Steamer Service Rates




LAKE WAKATIPU STEAMER SERVICE

LAKE WAKATIPU STEAMER SERVICE
GOODS AND LIVESTOCK—continued

  1. Schedule of Rates
Description Per Rate
Minimum charge (except where otherwise provided)— s. d.
To or from places provided with wharves 3 0
To or from places not provided with wharves 6 0
General cargo, n.o.s., including bricks, cement, chaff, coke, hay in bales, rails, Ton 25 0
iron or steel, seeds (garden or agricultural). Single packages 18 cwt or over "" 46 0
will be charged as per paragraph 28. Loose cement, chaff, and coke will not "" 25 0
be accepted for conveyance on Lake Wakatipu
Baths, plunge. (Minimum charge per consignment, 5s. 4d.) ""
Benzine, kerosine, and similar mineral oils in cases or drums. Dangerous ""
Boats—
N.o.s. (other than motor launches)— Each 22 0
Not exceeding 10 cwt per boat "" 32 0
Exceeding 10 cwt per boat "" 43 0
Motor launches. (Minimum charge as for 1 ton per consignment) Ton
Rowing, exclusively for use in contests at regattas, will on the outward Each 22 0
journey be charged "" 11 0
Rowing, returning from regattas ""
Calves. (See Livestock.)
Cattle. (See Livestock.)
Canoes "" 7 0
Coal, bagged. (Loose coal will not be accepted for conveyance on Lake Ton 21 0
Wakatipu) ""
Empties—
Returned, or when full to be forwarded by rail or steamer. (Minimum charge cwt. 1 4
per consignment, 1s. 4d.) "" 2 8
Not returned empties. (Minimum charge per consignment, 2s. 3d.) ""
Explosives, as enumerated in Traffic Code Instruction 99. Dangerous Ton 52 0
Firewood, not exceeding 8 ft in length Cord 27 0
Flour, oatmeal, pollard, or bran, in bags Ton 21 0
Fruit— "" 21 0
Fresh, grown in New Zealand, Cook Islands, or Niue, packed "" 25 0
Fresh, not otherwise specified ""
Furniture— "" 46 0
Not packed "" 30 0
Securely packed in cases or crates, heavy packing paper, or in straw covered
with hessian ""
(When packed in heavy packing paper or in straw covered with hessian,
articles such as tables, chairs, wardrobes, etc., must have the legs also
securely protected. Furniture wrapped in scrim only will not be deemed
to be “packed” for the purposes of computing charges.)
Grain, in bags, n.o.s. "" 21 0
Horses. (See Livestock.)
Implements, agricultural— "" 25 0
N.o.s., including ploughs, rollers, and discs "" 46 0
Hay rakes, headers, manure sowers, reapers, reapers and binders, and
scufflers, set up. (Minimum charge as for 1 ton per consignment) "" 46 0
Hay sweeps, set up. (Minimum charge as for 10 cwt per consignment) ""
Lime— "" 15 0
Bagged. (Minimum quantity, 6 tons per consignment) "" 21 0
Bagged, n.o.s. ""
(Loose lime will not be accepted for conveyance on Lake Wakatipu.)
Livestock— Head 12 0
Calves (not exceeding 6 months old), loose
Calves (not exceeding 6 months old), sheep, goats, or pigs, properly secured Crate 12 0
in crates— "" 17 0
Gross weight not exceeding 3 cwt per crate ""
Gross weight exceeding 3 cwt but not exceeding 5 cwt per crate ""
Cattle, n.o.s. Head 25 0
Horses, n.o.s. "" 25 0
Lambs, loose, unweaned "" 0 11


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