Railway Freight Rates




24 MAY THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 849

  1. Miscellaneous—continued
From To Description of Goods Rate
Port Chalmers .. Dunedin .. Classes C, D, E plus 25 per cent, E plus 50 per cent, and G, ex-ship. Owner’s risk £1 6s. 6d. per ton, including handling at ship’s side. The charges for goods of classes C, D, and G will be computed in accordance with section 127, General Scale of Charges. Small lots will be charged as follows: Not Exceeding: cwt cu. ft. s. d. ½ or 1 2 0 1 or 2 2 6 1½ or 3 3 0 2 or 4 3 6 2½ or 5 4 0 3 or 6 4 6 3½ or 7 5 0 4 or 8 5 6 4½ or 9 6 6 5 or 10 7 6 Classified C rate.
Dunedin .. Any station in the South Island Ice cream conveyed by express or passenger trains when accommodation is available in the Guards’ vans of such trains
Burnside .. Invercargill .. Gas, oxygen, and acetylene, in cylinders £4 6s. 6d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 8 tons per four-wheeled wagon. Owners to load and unload.
Milburn .. Burnside .. Limestone .. 14s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 11½ tons per LA wagon.
Conical Hill .. Any station in the South Island Round wooden fencing rails. (Thin logs not exceeding 6 in. in diameter) Class K. Minimum loads as per section 75, para. 1.
Gore .. Any station in the South Island Class E .. Class E goods, which by reason of their weight are charged Class E plus 50 per cent, will be charged Class E with the small-lots scale as a minimum, provided the aggregate weight of all the consignments in the wagon is not less than 5 tons 10 cwt.
Invercargill .. Orawia .. Coke or breeze .. £1 10s. 9d. per ton. Minimum quantities as per section 77. Owners to load and unload.


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🚂 Freight Rates for Various Goods by Rail

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Freight rates, Railways, Goods, Consignment, Owner's risk, Briquettes, Timber, Hay, Chaff, Limestone, Ice cream, Gas cylinders, Coke