New Zealand Gazette – 1890 – No. 70

Page 1413

✨ Railway Rates and Charges

Dec. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1413

CLASS E, PER TON.

Auckland or Newmarket to Onehunga Town ... ... ... 4 0
" " Onehunga Wharf ... ... ... 4 6
Onehunga Town to Auckland (consignor to load; includes delivery at Auckland) ... ... ... ... 4 6
Onehunga Town to Newmarket ... ... ... ... 4 0
Onehunga Wharf to Auckland (does not include delivery at Auckland) ... 4 6
" Newmarket* ... ... ... ... 4 6

Ships’ goods will be charged according to ships’ bill of lading, or by weight or measurement, at the option of the Department.

Pig-iron, Auckland to Onehunga, will be charged 3s. per ton.

Sugar for shipment from Auckland Railway Wharf to Onehunga Railway Wharf will be charged 5s. per ton, including haulage at Auckland Railway Wharf, all charges for wharfage at Onehunga, and delivery to ships in trucks alongside the Railway Wharf. Minimum quantity, 2 tons.

The following rates will be charged at per ton on goods of Classes A, B, C, D, carried from Auckland or Newmarket to the stations named:—

To	A.	B.	C.	D.
	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.
Te Aroha ... ... ... ...	25 0	25 0	25 0	25 0
Waihou ... ... ... ...	} 34 0	31 6	30 0	27 0
Waitoa ... ... ... ...
Murray’s ... ... ... ...	} 34 0	33 6	32 6	27 0
Morrinsville ... ... ... ...

Sugar, fencing wire and materials, galvanised iron, bar, rod, sheet, angle and plate iron, from Auckland or Newmarket to Te Aroha, will be charged 18s. per ton.

Class H, undumped, consigned from stations on the Te Aroha Branch, including Morrinsville, to Auckland, will be charged as follows:—

From Te Aroha, Waihou, and Waitoa, 5s. 6d. per bale.

From Murray’s, Tatua-o-Haua, and Morrinsville, 6s. per bale.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, D, Auckland or Newmarket, to Oxford for Rotorua, will be charged £4 10s. per ton.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, D, between Auckland or Newmarket and ports on the Kaipara, will be charged, at per ton weight, as below, wharfage at Helensville included, ships to place in and take delivery of goods from trucks at Helensville Wharf:—

Between Auckland or Newmarket and	Rail.	Steamer.	Total.
	A.	B, C, D.	A.
	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.
Kaipara Waters.
South Head, North Head, Titianui, Tokatoka, Whakahara, Te Kopuru, Aratapu, Mangawhare, Dargaville	}
River Oruawharo.
Otamatea, Kaiwaka, Point Curtis, Port Albert	20 0	15 0	12 6
River Arapawa.
Pahi, Batley, Paparoa, Matakoehe, Maungaturoto	}

Tinned fish, ex ship at Helensville, consigned to Auckland, will be charged 15s. a ton, including wharfage at Helensville.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, D, ex ships from ports outside Kaipara Heads, Helensville to Auckland, will be charged 10s. per ton by ship’s manifest or by weight or measurement, at the option of the Railway, wharfage at Helensville included.

CLASS K.

Timber to Auckland, Onehunga Wharf, and Mount Eden will be charged as follows, per 100 superficial feet:—

From	To Mount Eden.	To Auckland.	To Onehunga Wharf.
	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.
Helensville, Waitakerei, and intermediate stations ... ... ...	...	1 4	1 6
Helensville, Waimauku, and intermediate stations ... ... ...	1 4	...	...
Waitakerei ... ... ...	1 1	...	...
Onehunga Wharf ... ... ...	0 9	0 9	...

The Commissioners reserve the right to calculate the contents of logs by weighing them and computing at the rate of 500 superficial feet of 1 inch in thickness to the ton.

These rates are exclusive of loading and unloading charges. The rates from Helensville, and to and from Onehunga Wharf, are inclusive of wharfage.

Skidding kauri logs at Auckland, ½d. per 100 superficial feet.

*The rates to and from the wharf include all charges for wharfage at Onehunga, loading or unloading in the yards or sheds, and delivery to or receipt from ships in trucks alongside the railway wharf.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1890, No 70

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