✨ Wharfage Rates and Charges
Aug. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2403
PORT CHALMERS WHARVES.
Rates.
A rate of 1s. 5d. per ton will be charged to the masters of ships on all goods loaded or unloaded from or into lighters into or from ships lying at Port Chalmers Railway Wharves.
All goods not carried by rail to or from Port Chalmers, loaded on to or discharged from the railway wharves, will be charged 1s. 5d. per ton for wharfage.
For live-stock not carried by rail to or from Port Chalmers, landed at or shipped from the railway wharves at Port Chalmers, the following charges will be made for wharfage :—
Cattle or horses, per head .. .. .. .. .. 2 10
Sheep, pigs, goats, per head .. .. .. .. .. 0 3
Goods carried by rail and discharged into sheds at Port Chalmers and afterwards shipped across the wharves without being placed in railway wagons will be charged 1s. 5d. per ton for wharfage.
Charges for Use of the Wharves.
For every vessel lying at the wharves, or within the limits of the railway, for each day or part thereof, for each ton net register, ½d. The minimum charge will be £2.
The maximum charge for vessels undergoing repairs or out of commission will be £25.
Vessels attaching lines to the railway wharves when proceeding to or from the docks will be charged £1 8s. for the time up to one hour, and 14s. per hour for each additional hour or part thereof.
Vessels, including coal-hulks, not occupying berths but lying outside other vessels at the wharf, will be charged half dues.
Passenger-steamers trading within the harbour only, 14s. per quarter.
Vessels and dredges in commission, the property of the Otago Harbour Board, used for the construction or improvement of the harbour, will be free of wharfage charge.
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VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 1925, No 58
NZLII —
NZ Gazette 1925, No 58
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