Railway Freight Rates




16 APRIL
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
1063

GOODS

  1. Fresh Fruit, Fresh Vegetables, Fresh Mushrooms, and Nuts

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

  1. Fresh Fruit, Fresh Vegetables, Fresh Mushrooms, and Nuts

  2. Fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, fresh mushrooms, and nuts grown and packed in New Zealand (including the Cook Islands or Niue) in consignments not exceeding 250 kg in weight will be charged as follows:

Zone No. Kilometres Not Exceeding Weight Not Exceeding (Kilograms)
15 25 40 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225
$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
1 ... 1.30 1.30 1.30 1.30 1.75 2.25 2.75 3.20 3.70 4.15 4.65
2 ... 1.30 1.30 1.35 1.55 2.10 2.70 3.25 3.85 4.40 5.00 5.60
3 ... 1.30 1.30 1.65 1.90 2.60 3.35 4.05 4.75 5.50 6.20 6.90
4 ... 1.30 1.50 2.10 2.40 3.30 4.20 5.05 5.95 6.85 7.75 8.65
5 ... 1.45 1.80 2.55 2.90 4.00 5.10 6.20 7.25 8.35 9.45 10.55
6 ... 1.65 2.05 2.85 3.25 4.50 5.70 6.95 8.15 9.35 10.60 11.80
7 ... 1.90 2.35 3.30 3.80 5.20 6.60 8.05 9.45 10.85 12.30 13.70
8 ... 2.20 2.75 3.85 4.40 6.05 7.65 9.30 10.95 12.60 14.25 15.90
9 ... 2.50 3.10 4.35 5.00 6.85 8.75 10.60 12.45 14.35 16.20 18.10
10 ... 2.80 3.50 4.90 5.60 7.70 9.80 11.90 14.00 16.10 18.20 20.30
11 ... 3.10 3.90 5.45 6.20 8.55 10.85 13.20 15.50 17.85 20.15 22.50
12 ... 3.45 4.35 6.05 6.90 9.50 12.10 14.70 17.30 19.90 22.50 25.10
13 ... 3.80 4.80 6.70 7.65 10.50 13.35 16.25 19.10 21.95 24.85 27.70
Over ... 4.10 5.10 7.15 8.20 11.25 14.30 17.40 20.45 23.50 26.60 29.65

The foregoing rates are at “limited carrier’s risk” and will be reduced by 2 percent where consignors require that the consignment be carried at “owner’s risk”.

  1. Fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, fresh mushrooms, and nuts grown and packed in New Zealand (including the Cook Islands and Niue) in consignments exceeding 250 kg in weight will be charged as follows, minimum charges as per paragraph 1 hereof:
Kilometres Not Exceeding Rate Per Tonne $ Kilometres Not Exceeding Rate Per Tonne $ Kilometres Not Exceeding Rate Per Tonne $
65 15.39 210 32.10 534 61.31
68 15.66 218 32.80 550 62.78
71 15.95 226 33.50 566 64.23
74 16.23 234 34.21 582 65.68
77 16.50 242 34.91 598 67.13
80 16.78 250 35.61 614 68.59
83 17.06 258 36.31 630 70.04
86 17.34 266 37.01 646 71.49
89 17.61 274 37.73 662 72.95
92 17.89 282 38.43 678 74.40
95 18.18 290 39.13 702 76.56
98 18.45 298 39.83 726 78.73
101 18.73 306 40.54 750 80.89
104 19.00 314 41.24 774 83.04
107 19.29 322 41.94 798 85.20
110 19.56 332 42.89 822 87.36
114 20.00 342 43.88 846 89.53
122 20.73 358 45.33 870 91.69
130 21.44 374 46.79 894 93.85
138 22.16 390 48.24 918 96.01
146 22.88 406 49.69 942 98.16
154 24.03 422 51.14 966 100.33
162 25.19 438 52.60 990 102.49
170 26.34 454 54.05 1014 104.65
178 27.49 470 55.50 1038 106.81
186 28.64 486 56.96 1038 km will be added
194 29.80 502 58.41 or part thereof beyond $2.12.
202 30.95 518 59.86

The foregoing rates are at “limited carrier’s risk” and will be reduced by 2 percent where consignors require that the consignment be carried at “owner’s risk”.

  1. Fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, fresh mushrooms, and nuts grown and packed in New Zealand (including Cook Islands or Niue) forwarded for domestic use of the consignee will be conveyed only under the provisions of section 56.


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