✨ Freight Rates
1872
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 65
60
GOODS.
LOCAL RATES—continued.
CLASS Q, FROM GREENHILLS.
Road-metal, ships’ ballast, and gravel from Greenhills to Invercargill will be charged 1s. 6d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 5 tons per truck.
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CLASSES A, B, C, D, DISTRICT RAILWAYS.
The following rates for goods of Classes A, B, C, and D (except mining machinery and plant, and preserved meat from local factories) will be charged upon the District Railways stated below, viz. :—
Ashburton Forks, Waimate, Duntroun and Hakateramea, and Waimea Plains—
s. d.
Classes A, B, per ton per mile … … … … … 0 9
Classes C, D, per ton per mile … … … … … 0 6
For local traffic on the district railway-lines and between the terminal stations and stations intermediate the minimum charges will be not less than the classified rates.
Goods booked through between stations not situated on the Waimea Plains District Railway will be charged for conveyance over the District Railway—
s. d.
Classes A, B, per ton … … … … … 16 0
Classes C, D, per ton … … … … … 10 0
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COAL FROM NIGHTCAPS.
A terminal charge of 2s. 6d. per ton will be made on all coal loaded at the public sidings on the Nightcaps Coal Company’s Railway at Nightcaps Station in addition to the ordinary rates.
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PAPER FROM LOCAL PAPER-MILLS.
Paper consigned from local paper-mills will be charged Class C, half-rate. Minimum quantity, 10cwt. Any less quantity will be charged as such minimum, or at the classified rates for Class D.
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CHEESE.
The maximum rate for cheese in 4-ton lots, consigned from factories south of Dunedin to Bluff, Invercargill, Dunedin, or Port Chalmers will be 23s. per ton. For cheese in 4-ton lots, consigned from factories north of Oamaru to Oamaru, Timaru, Christchurch, or Lyttelton, the maximum rate will be 23s. per ton.
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GOODS OF CLASSES A, B, C, D (BRANCH LINES).
One penny per ton per mile will be charged in addition to the classified rates on goods of Classes A, B, C, D, on the following branch lines: Rangiora to Sheffield, Eyreton, Springfield, Whitecliffs, Lincoln to Little River, Mount Somers, Waimate, Duntroun, Ngapara, Livingston, Waihemo, Otago Central, Catlin’s River, Tapanui, Wyndham, Seaward Bush, Invercargill to Kingston, Mararoa, Riverton, and Riverton-Nightcaps; but such addition to be made only for the distance goods are carried on the branch. Mining machinery and plant is excepted from this regulation.
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SHIPS’ GOODS ON PORT LINES.
The following ships’ goods will be carried by measurement at half-rates on the lines stated below, viz.: Combines, grass-seed-cleaning machines, omnibuses, tram-cars, and flock and kapok in bales.
LINES:—
Onehunga–Auckland. | Lyttelton–Christchurch.
Picton–Blenheim. | Port Chalmers–Dunedin.
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