Railway Freight Classification




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 7

GOODS, LIVE-STOCK, PARCELS, AND LUGGAGE—continued

  1. Classification of Goods, Live-stock, etc.—continued

*Boats and motor-boats, not otherwise specified
Minimum charges—
†Per four-wheeled wagon
†Per bogie wagon

Class
C plus 20%
1 ton.
3 tons (or, if cheaper, as for a four-wheeled wagon plus a check wagon.)

*Boats, plastic
Each consignment will be charged on the following basis :
1 boat loaded on a 4-wheeled wagon—as 1 ton.
2 boats loaded on the same 4-wheeled wagon—as 1 ton 5 cwt.
3 or more boats loaded on the same 4-wheeled wagon—as 10 cwt. per boat.
(For the purpose of this classification, a bogie wagon will be treated as two 4-wheeled wagons.)

*Boats, to and from regattas, accompanied by their crews
See Regulation 93
Boilers, copper or iron, washing or kitchen (without frame or casing) ..
Boilers, electric, washer
Boiler-frames, cast-iron, washing or other open, with or without copper boiler
Boiler-frames or casings, concrete, washing or other open, with or without copper boiler ; also iron doors, gratings, and fireplaces belonging to and consigned with such boiler-frames or casings
Boiler-fines or funnels
Boiler-tubes, not otherwise specified
Boiler-tubes, old
Bone-char
Bone-dust
Boneflour—
Certified for use as manure
Not otherwise specified
Bonemeal—
Certified for use as manure
Not otherwise specified
Bones
Boot-plates (toe and heel) and shanks, consigned direct from factory
Borax, certified for use as an orchard spray
Borax, certified for use as manure
†Bottles, glass, empty, old
†Bottles, glass, empty, “returned empties.” See Regulation 83 or, if cheaper as “bottles, glass, empty, old.”
Bottles, glass, empty, not otherwise specified
Boulders
Boxes or cartons, cardboard, empty—
Not otherwise specified
Completely collapsed or nested, packed in cases or crates or securely tied in bundles, not otherwise specified
Completely collapsed or nested, packed in cases or crates, or securely tied in bundles, consigned to dairy, dried-milk or soap factories, and when full to be forwarded by rail
Boxes, wooden, in pieces, consigned to butter or soap factories—
Not otherwise specified
When full to be forwarded by rail
Boxes and tins, empty, consigned to dried-milk or milk-condensing factories for packing dried-milk powder or condensed milk, not “returned empties,” but when full to be forwarded by rail. Minimum quantity 30 cwt. per four-wheeled wagon, n.o.s., 2 ton per Kc, Lc or Xc wagon
Boxes, cartons, cases and tins, not “returned empties,” for the conveyance of honey which, when full, will be forwarded by rail
Boxes, empty, returned
Boxes, wooden, assembled, empty (not “returned empties”) not otherwise specified
Boxes, butter, empty

C plus 50%
As machines, clothes washing
C
D
C plus 50%
C
See Regulation 77 N
E
E
E
As live-stock or poultry foods n.o.s.
E
As live-stock or poultry foods n.o.s.
E
D
D
E
See Regulation 77 N
C
See Regulation 79 Q
C. Double rate
C
D less 25%
D
D less 25%
D
D
See Regulation 88
C plus 50%
See Butter-boxes

  • A boat loaded on a road trailer will be charged on the total weight of the boat and trailer subject to the minimum prescribed for boats.
    † Where check wagons are also required, charges as per Regulation 106 will be additional.
    ‡ Where a consignment of empty glass bottles (old) packed in crates without lids, is accompanied by not more than the corresponding number of lids (in bundles), the whole consignment may be charged at the appropriate rate for the bottles.


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🚂 Alterations to the Scales of Charges Upon the New Zealand Government Railways (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
7 February 1955
railway charges, freight classification, goods, livestock, parcels, luggage, boats, boilers, bonemeal, bottles, boxes