New Zealand Gazette – 1897 – No. 89

Page 1797

✨ Railway Fare Regulations



Numb. 89.

1797

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1897.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1897.

Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me under “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and any amendment thereof, and also of “The Government Railways Act, 1894,” I, Alfred Jerome Cadman, the Minister for Railways, do hereby fix the following regulations and scale of fares, rates, and charges for the New Zealand Government Railways open for traffic; such regulations and scale of fares, rates, and charges to come into force on the eighth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, from which date all previous scales are declared to be hereby revoked, save and except the sectional fares for Messrs. Cook and Son’s tours, published in Gazette No. 46, of the 28th August, 1890; No. 16, of the 26th February, 1891; No. 28, of the 23rd April, 1891; No. 54, of the 7th July, 1892; No. 90, of the 23rd November, 1893; No. 88, of the 6th December, 1894; No. 1, of the 7th January, 1895; and No. 2, of the 10th January, 1895; and the special scale of fares, rates, and charges on the New Zealand Midland Railway Company’s Railway.

As witness my hand this fifteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

A. J. CADMAN, Minister for Railways.

PART I.—PASSENGERS.

GENERAL FARES AND REGULATIONS.

  1. Tickets which entitle the holders to travel on the railways will be issued at the fares specified hereinafter.

Ordinary Tickets.

  1. Ordinary tickets are to be obtained at the booking-office at stations where there are officers in charge; at flag-stations, where there are no officers in charge, they are to be obtained from the guard of the train :—

SCHEDULE OF FARES.

No. of Miles. Fares.
Single. Return.
First. Second. First. Second.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
1 0 4 0 3 0 6 0 6
2 0 6 0 4 0 9 0 6
3 0 9 0 6 1 0 0 9
4 1 0 0 8 1 3 0 10
5 1 2 0 9 1 6 1 0
6 1 4 0 10 1 9 1 2
7 1 6 1 0 2 0 1 4
8 1 8 1 1 2 3 1 5
9 1 10 1 .3 2 5 1 8
10 2 1 1 5 2 9 1 11
11 2 4 1 7 3 1 2 1
12 2 6 1 8 3 4 2 3
13 2 9 1 10 3 8 2 5
14 2 11 2 0 3 11 2 8
15 3 2 2 1 4 3 2 9
16 3 4 2 3 4 5 3 0
17 3 7 2 5 4 9 3 3
18 3 9 2 6 5 0 3 4
19 4 0 2 8 5 4 3 7
20 4 2 2 10 5 7 3 9
21 4 5 2 11 5 11 3 11
22 4 7 3 1 6 1 4 1
23 4 10 3 3 6 5 4 4
24 5 0 3 4 6 8 4 5
25 5 3 3 6 7 0 4 8

SCHEDULE OF FARES—continued.

No. of Miles. Fares.
Single. Return.
First. Second. First. Second.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
26 5 5 3 8 7 3 4 11
27 5 8 3 9 7 7 5 0
28 5 10 3 11 7 9 5 3
29 6 1 4 1 8 1 5 5
30 6 3 4 2 8 4 5 7
31 6 6 4 4 8 8 5 9
32 6 8 4 6 8 11 6 0
33 6 11 4 7 9 3 6 1
34 7 1 4 9 9 5 6 4
35 7 4 4 11 9 9 6 7
36 7 6 5 0 10 0 6 8
37 7 9 5 2 10 4 6 11
38 7 11 5 4 10 7 7 1
39 8 2 5 5 10 11 7 3
40 8 4 5 7 11 1 7 5
41 8 7 5 9 11 5 7 8
42 8 9 5 10 11 8 7 9
43 9 0 6 0 12 0 8 0
44 9 2 6 2 12 3 8 3
45 9 5 6 3 12 7 8 4
46 9 7 6 5 12 9 8 7
47 9 10 6 7 13 1 8 9
48 10 0 6 8 13 4 8 11
49 10 3 6 10 13 8 9 1
50 10 5 7 0 13 11 9 4

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🚂 Scale of Fares for New Zealand Government Railways

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15 October 1897
Railways, Fares, Regulations, Government Railways, Schedules
  • A. J. Cadman, Minister for Railways