✨ Freight Rates
- Miscellaneous
Com-
modity
Code
From
To
Description of Goods
Rate
636
or
637
Christchurch
including,
goods for
stations
beyond
Christ-
church
(except
stations,
Heathcote,
Prebbleton,
Islington,
Belfast,
inclusive,
but
excluding
Christ-
church)
Goods ex-ship of
Classes C, D, and
G, also Classes C,
D, and G, subject
to a percentage or
other reduction.
Owner's risk
$4.00 per ton, including
sorting at Christchurch.
The charges will be com-
puted in accordance with
section 127, General Scale
of Charges. From Christ-
church to destination the
charges will be computed
on actual weight at the
appropriate rate. Small
lots will be charged as
follows:
Not Exceeding:
cwt cu ft $
1⁄2 or 1 0.43
1 or 2 0.49
1½ or 3 0.56
2 or 4 0.63
2½ or 5 0.70
3 or 6 0.78
3½ or 7 0.84
4 or 8 0.91
4½ or 9 0.98
5 or 10 1.05
Lyttelton
Stations,
Addington,
Prebbleton,
Islington,
Belfast,
inclusive
Goods ex-ship of
Classes C, D, and
G, also Classes C,
D, and G, subject
to a percentage or
other reduction.
Owner's risk
$4.60 per ton, including
sorting at Christchurch.
The charges will be com-
puted in accordance with
section 127, General Scale
of Charges. Small lots will
be charged as follows:
Not Exceeding:
cwt cu ft $
1 or 2 0.49
2 or 4 0.63
3 or 6 0.84
4 or 8 0.98
5 or 10 1.19
639†
Christchurch
Goods ex-ship of
Classes E plus 25
percent and E plus
50 percent. Owner's risk.
$3.15 per ton.
603
or
604
Christchurch
Fresh fruit, fresh
vegetables, mush-
rooms, and nuts
(ex-ship) grown
and packed in New
Zealand (including
Cook Islands or
Niue)
$3.01 per ton, including
sorting at Christchurch.
Small lots as per section
85, para. 1, General Scale
of Charges.
Lyttelton
Firestone
Tyre and
Rubber
Co.'s pri-
vate siding
at Papanui
Classes C and D,
direct ex-ship (not
requiring to be
sorted at Christ-
church). Owner's
risk
$3.15 per ton. Charges to be
computed on measurement
at 40 cu ft per ton,
or on actual weight, which-
ever is greater.
*The Department will not accept unsorted cargo at ship's side, Cashin Quay for Christchurch or any other destina-
tion station. The provisions of General Scale of Charges, section 127, will not apply to sorted goods dispatched
by rail from Cashin Quay; rail charges are to be based on classified rates from Lyttelton to destination station.
†Where applicable codes 601 to 604 inclusive, 652 and 653 are to be used.
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VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 1971, No 64
NZLII —
NZ Gazette 1971, No 64
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