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TONGA
ORDER IN COUNCIL
GS 4 of 1992
THE WHARVES ACT
[26th May 1992]
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by Sections 5 and 16 of the Wharves Act (Chapter 138), as amended, His Majesty the King, with the advice and consent of His Privy Council hereby alters and adds to the rates specified in Schedules A and B of that Act by omitting the particulars set out in those Schedules and inserting in their stead the particulars set out in the Schedule hereto, and further orders and declares that this Order in Council shall have effect from the date of publication in the Gazette.
SCHEDULE A
| Item | Wharfage Dues $ |
| Anchors, cables, chain, per 100 kilograms or part thereof | 1.20 |
| Bags or sacks, (including coconut meal, desiccated coconut, sugar, flour, fertiliser, livestock feed, onions, potatoes, rice, peanuts,
cements, kava, etc.) whether or not in a container or on a pallet: containing up to and including 5 kilograms | .10 |
| Over 5 kilograms but not more than 25 kilograms | .25 |
| Over 25 kilograms but not more than 35 kilograms | .35 |
| Over 35 kilograms but not more than 45 kilograms | .45 |
| Over 45 kilograms | .55 |
| Ballast, ships, other than iron per tonne or part thereof | .50 |
| Bananas, per package or bunch | .10 |
| Barrels, of not more than 50 litres capacity, each | .60 |
| Over 50 litres capacity each | 1.20 |
| Bicycles and tricycles, each | 1.20 |
| Boats, launches, yachts, per metre on over all measurement | 5.00 |
| Boilers (engine) per 100 kilograms or part thereof | 1.20 |
| Bricks, tiles, slates, per 100 or part thereof | 1.00 |
| Candlenuts, per tonne or part thereof | 2.00 |
| Carboys or jars, if containing a corrosive liquid, even when protected by a wicker basket or otherwise, each | 2.00 |
| If non corrosive, each | .60 |
| Carts, each | 3.00 |
| Cigarettes per carton | .70 |
| Coal or coke, per tonne or part thereof | 2.00 |
| Coconut oil per 1000 litres or part thereof | 3.00 |
| Copra, per tonne or part thereof | 2.00 |
| Doors, each | .60 |
| Drums, same as barrels, Except for copra driers, each | .20 |
| Engines and machinery per cubic meter or part thereof | 3.50 |
| Fungus, per tonne or part thereof | 2.00 |
| Frozen meat, per carton | .40 |
| Hides, each | .20 |
| Iron, in bar, red, pig, rail per 100 kilograms or part thereof | .60 |
| Livestock, horse, mule, ass, ox each | 2.00 |
| Sheep, pig, goat, each | 1.00 |
| Motor cycle each | 3.00 |
| Motor vehicle, including motor car, van, bus and lorry per cubic metre or part thereof, based upon overall measurement | 3.50 |
| Oar, per pair | .50 |
| Perambulators, each | 1.00 |
| Petroleum products in bulk per 1000 litres or part thereof | 22.00 |
| Pianos, or similar musical instrument, each | 5.00 |
| Pineapples, and produce not otherwise enumerated, for export, per case | .10 |
| Plywood and similar sheet timbers, per cubic meter | 3.50 |
| Spars per meter or part thereof | .30 |
| Squash, per tonne | 2.00 |
| Shooks, per 100 or part thereof | .20 |
| Timber, per cubic metre or part thereof | 3.50 |
| Water melons, each | 0.06 |
| Water melons in crates per tonne | 2.00 |
| Water tanks, when imported empty, per cubic meter, when used as container for goods same crate as for packages not otherwise specified, | 3.50 |
| Wheel barrows, each | 1.20 |
| Contents of full shipping container, for -each meter or part thereof, on overall length of shipping container, unless specified above | 18.00 |
| Packages not Otherwise specified whether or not in a container or on a pallet: not exceeding one cubic metre for each point two (2)
cubic metre or part thereof | .70 |
| exceeding one cubic metre for each cubic meter or part thereof | 3.50 |
| Goods not otherwise specified per cubic meter | 3.50 |
| Goods for transhipment, upon export | Free |
SCHEDULE B
COPRA, SQUASH AND OTHER PRODUCE FOR EXPORT RATE FOR STORAGE IN GOVERNMENT SHEDS:
| | Amount Due $ |
| For the first and subsequent weeks or part thereof, per tonne. | .50 |
| OTHER GOODS FOR EXPORT | |
| Stored in Government Sheds, for the first and subsequent weeks, per cubic metre, or part thereof. | 1.00 |
| OTHER GOODS FOR STORAGE IN GOVERNMENT SHEDS: | |
| Packages and other goods per cubic metre or part thereof (regardless of the number of packages): | |
| For the first week or part thereof. | 1.00 |
| For the second week. | 2.00 |
| For the third and subsequent weeks. | 3.00 |
Made at Nuku'alofa this 22nd day of May 1992.
By Command 'O. Tui'onetoa Clerk to Privy Council
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