✨ Luggage and Parcels Regulations
718 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 41
14 LUGGAGE, PARCELS, HORSES, ETC.
Left Parcels.
Left-parcels labels, of the value of 2d. each, may be obtained upon application at the principal stations, which, when attached to parcels not exceeding 28lb. weight sent to the station, and delivered to the person in charge of the Cloak-room, will entitle the bearer of the duplicate to receive the parcel at the Cloak-room on application. A further 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.
Parcel Rates.
- Miles
- 3lb.
- 7lb.
- 14lb.
- 28lb.
- 56lb.
- 84lb.
- 112lb.
In addition to the above rates a charge of 3d. for each cwt. or part of a cwt. will be made upon all parcels consigned to Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, or Invercargill.
When more parcels than one to the same person are sent by the same train they will be charged for separately, except in the case of fish, game, dead rabbits, hares, birds in cages, live and dead poultry, meat, bread, butter, eggs, cheese, vegetables, flowers, plants, shrubs, seeds, fruit, and ice, in more packages than one, from one consignor to one consignee, which will be charged upon the gross weight.
Consignments to stations where no officer of the Department is in charge must be prepaid. They will be put out at such places at the risk of the consignor.
Parcels over 1cwt. will be charged as for an additional hundredweight for each hundredweight or fractional part of a hundredweight.
Parcels must be at the station at least thirty minutes before the advertised time of departure of the train by which they are to be forwarded.
The charges on parcels must be prepaid or paid on delivery.
All letter parcels must be prepaid.
Canoes double rate.
Parcels containing—
Artificial flowers,
Dress stands
Paper, bonnet, and hat boxes,
Cases of stuffed birds and animals,
Birds in cages,
Picture frames and mouldings,
Glass and china, except druggists’
bottles,
Basketware
will be charged rate and a quarter.
Pasteboard boxes containing millinery,
feathers, &c.,
Basket chairs
Bath chairs,
Perambulators,
Hand carts,
Racecourse stalls,
Bicycles, tricycles,
Parcels containing—
Cartridges,
Cash,
Bank notes,
Jewellery,
Valuable documents,
will be charged double rates.
Stamps,
Coin,
Plate, gold, or silver,
Bills of exchange,
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NZ Gazette 1893, No 41
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