Railway Ticket Regulations




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1185

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

FOR FURTHER DISTANCES AND FOR EVERY MILE.

0 15 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 7 6 0 4 0 0 2 6

School Tickets.

Season tickets, for scholars and students whose age does not exceed nineteen (19)
years, upon the production of satisfactory certificates from the schoolmaster that the
applicants are bond fide scholars in attendance at school, and that their age does not
exceed the prescribed limits, will be issued, available only for travelling to and from
school, at per quarter or fractional part of a quarter, irrespective of distance, each,
ten shillings (10s.).

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, except in the case of girls.

School Parties.

Parties of School Children numbering 20 or upwards can be conveyed by s. d.
ordinary trains, at per mile, including return, each ... 0 0$ rac{3}{4}$
Bond fide Teachers, accompanying the children, each ... 0 1$ rac{1}{2}$
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.

Free Passes, &c.

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.

Family Tickets.

Family Season Tickets will be issued on application to the Manager at two-thirds
the rate of ordinary Season Tickets. Minimum charge as for four persons.

Apprentices and Pupil Teachers.

Season Tickets at half ordinary fares will be issued to apprentices and pupil
teachers whose age does not exceed 19 years, upon production of satisfactory
certificates from their masters or employers that the applicants are actually serving
as apprentices or pupil teachers, and that their age is within the prescribed limits.

News Boys.

Season Tickets at half ordinary fares will be issued to news boys for use in
travelling on the railways for the purpose of selling newspapers only, upon the
production of a certificate from the proprietor of the newspaper that the tickets are
required and will be used for that purpose only, and that the person who makes the
application is engaged in his service.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1878, No 82





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🏗️ Continuation of Railway Fares and Season Ticket Regulations (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
22 August 1878
Season tickets, School tickets, School parties, Family tickets, Apprentices, News boys, Passenger rates