✨ Wharf Rates and Charges
Vessels occupying berths at the wharf longer than the times above specified will be charged with rent for every day or part of a day beyond the times above specified, at the following rates, which shall be paid to the Wharfinger before the vessel shall be removed, viz.:-
For vessels under 50 tons
For vessels from 50 to 100 tons
For vessels from 100 to 150 tons
For vessels from 150 to 200 tons
For vessels from 200 to 250 tons
For vessels from 250 to 400 tons
For vessels above 400 tons
PICTON SECTION.
Picton Wharf.
Rates.
Grain or flour, per ton
Grain or flour, not exceeding 200 lb., per bag
Posts and rails at per 100, and firewood at per cord
Sawn timber, at per 100 feet
Single bag or parcel
Horses or cattle, if not more than one
Horses or cattle, after the first, each
Sheep or pigs, not exceeding 50, each
Sheep or pigs, all over 50, each
Bricks, per 1,000
Coals, per ton
Wool, per bale
Flax and tow, per bale
Hides, 40 to the ton
Sheepskins, per bale
Tallow, per cask
All other goods not enumerated, per ton, either weight or measurement, at the option of the Wharfinger
Wagons
Carts, drags, and carriages
Hand-carts or trucks
All goods landed on the Government lands adjacent to the wharves shall be subject to the same dues as if landed on wharf.
Goods loaded or unloaded from or into lighters into or from ships lying alongside the wharf-half rates.
Class E for Shipment.
Goods of Class E for shipment from Picton which have been previously carried over the Picton-Blenheim line will be charged ls. per ton.
Exemptions.
Such passengers' luggage or ships' stores as are carried in hand.
All goods, produce, or stock coming from or going to settlers residing in Queen Charlotte Sound.
Carts.
Twopence per 100 superficial feet will be charged for timber trucked from carts on to the Railway Wharf or passed over the wharf for shipment.
Labour.
On all goods, with the exception of timber and live stock, and except on packages exceeding one-half ton weight (when the Wharfinger shall be at liberty to make an additional charge for extra labour, if required), s. d. per ton
Labour loading carts, not compulsory, per ton
DUNEDIN SECTION.
Port Chalmers Wharves.
Rates.
A rate of ls. per ton will be charged to the masters of ships on all goods loaded or unloaded from or into lighters into or from ships lying at Port Chalmers Railway Wharf.
All goods not carried by rail loaded on to or discharged from the railway wharves will be charged ls. per ton.
For live stock landed at or shipped from the railway wharves at Port Chalmers the following charges will be made:-
Cattle and horses, per head
Sheep, pigs, goats
By Authority: GEORGE DIDSBUKY, Government Printer, Wellington.
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NZ Gazette 1886, No 49
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- George Didsbury, Government Printer