WHARFAGE AND TONNAGE RATES IN HOKITIKA.

Westport Times, Volume II, Issue 195, 16 March 1868, Page 2

WHARFAGE AND TONNAGE RATES IN HOKITIKA.

In the exercise of the powers delegated to the Hon John Hall, Esq., he has gazetted the following schedule of charges to be leyied upon goods " landed upon the parcel of ground known as Gibson's Quay" : Bran, one shilling per 60 bushels. Bricks, three shillings per 1000. Carrots, one shilling per 2240 lbs. Coals, one shilling per 2240 lbs. Chaff, two shillings per 2240 lbs. Cattle, two shillings and sixpence per head. Dairy Produce, bacon, beef, &c, one shilling per 22-10 lbs. Flour, one shilling per 2000 lbs. Fruit (green), one shilling and sixpence per ton measurement. Hrain, one shilling per 40 bushels. Lorses, two shillings and sixpence each. Lime, one shilling per 2240 lbs. Machinery, one shilling per 2240 lbs. Mangoldwurtzel, one shilling per 22401b Onions, one shillings per 2250 lbs. Potatoes, one shilling per 2240 lbs. Poultry, free. Palings, two shillings per 1000. Sawn timber, threepence per 100 super ficial feet. Shingleß, sixpence per 1000. Sheep and pigs, twopence each. Slates, three shillings per 1000. Turnips, one shilling per 2240 lbs. Vehicles (two-wheeled), two shillings and sixpence each. Vehicles (four-wheeled), five shillings each. All other goodß, one shilling and oixponce per ton.

Transit Shed. (In addition to the abovo charges.) On goods landed at the Transit Shed, and left there for a longer time than twenty-four hours, for every week or part of a week, a rent of two shillings per ton. On all goods brought to the Transit Shed from other parts of the wharf to be stored— Receiving, one shilling and sixpence per ton. Delivering, one shilling and sixpence per ton. Rent, for every week or part of a week, two shillings per ton. POSTAL NOTICES. TISIES OF MAILS CLOSINO Mails for Nelson, per Nelson, this day, at noon. On and after January 1, 1868. The times of closing the Overland Mails at the Post-office, Westport, will be as follows: For Charleston, St. Kilda, Brighton, and Greymouth, at 8 a.m. on Monday in each week. For Charleston, St. Kilda, and Brighton, a.m. on Tuesday and Friday. For Addison's Flat, at 8 a.m. on Monday and Thursday. For Mokihinui, at time of high water on Monday and Thursday. MAILS WILL ARRIVE At the Post-office, Westport— From Greymouth, Brighton, St. Kilda, and Charleston, on Friday, at 5 p.m. From Brighton, St. Kilda, and Charleston, on Wednesday and Saturday, at 5 p.m. From Addison's Flat, on Monday and Thursday, at 11 a.m. From Mokihinui, on Tuesdayand Friday Money Orders can now be obtained at the Post-office, Westport, upon all money order offices in the United Kingdom. Australian Colonies, and New Zealand. THOS. F. WINSTANLEY, Postmaster. CHARLESTON. Arrival and departure of Mails at Post-offiee Charleston. ARRIVALS. From Westport and Northern Provinces, every Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, at 1 p.m. From St Kildaand Brighton, every Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, at 1 p.m. From Greymouth, Hokitika, and Southern Provinces, every Friday, at 12 noon. DEPARTURES. For Westport, every Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, at 1 p.m. For St Kilda and Brighton, every Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, at 1.30 p.m. For Greymouth, Hokitika, and Southern Provinces, every Monday, at 1.30 p.m. ANDVV. ALEXANDER, Postmaster.