✨ Wharf Charges and Rates
May 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 775
WHARVES. 71
ONEHUNGA WHARF.
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. s. d.
Goods, landed, not otherwise specified, weight or measurement, at the option 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, Classes E and F, per ton ... 1 0
Kauri-gum, shipped, per ton ... 1 0
Cattle and horses, per head (two calves as one head cattle) ... 1 6
Sheep, pigs, and goats, per head ... 0 1
Timber, per 100 superficial feet ... 0 2
Goods of Classes N, P, Q, 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 0½
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. s. d.
For every vessel under 20 tons, and every vessel trading within the Manukau Heads, lying at the wharf, per quarter, payable in advance ... 10 0
For every other vessel lying at the wharf, per working day or part thereof, per ton gross register ... 0 0¼
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 WHARF. s. d.
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
Palings, 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
Drainpipes, per ton (ship measurement) ... 1 0
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NZ Gazette 1893, No 41
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🚂 Wharf Charges and Rates at Onehunga and Mercer
🚂 Transport & CommunicationsOnehunga Wharf, Mercer Wharf, Charges, Rates, Goods, Cattle, Sheep, Timber, Coal, Lime, Shingles, Slates, Firewood, Bricks, Drains, Kauri-gum, Wool, Flax, Vehicles, Cranage