Dec. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2007

Alterations to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges in Force 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 make the following alterations in the scale of fares, rates, and charges in force on the New Zealand Government railways open for traffic, such alterations to come into force on and after the 19th day of December, 1898:—

PART I.—PASSENGERS: LOCAL FARES AND REGULATIONS.

AUCKLAND SECTION.

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Te Aroha Hot Springs.

Return excursion tickets, available for two months from date of issue, will be issued from Auckland, Newmarket, Remuera, Ellerslie, Penrose, Onehunga, and Otahuhu, to Te Aroha or Paeroa; and from Te Aroha and Paeroa to Auckland, Newmarket, or Onehunga.

Fares: 30s. first class, 20s. second class.

Round-trip tickets, available for two months from date of issue, will be issued from Auckland to Paeroa by rail, Paeroa to Thames by coach, Thames to Auckland by steamer (or vice versâ).

Fares: 34s. first class, 28s. second class.

Okoroire Hot Springs.

Return excursion tickets, available for two months from date of issue, will be issued from Auckland, Newmarket, Remuera, Ellerslie, Penrose, Onehunga, and Otahuhu, to Okoroire.

Fares: 35s. first class, 22s. 6d. second class.

Holders of above excursion tickets to Rotorua, Te Aroha, Paeroa, Okoroire, Auckland, Newmarket, and Onehunga may break the journey at any station at which the train is timed to stop after travelling ten miles from the original starting-station, provided the specified time for which the tickets are available is not exceeded.

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Te Aroha Hot Springs.

The maximum single fare from or to Auckland and Newmarket, to or from Parawai-Thames and intermediate stations will be 30s. first class, 20s. second class.

Return excursion tickets, available for two months from date of issue, will be issued from Auckland, Newmarket, Remuera, Ellerslie, Penrose, Onehunga, and Otahuhu, to Te Aroha-Thames and intermediate stations, and from Thames-Te Aroha and intermediate stations to Auckland, Newmarket, Remuera, Ellerslie, Penrose, Otahuhu, and Onehunga.

Fares: 30s. first class, 20s. second class.

Round-trip tickets, available for two months from date of issue, will be issued from Auckland to Thames by rail, Thames to Auckland by steamer (or vice versâ).

Fares: 34s. first class, 26s. second class.

Okoroire Hot Springs.

Return excursion tickets, available for two months from date of issue, will be issued from Auckland, Newmarket, Remuera, Ellerslie, Penrose, Onehunga, and Otahuhu, to Okoroire.

Fares: 35s. first class, 22s. 6d. second class.

Holders of above excursion tickets to Te Aroha-Thames and intermediate stations, Okoroire, Rotorua, Auckland, Newmarket, Remuera, Ellerslie, Penrose, Otahuhu, and Onehunga may break the journey at any station at which the train is timed to stop after travelling ten miles from the original starting-station, provided the specified time for which the tickets are available is not exceeded.

PART IV.—GOODS: LOCAL RATES.

AUCKLAND SECTION.

Coal-slack, native, delivered on railway-trucks at pit’s mouth at a price not exceeding 2s. per ton, will be charged at the rate of 6s. per ton for conveyance from Huntly or Kimihia to Komata-Thames and intermediate stations. Minimum quantity, 6 tons per truck.

Consignment-note must be indorsed by consignor as follows: “I hereby certify that the price obtained for the coal-slack entered hereon does not exceed 2s. per ton delivered on railway-trucks in railway-siding.”

Class K.—Timber.

Timber from Mamaku to Komata-Thames and intermediate stations will be charged 2s. 8d. per 100 super. ft.

Tawa timber from Mamaku to Komata-Thames and intermediate stations will be charged at the rates for white-pine timber.

Timber from Thames and Shortland to Faeroa-Te Aroha and intermediate stations will be charged 6d. per 100 super. ft. less than classified rates.

WESTPORT SECTION.

Coal for use of Westport Harbour Board shunted from sidings in Westport Station-yard to the Harbour Board’s line will be charged 2s. per truck.

PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS, LIVESTOCK, PARCELS, AND LUGGAGE.

Class.

China, in casks or crates. Owners’ risk. Special goods C

China, in boxes or cases. Owners’ risk. Special goods B

Cancelled—China, packed. Owners’ risk. Special goods .. .. .. .. A

Cider, New-Zealand-made, in cases or jars .. .. .. C

Crockery .. .. .. See Earthenware.

Earthenware, in casks or crates. Owners’ risk. Special goods .. .. .. C

Earthenware, in boxes or cases. Owners’ risk. Special goods .. .. .. B

Cancelled—Earthenware, packed, not otherwise specified. Owners’ risk .. .. .. C

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

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister for Railways.

Native Land Court Notices.

“The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”—Application under Section 55.

Registrar’s Office, Auckland, 6th December, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that application has been made to a Judge of the Court for a certificate under section 55 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” confirming the alienation hereunder specified. All objections to the granting of such certificate must be lodged with me within fourteen days from the publication of this notice.

JAS. W. BROWNE, Registrar.

THE ALIENATION ABOVE REFERRED TO.