New Zealand Gazette – 1982 – No. 15

Page 485

✨ Railway Freight Rates



16 FEBRUARY                    THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE                                        485

Class of Goods Rate Per *From Wellington to Picton not Otherwise Specified *From Picton to Wellington not Otherwise Specified
$ $
Livestock (other than dogs and other small animals) in crates, etc.—Under special arrangement
Livestock or poultry food in sacks tonne 37.67 32.96
Lucerne meal tonne 37.67 32.96
Malt and malt culmings tonne 37.67 32.96
Manures tonne 37.67 32.96
Marrows tonne 37.67 32.96
Meats—Wagon minima 5 tonnes per
W wagon, 10 tonnes per Vb, Vr, or
Vs wagon, 16 tonnes per Uk or
Ukb wagon
Unpacked (carcasses, etc.) tonne 37.67 32.96
Packed tonne or
cub. metre		 37.67 32.96
Melons—see Marrows
Motor vehicles including motorcars,
lorries, tractors, etc. (loaded on
railway wagons)		 tonne or
cub. metre		 37.67 32.96
Newspapers and periodicals in bulk
(subject to same conditions as apply to
rail vide section 62)		 tonne 37.67 32.96
Oats—see Grains
Onions tonne 37.67 32.96
Oils, bitumen or other approved liquids
in Uc tank wagons—charged on weight
of contents		 tonne 37.67 32.96
Parsnips tonne 37.67 32.96
Peas (seed) tonne 37.67 32.96
Peas (split) tonne 37.67 32.96
Periodicals in bulk—see Newspapers
Pollard tonne 37.67 32.96
Potatoes tonne 37.67 32.96
Pumice—sand tonne 37.67 32.97
Pumpkins—see Marrows
Ryegrass seed—see Seeds
Salt tonne 37.67 32.96
Seeds—
Chou Molier tonne 67.63 59.16
Clover tonne 46.74 40.92
Cocksfoot tonne 87.88 76.92
Cowgrass—as clover seed
Grass seeds, not otherwise specified tonne 75.99 66.46
Lucerne tonne 46.74 40.92
Ryegrass tonne 75.99 66.46
Straw—see Hay
Swede turnips tonne 37.67 32.96
Timber—In minimum loads as per section
75, paragraph 1		 cub. metre 40.01 35.01
Lesser quantities will be charged at such
minima or if cheaper on measurement
at		 cub. metre 60.50 55.92
Minimum charge for timber per consign-
ment		 3.84 3.38
Timber complying with the following
minimum wagon loadings will be
charged		 cub. metre 35.05 30.69
Minimum wagon loadings—
Each La wagon—12 cub. metres
Each Lc or Nc wagon—15 cub. metres
Each bogie wagon—25 cub. metres
Trotting sulkies each 14.12 12.34
Wheat—see Grains
Wool—
Undumped Per bale 11.32 9.88
Double dumped or dense packed Per double
dumped or
dense packed
bale		 22.59 19.79

*For goods conveyed solely between Picton and Wellington, see paragraph (c) hereof.

(b) (i) Inter-island Consignments Railed to or from Gracefield-Upper Hutt Inclusive or Tawa-Plimmerton Inclusive: Goods of classes C and D consigned inter-island from or to stations Gracefield-Upper Hutt inclusive and stations Tawa-Plimmerton inclusive will be charged railage for the North Island portion of the journey (to or from Wellington) at $28.22 per tonne. Small lots will be charged as per subparagraph (iii) hereof.

(ii) Inter-island Consignments Railed to or from Blenheim-Koromiko Inclusive: Goods of classes C and D consigned inter-island from or to stations Blenheim-Koromiko inclusive will be charged $28.22 per tonne for the South Island portion of the rail journey (to or from Picton). Small lots will be charged as per subparagraph (iii) hereof.



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