CARTAGE REPORT.
Messrs S. Db Cable and Co., Carriers, and General Forwarding Agents, report as under : A slight reaction in favor of the carrier is observable, and significant signs indicate the probability of a decided rise in the rates of cartage, numbers of diggers are returning to their old claims, and for theii especial information we add to our usual report the charges for which Themselves and their luggage (not exceeding 56 lbs), may Jbe conveyed by wagon •to the variouf diggings.
Bates for passengers, Dunstan, Alexandra, Hamilton's, Black's, and Dunstan Greek, £1 5t per head; Wetherstons's, Tuapeka, and Woolshed, 10s per head. The above rates are for flour, ironmongery, and heavy groceries in not less than tons. Timber and drapery are proportionably higher. Princes street, Dunedin. 31st May, 1864.
'okomainro, per t Voolshed ... 'uapeka . . Vetherstone's )anstan . . Jexandra . . *he Teviot .. leoumont . . lamilton'a ... [indon Hack's Sight Mile .. [awarau ... tanatan Creek take Wakatlpu ton ••• ..£350 4 17 6 6 10 0 7 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 ... 14 10 0 .. 10 10 0 ... 11 10 0 6 5 0 12 0 0 .. 12 10 0 ..: 14 10 0 ... 13 0 0 ... 18 0 0
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Otago Witness, Issue 653, 4 June 1864, Page 12
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195CARTAGE REPORT. Otago Witness, Issue 653, 4 June 1864, Page 12
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