Goods, landed, not otherwise specified, weight or measurement, at the option
of the department, per ton
Goods, shipped, not otherwise specified for export beyond the Provincial
District of Auckland, weight or measurement, at the option of the
department, per ton
Goods, shipped, not otherwise specified, for places within the Provincial
District of Auckland
Goods of Classes A, B, C, D, E, carried by rail between Auckland and
Onehunga Wharf
Returned empties
Bonedust, guano, and artificial manures, carried by rail (imported)
Goods, Class E, per ton
Kauri gum, shipped, per ton
Cattle and horses, per head
Sheep, pigs, and goats, per head
Timber, at per 100 superficial feet
Goods of Classes L, N, P, per ton
Native coal
Wool, sheepskins, and rabbitskins, in bales not over 4cwt., per bale
Flax, in bales not over 2cwt., per bale
Four-wheel vehicles, each
Two-wheel vehicles, each
400-gallon iron tanks, each
Minimum charge in all cases
Goods transhipped from or into lighters or vessels into or from vessels lying
alongside the wharves will be charged half rates.

Charges for use of Wharf.
For every vessel under 20 tons, and every vessel trading within the Manukau
Heads, lying at the wharves, per quarter, payable in advance
For every other vessel lying at the wharves, per working day or part thereof,
per ton gross register
Minimum charge per working day or part thereof
For every wagon using the wharf, drawn by one horse, each time
For each additional horse
For each express, cart, or other vehicle, drawn by one horse
For every barrow or hand-truck, each time

Cranage.
For use of crane on wharf, per ton
Exceptional cargoes (as may be determined by the Railway Department) to be
charged per day, or otherwise by special arrangement. The charge for cranage does
not include the cost of haulage to the crane when the goods have been previously
deposited at a distance therefrom.
The working hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on week-days.

MERCER.
Cattle and horses, per head
Sheep, pigs, goats, per head
Grain and flour, per ton
Timber, per 100 superficial feet
Posts and rails, per 100
Shingles, per 1000
Palings, per 100
Firewood, per cord
Bricks, per 100
Slates, per 100
Coal (native), per ton
Lime, limestone, sand, per ton
Shells, undressed building stones, or shingle, per ton
Drain-pipes, per ton (ship measurement)
400-gallon tanks (empty), each



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1886, No 49





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