FREIGHTS ON OVERSEA CARGO.

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume VII, Issue 1, 15 July 1913, Page 109

FREIGHTS ON OVERSEA CARGO.

RATES FOR GREAT BRITAIN, VANCOUVER, AND SAN FRANCISCO SHIPMENTS.

Following are the rates of freight on cargo from New Zealand to London and West of England ports by the vessels of the New Zealand Shipping Company (Limited), Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company, (Limited), Tyser, and Federal and Shire lines :

' " ' ' ■ s. d. Wool, greasy, and sheep-skins . . Per lb. . . .-. o ...of-. ~< slipe .. . . . . ~.... o o-jg-S„■ -washed... ■. . . . ~ ■. . ■ ■ . . o-. of '. ; -i ~ undumped . . .. . ~ . . .. o of extra,'. Meat—June to November (inclusive) ~ .. .. o ojf less 7i%. ~ December to May (inclusive) ~ .. . . . o off less 5%:. ■; Butter ■ . . . . . . Per box '. . ' ..'2'6 y. ■ Cheese . . . . .. .. Per lb. .. .. o o| c ‘ » Hemp . . .. ■ . . Per ton weight . ... 85 o , Grass-seed . . ... . . ■>,'..■ • . . . . 405., 505., 6qs. ' Tow, covered .. ' . . . . ~ . . 100 - 6 . ~ uncovered . . . . » ~, ' . . 130 o ' ; Sausage-casings . . ... ~ ... 55 o Leather and basils .. .. „ . . 65 o ' . - Tallow, pelts, and oleo .. . . ~ ' ' . .. 40 o - Preserved meats ’ .... . . Per ton measurement. . 40 'o _■ 1 ~ Rough measurement ’. . ■ ... • „ . ... 42- 6 . [ ' Fine measurement .. .. ■ . ~ -. . 55 . 0 Primage, 10 per cent. ' 1... These rates will be as above from Ist July to 31st December next. ■ | . The following rates of freight are charged by the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand (Limited), under contract with the New Zealand Government, for the carriage of cargo from Auckland and Wellington to San Francisco, and Auckland to .Honolulu, Victoria,' and Vancouver ■ < • Auckland and Wellington to San Francisco. ~ ■■ - • -.■■.■-■* ■ s. d. \ ' ■Butter. ■ .. .. .. Per lb. gross . . 0.1 . Meats in refrigerator . . .. „.'-■' ... o -of |S" ; Skins . ... . ' .. . . Per ton of 2,000 lb. -. . 50 .0. . . ; General cargo .. .. .. Per ton of 40 cub. ft. .. 50s. to 60s. .Wool (maximum freights); —Greasy Per lb. •. . ■' • ..- o of ; J,, ~ Scoured ~ ... .. . o, of r . : Phormium ’ .. .. . . Per ton of 2,240 lb. . . 60 ’ o - Auckland to Honolulu, Victoria, and Vancouver. -.' : .. s. d. ’ ... ■ .Butter . . . . .. Per lb. gross ...01 • Meats, in refrigerator . . . . ~ ... o of y Wool, greasy, dumped . . . . Per lb. . . .. . ■ o o| ~ scoured, dumped: . . ■....,, ... . .. J o of Phormium, dumped .. . . . Per ton of 2,240 lb. ... 50 o Skins, dumped . . ' . . .. Per ton of 3,000 lb. . . 50 o General cargo .. . . .. Per ton of 40 cub. ft. . . 50s. to 60s.