Lake Wakatipu Steamer Service Rates




APRIL 19.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

LAKE WAKATIPU STEAMER SERVICE—continued.

Description. Per Rate.
Pianos, packed. Owner's risk. Special goods ... Ton 13 9
Pianos, loose. Owner’s risk. Special goods ... Each 11 7
Pipes, steel or galvanized iron... Ton 13 9
Pipes and fluming, iron or steel, for mining or irrigation purposes ,, 24 9
Pipes, drain, concrete or earthenware ,, 24 9
Pigs not otherwise specified ... Head 2 2
Potatoes, in bags Ton 9 4
Rails, iron or steel ... ,, 11 7
Roots, including beetroot, carrots, turnips, mangolds, marrows, onions, in bags... ,, 9 4
Seeds, garden and agricultural ,, 13 9
Sheep, not otherwise specified, up to 200 head Head 0 7½
Each additional head in excess of 200 up to 300 ,, 0 6½
Each additional head in excess of 300 ,, 0 5½
Sheepskins in bales. See Paragraph 62.
Lambs, unweaned ... ,, 0 4½
Rams ,, 2 2
Stakes, fencing 100 17 4
Sleepers, railway or tramway ... Each 0 10
Timber 100 super. feet 2 2½
Tanks, galvanized corrugated iron Each 8 3
Vegetables, not otherwise specified, packed. Owner's risk Ton 13 9
Vegetables, fresh, grown in New Zealand, Cook Islands, or Niue ... ,, 11 7
Vehicles other than motor-vehicles, two-wheeled Each 16 6
Vehicles other than motor-vehicles, four wheeled ,, 27 6
Wool in bales. See Paragraph 62.
Minimum charge (except otherwise provided) to or from places provided with wharves .. 1 5
Minimum charge (except otherwise provided) to or from places not provided with wharves .. 2 9

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. 10d. per consignment will be made.

  2. Live-stock must be delivered to and taken delivery of at steamer’s side at Kingston and Queenstown. When the owner is not present to assist in loading or unloading railway wagons at Kingston, a charge of 2s. 9d. per four-wheel truck or 5s. 6d. 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.

EXPLOSIVE TRAFFIC.

  1. The Department reserves to itself the right to decline or accept for carriage over Lake Wakatipu small lots of explosives.

  2. Dangerous goods will be carried on cargo-boats only.

62 :—RATE ON UNDUMPED BALES OF WOOL AND SKINS.

From To Rate per Bale.
Glenorchy .. Kingston 3 l
Kinloch ...
Islands ...
Greenstone ..
Elfin Bay ...
Mt. Creighton
Mt. Nicholas
Walter Peak
Closeburn ...
Queenstown .. Kingston 2 l
Frankton ... Kingston 2 l
Sunnyside ... Kingston 2 7
Halfway Bay .. Kingston 2 7
Woolshed .... Kingston 2 l

For bales of more than 4 cwt. the excess weight per bale will*be charged pro rata at ordinary goods (not otherwise specified) rate.



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