Aug. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2411

PASSENGERS. 5

Return tickets are issued daily, and are available for return as follows:—

• That is to say, from the 15th of one month to the 15th, inclusive, of the third succeeding month. But in all cases return tickets issued on the last day of any month are available only up to and including the last day of the third succeeding month. Thus, a ticket for 50 miles issued on 30th November is available only up to and including the 28th (or in leap years the 29th)—being the last day—of February, and a ticket for 250 miles issued on 31st January is available only up to and including the 30th April.

4. The journey must be commenced on the day of issue and completed on or before the date on which the ticket expires. Should there be no train running on the day of expiry which would enable the traveller to complete his journey he may use his ticket by the first available train thereafter.

5. Except in cases where break of journey is necessitated by the train service, single or return tickets for distances of 10 miles and under will not be available for break of journey. Passengers holding single or return tickets for distances over 10 miles may break the journey at any station, at which the train is timed to stop, after travelling 10 miles from the original starting-station. In the case of single tickets for distances under 21 miles the journey must be completed on the day the ticket is taken out.

6. Passengers holding ordinary, season, commutation, or excursion tickets between stations where there are alternative routes will, if they pay fares for the shorter route, be allowed to travel by that route only, but, if fare is paid for the longer route, passengers may travel by either route.

7. Children not exceeding 3 years of age travel free; children over 3 and not exceeding 12 years of age at half-rates.

8. Flag-station tickets will be issued only to the next rebooking station.

9. When tickets are issued in the train to passengers entering at any station where there is an officer in charge, instead of being issued from the booking-office at such station, a booking-fee of sixpence will be charged in addition to the ordinary fare.

10. Passengers holding return tickets must, on the outward journey, present them whole; if torn, both halves must be shown to the guard.

11. Passengers travelling first class by mail and express trains running between Christchurch and Invercargill and holding tickets for a journey not less than a hundred miles to be made by such trains may, if they so desire, reserve seats for the journey on production of their ticket and payment of a charge of 6d. for each seat so reserved.

First-class passengers joining train at stations other than Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill and who desire to reserve seats must apply to the Stationmaster at the station from which they commence their journey, and on arrival of the train at that station they will be allotted any vacant seat that is available on payment of a fee of 6d., but no guarantee can be given that seats will then be available for reservation.

Seats will not be reserved for journeys of less than a hundred miles.

Holiday Excursion Tickets.

12. After public notification in each case, return excursion tickets may be issued on the New Zealand Government Railways on such holidays and special occasions, and available for return for such period, as may be arranged for by the Department.

Fares:—

First class … … 2d. per mile; minimum charge, 4s.
Second class … … 1d. ” ” 2s.

The mileage will be counted one way only.

Tickets at the above rates will only be issued at the option of the Railway Department.

The journey must be commenced on the date that ticket is taken out, and completed on or before the date on which the ticket expires, and may be broken at any station where the train is timed to stop after travelling 25 miles from the original starting station, provided the specified time for which the tickets are available is not exceeded.

Holiday excursion tickets may be issued to jockeys and trainers travelling in charge of racehorses en route to race-meetings, and to exhibitors or attendants in charge of exhibits en route to shows, one week earlier than the dates upon which such tickets are advertised as issuable to the general public to such race-meeting or show.