New Zealand Gazette – 1932 – No. 40

Page 1438

✨ Lake Wakatipu Steamer Rates



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 40

  1. Milk and Cream.

Milk and cream carried by the Lake Wakatipu steamers will be charged 1d. per gallon for any distance; minimum charge per consignment, 8d. The charge will in each instance be computed on the carrying-capacity of the can, and each can must be legibly marked with the capacity thereof (in gallons), and the name of the owner and the calling-place from which he consigned the can.

  1. Corpses.

Corpses carried on the Lake Wakatipu steamers will be charged £1 8s. for any distance on the lake.

  1. Goods and Live-stock.

  2. Except where otherwise specified the rates shown in the following schedule will be charged on all goods and live-stock conveyed by the Lake Wakatipu steamer service.

  3. Between Kingston and Queenstown or Frankton and intermediate calling-places, or between one intermediate calling-place and another such calling-place between Kingston and Queenstown; also, between Glenorchy or Kinloch and Queenstown or Frankton and intermediate calling-places, or between one intermediate calling-place and another such calling-place between Glenorchy and Queenstown—

(a) Where a wharf is provided at both calling-places, ordinary rate.

(b) Where a wharf is not provided at one or either of the calling-places, rate and a half.

  1. Traffic between any calling-place (including Kingston) east of Queenstown or Frankton and any calling-place west of Queenstown or Frankton—

(a) Where a wharf is provided at both calling-places, rate and a half.

(b) Where a wharf is not provided at one or either of the calling-places, double rate.

  1. Goods and live-stock traffic between Queenstown and Frankton and between Glenorchy and Kinloch will be charged half the ordinary rates.

  2. The Department reserves the right to decline to work cargo at calling-places not provided with wharves.

  3. At places where wharves are not provided, and where residents meet steamer in their own boats, the charge for service shall be as from or to the nearest calling-place provided with a wharf.

  4. Fractions of a hundredweight will be charged as the next hundredweight.

  5. The charges on goods and live-stock consigned to calling-places on Lake Wakatipu, other than Kingston or Queenstown, must be prepaid, except where such goods or live-stock are consigned to the holder of a ledger account.

  6. Motor-vehicles charged with petrol or other motor-spirit will be accepted for conveyance by the Lake Wakatipu steamers only if the petrol-connections are tight and the petrol is cut off between the vacuum-tank and the carburettor. Motor-vehicles which are not fitted with “cut-off” cocks between the tank and the carburettor will not be accepted for conveyance unless all motor-spirit has been removed from the tank.

  7. The Department reserves the right to decline to convey any motor-vehicle unless all the petrol is removed therefrom.

  8. Schedule of Rates.

Description. Per Rate.
Goods, ordinary, not otherwise specified owner’s risk .. Ton s. d. 12 6
Baths, plunge, if loose. Owner’s risk. (Minimum charge per consignment, 2s. 6d.) .. ,, 22 6
Boats, not otherwise specified, other than motor-boats, not exceeding 10 cwt. .. Each 10 6
Boats, not otherwise specified, other than motor-boats, exceeding 10 cwt. .. ,, 15 9
Boats or launches, motor. Minimum charge as for 1 ton per consignment .. Ton 21 0
Boats, rowing, exclusively for use in contests at regattas, will, on the outward journey, be charged .. Each 10 6
Boats, rowing, returning from regattas .. ,, Free.
Bricks, not otherwise specified .. Ton 12 6
Benzine, kerosene, and similar mineral oils, in cases or drums. Dangerous. Owner’s risk .. ,, 12 6
Cement .. ,, 12 6
Coke, bagged .. ,, 12 6
Chaff .. ,, 12 6
Cattle, not otherwise specified. Owner’s risk. Special goods .. Head 10 6
Calves, six months old and under. Owner’s risk. Special goods .. ,, 5 3
Calves (six months old and under), sheep, goats, or pigs, properly secured in crates, provided the gross weight does not exceed 3 cwt. per crate. Owner’s risk. Special goods .. Crate 5 0
Calves (six months old and under), sheep, goats, or pigs, properly secured in crates, of which the gross weight exceeds 3 cwt. per crate, but does not exceed 5 cwt. per crate. Owner’s risk. Special goods .. ,, 7 6
Coal, bagged .. Ton 8 6
Empties, returned, or when full to be forwarded by rail or steamer. (Minimum charge per consignment, 6d.) .. Cwt. 0 6
Empties, not returned empties. (Minimum charge per consignment, 1s.) .. ,, 1 0


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