Aug. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2421

PASSENGERS. 15

Companies of not less than six adults and up to twenty-four adults:
Second-class ordinary fares for first-class carriages for either the single or return journey.

Companies of twenty-five adults and upwards:
For single journey, second-class single fares for first-class carriages; for return journey, first-class holiday excursion fares of 2d. per mile (minimum fare, 4s. each)—mileage counted one way only—or second-class ordinary return fares for first-class carriages if cheaper.

Return tickets will be available for same period as ordinary return tickets for equal distances.

Advance agents of companies consisting of not less than six adult passengers, exclusive of advance agents, will be granted the same concession as the company they represent.

Advance agents must pay ordinary fares in first instance; rebate of difference will be allowed when company purchases remainder of tickets.

Application for these concessions must first be made to the District Manager.

Official Season Tickets.

38. Official Season Tickets, for use by Government officers travelling on public service only, will be issued at half the rate for ordinary season tickets. Application for these tickets must be made to the General Manager.

Railway Employes’ Tickets.

39. Privilege Ordinary Tickets, at one-fourth the ordinary rates, may be issued to railway employés and to their wives. Privilege Season Tickets, at one-fourth the ordinary rates, may be issued to railway employés. The minimum charge for privilege ordinary tickets to be 6d. first-class, 4d. second-class, single or return, and for season tickets the minimum charge to be 5s.

Privilege tickets are to be issued only on presentation of usual orders.

Season Tickets, School Season Tickets, Free Passes, &c.

40. Free Passes, Season or School Tickets, do not entitle the holders thereof to travel by Special or Excursion Trains, except the ordinary trains are suspended.

Scholars and students holding School Season Tickets, Free School Season Tickets, or School-boarders’ Tickets will be required to travel in the carriages set apart for them; and tickets must be indorsed as available only for such carriages when so set apart.

Tourist Excursion Tickets.

41. Tourist Excursion Tickets (first class) will be issued at the following rates:—
    (a.) Available over lines of both Islands for six weeks from date of issue … … … … £7
    (b.) Available over North Island lines for four weeks from date of issue … … … … 4
    (c.) Available over Middle Island lines for four weeks from date of issue … … … … 5

These tickets are available over Government lines only, and are obtainable as follows: a and b at Auckland, Onehunga, Rotorua, Thames, Napier, Hastings, Woodville, Masterton, Wanganui, Palmerston North, New Plymouth, Wellington, and Te Aro; a and c at Nelson, Greymouth, Lyttelton, Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru, Oamaru, Palmerston, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Mosgiel, Alexandra, Clyde, Milton, Lawrence, Clinton, Invercargill, and Bluff Railway-stations.

Tourist excursion tickets (a) and (c) series, will be available for travel over Lake Wakatipu.

Tourist excursion tickets may be extended for any period not exceeding four weeks on payment of an extension fee of £1 10s. per week or portion of a week. Persons desiring an extension of time must apply to the Stationmaster at any of the abovementioned stations before the expiration of the original ticket, and deliver up the original ticket together with the proper extension fee; the extension ticket will then be issued.

Judges of Exhibits proceeding to Shows.

42. Judges proceeding to Agricultural, Horticultural, Dog, and Poultry Shows, and Horse-parades, for the purpose of judging exhibits, may be granted first-class tickets at holiday-excursion fares, specified in Regulation 12, on production of Judge’s ticket, and certificates in the following form:—