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✨ Railway Luggage and Parcels Rates

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 91

LUGGAGE, PARCELS, HORSES, ETC.

LOCAL RATES AND REGULATIONS.

Except as hereinafter provided, luggage, parcels, horses, &c., will be conveyed at the rates, and subject to the general regulations, specified in Part II.

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES.

Parcels, horses, carriages, and dogs 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 specified in Parts II and VI hereof :-

Parcels not exceeding—

3lb.	7lb.	14lb.	28lb.	56lb.	84lb.	112lb.
s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.
0 6	0 6	1 0	1 3	1 6	1 6	1 6

Horses, Carriages, and Dogs.

Horse, one only … … … … … s. d. 15 0
Horses, two or three belonging to the same owner, each… 13 6
Horses, in lots over three, by special arrangement.
Carriages, two-wheeled, either set up or in pieces, each… 10 0
Carriages, four-wheeled, either set up or in pieces not exceeding 15 cwt. each … … … 15 0
(Vehicles exceeding 15 cwt., see Part IV.)
Dogs, each … … … … … 1 0

All charges on parcels, horses, carriages, or dogs consigned to ports on the Kaipara, or from ports on the Kaipara to Flag-stations on the Auckland Section, must be prepaid.

These charges are exclusive of the cost of transhipment and delivery on the Dargaville-Tangiteroria service.

Horses for Paparoa and Maungaturoto are accepted for delivery at Pahi and Whakapirau only.

Parcels and carriages booked through between stations on the Auckland Section and ports on the Manukau Harbour will be charged at the following rates for conveyance by steamer, in addition to the railway rates and charges to or from Onehunga Wharf as specified in Parts II and VI hereof :-

Parcels, not exceeding—

14lb.	56lb.	112lb.
s. d.	s. d.	s. d.
0 6	0 9	1 0

Carriages—

Carriages, two-wheeled, either set up or in pieces, each … 5 0
Carriages, four-wheeled, either set up or in pieces, each … 7 6

All charges on parcels and carriages consigned to ports on Manukau Harbour, or from ports on Manukau Harbour to flag-stations on the Auckland Section, must be prepaid.

Funerals from Auckland, Newmarket, and Mount Eden to Waikumete Cemetery.

The charge per corpse from Auckland, Newmarket, and Mount Eden to Waikumete by ordinary trains will be 10s.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1912, No 91

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