New Zealand Gazette – 1939 – No. 24

Page 1054

✨ Railway Freight Rates



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 24

GOODS—continued.

  1. Fresh Fruit, Fresh Vegetables, Mushrooms, and Nuts.

  2. The maximum charges for fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, mushrooms, and nuts grown and packed in New Zealand, including the Cook Islands or Niue, not exceeding 2 cwt. in weight per consignment, forwarded for the domestic use of the consignee, will be as follow between any two stations on the same section of railway:—

Not exceeding 56 lb. s. d.
Over 56 lb., but not exceeding 112 lb. .. 0 9
Over 112 lb., but not exceeding 168 lb. .. 1 6
Over 168 lb., but not exceeding 224 lb. .. 2 3
.. 3 0

In each case the consignor shall endorse on the face of the consignment-note “certified for the domestic use of the consignee only.”

The provisions of this paragraph will not apply to fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, mushrooms, and nuts forwarded for sale, or to be used or dealt with by the consignee for any purpose other than that mentioned.

  1. In addition to the foregoing charges, a charge of 6d. for each hundredweight or part of a hundredweight will be made for fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, mushrooms, and nuts charged at these maximum rates consigned to Frankton Junction, Hamilton, Wanganui, Hawera, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Christchurch, Dunedin, or Invercargill.

  2. The Department reserves the right to decline to carry fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, mushrooms, and nuts at the rates provided in paragraph 1, on any express, mail, or passenger train.

  3. Fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, mushrooms, and nuts grown and packed in New Zealand (including the Cook Islands and Niue) not coming within the foregoing provisions of this regulation will be charged as follow; minimum charge small-lots scale, Regulation 71:—

Miles. Rate per Ton. Miles. Rate per Ton. Miles. Rate per Ton. Miles. Rate per Ton. Miles. Rate per Ton.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Not exc’d. s. d.
1 6 3 39 15 11 77 23 11 115 28 2 32 9
2 6 11 40 16 3 78 23 11 116 28 2 155 33 2
3 6 11 41 16 4 79 24 1 117 28 5 160 33 11
4 6 11 42 16 8 80 24 1 118 28 5 165 34 5
5 6 11 43 16 10 81 24 5 119 28 5 170 35 0
6 6 11 44 17 2 82 24 5 120 28 5 175 35 5
7 6 11 45 17 3 83 24 6 121 29 0 180 36 3
8 6 11 46 17 7 84 24 6 122 29 0 185 36 7
9 6 11 47 17 9 85 24 10 123 29 1 190 37 3
10 6 11 48 18 1 86 24 10 124 29 1 195 37 9
11 6 11 49 18 2 87 25 0 125 29 4 200 38 5
12 6 11 50 18 5 88 25 0 126 29 4 205 39 0
13 7 3 51 18 8 89 25 4 127 29 6 210 39 11
14 7 10 52 19 0 90 25 4 128 29 6 215 40 4
15 8 2 53 19 1 91 25 5 129 29 11 220 40 11
16 8 9 54 19 4 92 25 5 130 29 11 225 41 4
17 9 0 55 19 7 93 25 9 131 30 0 230 41 11
18 9 4 56 19 11 94 25 9 132 30 0 235 42 4
19 9 8 57 20 0 95 25 11 133 30 3 240 42 11
20 10 0 58 20 3 96 25 11 134 30 3 245 43 4
21 10 7 59 20 5 97 26 3 135 30 5 250 43 11
22 10 10 60 20 10 98 26 3 136 30 5 255 44 4
23 11 2 61 20 11 99 26 4 137 30 10 260 44 11
24 11 4 62 21 2 100 26 4 138 30 10 265 45 5
25 11 10 63 21 4 101 26 8 139 30 11 270 45 11
26 12 3 64 21 9 102 26 8 140 30 11 275 46 5
27 12 8 65 21 10 103 26 10 141 31 2 280 46 11
28 13 0 66 22 1 104 26 10 142 31 2 285 47 5
29 13 2 67 22 3 105 27 2 143 31 4 290 47 11
30 13 8 68 22 8 106 27 2 144 31 4 295
31 14 1 69 22 9 107 27 3 145 31 9 300 miles or beyond 300 miles, 48s. 5d. per ton.
32 14 5 70 23 0 108 27 3 146 31 9
33 14 7 71 23 2 109 27 6 147 31 10
34 14 10 72 23 2 110 27 6 148 31 10
35 15 0 73 23 6 111 27 9 149 32 1
36 15 4 74 23 6 112 27 9 150 32 1
37 15 5 75 23 8 113 28 1
38 15 9 76 23 8 114 28 1

  1. Artificial Manures and Raw Material (except Lime) for the Manufacture of Artificial Manures.

  2. Except otherwise specified, artificial manures, including ammonia (sulphate of), basic slag, bones, bone-char, bone-dust, cyanamide fertilizer, fish manure, guano, kainit, manure salts, phosphate rock, phosphate rock (ground), potash (sulphate or muriate of), soda (nitrate of), sulphur, sulphate of iron, and such commodities when for use in the manufacture of artificial manures will be charged as per paragraph 8 of this regulation.



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🚂 Classification of Goods for Railway Carriage (continued) (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Freight, Classification, Railway, Goods, Rates, Charges, Regulations, Fresh Fruit, Vegetables, Mushrooms, Nuts, Artificial Manures