WELLINGTON HARBOUR CHARGES.
{By Telegraph — Fress Association.)
Wellington, This Day
The N.Z. Shipping Company has addressed a letter to the Harbour Board stating that as the latter appears to be under the impression that Wellington is the cheapest port in the colony for shipping, they desire to remove that impression from their mind by giving a statement of charges payable for the same services and on the same amount of cargo on present voyages of the steamers Turakina and Kaipara. These are given as Turakina; Wellington, £331; Auckland, £200; Lyttelton, £218; Dunedin, £2-10. Kaipara : Wellington, £268; Auckland, £187; Lyttelton, £196; DuneJin, £210.
The excess here is apparently accounted for by the Harbour Improvement Rate being a charge against ships instead of goods as elsewhere, and because at other ports the charges for a second visit on the same voyage are reduced. Other points of difference are mentioned which tell against Wellington, and a table is attached showing that the percentage of harbour revenue contributed by ships is only 3 per cent and 8 per cent at Sydney and Melbourne, whereas it runs to 55 per cent in Wellington.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXX, Issue 8378, 20 February 1906, Page 5
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188WELLINGTON HARBOUR CHARGES. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXX, Issue 8378, 20 February 1906, Page 5
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