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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 41

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PASSENGERS.

Newspaper Reporters' Season Tickets.

18. Season Tickets will be issued at half rates to newspaper reporters, upon
    application from the proprietor or manager of the newspaper, specifying the name
    of the reporter, and certifying that he is a bond fide reporter, permanently engaged
    upon the staff of the newspaper, and not following any other profession or occu-
    pation. The maximum charge for either Island will be £10.

Newsboys' Season Tickets.

19. Season Tickets at half the rate of ordinary Season Tickets will be issued to
    newsboys, for use in travelling on the railways only for the purpose of selling news-
    papers, upon the production of a certificate from the proprietor or manager 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 in his service. Newsboys are allowed
    to take not more than 56lb. of papers for distribution along the line.

School Season Tickets.

20. 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 condi-
    tions:—

First Class. Second Class.
For students and scholars not exceeding 16
years of age ... ... ... 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 bond 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 bond 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.
Every School Ticket will be issued and dated as from the first day only of each
quarter, and will expire on the quarter-day next after its issue.

Free School Season Tickets.

21. Second-class Quarterly Tickets may be issued to school children not over
    15 years of age,—
    (a.) To those attending the Government primary schools; from railway
    stations where there is no primary school in the vicinity, and only to
    the station in the vicinity of the nearest primary school:
    (b.) To those attending private schools for primary education.
    Tickets will be issued only on the certificate of the schoolmaster (forwarded to
    the District Manager) having charge of such school, in the following form:—
    "I hereby certify that A.B., residing at , whose present age is years
    months, is entitled to a free school ticket from to , for
    the purpose of attending the school at the latter place."

School-boarders.

22. Tickets at single fares for the double journey, available for return for two
    months, will be issued to school-boarders, not exceeding eighteen years of age, return-
    ing home for holidays at the end of recognised school-terms only, on production of
    certificate to the District Manager from the master or mistress of the school, in the
    following form:—
    "To the District Railway Manager at .
    "I hereby certify that is a boarder attending my school, that
    present age is years months, and that is going home from
    School on the day of , 189 , for holidays; and I request
    that you will issue a class return ticket accordingly, from Station
    to Station.
    (Signed)
    "Headmaster [or Mistress], School."
    Teachers must give six days' notice to the District Manager before the tickets are
    required.

Teachers' Saturday Season Tickets.

23. Teachers' Saturday Tickets will be issued at the following rate per term, not
    exceeding four months, or fractional part of a term, for public-school teachers
    attending Saturday training classes:—
    (a.) Allowing teachers to travel to class on Friday and return First Class.
    on Saturday ... ... ... ... 30s.