Freight Rates Schedule




Aug. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1445

GOODS. 61

LOCAL RATES—continued.

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

All through goods will be charged at ordinary rates; one mile for the Breakwater Branch line will be added to the mileage to or from Oamaru.

DEAD MEAT, OAMARU TO PORT CHALMERS.

Dead meat, from Oamaru to Port Chalmers, will be charged 15s. per ton.

DUNEDIN OR PORT CHALMERS AND OAMARU.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D, between Dunedin or Port Chalmers and Oamaru, will be charged 12s. 6d. per ton, except otherwise specified. Minimum charge, 1s. 4d.

Parcels for Distribution at Destination.—When more articles or parcels than one are sent, packed or loose, from one consignor to one consignee, for express companies or forwarding agents, and are for distribution at destination, the minimum charge will be 5s.

GRAVEL, MENLOVE’S SIDING TO OAMARU.

Gravel from Menlove’s Siding to Oamaru will be charged 1s. 6d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 5 tons per truck.

PELTS, MAHENO TO WOOLSTON.

Pelts, from Maheno to Woolston, will be charged 22s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 4 tons per truck.

STONE AND STONE PILES TO PORT CHALMERS AND DUNEDIN.

Stone and stone piles, rough, from Oamaru, Weston, Maheno, and intermediate stations to Port Chalmers or Dunedin, will be charged 5s. 6d. per ton.

DUNEDIN AND PORT CHALMERS.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D, from Port Chalmers to Dunedin, not to private sidings ... ... ... ... 5 7 per ton.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D, from Port Chalmers to Dunedin, to private sidings ... ... ... ... 4 6 ,,

Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D, from Dunedin to Port Chalmers ... 4 6 ,,

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

CLASSES N AND Q, FROM PORT CHALMERS QUARRY.

Goods of Classes N and Q, from Port Chalmers Quarry to stations on the main line, Hurunui—Bluff, will be charged 2d. per ton in addition to the classified rates.

GOODS FOR TRANSHIPMENT AT PORT CHALMERS.

When goods are landed ex ship, and taken into shed and redelivered to other ships, they will be charged 3s. per ton, according to ship’s manifest, or by weight or measurement, at the option of the Department, including one week’s storage, after which storage will be charged for.

BARK, PORT CHALMERS TO SAWYER’S BAY.

Bark, imported, in bags, from Port Chalmers to Sawyer’s Bay will be charged 3s. per ton.

JETTY STREET WHARF, DUNEDIN.

Shunting coal from Jetty Street Wharf, Dunedin, to Pelichet Bay Sidings will be charged 1s. 6d. per ton; minimum charge, 7s. 6d. per truck.

DUNEDIN AND BURNSIDE.

Goods of Class E, oil, soap, tallow, candles, bar iron, iron castings, manures (other than street, stable, and farmyard), sulphur, linseed, guano, tar, raw materials used in the manufacture of manures (other than street, stable, and farmyard) and acids, sulphuric acid, in 2-ton lots, between Dunedin and Burnside or the Cattle-yards will be charged 3s. 7d. per ton; when consigned to private sidings, 2s. 6d. per ton.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1896, No 67





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