✨ Wharfage Rates
1046
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 40
WHARVES
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Picton Wharves
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Rates—The following wharfage rates will be charged on goods passing over the wharves:
| Not Otherwise Specified | For Local Delivery at Picton |
|---|---|
| s. d. | s. d. |
| Minimum charge per consignment | 1 9 |
| Goods not otherwise specified, per ton weight or measurement, at the option of the Department | 8 0 |
| Benzine and similar mineral oils, in bulk, per ton of 250 gallons | 8 0 |
| Bicycles, each | 2 0 |
| Boats, motor or sailing— | |
| Exceeding 1 ton, each | 40 0 |
| Exceeding 3 cwt. and not exceeding 1 ton | 20 0 |
| Not exceeding 3 cwt. | 10 0 |
| Unloaded into harbour or loaded direct from harbour into ships and not passing over wharves | Half rates |
| Bricks, per 1,000 | 9 2 |
| Cattle— | |
| For the first head | 9 2 |
| Each additional, per head | 2 0 |
| Class E goods, n.o.s., for shipment at Picton, previously carried to Picton by rail, per ton | 4 0 |
| Coal, per ton | 4 0 |
| Corpses, each | 13 9 |
| Dogs, each | 2 0 |
| Empties, per ton measurement | Half rates |
| Flax, hemp, or tow, per bale | 0 9 |
| Horses— | |
| For the first head | 9 2 |
| Each additional, per head | 5 2 |
| Malt, per ton | 8 0 |
| Motor cars (except service cars), set up, each | 11 0 |
| Motor-car trailers, each | 9 0 |
| Motor caravans other than trailers (self-contained units), each | 20 0 |
| Motor cycles— | |
| Not otherwise specified, each | 7 3 |
| Delivered to or received from persons on the wharf | 3 0 |
| With sidecar, each | 10 0 |
| Motor vehicles (except caravans) bearing “L” plates, each | 11 0 |
| Motor vehicles, set up, not otherwise specified, each | 20 0 |
| Newspapers, per ton | 8 0 |
| Passengers’ luggage carried in hand | Free |
| Pigeons, homing, per ton | 4 0 |
| Posts and rails, per 100, and firewood, per cord | 2 0 |
| Sheep or pigs— | |
| For the first 50, each | 0 9 |
| Each additional, per head | 0 5 |
| Sulkies, trotting, each | 6 0 |
| Timber, per 100 superficial feet | 1 0 |
| Vehicles, not otherwise specified— | |
| Four-wheeled, each | 20 0 |
| Two-wheeled, each | 9 0 |
| Wool and sheep-skins, not exceeding 4 cwt., per bale | 1 0 |
All goods and livestock that do not pass over the wharves but are landed on or shipped from or pass over railway lands adjacent to the wharves, and goods and livestock loaded or unloaded from or into lighters into or from ships lying at or adjacent to any wharf or within the limits of the railway lands, except as specially provided, will be charged half the ordinary wharfage rates.
Goods and produce from and to settlers residing in the Queen Charlotte or Pelorus Sounds landed or shipped at the Department’s wharves set apart for traffic to and from the Sounds will be exempt from wharfage charges.
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NZ Gazette 1957, No 40
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