Sept. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1967

LUGGAGE, PARCELS, HORSES, ETC.

luggage. Packages exceeding 2 cwt. in weight or 20 cubic feet in measurement will not be accepted for conveyance as passengers’ luggage; such packages must be consigned, and will be conveyed and charged as goods.

20. Luggage, the property of passengers who are booked to a station beyond the terminus of the train by which they are travelling, may be labelled direct to destination shown on passenger’s ticket, and be stored free of charge from time of arrival at the station where break of journey is necessitated until time of departure therefrom of the first available through train by which passenger can proceed direct to destination.

21. 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 bonâ fide property, or his samples for exhibition only.

22. ORDINARY PASSENGERS will be allowed to take with them, free of charge, 112 lb. weight, consisting either of bonâ fide personal luggage, tourists’, sportsmen’s, or artists’ gear, or any goods (except furniture and bulky musical instruments) which they may purchase bonâ fide for their own domestic use.

23. WORKPEOPLE will be allowed to take free of charge up to 112 lb. weight of work-tools, or work which they do at their homes. When the weight exceeds 112 lb. excess-luggage rates must be paid.

24. No luggage will be allowed free to excursionists by day trips, but excursionists travelling by excursions extending over more than one day will be allowed to take with them, free of charge, 112 lb. of bonâ fide personal luggage.

25. In no case shall the aggregate weight carried free with any one passenger exceed 112 lb.

26. For every 56 lb. or fraction of 56 lb. above the weight allowed, for every 50 miles or fraction of 50 miles, the charge will be 1s.

27. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS will each be allowed to take 112 lb. weight of luggage, including weight of two sample bicycles, packed, free of charge. For every 56 lb. or fraction of 56 lb. above this weight, for every 50 miles or fraction of 50 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 quantities specified will, if loaded in Guard’s van or in same vehicle as the company’s free luggage, be charged 6d. for each 56 lb. or fractional part thereof for every 50 miles or fraction of 50 miles. If loaded and conveyed in special trucks the charge will be: For each ordinary four-wheel truck, 6d. per mile; for each LA truck, 9d. per mile; for each bogie truck, 1s. per mile. Minimum charge: Ordinary four-wheel truck, 15s.; LA truck, 20s.; bogie truck, £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.

Bicycles, Tricycles, Velocipedes, and Perambulators.

Bicycles, tricycles, or velocipedes accompanying passengers must be fully and legibly addressed with the name and destination of passenger, and be presented at the railway-station for booking at least ten minutes before the advertised time of departure of the train by which they are to be carried. The Railway Department will not be responsible for loss of, or delay to, bicycles, tricycles, or velocipedes unless this regulation is complied with.

The Department will not be responsible for bicycles, tricycles, velocipedes, or perambulators improperly left about the station premises.

Bicycles, ordinary, accompanying passengers will be charged at the following rates for each machine seated to carry one rider only:—

Not exceeding 12 miles... ... 0 3
Above 12 miles and not exceeding 25 miles ... 0 6
Above 25 miles and not exceeding 50 miles ... 1 0
Each additional 50 miles, or fraction thereof ... 0 3