Railway Bulk Tonnage Rates




24 MAY
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
839

  1. Bulk Tonnage

  2. Goods of Classes C, C plus percentages (except explosives), D, E, E plus percentages, G, and section 85, General Scale of Charges will be conveyed at the rates specified in paragraph 2 hereof subject to the following conditions:

(a) The minimum quantity forwarded each and every week shall be the tonnage specified in paragraph 2 which shall include tonnage railed in the reverse direction and an average of 5 tons per four-wheeled wagon and 10 tons per bogie wagon based on each week’s outward loadings. In no case will the quantity of goods consigned as bulk tonnage be less than 1 ton per four-wheeled and 3 tons per bogie wagon.

(b) Cranage—Cranage will be charged on the daily aggregate weight of lifts at 2s. 6d. per ton.

(c) The goods carried as bulk tonnage will be conveyed at owner’s risk.

(d) Participation in the rate is subject to written agreement with the Department.

(e) All loading and unloading to be performed by owners.

  1. Rates:
Station Rate Minimum Weekly Tonnage (Includes Tonnage Railed in the Reverse Direction)
Between And £ s. d. Tons
Auckland, Mt. Eden, Tamaki, Onehunga, and intermediate stations *Whangarei – Port Whangarei inclusive 3 15 0 50
*Te Rapa, Frankton, and Claudelands 2 14 6 60
*Cambridge .. .. 3 1 6 20
Morrinsville .. .. 3 4 0 20
Matamata .. .. 3 11 0 25
*Tokoroa .. .. 4 6 6 30
*Rotorua .. .. 4 15 6 40
*Te Aroha .. .. 2 3 6 25
Tauranga .. .. 4 17 6 40
*Kawerau .. .. 5 14 6 20
Te Awamutu .. .. 3 1 6 20
Te Kuiti .. .. 3 15 0 20
Taumarunui .. .. 4 15 6 20
New Plymouth and Bell Block 6 7 0 25
Palmerston North .. 6 19 6 25
Wellington and Ngauranga 8 3 0 60
*Hastings, Napier, and Ahuriri 8 6 6 90
Wellington Frankton and Claudelands 7 2 0 25
Wellington and Ngauranga New Plymouth .. .. 5 19 6 20
Hastings .. .. Palmerston North .. .. 3 1 6 25

*May include tonnage also railed from or to Otahuhu.



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