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Definition :

Wharfage, money paid for landing goods at a wharf, or for shipping and taking goods into a boat or barge thence. Raichand Amulakh Shah v. Union of India, AIR 1964 SC 1268; see London County Council v. General Steam Nav. Co. Ltd., (1907) 97 LT 863; and Harbours and Clauses Act, 1847, and Port of London (Consolidation) Act, 1920, supra.

It means the charge levied on goods for not removing them from the railway after the expiry of the free time for such removal. [Railways Act, 1989, s. 2 (41)]

As the wharfage and demurrage are charges in respect of goods unloaded from wagons and kept at the station, and also in respect of goods kept on platforms of the station, the said charges could certainly be described as charges in respect of the station, Raichand Amulkah Shah v. Union of India, AIR 1964 SC 1268 (1271): (1964) 5 SCR 148. [Railways Act, 1890, s. 3(14)]

1. The fee paid for landing, loading or unloading goods on a wharf

2. The accommodation for loading or unloading goods on a wharf, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.