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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

SECOND CLASS.

For further distances add for every mile.
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| :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |
| 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 7 | 6 | 0 4 | 0 | 0 2 | 0 |

SCHOOL TICKETS.
School season tickets for children under 16
years of age only will be issued at per
quarter, or fractional part of a quarter,
irrespective of distance, each ... 10 0
These tickets will terminate on a quarter-day, the
charge to be the same whether the ticket is taken
out at the beginning of the quarter or at any later
date. First-class carriages are not guaranteed, ex-
cept in the case of girls.

SCHOOL PARTIES.
Parties of school children numbering 20 or
upwards can be conveyed by ordinary trains,
at per mile, including return, each ... 0 0
Bond fide teachers accompanying the chil-
dren, each ... 0 1
First-class tickets will be issued in such cases, but
first-class carriages are not guaranteed.

CONSTABLES.
Constables and their prisoners are allowed to
travel free on all railways, without passes.
Fraction of a mile as a mile in all cases.

FREE PASSES, ETC.
Free passes, season or school tickets, do not entitle
the bearers thereof to travel by special or excursion
trains, except the ordinary trains are suspended.

LEFT PARCELS.
Left parcels labels, of the value of 1d. each, may be
obtained upon application, which, when attached to
parcels not exceeding 28lbs. weight sent to the sta-
tion, will entitle the bearer of the duplicate to receive
the parcel at the cloak room on application. A fur-
ther charge of 1d. per day will be made after the day
on which it is left. Any parcel not claimed within a
month will be sold.

CLOAK ROOMS. s. d.
Luggage left in the cloak room is charged for
the first day, per parcel ... 0 2
And for each day after, per parcel ... 0 1
Any luggage not claimed within a month will be sold.

Dogs.
Dogs must be provided with chains, or sufficient
means of securing them. They will not be allowed
in carriages, and the sender must obtain a ticket, to
be given up at the end of the journey, before the
dog is delivered.
The charge for conveyance of dogs for every s. d.
twenty-five miles, or fractional part of
twenty-five miles, per head ... 0 6
The maximum charge being, per head ... 2 6

FOWLS.
Fowls must be properly secured.
The charge for fowls for every twenty-five
miles, or fractional part of twenty-five miles,
per head ... 0 1
The minimum charge for any one consignment 0 6

PARCEL RATES.
| Miles under. | 7 lbs. | 14 lbs. | 28 lbs. | 56 lbs. |
| :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |
| | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. |
| 15 | 0 6 | 0 6 | 0 9 | 0 9 |
| 20 | 0 6 | 0 9 | 1 0 | 1 3 |
| 30 | 0 6 | 0 9 | 1 3 | 1 6 |
| 40 | 0 9 | 1 0 | 1 6 | 1 9 |
| 65 | 0 9 | 1 3 | 1 9 | 2 0 |
| 80 | 1 0 | 1 3 | 2 0 | 2 3 |
| 100 | 1 3 | 1 9 | 2 3 | 2 6 |
| 120 | 1 6 | 2 0 | 2 9 | 3 3 |
| 150 | 1 9 | 2 6 | 3 3 | 4 0 |

All parcels to be at the station at least fifteen
minutes before the advertised time of departure of
the train by which they are to be forwarded. All
freights on parcels must be prepaid, or paid upon
delivery; no ledger accounts for these being per-
mitted. For the convenience of the public, parcels
freight labels may be obtained at the principal
stations, of the values, 3d., 6d., and 1s. Parcels,
with the proper value in stamps attached, will be
received by the station clerk, at any station, for
transmission at the consignor's risk.

RATES FOR PARCELS AND LUGGAGE, DOGS,
FOWLS, CLOAK ROOM CHARGES, ETC.

LUGGAGE.
Bonâ fide personal luggage, not including mer-
chandise of any kind :—
Each passenger is allowed to take 112lbs. of s. d.
luggage, free; and for every 56lbs., or frac-
tion of 56lbs., above this weight, for fifty
miles, or fraction of fifty miles, the charge
will be ... 1 0

LOST LUGGAGE.
Lost luggage will be charged, for booking, per
package ... 0 6
The platform will be cleared after the last train,
and all property found will be treated as lost luggage;
and if not claimed within one month will be sold.

GOODS CLASSIFICATION, AND RATES.
N.B.—Except where otherwise specified, all goods are
carried by dead weight of 2,240 lbs. to the ton.
CLASS A.—Minimum, 5 cwt.; 6d. per ton per mile.
Acids, in cases and carboys, double rate, owners' risk
Agricultural implements, not otherwise specified,
owners' risk
Bagatelle or billiard tables, double rate; if loose,
owners' risk
Banners and flags, in case; if loose, owners' risk
Bark, in bundles, single rate; loose, rate and half
Baskets and basketware
Baths, plunge and shower; if loose, owners' risk
Ditto, wooden, lined with zinc or tin
Beehives