✨ Wharf Rates and Charges




June 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 829

Classes L, N, P, per ton ... ... 0 6
Minimum charge ... ... 0 3
Class E, carried by rail ... ... Free.
Returned empties ... ... Free.

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 ... ... 1 0
On timber not taken away within one week, at 100 superficial feet, per
week or fraction thereof ... ... 0 6
Working hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on week-days.

Cranage.

On all timber, per 100 superficial feet ... ... 0 2

RAILWAY WHARF, AUCKLAND.

Cranage (10-ton crane), at per hour ... ... 10 0
" " " ton ... ... 2 6
Minimum charge ... ... 5 0

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 s. d.
of the department, per ton ... ... 2 0
Goods, shipped, not otherwise specified, for export beyond the Provincial
District of Auckland, weight or measurement, at the option of the
department, per ton ... ... 1 0
Goods, shipped, not otherwise specified, for places within the Provincial
District of Auckland ... ... Free.
Goods of Classes A, B, C, D, E, carried by rail between Auckland and
Onehunga Wharf ... ... Free.
Returned empties ... ... Free.
Bonedust, guano, and artificial manures, carried by rail (imported) ... Free.
Goods, Class E, per ton ... ... 1 0
Kauri gum, shipped, per ton ... ... 1 0
Cattle and horses, per head ... ... 0 6
Sheep, pigs, and goats, per head ... ... 0 1
Timber, at per 100 superficial feet ... ... 0 2
Goods of Classes L, N, P, per ton ... ... 0 3
Native coal ... ... Free.
Wool, sheepskins, and rabbitskins, in bales not over 4cwt., per bale ... 0 3
Flax, in bales not over 2cwt., per bale ... ... 0 0Β½
Four-wheel vehicles, each ... ... 2 6
Two-wheel vehicles, each ... ... 1 3
400-gallon iron tanks, each ... ... 1 0
Minimum charge in all cases ... ... 0 3

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 s. d.
Heads, lying at the wharves, per quarter, payable in advance ... 10 0
For every other vessel lying at the wharves, per working day or part thereof,
per ton gross register ... ... 0 0ΒΌ
Minimum charge per working day or part thereof ... ... 1 0
For every wagon using the wharf, drawn by one horse, each time ... 1 0
For each additional horse ... ... 0 6
For each express, cart, or other vehicle, drawn by one horse ... ... 0 6
For every barrow or hand-truck, each time ... ... 0 2

Cranage.

For use of crane on wharf, per ton ... ... 0 6
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 ... ... 0 6
Sheep, pigs, goats, per head ... ... 0 1
Grain and flour, per ton ... ... 1 0
Timber, per 100 superficial feet ... ... 0 3
Posts and rails, per 100 ... ... 1 0
Shingles, per 1000 ... ... 0 3
Paling, per 100 ... ... 0 2
Firewood, per cord ... ... 1 0
Bricks, per 100 ... ... 0 3
Slates, per 100 ... ... 0 6
Coal (native), per ton ... ... Free.
Lime, limestone, sand, per ton ... ... 0 6
Shells, undressed building stones, or shingle, per ton ... ... 0 6
Drain-pipes, per ton (ship measurement) ... ... 1 0
400-gallon tanks (empty), each ... ... 1 0



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1887, No 39





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