✨ Railway Transport Regulations
Aug. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1403
LUGGAGE, PARCELS, HORSES, ETC. 19
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.
The Department reserves to itself the right to load horse-boxes to their full carrying capacity.
Requisitions for horse boxes and carriage trucks must be made the day before they are wanted.
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 otherwise, nor will it undertake to carry unbroken or vicious horses.
Dogs.
Dogs must be distinctly addressed with the name of consignee and the station to which they are proceeding. They 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, Puppies, 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, whether conveyed as Excess Luggage or as Parcels, will be as follows for any distance:—
s. d.
Not exceeding 56lb. ... ... ... ... 0 6
Over 56lb., but not exceeding 112lb. ... ... ... 1 0
For each additional 56lb., or fraction thereof, above 112lb. 0 6
In addition, a charge of 3d. for each cwt., or part of a cwt., will be made for fruit and vegetables, charged at these maximum rates, consigned as Parcels to Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, or Invercargill.
Returned empty fruit and vegetable packages will be carried free.
Game, Dead Hares, Dead Rabbits, and Fresh Fish.
The maximum charges for game, dead hares, dead rabbits, and fresh fish will be as follows for any distance:—
s. d.
Not exceeding 7lb. ... ... ... ... 0 6
Over 7lb., but not exceeding 14lb. ... ... ... 1 0
Over 14lb., but not exceeding 28lb. ... ... ... 1 6
In addition, a charge of 3d. for each 28lb., or part of 28lb., will be made for game, dead hares, dead rabbits, and fresh fish, charged at these maximum rates, consigned to Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, or Invercargill.
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NZ Gazette 1896, No 67
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