New Zealand Gazette – 1940 – No. 12

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 12

Class of Goods. Per Ton of or Charge as indicated. Rate.

DANGEROUS CARGO.
s. d.
Acids : Bisulphide of ammonia, batteries charged with acid, carbide of calcium, gases in cylinders, phosphorus | 40 cub. ft. | 59 0
Minimum charge for foregoing | Charge | 10 0
Inflammable oil (including power kerosene)—
In cases. | Case | 1 9
In drums of 44 gallons capacity | Drum | 8 6
Kerosene, other than power kerosene | 40 cub. ft. | 28 6
Fuel oil, in drums | 40 cub. ft. | 28 6
Dynamite, detonators, gelignite in packages up to 50 lb. | Package | 13 0
Powder in—
25 lb. packages | Package | 8 0
50 lb. packages | Package | 13 0

TIMBER.
New Zealand softwood, oregon, redwood—
Up to 24 ft. lengths | 100 sup. ft. | 8 4
Over 24 ft. up to 36 ft. lengths | 100 sup. ft. | 9 4
,, 36 ft. ,, 42 ft. ,, | 100 sup. ft. | 10 4
,, 42 ft. ,, 48 ft. ,, | 100 sup. ft. | 11 4
Hardwood, sawn
Up to 20 ft. lengths | 100 sup. ft. | 9 4
Over 20 ft. up to 25 ft. lengths | 100 sup. ft. | 10 4
,, 25 ft. ,, 30 ft. ,, | 100 sup. ft. | 11 4
,, 30 ft. ,, 35 ft. ,, | 100 sup. ft. | 12 4
,, 35 ft. ,, 40 ft. ,, | 100 sup. ft. | 13 4
Hardwood round timber at the rates for hardwood sawn timber, plus 33⅓ per cent.

WOOL AND SKINS.
Wool, in bales—
Double-dumped | Double-dump bale | 10 3
Single-dumped | Single-dump bale | 7 3
Undumped | Bale | 7 9
In fadges | Each | 5 3
Wool, in bags | Each | 1 5
Rabbit-skins, in bales, undumped | Bale | 7 9
Sheep-skins—
In bales, dumped. | 40 cub. ft. | 21 3
In woolpacks, undumped | Bale | 7 9

HEMP, HIDES, PELTS, TALLOW, TOW.
Hemp, in bales, dumped or undumped | 20 cwt. | 38 0
Hides, in sacks | 40 cub. ft. | 28 6
Pelts, in casks | Cask | 15 9
Tallow—
In casks. | Cask | 15 9
In drums | 40 cub. ft. | 28 6
Tow, in bales, pressed or unpressed | 20 cwt. | 41 6

PRODUCE.
Barley, beans, bran, maize, oatmeal, oats, peas, pollard, ryecorn—
In 48 in. sacks | Sack | 2 2
In packages other than 48 in. sacks | 40 cub. ft. | 28 6
Wheat, in 48 in. sacks | Sack | 2 1
In packages other than 48 in. sacks. | 40 cub. ft. | 28 6
Chaff | Sack | 2 0
Flour | 2,000 lb. | 20 6
Hay and straw—
Ordinary bales, hand-pressed | 20 cwt. | 54 0
Machine-pressed | 20 cwt. | 49 0
Malt | Sack | 2 5
Onions in 48 in. sacks | 20 cwt. | 28 6
Onions in small bags or cases | 40 cub. ft. | 28 6
Potatoes—
In 48 in. sacks | Sack | 2 2
New, in small bags | 20 cwt. | 28 6
Vegetables, not otherwise specified, including beet, cabbages, carrots, cauliflowers, marrows, parsnips, pumpkins—
In 48 in. sacks with mouths closely sewn | Sack | 2 0
In 48 in. sacks with mouths not closely sewn or in sacks exceeding 48 in. | Sack | 3 0
In packages other than above | 40 cub. ft. | 28 6
Walnuts | 40 cub. ft. | 28 6
Seeds—
Carrot, mangold, parsnip, lupin, seed-heads (unthreshed), in 48 in. sacks | Sack | 2 2
Clover in sacks—
Not exceeding 140 lb. each | Sack | 3 3
Exceeding 140 lb. each | Sack | 4 3
Cabbage, cow-grass, lucerne, onion, rape, swede, sweet pea, tree lucerne, turnip | Sack | 4 3
Brown-top, cocksfoot, dogstail, fescue, Poa pratensis, rye-grass | Sack | 3 3



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