26. For every 56lb. or fraction of 56lb. above the weight allowed, for every fifty miles or fraction of fifty miles, the charge will be Is.

27. Commercial travellers will each be allowed to take 112lb. weight of luggage, including weight of two sample bicycles, packed, free of charge. For every 56lb. or fraction of 56lb. above this weight, for every fifty miles or fraction of fifty miles, the charge will be 6d. The maximum quantity which will be carried at this rate is 10 cwt.; any additional quantity, if sent by passenger train, will be charged at the ordinary rates for passengers' luggage; or it may be consigned as goods at goods rates (Class B). Packages exceeding 2 cwt. in weight or 20 cubic feet in measurement will not be accepted for conveyance as passengers' luggage.

28. Theatrical companies luggage will be conveyed as follows:

By Passenger Train.—Companies of not less than six adult passengers will be allowed to take free of charge 2 cwt. of effects for each adult ticket held. All effects in excess of the quantity specified will, if loaded in guards van or in same vehicle as the company's free luggage, be charged 6d. for each 56lb. or fractional part thereof for every fifty miles or fraction of fifty miles. If loaded and conveyed in special trucks the charge will be—for each four-wheel truck, 6d. per mile, minimum 15s., for each bogie truck, ls. per mile, minimum £1 10s.

By Goods Train.—Scenery, Class A ; luggage, half rates Class B. But in no case are charges to exceed the rates for conveyance by passenger train. All loading and unloading must be done by owners at their own risk and responsibility.

29. Packages of checked luggage containing bullion, cash, china, valuable documents, gold and silver plate or jewellery, glass, instruments (mathematical, musical, or surgical), machines, stamps, and articles of a nature liable to injury are hereby declared to be “special goods.” The liability of the Minister in respect thereto is limited to £10 for any one package, unless the passenger before despatching such luggage declares the nature and value of, and obtains a receipt for, the same. On "special goods" so declared a charge of 1 per cent. on the declared value will be made for insuring the same. Packages exceeding £500 in value will be carried by special contract only.

30. The Department reserves the right to inspect any luggage before insuring or accepting same for transit, and to call upon senders to open out such luggage at their own expense.

31. Every person who shall commit a breach of this by-law shall be liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding £10 for each such breach.

As witness my hand, this seventeenth day of December one thousand nine hundred.

J.G. WARD,
Minister for Railways.

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 Government Railways Act, 1900,” I, Joseph George Ward, 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 14th day of January, 1901:

PART II.—LUGGAGE, PARCELS, HORSES, ETC.

PASSENGERS’ LUGGAGE.

Cancel clauses 2, 3, 4, 9, 12, and 16.

Insert—

2. Passengers may, at their option, have luggage checked between any two stations on a continuous line of railway, 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. The department will not check luggage that is not fully and legibly addressed.

4. Luggage to be checked must, if being forwarded from an officered station, 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.

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4A. Luggage to be forwarded from stations at which there are no officers in charge must be taken to the guard's van, and be there handed to the guard of the train by which it is to be forwarded immediately on arrival of the train at the station from which the luggage is to be conveyed. If the luggage is to be checked, the person delivering it must obtain from the guard of train a check for each package delivered. The department will not be responsible for the despatch of luggage that is not presented at guard's van while train is standing at flag stations. Charges on excess luggage, whether checked or unchecked, must be paid to guard, from whom a ticket must be obtained for the amount paid.

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, and must, in the case of checked luggage, deliver to the guard of train the checks received for same; failing which, the luggage, whether checked or unchecked, 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. No luggage will be allowed to be taken into carriages unless it can be placed under the seat without inconvenience to other passengers. Neither shall any person take into or carry in a railway-carriage any luggage which the railway officers deem to be inconvenient or objectionable.

11. Checked luggage for officered stations not claimed within twelve hours of arrival at destination will be placed in the cloak-room and charged accordingly. Checked luggage for stations at which there are no officers in charge not claimed while train is standing at the station will be taken to the next officered station, and treated as lost luggage, and be charged accordingly.

16A. Unchecked luggage not claimed immediately on arrival at destination will be treated as lost luggage, and charged accordingly.

18A. No person shall be entitled to check or send any luggage to any railway-station beyond the station of destination for which his ticket is available; nor shall any person send or carry as luggage any packages containing goods that are other than his own bona fide property, or his samples for exhibition only.

26. Packages of checked luggage containing bullion, cash, china, valuable documents, gold and silver plate or jewellery, glass, instruments (mathematical, musical, or surgical), machines, stamps, and articles of a nature liable to injury are hereby declared to be "special goods." The liability of the Minister in respect thereto is limited to £10 for any one package, unless the passenger before despatching such luggage declares the nature and value of, and obtains a receipt for, the same. On "special goods" so declared a charge of 1 per cent. on the declared value will be made for insuring the same. Packages exceeding £500 in value will be carried by special contract only.

27. The department reserves the right to inspect any luggage before insuring or accepting same for transit, and to call upon senders to open out such luggage at their own expense.

Lost Luggage.

Checked luggage for stations at which there are no officers in charge not claimed while train is standing at the station will be treated and charged as "lost luggage."

Left Luggage.

Cancel clause 4.

Insert—

Checked luggage for officered stations not claimed on arrival at destination will be stored free for twelve hours from time of arrival, after which full storage rates will be charged.

As witness my hand, this ninth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and one.

J.G. WARD,
Minister for Railways.

By-law for New Zealand Government Railways.—Admission to Railway-stations.

PURSUANT to and in exercise of the powers conferred by "The Government Railways Act, 1900,” I, Joseph George Ward, the Minister for Railways, do hereby make the following by-law regulating the admission of persons to railway-platforms:

By-LAW.

1. Except in the case of persons in the employment of the Railway Department, and except also in the case of persons having the special permission of the Stationmaster, it shall