New Zealand Gazette – 1948 – No. 27

Page 543

✨ Railway Freight Rates



May 19] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 543

  1. Through Booking of Goods via Maungaturoto to or from Toka Toka and Intermediate Points—continued

(c) From Huntly to Ruawai—
Artificial manure—
Minimum quantity, 6 tons per consignment .. 35 0
Minimum quantity, 1 ton per consignment .. 36 10

(d) From or to stations Auckland, Mount Eden, Onehunga, Otahuhu inclusive :—

Class of Goods. To or From
Paparoa (Town), Matakohe, or Ruawai. Baupo, Naumai, or Toka Toka.
Rate per Ton. s. d. Rate per Ton. s. d.
C .. .. .. .. .. 68 2 82 0
C plus 20 per cent. .. .. .. 81 5 97 11
C plus 50 per cent. .. .. .. 101 2 121 7
C double rate .. .. .. 134 2 161 2
D .. .. .. .. .. 56 2 61 7
E .. .. .. .. .. 27 4 46 8
E plus 25 per cent .. .. .. 35 1 47 6
E plus 50 per cent. .. .. .. 39 11 54 8
Fresh New-Zealand-grown fruit and vegetables 40 7 57 2
Returned empties, n.o.s. (minimum charge, 1s.) 35 2 35 10
Butter, packed .. .. .. 40 10 ..
Sugar, golden syrup, and treacle .. 50 2 61 7
Skins, hides, tails, green or dry, loose or in bags, and tallow, to Auckland, New-market, and Onehunga .. 57 0
Artificial manure, for delivery at Ruawai Dairy Co.’s depot at Ruawai :—
Minimum quantity, 5 cwt. per consignment 27 4 ..
Nails. Minimum quantity, 1 ton per consignment 56 2 ..
Rate per Drum. s. d. Rate per Drum. s. d.
Benzine, kerosene, fuel oil, in drums .. 11 10 13 2
Returned empty benzine, kerosene, fuel oil drums 1 10 1 10

SMALL-LOTS SCALE

Weight not exceeding. Class C. Class D. Class E plus 50%, Fruit and Vegetables. Class C plus 20%. Class C plus 50%. Class C. Double Rate.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
3 lb. .. 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 7 2 0
7 lb. .. 1 8 1 8 1 3 1 8 2 0 2 7
14 lb. .. 2 0 1 8 1 3 2 4 2 7 3 0
Exceeding 14 lb. (As per Reg. 71, General Scale of Charges.)

NOTE.—Parcels traffic from or to all stations and goods traffic from or to stations other than Auckland, Mount Eden, Onehunga, Otahuhu, inclusive, will be charged at the appropriate rail rates to or from Maungaturoto plus cartage charges from or to Maungaturoto as scheduled in the “General Instructions for Through Booking.”



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🚂 Local Rates Scale of Charges for New Zealand Government Railways (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railways, Freight Rates, Delivery of Goods, Minimum Charges, Through Booking, Goods Traffic