Railway Rates Schedule




Aumb. 48.

591

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND
GAZETTE
OF THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1877.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1877.

Rates for the Conveyance of Passengers, and for the
Conveyance, Delivery, and Storage of Goods,
Parcels, &c., on all the New Zealand Railways.

IN accordance with the By-laws for the New
Zealand Railways, fixed by Order in Council
dated the 17th day of April, 1877, the following rates
for the conveyance of passengers, and for the convey-
ance, delivery, and storage of goods, parcels, &c.,
on all the New Zealand Railways, in substitution
of all previous rates, with the exception of the rates
for storage and delivery of grain for Lyttelton
Station and Gladstone Pier published in the New
Zealand Gazette, No. 34, of the 18th April, 1877, are
hereby declared to be fixed, and shall come into force
on the 1st day of July, 1877.

PASSENGER RATES.
1st class, 3d. per mile; minimum charge, 6d.
2nd " 2d. " " 4d.

SEASON TICKETS, SCHOOL TICKETS, EXCURSION
AND SPECIAL TRAINS.

EXCURSION TRAINS.
Excursion trains will be run, by special request,
upon a minimum number of 120 full fare second-
class single tickets being taken, such tickets being
available for the return journey.

SPECIAL TRAINS.
£ s. d.
The rate for special trains, with one large
or two small carriages, per mile, is ... 1 0 0
For every additional carriage, per mile 0 5 0
The minimum charge for a special train is 5 0 0
The mileage is counted one way only.
Special trains will be permitted to wait five hours
at the station of destination, after which period half-
rates will be charged for the return journey until

seven hours' detention from time of arrival; after
which, full rates will be charged for the return
journey.

SEASON TICKETS.
Season tickets will be issued at the following rates.
Application for them must be made to the General
Manager of the line, upon a form to be obtained
from any Station Clerk.

FIRST CLASS.

Miles 12 Months. 6 Months. 3 Months. 1 Month.
2 £ 3 0 0 £ 1 15 0 £ 1 2 6 £ 0 10 0
3 4 5 0 2 5 0 1 5 0 0 12 6
4 5 15 0 3 15 0 1 12 6 0 15 0
5 7 0 0 4 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
6 8 10 0 5 5 0 3 0 0 1 7 0
7 9 10 0 5 15 0 3 5 0 1 10 0
8 10 10 0 6 10 0 3 15 0 1 14 0
9 11 10 0 7 0 0 4 0 0 1 16 0
10 12 10 0 7 10 0 4 10 0 2 0 0
11 13 10 0 8 5 0 4 15 0 2 3 0
12 14 10 0 8 15 0 5 5 0 2 7 0
13 15 10 0 9 10 0 5 10 0 2 10 0
14 16 10 0 10 0 0 6 0 0 2 14 0
15 17 10 0 10 10 0 6 5 0 2 16 0
16 18 10 0 11 0 0 6 15 0 3 0 0
17 19 5 0 11 10 0 7 0 0 3 3 0
18 20 0 0 12 0 0 7 5 0 3 6 0
19 20 15 0 12 10 0 7 10 0 3 9 0
20 21 10 0 13 0 0 7 15 0 3 12 0

For further distances add for every mile.

0 15 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 3 0


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1 June 1877
Railways, Rates, Fares, Passengers, Goods, Season Tickets, Special Trains, By-laws