Railway Fares and Tickets




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 87

PASSENGERS.

Tickets at these rates will only be issued at the option of the Department. Two days' notice to be given to the District Manager.

Navy Recruits.

12. Second-class return tickets will be issued at the rate of one penny per mile, mileage counted one way only, to youths not less than fifteen and not exceeding sixteen years of age, when proceeding to ports at which any of His Majesty's warships are lying, for the purpose of presenting themselves on board the warship for examination as candidates to enter the navy, or when proceeding to port to join His Majesty's warships.

Applications for tickets must be accompanied by a certificate in the following form, duly signed by applicant, before a Justice of the Peace :—

"I hereby certify that I am proceeding to* for the purpose of presenting myself on board His Majesty's warship '†', for the purpose of † Applicant.

“Signed by applicant, before me, this day of , 19 , Justice of the Peace.”

Certificates need not be stamped. Return tickets will be available for return for three days from date of issue.

*Insert here name of port. + Insert here name of ship. † Insert here “being examined” or “joining navy.”

School-boarders.

13. Tickets, available for return for two months from date of issue, will be issued, at three-fourths of the ordinary return fare, to school-boarders returning home for holidays at the end of recognised school-terms only. Applicant must hand to the Stationmaster a certificate in the following form, signed by the master or mistress of the school :—

To the Stationmaster at "I hereby certify that is a boarder attending my school, that present age is years months, and that is going home from school on the day of , 19 , for holidays; and I request that you will issue a class return ticket accordingly, from Station to Station. (Signed) "Headmaster [or Mistress], School."

Season Tickets.

14. Application for Season Tickets (and Commutation Tickets when such are not stocked) must be made on a form obtainable at any railway ticket-office, and must be lodged with the Manager or Stationmaster at least twenty-four hours before the tickets are required.

15. Fares will be charged as follows :—

MILES. FIRST CLASS. SECOND CLASS.
12 Months. 6 Months. 3 Months. 1 Month. Miles. 12 Months. 6 Months. 3 Months. 1 M'th.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
2 3 0 0 1 15 0
3 4 10 0 2 7 6
4 6 0 0 3 5 0
5 7 0 0 4 0 0
6 8 0 0 4 10 0
7 9 0 0 5 0 0
8 10 0 0 5 10 0
9 10 10 0 5 17 6
10 11 0 0 6 5 0
11 11 10 0 6 10 0
12 12 0 0 6 15 0
13 12 10 0 7 0 0
14 13 0 0 7 5 0
15 13 10 0 7 10 0
16 14 0 0 7 15 0
17 14 10 0 8 0 0
18 15 0 0 8 5 0
19 15 10 0 8 10 0
20 16 0 0 8 15 0


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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1904, No 87





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🚂 Scales of Fares, Rates, and Charges upon the New Zealand Government Railways (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
27 October 1904
Railway fares, Passengers, Return tickets, Break of journey, Holiday excursions, Volunteer travel, School cadets, Ticket conditions