Transport Rates and Regulations




June 9.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

1439

SCHEDULE OF RATES—continued.

Description. Per Rate.
s. d.
Explosives as enumerated in Division II of Appendix to Working Time-table (to be carried by cargo-steamers only) .. Ton 25 0
Fruit, fresh, grown in New Zealand, Cook Islands, or Niue, packed. Owner’s risk .. " 10 6
Fruit, fresh, not otherwise specified. Owner’s risk .. " 12 6
Furniture, loose, in sacking, mattings, straw bands, partially or wholly exposed. Owner's risk. Special goods .. " 22 6
Furniture, packed. Owner's risk. Special goods .. " 15 0
Firewood .. Cord 10 6
Flax, green .. Ton 10 6
Flax, hemp, or tow in bales, dressed, pressed. (Loose dressed flax, hemp, or tow will not be accepted for carriage.) If unpressed, rate and a half. Owner’s risk. Special goods .. Bale 2 0
Grain, in bags, including bran, flour, oatmeal, and pollard, not otherwise specified. Owner's risk .. Ton 8 6
Hay, in bales .. " 12 6
Horses, not otherwise specified. Owner's risk. Special goods .. Head 10 6
Ponies not exceeding 14 hands in height; foals one year old and under; mules and asses .. " 7 0
Implements, agricultural, not otherwise specified. Minimum charge as for 1 ton per consignment. Owner’s risk .. Ton 22 6
Lime, bagged. Minimum quantity 6 tons per consignment " 6 0
Lime, bagged, not otherwise specified .. " 8 6
Manures, artificial. Minimum quantity 6 tons per consignment " 6 0
Manures, artificial, not otherwise specified .. " 8 6
Machinery, not otherwise specified. Owner’s risk. Special goods. (See also Regulation 26) .. " 12 6
Machines, sewing. Owner’s risk. Special goods .. Each 2 6
Mining props .. " 0 9
Motor cars, lorries, and buses—
    Not exceeding 30 cwt. each .. " 25 0
    Exceeding 30 cwt. each .. " 42 0
Posts and rails, fencing .. " 0 4
Pianos, packed. Owner's risk. Special goods .. Ton 12 6
Pianos, loose. Owner's risk. Special goods .. Each 10 6
Pipes, steel or galvanized iron .. Ton 12 6
Pipes and fluming, iron or steel, for mining or irrigation purposes .. " 22 6
Pipes, drain, concrete or earthenware .. " 22 6
Pigs not otherwise specified .. Head 2 0
Potatoes, in bags .. Ton 8 6
Rails, iron or steel .. " 10 6
Roots, including beetroot, carrots, turnips, mangolds, marrows, onions, in bags .. " 8 6
Seeds, garden and agricultural .. " 12 6
Sheep, not otherwise specified, up to 200 head .. Head 0 7
    Each additional head in excess of 200 up to 300 .. " 0 6
    Each additional head in excess of 300 .. " 0 5
Sheepskins in bales. See Regulation 25.
Lambs, unweaned .. " 0 4
Rams .. " 2 0
Stakes, fencing .. 100 15 9
Sleepers, railway or tramway .. Each 0 9
Timber .. 100 super. feet 2 0
Tanks, galvanized corrugated iron .. Each 7 6
Vegetables, not otherwise specified, packed. Owner’s risk Ton 12 6
Vegetables, fresh, grown in New Zealand, Cook Islands, or Niue .. " 10 6
Vehicles other than motor-vehicles, two-wheeled .. Each 15 0
Vehicles other than motor-vehicles, four-wheeled .. " 25 0
Wool in bales. See Regulation 25.
Minimum charge (except otherwise provided) to or from places provided with wharves .. " 1 3
Minimum charge (except otherwise provided) to or from places not provided with wharves .. " 2 6

23. Loading and Unloading Live-stock.

  1. For the use of a horse-box or loading-stage for loading, discharging, or transporting live-stock a charge of 3s. 6d. per consignment will be made.

  2. Live-stock must be delivered to and taken delivery of at steamer’s side at Kingston and Queenstown, and the wagons at Kingston must be loaded or unloaded by owners. When the owner is not present to assist, a charge of 2s. 6d. per four-wheel truck and 5s. per bogie truck will be made. The Department reserves to itself the right to discharge any consignment of live-stock to any other calling-place in the absence of the owner or his representatives. Trucks containing animals charged at small lots will be charged half rates for loading or unloading.



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