Wharf Rates and Regulations




1396
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 65

84

WHARVES.

Rates, excluding Labour.
s. d.
Posts and rails per 100, and firewood per cord ... ... 0 6
Sawn timber, per 100ft. ... ... 0 1
Horses, bullocks, and other great cattle, first ten, each ... ... 2 6
Horses, bullocks, and other great cattle, over ten, each ... ... 1 6
Calves, under one year, sheep, pigs, and other small cattle, each ... ... 0 2
Bricks, per 1,000 ... ... 1 6
Slates, per 1,000 ... ... 3 0
Shingles, per 1,000 ... ... 0 6
Coals, coke, ballast, ore, limestone, sand, and manure, per ton ... ... 1 0

Half dues for wharfage to be charged on all goods transhipped into lighters, &c.,
from vessels lying alongside the wharf.
Vessels lying alongside the wharf without landing or receiving cargo shall pay ½d.
per ton net register per day. Minimum charge, £1.
Masters or agents to supply Wharfinger with a list of cargo to be shipped or
landed, together with the particulars of weight or measurement on which freight is
calculated, and wharfage to be paid accordingly, unless the measurement or weight
be found incorrect, in which case the same is to be paid on the correct measurement
or weight.
Goods reshipped without being removed from the wharf, and upon which inward
wharfage has been paid, to be free of outward wharfage.

Goods for Transhipment.
When goods are landed on wharf ex ship, and redelivered to other ships, they s. d.
will be charged 2s. 6d. per ton, according to ship's manifest, or by weight
or measurement, at the option of the Department, including wharfage,
handling, and one week's storage, after which storage will be charged for.
Goods transhipped into lighters or vessels from vessels lying alongside the
wharves, per ton ... ... 1 0

Storage.
Any coal or other goods remaining on the platform more than forty-eight hours
after landing to pay at the rate of 1s. per ton for every week or part of a
week. Storage on all goods sent to the sheds and stored for vessels which
are not then in harbour or not ready to receive, and goods delivered from
ship and not taken away within eight working-hours, per ton, per week
or part of a week ... ... 1 6
Receiving and delivering, per ton ... ... 1 0
Wool, flax, and tow per bale, and tallow per cask (storage) ... ... 0 6
Receiving and delivering ditto ... ... 0 6

Miscellaneous.

Weighing, Receiving, and Delivering.
Pipes, puncheons, or butts, each ... ... 2 0
Hogsheads, each ... ... 1 6
Barrels, quartercasks, each ... ... 0 6
Octaves, each ... ... 0 6
Cases or baskets (4 gallons) and gin-cases ... ... 0 3
(2 gallons) ... ... 0 2
Tobacco, half-tierces ... ... 1 6
kegs, cases, and quarter-tierces ... ... 1 0
Cigars and cigarettes, cases not over 50lb. ... ... 1 0
cases over 50lb. and not over 100lb. ... ... 1 6
cases over 100lb. ... ... 2 0
Sugar, per ton ... ... 1 0
Kerosene, per case ... ... 0 6
Goods, weight or measurement, according as freight shall be paid thereon or
at option of the Department, per ton ... ... 2 0
Minimum charge ... ... 0 6
Bondmarking, per package ... ... 0 0½

Craneage.
For use of crane on wharf, per ton ... ... 0 6
For use of donkey-engine, per day ... ... 30 0
For use of shear-legs, for lifting heavy weights, per ton ... ... 10 0
Exceptional cargoes (as may be determined by the Railway Department)
by special agreement.
The working-hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on week-days.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1895, No 65





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