New Zealand Gazette – 1971 – No. 68

Page 1896

✨ Railway Freight Rates



  1. Petroleum Products in Owner's Tank Wagons

  2. The charges for the conveyance of petroleum products in privately-owned tank wagons will be as under:

Miles Benzine, Kerosene, and Similar Mineral Oils Weighing Less Than 8 lb per Gallon Rate per Ton $ Crude, Residual, Lubricating, Transformer, or Fuel Oils Weighing 8 lb or More per Gallon Rate per Ton $ Miles Benzine, Kerosene, and Similar Mineral Oils Weighing Less Than 8 lb per Gallon Rate per Ton $ Crude, Residual, Lubricating, Transformer, or Fuel Oils Weighing 8 lb or More per Gallon Rate per Ton $
Not 5 1.42 6 1.54 7 1.66 8 1.78 9
Exceeding 130 11.95 135 12.13 140 12.32 145 12.56 150
160 13.31 165 13.55 170 13.79 175 14.10 180
185 14.48 190 14.72 195 14.91 200 15.09 210
220 15.71 230 15.95 240 16.26 250 16.57 260
270 17.13 280 17.49 290 17.74 300 18.05 310
320 18.60 330 18.91 340 19.22 350 19.47 360
370 20.02 380 20.26 390 20.52 400 20.94 410
420 21.44 435 21.80 450 22.24
0.50 0.43

(For each additional 15 miles or fraction thereof beyond 450 miles will be added:

  1. All tank wagons are to be loaded to their full carrying capacity.

  2. With the exception of shunting charges to or from private sidings (where applicable), no charge will be made for hauling empty tank wagons.

  3. Lime for Manuring Farm Lands

  4. Subject to the conditions set out herein, New Zealand lime certified for use in dressing land of bona fide farms, orchards, nurseries, or market gardens within the Dominion of New Zealand and consigned direct to farmers, orchardists, nurserymen, or market gardeners in occupation of the land on which the lime is to be used, or approved lime spreaders, lime dumps, or lime stockpiles, or educational institutions whose curricula require the carrying on of farming for the purpose of instructing their students, will be charged Class F rate.

  5. Wagon Minimum—The minimum loads of New Zealand lime which will be accepted for carriage under the provisions of this section will be as follows:

Each Four-wheeled Wagon, n.o.s. Each Mc Wagon Each LA Wagon Each LC Wagon Each R or U Wagon Each RB, UB, or UR Wagon
Tons 6 9 10 12½ 15


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🚂 Charges for Petroleum Products in Owner's Tank Wagons

🚂 Transport & Communications
Petroleum products, tank wagons, freight rates, mineral oils, fuel oils, mileage charges

🌾 Lime for Manuring Farm Lands - Freight Classification

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Lime, farming, manuring, freight rates, farm lands, orchards, nurseries, market gardens, wagon loads