Sept. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1641

PASSENGERS.

Official Season Tickets.

35. Official Season Tickets, for use by Government officers travelling on public service only, will be issued at half the rate for ordinary season tickets. Application for these tickets must be made to the General Manager.

Railway Employes’ Tickets.

36. Privilege Ordinary Tickets, at one-fourth the ordinary rates, may be issued to railway employés and to their wives. Privilege Season Tickets, at one-fourth the ordinary rates, may be issued to railway employés. The minimum charge for privilege ordinary tickets to be 6d. first-class, 4d. second-class, single or return, and for season tickets the minimum charge to be 5s.

Privilege tickets are only to be issued on presentation of usual orders.

Season Tickets, School Season Tickets, Free Passes, &c.

37. Free Passes, Season or School Tickets, do not entitle the bearers thereof to travel by Special or Excursion Trains, except the ordinary trains are suspended.

Scholars and students holding School Season Tickets, Free School Season Tickets, or School-boarders’ Tickets will be required to travel in the carriages set apart for them; and tickets must be indorsed as available only for such carriages when so set apart.

Tourist Excursion Tickets.

38. Tourist excursion tickets (first class) will be issued on any day (Sundays excepted) between the 1st November and 31st March, as under:—

(a.) Available over lines of both Islands for six weeks from £
date of issue … … … … 8
(b.) Available over North Island lines for four weeks from
date of issue … … … … 5
(c.) Available over Middle Island lines for four weeks from
date of issue … … … … 6

These tickets are available over Government lines only, and are obtainable as follows: a and b at Auckland, Napier, Wanganui, and Wellington; a and c at Lyttelton, Christchurch, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Invercargill, and Bluff Railway-stations.

Tourists’ excursion tickets may be extended for any period not exceeding four weeks on payment of an extension fee of £1 10s. per week or portion of a week. Persons desiring an extension of time must apply to the Traffic Manager at Auckland, Wanganui, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, or Stationmaster, Napier, before the expiration of the original ticket, and deliver up the original ticket together with the proper extension-fee; the extension ticket will then be issued.

Judges of Exhibits proceeding to Shows.

39. Judges proceeding to Agricultural, Horticultural, Dog, and Poultry Shows, and Horse-parades, for the purpose of judging exhibits, may be granted first-class tickets at holiday-excursion fares, specified in Regulation 10, on production of Judge’s ticket, and certificates in the following form:—

“(a) I hereby certify that Mr. is a duly-appointed Judge of Exhibits at Show to be held at(b) on(c) Secretary(a) Show.”

“I hereby certify that I am the Judge of Exhibits referred to above, and that I am proceeding from station to station for the purpose of judging exhibits, and that I am entitled to a first-class ticket at holiday-excursion fare. Judge Show.”

(a) Insert name of show. (b) Insert place where held. (c) Insert date of show.

Written application must first be made by the Secretary of each Show or Horse-parade to the District Manager at least fourteen days before the date on which tickets are required.

Tickets under this regulation will be granted for seven days previous to and not later than the first day of the show or parade.

Delegates to Meetings of Religious Bodies.

40. Delegates travelling to attend annual meetings of religious bodies may be granted first-class tickets, available for return for one month from date of issue, at holiday-excursion fares, specified in Regulation 10, on production of certificates in the following form:—