New Zealand Gazette – 1977 – No. 52

Page 1335

✨ Railway Charges Amendment



9 MAY THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1335

114. Livestock

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$ 3.95 $ 4.45
$ 5.25 $ 5.95
$ 7.90 $ 8.90
Paragraph 15 .. .. .. .. $ 3.60 $ 4.05
$ 4.80 $ 5.40
$ 7.20 $ 8.10
Paragraph 16 .. .. .. .. 68c 77c
26c 29c
Paragraph 18 .. .. .. .. $20.00 $22.50
$ 5.00 $ 5.60

117. Fractional Parts of Cents, Tonnes, and Kilometres

This section is hereby revoked and the following new section substituted therefor:

117. Fractional Parts of Cents, Tonnes, Cubic Metres, and Kilometres

  1. Except where otherwise provided, in computing passenger fares, and freight and charges on luggage, parcels, etc., goods, livestock traffic, wharfage, and berthage, fractions of 1c less than a ¼c in the final result will be omitted; ¼c or more in the final result will be taken as 1c.
  2. Where rates or charges are prescribed to be increased or decreased and a fraction of 1c occurs in the rate as so increased or decreased, such fraction shall if less than ¼c be omitted, and if ¼c or over shall be taken as 1c.
  3. In computing charges at tonne rates, weights of less than 10 kg will be taken as 10 kg.
  4. In computing rates and charges, odd fractions of a kilometre amounting to 100 m and over will be taken as an additional kilometre; less than 100 m will be omitted.
  5. In computing measurement, the cubic content of any package will be calculated accurately and the final result will be rounded up to two decimal places.
    Measurement of timber will be calculated as set out in section 75.

118. Charges Collected on Behalf of Clubs, Consignors, Etc.

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50c 56c

119. Charge for Diversion of Wagons While in Transit

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$ 5.00 $ 5.65
$10.00 $11.30

122. Loading, Unloading, Tallying, or Covering of Goods

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$2.80 $3.15
Paragraph 1(b) .. .. .. minimum $1.00 $1.13
Paragraph 1(c) .. .. .. $2.00 $2.25
$1.75 $1.97
(in 2 places) (in 2 places)
Paragraph 2 .. .. .. 50c 56c
(in 2 places) (in 2 places)
$1.10 $1.24
(in 2 places) (in 2 places)
Paragraph 3 .. .. .. $2.00 $2.25

124. Wagons Overloaded or Requiring Adjustment of Load

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$ 5.00 $ 5.65
Paragraph 2(a) .. .. .. $ 5.00 $ 5.65
minimum $16.00 $18.00
Paragraph 3 .. .. .. $ 4.50 $ 5.06
minimum $ 2.25 $ 2.53

126. Cranes and Loading Banks Used for Other than Rail-borne Goods

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$ 2.50 $ 2.80
$ 1.40 $ 1.60
$ 5.00 $ 5.60
$ 2.50 $ 2.80
$10.00 $11.25
(in 2 places) (in 2 places)

130. Westport Wharves

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$ 2.50 $ 2.80
minimum $15.00 $16.80



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