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106. Check and Empty Railway Wagons: Bogie and Special Wagons

  1. Check wagons and empty railway wagons (other than petrol-tank wagons) hauled on their own wheels will be charged as follows; bogie wagons will be charged double rates:
Kilometres Not Exceeding Charge per Wagon Kilometres Not Exceeding Charge per Wagon Kilometres Not Exceeding Charges per Wagon
$ $ $
20 7.93 110 20.09 358 50.29
23 7.93 114 20.41 374 52.27
26 7.93 122 21.39 390 54.26
29 7.93 130 22.38 406 56.25
32 7.93 138 23.37 422 58.24
35 7.93 146 24.36 438 60.22
38 7.93 154 25.35 454 62.21
41 7.93 162 26.34 470 64.20
44 8.52 170 27.33 486 66.18
47 9.10 178 28.32 502 68.17
50 9.69 186 29.31 518 70.16
53 10.27 194 30.30 534 72.15
56 10.86 202 31.29 550 74.13
59 11.44 210 32.27 566 76.12
62 12.03 218 33.26 582 78.11
65 12.61 226 34.25 598 80.09
68 13.20 234 35.24 614 82.08
71 13.78 242 36.23 630 84.07
74 14.37 250 37.22 646 86.05
77 14.95 258 38.21 662 88.04
80 15.08 266 39.20 678 90.03
83 15.59 274 40.19 702 93.02
86 16.11 282 41.18 726 96.01
89 16.62 290 42.17
92 17.13 298 43.16
95 17.64 306 44.22
98 18.16 314 45.29
101 18.67 322 46.35
104 19.18 332 47.32
107 19.64 342 48.30

For each additional 24 km or fraction thereof beyond 726 km, $2.94 will be added.


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ALTERATIONS TO THE SCALES OF CHARGES UPON THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS

GENERAL SCALE OF CHARGES — CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS AND LIVESTOCK

PURSUANT to the Government Railways Act 1949, the Minister of Railways hereby makes the following alterations to the Classification of Goods and Livestock, published in the Supplement, dated 3rd Day of December 1973, to the New Zealand Gazette of the 29th day of November 1973 and hereby declares that such alterations shall come into force on the 1st day of February 1976.

Sections 69 and 71 of the said General Scale of Charges—Classification of Goods and Livestock are hereby revoked and the following provisions are substituted therefor—

The following alterations are also made—

68. Classification of Goods and Livestock

Paragraph 4.
Omit:
Cement, not otherwise specified. Owners to load and unload.
Owner's risk—Up to 306 kilometres .. .. .. .. Class E plus 25%
Over 306 km (minimum rate as class E plus 25% for 306 km, viz $9.75 per tonne) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Class C less 50%
Fish as under:
Not otherwise specified. Minimum quantity 1.75 tonnes per four-wheeled wagon. (If loose fish, owners to load and unload).
Lesser quantities will be charged at such minimum or at Class D rate increased by 50% subject to a minimum charge of $5.45 per consignment .. .. Class D
Foods, farinaceous, as under:
Prepared in biscuit form, wrapped in kraft paper.
Consignments of more than 20 packages loaded or unloaded by the department will be charged Class C plus $1.57 per tonne .. .. .. .. Class C
Paper as under:
Printing, poster, manilla, tissue for waxing, pattern tissue, fruit wrap tissue, M.G. cap (tissue) wrapping, newsprint, paper bags, or paper for manufacturing multiwall bags, plain cardboard, consigned direct by rail from or to paper mills.
Minimum quantity 500 kg per consignment—
For distances not exceeding 566 kilometres .. .. .. .. Class D less 25%
For distances exceeding 566 km (minimum rate as Class D less 25% for 566 km; viz $16.53 per tonne) .. .. .. .. .. .. Class D less 33 1/3%
Riding devices, including "Chair-o-planes", "Dodgems", Merry-go-rounds, and similar side-show equipment. Owners to load and unload. The charge per railway wagon will be as follows:
Each four-wheeled wagon, not otherwise specified, 24 cents per kilometre. Minimum charge $15.32.
Each Kc, Kp, Ks, Lc, Mc, Nc, Nf, Xc, or Xp wagon, 28 cents per kilometre. Minimum charge $18.43.
Each bogie wagon 48 cents per kilometre. Minimum charge $30.64.

21 JANUARY
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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