New Zealand Gazette – 1899 – No. 74

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✨ Railway Goods Rates

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74

GOODS.

LOCAL RATES—continued.

Timber not otherwise specified from Mamaku to Paeroa, Te Aroha, and intermediate stations will be charged 2s. 6d. per 100 superficial feet, and to Komata-Thames and intermediate stations 2s. 8d. per 100 superficial feet.

Tawa timber from Mamaku to Komata-Thames and intermediate stations will be charged at the rates for white-pine timber.

Timber from Thames and Shortland to Paeroa-Te Aroha and intermediate stations will be charged 6d. per 100 superficial feet less than classified rates.

Tawa timber from Mamaku to Te Aroha-Paeroa and intermediate stations will be charged 1s. 9d. per 100 superficial feet.

The maximum rates for white-pine timber will be as follows:—

8d. per 100 superficial feet for all distances from 1 to 20 miles inclusive, and at the following rates per 100 superficial feet for distances beyond:—

Miles ...	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.
	0 9	0 9	0 10	0 10	0 11	0 11	1 0	1 0	1 1	1 1
Miles ...	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.
	1 1	1 1	1 2	1 2	1 2	1 2	1 2	1 2	1 3	1 3
Miles ...	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50
	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.
	1 3	1 3	1 3	1 3	1 4	1 4	1 4	1 4	1 4	1 4
Miles ...	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.
	1 5	1 5	1 5	1 5	1 5	1 5	1 6	1 6	1 6	1 6
Miles ...	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70
	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.
	1 6	1 6	1 7	1 7	1 7	1 7	1 7	1 7	1 8	1 8
Miles ...	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80
	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.
	1 8	1 8	1 8	1 8	1 9	1 9	1 9	1 9	1 9	1 9

For every additional mile ½d. per 100 superficial feet will be added.

Except where otherwise specified, all goods and live-stock hauled between the Auckland Railway-station and the Railway Wharf will be charged 2s. 6d. per truck. Double-bogie trucks will be charged double rate.

Goods and live-stock consigned direct from or to the Auckland Railway Wharf to or from stations on the Auckland Section (Auckland excepted) will be hauled between the Railway Wharf and Railway-station at Auckland free of charge.

Lime and sulphur, loaded at Auckland, previously carried to Auckland by rail, will be hauled from the Railway-station to the Railway Wharf at Auckland free of charge.

WELLINGTON-NAPIER-NEW PLYMOUTH SECTION.

For the purpose of computing the rates and charges on goods and live-stock conveyed over the Government railway, the distance between any two stations shall be determined on the basis of the shorter railway route, provided that the rates and charges as determined under this regulation shall in no case exceed the through rates and charges via the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company’s line.

MILEAGE.

For the purpose of charging for the conveyance of all goods and live-stock carried over the Rimutaka Incline, the mileage of such Incline will be deemed to be 5 miles more than its actual mileage.

Flax and tow delivered at Foxton Railway-station to await shipment will be charged 6d. per bale, which will include receiving into shed, loading-up, and delivery to ships in trucks alongside wharf.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1899, No 74

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🚂 Local Railway Goods Rates for Timber and Other Goods on Auckland and Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth Sections (continued from previous page)

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KeywordsRailway, Goods Rates, Timber, White-pine, Tawa, Auckland, Paeroa, Te Aroha, Thames, Komata, Rimutaka Incline, Foxton, Wharfage, Mileage, Freight Charges

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