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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 67

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LUGGAGE, PARCELS, HORSES, ETC.

Commercial Travellers’ Luggage.
Each passenger will be allowed to take 112lb. weight of luggage free of charge. s. d.
For every 56lb. or fraction of 56lb. above this weight, for every 50 miles or
fraction of 50 miles, the charge will be … … … … 0 6
Provided that the maximum quantity which will be carried at this rate 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 (Class B).

Theatrical Companies’ Luggage.
Each passenger will be allowed to take 112lb. weight free of charge, the same
as an ordinary passenger.
For every 56lb. or fraction of 56lb. above this weight the charge will be
the same as that made for commercial travellers’ excess luggage.
Theatrical companies’ luggage by goods trains will be charged Class B,
half rate.

Lost Luggage.
Luggage left in a train will be charged for booking as lost luggage, at per
package, in addition to cloak-room charges … … … 0 4
Maximum charges per package … … … … 2 6
The platform will be cleared after each train, and all property found
will be treated as lost luggage, and if not claimed within one month
will be sold.

Left Luggage.
Luggage left in the Cloak-room will be charged, for the first day, per
parcel not exceeding 56lb. in weight … … … … 0 2
Ditto, over 56lb., and not over 112lb. … … … … 0 4
Ditto, over 112lb. … … … … 0 6
And for each day or part of a day after 24 hours, per parcel … … 0 1
In computing the charges, Sunday is considered a dies non, unless it be the day
on which the articles are deposited or taken out, in which case it must be reckoned.
Commercial travellers’ samples arriving by train, or sent to railway-stations for
despatch by train, may be left in the cloak-room overnight, and stored free of
charge up to eighteen hours, after which time full rates will be charged.
Any luggage not claimed within one month will be sold.
The Department reserves the right to refuse any package which it may deem
offensive or objectionable.
In all cases where a Luggage-room Ticket is given for more than one package, and
the holder of the ticket applies for and takes some, but not all, of the packages
away, a fresh ticket will be issued for the packages left, and the usual booking fee
for the fresh ticket will be charged.
Left-luggage Tickets must be given up on demand to any officer of the New
Zealand Government Railways.
The liability of the Minister for loss or damage is limited by the 189th section of
“The Public Works Act, 1894,” to a sum not exceeding £10 in respect to each pack-
age of left luggage.

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 appli-
cation. 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.
The liability of the Minister for loss or damage is limited by the 189th section of
“The Public Works Act 1894,” to a sum not exceeding £10 in respect to each left-
parcel.