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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 58

School Season Tickets.

15. Season Tickets for scholars and students will be issued at the following rates, at per quarter or fractional part of a quarter, subject to the following conditions:—

For students and scholars not exceeding 16 years of age … … … … First Class. Second Class.
30s. 10s.
For students and scholars over 16 and not exceeding 19 years … … … … 40s. 20s.

A certificate in the following form must be produced from the professor or schoolmaster that the applicant is a bonâ fide student or scholar in attendance at college or school, and that his or her age is within the prescribed limit:—

“I hereby certify that A.B. is a bonâ fide scholar in attendance at school at , and that present age is years months.”

School Tickets will be available for any distance not exceeding 55 miles.

Excursion Trains.

16. Excursion Trains at special fares may be run by special request upon payment of a deposit (as a guarantee, returnable if the takings exceed the amount) equivalent to the charge for 80 second-class return tickets. Minimum charge, £5. Excursion Trains will be run only at the option of the Railway.

Special Trains.

17. Special Trains will be charged as follows:—

For one 6-wheel or two 4-wheel carriages, per mile up to 30 miles … … … £ s. d.
0 10 0
For every additional mile … … … … … … … … … … … … … 0 7 6
For every additional carriage per mile … … … … … … … … … 0 5 0
Minimum charge … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 5 0 0

The mileage will be counted one way only.

A charge of 5s. per mile will be made for all special trains of one large or two small carriages required by any Government department to convey passengers or mails; 2s. 6d. per mile for each extra vehicle. Minimum charge, £3 sterling. When engine is ordered and not used half the minimum charge will be made.

Special Trains will be permitted to wait five hours at the station of destination, after which period half special-train rates will be charged for the return journey until seven hours’ detention from time of arrival; after which full special-train rates will be charged for the return journey.

Special trains will be run only at the option of the Railway.

Free Passes, &c.

18. Free Passes, Season or School Tickets, do not entitle the bearers thereof to travel by Special or Excursion Train, except the ordinary trains are suspended.

Public Vehicles.

19. The driver of any public vehicle plying for hire within the precincts of any railway will be charged for a license, to be issued at the option of the Manager. No public vehicle will be allowed to ply within the limits of the railway without a license.

Miscellaneous.

20. On passenger traffic interchanged between the Government railway and the Company’s railway the fares and charges in force on the Greymouth section of the Government railways will be added to those previously specified herein for the New Zealand Midland Railway Company’s line.

No fractions of a mile will be used in computing fares. Five chains and over will be counted as an additional mile; less than five chains will be omitted.

Tickets are not transferable; if they are used by any other than the person to whom issued they will be forfeited.

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PART II.—LUGGAGE, PARCELS, HORSES, &c.

Passengers’ Luggage.

The Railway will not be responsible for luggage which is not carried in the van, or which passengers may have neglected to see labelled.

Passengers must have their luggage at the station at least ten minutes before the advertised time of departure of the trains, or the Railway will not be responsible for its despatch.

Excess Luggage.

Each passenger will be allowed to take 112lb. of bonâ fide personal s. d
luggage, not including merchandise of any kind, free of charge.

For every 56lb. or fraction of 56lb. above this weight, for every sixty miles or fraction of sixty miles, the charge will be … … … 1 0

Commercial Travellers’ Luggage.

Each passenger will be allowed to take 112lb. of luggage free of charge.

For every 56lb. or fraction of 56lb. above this weight, for every 60 miles or fraction of 60 miles, the charge will be … … … … 0 6

Provided that the maximum quantity which will be carried at these rates is 10cwt.; any additional quantity, if sent by passenger train, will be charged at the ordinary rates for passengers’ luggage; or it may be consigned as goods at goods rates.