Local Freight Rates




1848 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 89

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GOODS.

LOCAL RATES—continued.

Sugar, fencing wire and materials, galvanised iron, bar, rod, hoop, sheet, angle and
plate iron and steel, from Auckland or Newmarket to Te Aroha or Paeroa, will be
charged 18s. per ton.
Iron pipes, Auckland to Hamilton East and Hamilton West, will be charged
Class D.
Class H, undumped, consigned to Auckland will be charged as follows from the
stations named :—
From Paeroa, Te Aroha, Waihou, and Waitoa, 5s. 6d. per bale.
From Murray's, Tatuas, and Morrinsville, 6s. per bale.
Copra, candelanuts, peanuts, rape-seed, linseed, sodas, and other raw material for
the manufacture of oil, soap, candles, and acids, and earthenware empties for sul-
phuric acid, from Auckland and Onehunga to Westfield, and tallow from Mount
Eden to Westfield, will be charged 3s. 6d. per ton, including all charges; minimum
charge, 7s.
Oil, soap, candles, soda crystals, refined tallow, sulphuric acid, and oilcake from
Westfield to Auckland or Onehunga will be charged 3s. 6d. per ton; minimum
charge, 7s.
Gaswater, Auckland to Westfield, and raw materials, ex ship, for the manufacture
of manures other than street, stable, and farmyard, from the Railway Wharf to
Westfield, will be charged 2s. 6d. per ton; minimum charge, 12s. 6d.
Coal, native, brown, between Onehunga and Auckland will be charged 1s 9d. per
ton.
Coal, not otherwise specified, between Onehunga and Auckland will be charged
2s. 6d. per ton.
Pumice for export will be charged 6s. per ton for conveyance from Firth's Siding
to Auckland, including the use of tarpaulins. Minimum quantity, 5 tons per truck.
Coal-slack, native, for lime-burning, ore-roasting, and brick-burning purposes, from
Huntly or Kimihia, will be charged as follows to the stations named :—

s. d.
Te Kuiti ... ... ... ... ... 5 0 per ton.
Te Aroha ... .. ... ... ... 4 6 ,,
Paeroa ... ... ... ... ... 5 3 ,,

Minimum quantity, 6 tons per truck.
Goods of Classes P and Q from Kimihia Siding will be charged 1d. per ton in
addition to the classified or local rates.
Goods of Classes A, B, C, D, for or from ports on the Kaipara, will be charged,
per ton weight, as under, between Auckland or Newmarket and Helensville,
wharfage at Helensville included, ships to place in and take delivery of goods
from trucks at Helensville Wharf:—

Class A ... ... ... ... ... 20s.
Classes B, C, D ... ... ... ... 15s.

Tinned fish, ex ship at Helensville, consigned to Auckland, will be charged 15s.
per ton, including wharfage at Helensville.
Goods and live-stock booked through between stations on the Auckland Section
and ports on the Kaipara will be charged at the following rates for conveyance by
steamer, in addition to the railway rates and charges to or from Helensville as speci-
fied in Parts III., IV., and VI. hereof, ships to place in and take delivery of goods
and live stock from trucks at Helensville Wharf:—

s. d.
Goods, not otherwise specified, per ton weight ... 11 6
Grass-seed, bran, per sack ... ... 0 8
Chaff, per sack ... ... ... 0 6
Minimum charge ... ... ... 1 0
Sheep, for the first 200, per head ... ... 1 0
Sheep, each additional, per head ... ... 0 9
Heavy weights, over one ton, by arrangement.

All charges on goods and live-stock consigned to ports on the Kaipara, or from
ports on the Kaipara to flag-stations on the Auckland Section, must be prepaid.

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



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