Coal Freight Rates




  1. Coal—continued
From To Rate Per Ton
&Granarity Oamaru s. d.
Port Chalmers 64 0
Dunedin
Green Island 68 5
Burnside
Caversham
Invercargill 72 8
aNgakawau Bluff
Westport 10 3
Stations Lyttelton, Christchurch- Hornby-Papanui inclusive 55 3
Belfast 57 5
Smithfield
Timaru 64 0
Pareora
&Ngakawau Waimate 75 2
Oamaru 64 0
Port Chalmers
Dunedin
Green Island 68 5
Burnside
Invercargill 72 8
aSeddonville Bluff
Westport 12 9
Stations Lyttelton, Christchurch- Hornby-Papanui inclusive 58 0
Belfast 60 2
Oamaru 66 3
&Seddonville and Moki-hinui Mine Port Chalmers
Dunedin 70 9
Green Island
Burnside 73 9
Invercargill
aMokihinui Mine Bluff
*Brunner Westport 13 4
*Wallsend Greymouth 7 6
Greymouth 7 6
Wallsend Dunedin 59 5
&Wallsend Invercargill 68 5
*Dobson Greymouth 7 6
Dunedin 59 5
&Dobson Invercargill 68 5
Bluff 69 7
*Rapahoe Greymouth 7 6
&Rapahoe Oamaru 59 5
Rapahoe Taylors Lime Co.'s private siding (near Weston) 59 5
Whitecraigs
Rapahoe Dunedin 59 5
&Rapahoe Greymouth 7 6
Dunedin 59 5
*Dunollie Greymouth 7 6
&Dunollie Dunedin 59 5
*Rewanui Greymouth 8 10
&Rewanui Blenheim 78 6
&Rewanui Oamaru 59 5
Dunedin
&Rewanui Invercargill 68 5
  • These rates are applicable only to coal for shipment to Nelson, Onekaka, or Tarakohe, or ports outside the South Island, or for bunkering ships at Greymouth, and include all railway charges.
    † These rates include weighing and delivery to private sidings.
    ‡ This rate includes weighing.
    a These rates are applicable only to coal for shipment to Nelson, Onekaka, or Tarakohe, or ports outside the South Island, or for bunkering ships at Westport, and include all railway charges.


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