New Zealand Gazette – 1899 – No. 74

Page 1629

✨ Railway Fares Regulations



Numb. 74.

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SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1899.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1899.

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 twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, 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; No. 2, of the 10th January, 1895; and No. 6, of the 27th January, 1898; and the special scale of fares, rates, and charges on the New Zealand Midland Railway Company’s Railway.

As witness my hand, this twenty-ninth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

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. All tickets issued shall be subject to the by-laws and regulations of the Railway Department, and must be surrendered on date of expiry, and at other times when demanded by any railway officer. Tickets not surrendered on date of expiry shall be given up at any time thereafter on demand being made by any railway officer.

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

SCHEDULE OF FARES—continued.

No. of Miles. Fares.
Single. Return.
First. Second. First. Second.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
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
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


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🚂 Fixing of Railway Fares, Rates, and Charges under Public Works and Government Railways Acts

🚂 Transport & Communications
29 August 1899
Railways, Fares, Passenger Tickets, First Class, Second Class, Return Tickets, Single Tickets, Mileage Rates
  • A. J. Cadman, Minister for Railways