Railway Fare Regulations




Numb. 39. 781

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1887.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1887.

Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges on the New Zealand Railways.

I, EDWARD RICHARDSON, Minister for Public Works, in pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by section 144 of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and all other powers in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby fix the following regulations and scale of fares, rates, and charges for the New Zealand Railways, to come into force on the eleventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, from which date all previous scales are declared to be hereby revoked.

As witness my hand this twenty-eighth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

PART I.—PASSENGERS.
GENERAL FARES AND REGULATIONS.
Ordinary Tickets.

  1. Fares will be charged as specified in the “Schedule of Fares” following except otherwise provided for hereafter :—

Schedule of Fares.

No. of Miles. Fares.
Single Ordinary. Return for Saturday and Sunday.
First. Second. First. Second.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1 0 0 6 0 0 4 0 0 6 0 0 6
2 0 0 6 0 0 4 0 0 9 0 0 6
3 0 0 9 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 9
4 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 1 3 0 0 10
5 0 1 2 0 0 9 0 1 6 0 1 0
6 0 1 4 0 0 10 0 1 9 0 1 2
7 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4
8 0 1 8 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 6
9 0 1 10 0 1 3 0 2 6 0 1 8
10 0 2 1 0 1 5 0 2 9 0 1 10
11 0 2 4 0 1 7 0 3 0 0 2 0
12 0 2 6 0 1 8 0 3 3 0 2 2
13 0 2 9 0 1 10 0 3 7 0 2 5
14 0 2 11 0 2 0 0 3 10 0 2 7
15 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 4 1 0 2 9
16 0 3 4 0 2 3 0 4 4 0 2 11
17 0 3 7 0 2 5 0 4 8 0 3 1
18 0 3 9 0 2 6 0 4 11 0 3 3
19 0 4 0 0 2 8 0 5 2 0 3 6
20 0 4 2 0 2 10 0 5 5 0 3 8
21 0 4 5 0 2 11 0 5 9 0 3 10

Schedule of Fares—continued.

No. of Miles. Fares.
Single. Ordinary. Return for Saturday and Sunday.
First. Second. First. Second.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
22 0 4 7 0 3 1 0 6 0 0 4 0
23 0 4 10 0 3 3 0 6 3 0 4 2
24 0 5 0 0 3 4 0 6 6 0 4 4
25 0 5 3 0 3 6 0 6 10 0 4 7
26 0 5 5 0 3 8 0 7 1 0 4 9
27 0 5 8 0 3 9 0 7 4 0 4 11
28 0 5 10 0 3 11 0 7 7 0 5 1
29 0 6 1 0 4 1 0 7 11 0 5 3
30 0 6 3 0 4 2 0 8 2 0 5 5
31 0 6 6 0 4 4 0 8 5 0 5 8
32 0 6 8 0 4 6 0 8 8 0 5 10
33 0 6 11 0 4 7 0 9 0 0 6 0
34 0 7 1 0 4 9 0 9 3 0 6 2
35 0 7 4 0 4 11 0 9 6 0 6 4
36 0 7 6 0 5 0 0 9 9 0 6 6
37 0 7 9 0 5 2 0 10 1 0 6 9
38 0 7 11 0 5 4 0 10 4 0 6 11
39 0 8 2 0 5 5 0 10 7 0 7 1
40 0 8 4 0 5 7 0 10 10 0 7 3
41 0 8 7 0 5 9 0 11 2 0 7 5
42 0 8 9 0 5 10 0 11 5 0 7 7


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🚂 Scale of Fares and Charges for New Zealand Railways

🚂 Transport & Communications
28 June 1887
Fares, Rates, Charges, New Zealand Railways, Public Works Act 1882
  • Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works