1818 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. No. 89

22 LUGGAGE, PARCELS, HORSES, ETC.

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 three months may 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.

Parcel Rates.

Weight. Not exceeding Over
30 Miles. 50 Miles. 100 Miles. 200 Miles. 200 Miles.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
3 lb. .. 0 6 0 6 0 6 0 6 0 6
7 lb. .. 0 6 0 6 1 0 1 0 1 0
14 lb. .. 0 6 0 9 1 0 1 6 2 0
28 lb. .. 0 9 1 0 1 6 2 0 3 0
56 lb. .. 1 6 2 0 2 6 3 9 5 0
84 lb. .. 2 0 2 9 3 6 5 6 7 6
112 lb. .. 2 6 3 3 4 0 6 6 10 0

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.

Parcels containing—
Artificial flowers,
Basketware,
Basket chairs,
Bath chairs,
Bicycles packed in cases
Bicycle wheels
Birds in cages,
Cases of stuffed birds and animals,
Dress stands,

Glass and china, except druggists’
bottles,
Hand carts,
Paper, bonnet, and hat boxes,
Pasteboard boxes containing millinery,
feathers, &c.,
Perambulators,
Picture frames and mouldings,
Racecourse stalls,
Tricycles, and tricycle wheels,

will be charged rate and a quarter.

Bicycles, complete, not packed in cases, to seat one rider, each machine to be
charged as 28 lb., rate and a quarter. For every seat after the first, on each machine
seating more than one rider, 50 per cent. additional to be charged.

Parcels containing—
Bank notes,
Bills of exchange,
Canoes,
Cash,
Coin,
Crackers, Chinese, in packages not
exceeding 14lb.,

Fuze,
Gunpowder, in packages not exceed-
ing 14lb.,
Jewellery,
Plate, gold, or silver,
Stamps,
Valuable documents,

will be charged double rates.

The maximum weight of either gunpowder or of Chinese crackers carried through
Parcels Department by any one train will be 14lb.

Dangerous goods, other than gunpowder and Chinese crackers (as above), safety
small-arm cartridges and fuze, will not be accepted for carriage through Parcels
Department.

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, dead hares,
birds in cages, live and dead poultry, meat, bread, butter, eggs, cheese, vegetables,