✨ Railway Goods Rates
1890
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74
GOODS.
LOCAL RATES—continued.
Ships’ goods’ storage: 2s. per week or fraction thereof will be charged on all goods (when not otherwise provided) if not removed within eight working hours of arrival for the first week, and 1s. per ton each week after, weight or measurement, according to ship’s bill of lading.
For goods passing directly between ships and inland stations the usual railway charges only will be made.
Haulage of goods and live-stock between the Wellington-Manawatu Railway Company’s Station at Wellington and the Government Railway-station or sidings at Wellington, or the Railway Wharf or private sheds or sidings at that station, will be charged as follows:—
Goods—
Wool, undumped, per bale…
Other goods, per ton
s. d.
0 2
1 0
Coal for use of Wellington-Manawatu Railway Company, hauled from the Railway Wharf at Wellington to the company’s station at Wellington in the company’s own wagons, will be charged per ton
0 8
Live-stock—
In double-bogie trucks, per truck
In four-wheel trucks, per truck
10 0
5 0
Class M, consigned from stations on the Wellington-Manawatu Railway to Kaiwarra, Ngahauranga, or Petone, will be charged 7s. 6d. per four-wheel truck for conveyance on the Government Railway.
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GREYMOUTH-BRUNNER SECTION.
Goods of Classes A, B, C, D, E, will be charged as Class A. Maximum rate, 5s. per ton.
Timber will be charged 9d. per 100 superficial feet, with the exception of timber from Kaiata and Dobson to Greymouth, which will be charged—sawn, 7d., and log, 8d. per 100 superficial feet.
Timber, not otherwise specified, loaded at Greymouth will be charged 3d. per 100 superficial feet for haulage from sidings to ships, including wharfage.
Timber loaded at Greymouth, previously carried to Greymouth by rail, will be charged 2d. per 100 superficial feet for haulage from sidings to ships.
Coals and coal dross consigned to port for shipment will be charged 1s. 10d. per ton for distances not over eight miles, and for each additional mile or part of a mile ½d. per ton will be charged, including weighing and delivering to the ship. Minimum quantity, 5 tons per truck.
Coal to Greymouth will be charged 2s. per ton.
Coke consigned to Greymouth for shipment, where not otherwise specified, will be charged 3s. per ton, including weighing and discharging into ships. Minimum, 14s. per truck.
Coke consigned to Greymouth for export to ports beyond the Colony of New Zealand will be charged 2s. 4d. per ton, including weighing and delivering to ships. Minimum, 4 tons per truck.
Clay and bricks from Brunner Sidings to Greymouth will be charged 2s. per ton, including weighing.
Receiving and discharging ships’ ballast will be charged 1s. per ton. Minimum charge, 10s.
Railway plant and material, in full truck-loads, Greymouth to Brunner, will be charged 3s. 6d. per ton; consignee to take delivery in the railway-trucks and perform the unloading.
HYDRAULIC CRANES.
Loading or unloading by hydraulic cranes will be done at the option of the Railway Manager, and when not otherwise provided the charge will be 6d. a ton, with a minimum charge of 2s. 6d. per lift.
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NZ Gazette 1899, No 74
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Local Railway Goods Rates for Various Goods and Sections
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