✨ Railway and Port Charges




  1. Goods for Transhipment at Lyttelton

  2. Where goods for transhipment are landed ex-ship they will be charged the rates provided for
    in reg. 96, General Scale of Charges. If examined by the Customs 5s. per ton in addition may be
    charged when extra handling is incurred. If left on the railway premises more than one week,
    storage at the rate of 8s. per ton per week or fraction of a week will be charged.

  3. Storage Charges on Shipping Traffic at Lyttelton

  4. For all goods of Classes C, D, and goods of classes not otherwise specified, not taken
    delivery of by consignees within five working-hours after arrival, unloaded and
    stored, the storage charges will be, for each week or fraction of a week, per ton ..
    Minimum charge

  5. For all goods of Class H not taken delivery of by consignees within five working-hours
    after arrival, unloaded and stored, the storage charges will be, for each week or
    fraction of a week, for each bale including handling ..

  6. For all goods of Classes E, F, or Q not taken delivery of by the consignees within five
    working-hours after arrival, unloaded and stored at the risk of the owner, and
    for stacking in shed and delivery to the ship, including storage thereon, for the first
    week or fraction of a week, at per ton
    4..For storage, Classes E, F, or Q except where otherwise specified for each additional
    week or fraction of a week after the first week, for each ton ..

  7. For storage, potatoes and onions, for each additional week or fraction of a week, at
    per ton

  8. Storage Charges at Christchurch on Goods ex-Ship

  9. Goods discharged ex-ship at Lyttelton and conveyed to Christchurch for delivery will be
    allowed free storage on the first day they are available for delivery and the following day. After
    the expiration of this period, storage will be charged at the following rates:
    For the first four days, per day or part thereof ... 2s. per ton. Minimum charge
    8d. per day.
    Each succeeding day or part thereof ... 4s. per ton. Minimum charge
    1s. 5d. per day.

  10. Handling Charges on Motor Vehicles at Lyttelton

  11. The following handling charges will be payable on motor vehicles discharged from or loaded
    on to vessels at the Lyttelton wharves:
    (a) For each motor bicycle delivered to or received from persons on the Steamer Express
    wharf
    (b) For each motor vehicle or motor vehicle trailer delivered to or received from persons
    on the Steamer Express wharf

  12. The charges as set out in subparas. (a) and (b) of para. 1 of this regulation will also apply to
    inter-Island passengers' motor vehicles conveyed by vessels used to supplement the steamer express
    service at holiday periods.

  13. Haulage and Shunting Charges, Christchurch, Riccarton, and Addington

  14. Except where otherwise specified, the charge for haulage between the Department's sheds at
    Christchurch will be as follows:
    Goods not otherwise specified (minimum charge, 2s. 9d.) ... 5s. 6d. per ton.

  15. All goods conveyed from private sidings or stations yards at Riccarton to private sidings or
    station yards at Addington, or vice versa, will be charged 5s. 6d. per ton or part of a ton; minimum
    charge, Β£1 7s. 6d.

  16. Grain in lots of not less than 20 tons conveyed from private sidings or station yards at
    Christchurch to private sidings or station yards at Riccarton, or vice versa, will be charged 7s. per ton.

  17. Grain in lots of not less than 6 tons conveyed from private sidings or station yards at
    Christchurch to private sidings or station yards at Addington, or vice versa, will be charged 7s. per ton.

  18. Port Traffic, Picton

  19. The charges for haulage, handling, and sorting goods ex-ship for local delivery at Picton will
    be as follows:

Handling at wharf (minimum charge, 9d.) ... 2 10
Haulage (minimum charge, 9d.) ... 2 10
Unloading, sorting, and delivery (minimum charge, 1s.) ... 4 7

  1. The charges will be computed in accordance with the provisions of reg. 127, General Scale of
    Charges.

  2. Through Traffic, Mines Department's Line at Blackball

  3. Goods and parcels booked between stations on the Government railway and Roa (Mines
    Department's line) will, in addition to the classified or local rates on the Government railway, be
    charged as follows for conveyance between Blackball and Roa:

Parcels, each ... 1 0
Timber, per 100 super feet ... 1 5
Merchandise, per ton ... 4 2
Grain and chaff, per ton ... 4 2
Minerals (except coal charged at the local rate of 13s. 2d. per ton from
Roa to Greymouth, as specified in reg. 16) per ton ... 2 0
Class F goods, per wagon ... 14 0
Minimum charge per consignment (excepting parcels) ... 4 0

  1. Charge for Use of Coal-bins at Westport

Coal, not otherwise specified, delivered through the public coal-bins at Westport will be charged
at the rate of 9d. per ton. The charge for coal delivered through the bins to the Westport Borough
Council will be 5Β½d. per ton.



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πŸš‚ Transhipment and Storage Charges at Lyttelton

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
Transhipment, Storage, Lyttelton, Shipping, Customs, Handling charges

πŸš‚ Storage Charges on Shipping Traffic at Lyttelton

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
Storage charges, Lyttelton, Shipping, Goods, Consignees, Handling

πŸš‚ Storage Charges at Christchurch on Goods ex-Ship

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
Storage charges, Christchurch, Lyttelton, Shipping, Goods, Consignees, Delivery

πŸš‚ Handling Charges on Motor Vehicles at Lyttelton

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
Handling charges, Motor vehicles, Lyttelton, Wharves, Steamer Express wharf, Inter-Island passengers

πŸš‚ Haulage and Shunting Charges, Christchurch, Riccarton, and Addington

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
Haulage, Shunting, Christchurch, Riccarton, Addington, Goods, Grain, Sidings

πŸš‚ Port Traffic Charges at Picton

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
Port traffic, Picton, Haulage, Handling, Sorting, Goods, Wharf

πŸš‚ Through Traffic Charges on Mines Department's Line at Blackball

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
Through traffic, Blackball, Roa, Mines Department, Parcels, Timber, Merchandise, Grain, Minerals

πŸš‚ Charge for Use of Coal-bins at Westport

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
Coal-bins, Westport, Coal, Westport Borough Council