✨ Luggage, Parcels, and Animal Transport Rates
Aug. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1329
LUGGAGE, PARCELS, HORSES, ETC. 17
Horses and Carriages.
| Description | For any Distance not exceeding 10 Miles. | For every Mile after the first 10 Miles. |
|---|---|---|
| s. d. | s. d. | |
| A single horse ... | 8 8 | 0 3 |
| Each additional horse belonging to the same owner ... | 6 0 | 0 2 |
| Two-wheeled carriages, each ... | 10 0 | 0 3 |
| Four-wheeled ,, ,, ... | 10 0 | 0 4 |
Entire horses, except entire race horses, will be charged rate and a half, but if
allowed to travel with an additional horse belonging to the same owner ordinary
rates will be charged.
Shetland ponies, foals one year old and under, mules, and asses, half-rate.
Horses, Shetland and polo ponies, foals, mules, and asses may be sent in cattle
trucks, at rates charged for cattle in truck-loads.
Horses, Carriages, and Dogs.
The Railway Department does not undertake to forward horses, carriages, or dogs
by any particular train; but when sent they must be at the forwarding station half
an hour before the departure of the train. The owners of horses must provide
means of securing them in the horse-box, and the Railway Department will not
be accountable for any injuries sustained through their breaking loose or other-
wise, nor will it undertake to carry unbroken or vicious horses.
Horse Boxes and Carriage Trucks.
Persons requiring a horse box or carriage truck must (except at Auckland,
Napier, Wanganui, Wellington, Christchurch, Hornby, Dunedin, and Invercargill
Railway Stations), when ordering it, pay a deposit of 5s., which will be forfeited
if the box be not used. Requisitions for horse boxes and carriage trucks must be
made the day before they are wanted.
Dogs.
Dogs must be provided with chains, or sufficient means of securing them. They
will not be allowed in carriages, and the sender must obtain a ticket, to be given up
at the end of the journey before the dog is delivered. Owners must see their dogs
safely placed in the train, and take delivery of them immediately on arrival at
destination.
The charge for conveyance of dogs, for every twenty-five miles or fractional part of twenty-five miles, will be for the first twelve dogs, per head ... 0 6
The maximum charge per head ... 5 0
Each additional dog above twelve will be charged half-rates.
The charges on dogs must be prepaid.
Calves, Sheep, Goats, Pigs, Rabbits, and other small Animals,
and Poultry,
Properly secured in crates, baskets, or sacks, so as to prevent injury to other goods,
will be carried at parcel rates.
Fruit and Vegetables.
The maximum charges for fruit and vegetables, fresh, New-Zealand-grown,
packed, will be as follows for any distance:—
Not exceeding 56lb. ... 0 6
Over 56lb., but not exceeding 112lb. ... 1 0
In addition, a charge of 3d. for each hundredweight, or part of a hundredweight,
will be made for fruit and vegetables, charged at these maximum rates, consigned
to Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, or Invercargill.
Returned empty fruit and vegetable packages will be carried free.
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NZ Gazette 1895, No 65
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