Wharf Rates and Charges




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 87

WHARVES.

ONEHUNGA WHARF—continued.

Rates—continued.

400-gallon iron tanks, each … … 1 0
Minimum charge in all cases … … 0 3
Goods transhipped from or into lighters or vessels into or from vessels lying alongside the wharves will be charged half import wharfage only; and in addition, when goods are passed over wharf from one ship to another, per ton … … 1 0

The weights will be computed as follows:—

Bran … … 15 sacks to the ton.
Barley … … 12 ,,
Chaff … … 20 ,,
Carrots … … 12 ,,
Grass-seed … … 15 ,,
Malt … … 12 ,,
Onions … … 12 ,,
Oats … … 12 ,,
Pollard … … 12 ,,
Potatoes … … 12 ,,
Sharps … … 12 ,,
Vegetables … … 12 ,,
Other goods (in sacks) … … 10 ,,
Goods not otherwise specified … … By weight.

Charges for Use of Wharf.

For every vessel under 20 tons gross register, and every vessel trading within the Manukau Heads, lying at the wharf, per quarter, payable in advance 10 0
For every other vessel lying at the wharf, per working-day or part thereof, per ton gross register … … 0 0½
Minimum charge per working-day or part thereof … … 1 0
For every wagon drawn by one horse, each time … … 1 0
For each additional horse, each time … … 0 6
For each express, cart, or other vehicle, drawn by one horse, each time … 0 6
For every barrow or hand-truck, each time … … 0 2
Carts, barrows, or hand-carts, with local ships’ stores, and tools and materials for ships’ repairs … … Free.

Cranage.

For use of crane on wharf, per ton … … 0 6

Exceptional cargoes (as may be determined by the Railway Department) to be charged per day, or otherwise by special arrangement. The charge for cranage does not include the cost of haulage to the crane when the goods have been previously deposited at a distance therefrom.

The working-hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on week-days.

MERCER WHARF.

Cattle and horses, per head … … 0 6
Sheep, pigs, goats, per head … … 0 1
Grain and flour, per ton … … 1 0
Timber, per 100 superficial feet … … 0 3
Posts and rails, per 100 … … 1 0
Shingles, per 1,000 … … 0 3
Palings, per 100 … … 0 2
Firewood, per cord … … 1 0
Bricks, per 100 … … 0 3
Slates, per 100 … … 0 6
Coal (native), per ton … … Free.
Lime, limestone, sand, per ton … … 0 6
Shells, undressed building stones, or shingle, per ton … … 0 6
Drainpipes, per ton (ship measurement) … … 1 0
400-gallon tanks (empty), each … … 1 0
Manure of any kind, or bones, per ton … … 1 0
Wool, per bale, not exceeding 4 cwt. … … 0 3



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Wharves, Onehunga Wharf, Mercer Wharf, Shipping Charges, Live-Stock Handling, Transshipment, Storage Fees, Cranage Rates, Manukau Heads, Railway Department