New Zealand Gazette – 1973 – No. 32

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✨ Railway Freight Classification



  1. Classification of Goods, Livestock, etc.--continued

Paragraph 4--continued

Classification Class
Insulating materials, classified "G" in full wagon loads, owners to load and unload will be charged G less 12½%
Per K, LA, X, or XA wagon . . As 600 cu ft
Per Kc, Lc, Nc, NF or XP wagon As 900 cu ft
Per Xc wagon As 700 cu ft
Per KP wagon As 1,100 cu ft
Per bogie wagon, n.o.s. As 2,000 cu ft
Per UBM wagon As 2,500 cu ft
Kainit (manure) See section 72 E
Limonite See section 72 E
Magnesite talc (talc magnesite), for use in the manufacture of artificial manure See section 72 E
Manganese sulphate, for use in the preparation of manures See section 72 E
Manures, artificial See section 72 E
Manure extracted from sheep daggins See section 72 E
Manure, humic compost See section 72 E
Meals, as under— Calf, diary grass, or pig—as foods, livestock or poultry, not otherwise specified
Motor vehicles or chassis, as under— In cases or crates. Minimum load 30 cwt per four-wheeled wagon, not otherwise specified, 35 cwt per Lc or Mc wagon.. C plus 50%
Motor vehicle bodies and body components, as under— Cabs or trays. Minimum load 30 cwt per four-wheeled wagon, not otherwise specified, 35 cwt per Lc or Mc wagon C
Muriate of potash See section 72 E
Nitrate of potash See section 72 E
Nitrolime See section 72 E
Pelts, limed, loose. Minimum charge as for 30 cwt per four-wheeled wagon, not otherwise specified, 35 cwt per Lc or Mc wagon. Owners to load and unload D
Phosphate, rock or ground See section 72 E
Potash, as under— Muriate of .. Nitrate of .. Sulphate of See section 72 E See section 72 E See section 72 E
Salt, as under— Epsom (magnesium sulphate) for use in the preparation of manures See section 72 E
Epsom, certified for use as a manure See section 72 E
Seaweed as under— For use in manufacture of artificial manures packed in paper bags E
Seed, as under— Chou moellier, clover, cow, grass kale, lucerne, mangold, millet, sugar beet, swede, and turnip Bird, in bags D D
Seed tailings, grass, not otherwise specified E plus 50% E
Serpentine rock See section 72 E
Signs, electric, display, unpacked. Minimum charge as for 30 cwt per four-wheeled wagon, not otherwise specified, 35 cwt per Lc wagon and 4¼ tons per bogie wagon. Owners to load and unload C plus 50%
Silos, grain, as under— Assembled (Minimum charge as for 35 cwt at Class C plus 50% per four-wheeled wagon used or 4½ tons at Class C plus 50% per bogie wagon used.) Unassembled, not otherwise specified; minimum charge as for 30 cwt per four-wheeled wagon n.o.s., 35 cwt per Lc, Nc, NF, or Mc wagon, or 4½ tons per bogie wagon G less 33½% C plus 50%
Skins, sheep, calf, goat or deer; green salted or dried, as under— Slag, basic, packed Soda, caustic. Minimum charge as for 30 cwt per four-wheeled wagon not otherwise specified, 35 cwt per Kc, KP, Ks, Lc, or Xc wagon. Lesser quantities will be charged at such minimum or at Class C whichever cheaper See section 72 E
Soda, nitrate of Spring units used in the manufacture of upholstery or mattresses Sulphate of ammonia, for use as, or manufacture of, manure See section 72 E G See section 72 E
Sulphate of copper, for use in the preparation of manures See section 72 E
Sulphate of iron— For use as a fertiliser Sulphate of potash Sulphur— For the manufacture of acid or manure See section 72 E See section 72 E See section 72 E
Tanks, aluminium or stainless steel— Tanks, copper, steel, or iron, not otherwise specified— Where the size of a tank is such as to require the exclusive use of a four-wheeled wagon for its conveyance the charge will be on actual weight at Class C plus 50% (with a minimum charge as for 30 cwt for a four-wheeled wagon, not otherwise specified, and 35 cwt for an Lc, Mc, NF, or Nc wagon at Class C plus 50%)


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