Freight Rate Schedule




2000
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 73

GOODS.

LOCAL RATES—continued.

The rate to the wharf includes all charges on Classes A, B, C, D, H, for wharfage
at Onehunga, loading or unloading in the yards or sheds, and delivery to or receipt
from ships in trucks alongside the Railway Wharf.

Except where otherwise specified, goods of Class E between Onehunga and Auckland, Newmarket, or Mount Eden, will be charged as follows :—

s. d.
Auckland, Mount Eden, or Newmarket to Onehunga Town 3 6
Auckland, Mount Eden, or Newmarket to Onehunga Wharf* 4 6
Onehunga Town to Auckland (consignor to load; includes delivery at Auckland) 4 6
Onehunga Town to Auckland (railway to load and deliver at Auckland) 5 0
Onehunga Town to Newmarket or Mount Eden 3 6
Onehunga Wharf to Auckland (does not include delivery at Auckland)* 4 6
Onehunga Wharf to Newmarket or Mount Eden* 4 6

Ships' goods will be charged according to ships' bill of lading, or by weight or
measurement, at the option of the Department.

Sugar for shipment will be charged 5s. per ton for conveyance by rail from
Auckland Railway Wharf to Onehunga Railway Wharf, including all charges for
wharfage at Onehunga, and delivery to ships in trucks alongside the Railway
Wharf. Minimum quantity, 2 tons.

Except where otherwise specified, goods of Classes A, B, C, D, carried from or to
Auckland, Newmarket, or Onehunga, to or from Te Aroha-Thames and intermediate stations, will be charged 25s. per ton.

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.

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.

Copra, candlenuts, peanuts, rape-seed, linseed, sodas, and other material for use
in the manufacture or packing of oil, soap, candles, and acids; machinery, either
set up or in pieces; and empties, from Auckland, Newmarket, Mount Eden, and
Onehunga 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, and
their by-products, and empties, from Westfield to Auckland, Newmarket, Mount
Eden, and Onehunga, will be charged 3s. 6d. per ton; minimum charge, 7s.

Gaswater, and raw materials for the manufacture of manures other than street,
stable, and farmyard, from Auckland to Westfield, will be charged 2s. 6d. per ton;
minimum charge, 12s. 6d.

Manures (other than street, stable, and farmyard) in 5 ton lots between Westfield and Auckland will be charged at Class P rates, including use of tarpaulin.

Nightsoil in hermetically sealed, air-tight pans from Auckland, Newmarket, and
Mount Eden to New Lynn will be charged 2s. 6d. per ton. Minimum quantity,
5 tons per four-wheeled, and 13 tons per double-bogie, truck.

Returned empty cess-pans will be conveyed free.

All loading and unloading of nightsoil and returned empty cess-pans must be done
by owners.

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, 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.

Coal-slack, native, for lime-burning, ore-roasting, and brick-burning purposes, from
Huntly or Kimihia, will be charged as follows to the station named :—

s. d.
Te Kuiti 5 0 per ton.

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.

Zinc shavings packed in cases, Thames to Paeroa, will be charged 8s. 6d. per ton.

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.

*The rates to and from the wharf include all charges for wharfage at Onehunga, loading or
unloading in the yards or sheds, and delivery to or receipt from ships in trucks alongside the
Railway Wharf.



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