1650
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74

LUGGAGE, PARCELS, HORSES, ETC.

PART II.—LUGGAGE, PARCELS, HORSES, &c.

Passengers’ Luggage.

Passengers’ luggage received, held, or conveyed by railway will be subject to the following conditions:—

1. Luggage shall be designated as follows:—
   (a.) Unchecked luggage—i.e., packages of every description which are conveyed as passengers’ luggage, and which are not checked as hereinafter provided;
   (b.) Checked luggage—i.e., packages of every description for which the passenger holds a luggage-check as hereinafter provided.

2. Passengers may, at their option, have luggage checked between any two stations at which there are officers in charge, and such checked luggage will thereafter be held and conveyed at the risk of the department, subject to the following regulations:—

3. Each package must be distinctly addressed with the name of the passenger and the station to which he is proceeding; and if it is desired to check the luggage, the person delivering it must obtain a check for each package delivered.

4. Luggage to be checked must be delivered at the railway-station from which the passenger is proceeding at least fifteen minutes, and luggage not required to be checked at least ten minutes, before the advertised time of departure of the train by which it is to be conveyed, or the department will not be responsible for its despatch. Luggage (whether checked or unchecked) on which excess rates are payable must be delivered at the railway-station at least thirty minutes before the advertised time of departure of the train by which it is to be forwarded, or the department will not be responsible for its despatch.

5. The checks obtained for the luggage must be surrendered by the person who takes delivery of the luggage at destination.

6. Except as hereinafter provided, no package of checked luggage will be delivered until the check has been surrendered. The department will not be responsible for any loss or inconvenience that may arise through the failure of passenger or his agent to produce the necessary check.

7. All charges on luggage which exceeds the weight specified in regulation No. 22, or consists of articles which are not allowed by these regulations to be carried free, must be prepaid, and the person delivering such luggage must obtain an excess-luggage ticket as a receipt for the charges paid, such ticket to be given up when the luggage is claimed. Passengers who fail to produce excess tickets for luggage on which excess charges are payable will be required to pay such charges before the luggage is delivered.

8. Passengers are not bound to see personally to the checking or excessing of their luggage, nor, except as provided in clause 9, to attend in person to obtain delivery of their luggage, but may arrange for any person, other than a railway employé, to act on their behalf; the department, however, reserves to itself the right to demand the production of the passenger’s ticket whenever it may deem such a step to be necessary, and to decline to accept any luggage for transit until such demand has been complied with.

9. Owners of luggage for stations at which there are no officers in charge must in all cases present themselves at the Guard’s van while the train is standing at the station, and claim and take delivery of their luggage, failing which, the luggage shall be treated as “lost luggage,” and taken to the next officered station and there stored at the risk and expense of the owner.

10. Any person losing a luggage-check may be required to make a statutory declaration setting forth the number of the check lost, the number and description of the packages claimed, to indemnify the department against loss for wrong delivery, and to furnish such other proofs of ownership of luggage as the Railway Department may require, before such luggage shall be delivered. Should the proofs of ownership or the indemnity be deemed by the Railway Department to be insufficient, delivery of the luggage will be withheld, and the Railway Department shall not be liable for any inconvenience or loss suffered in consequence thereof.