Dec. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3511

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

Passengers' Luggage.

Passengers' luggage received, held, or conveyed by railway will be subject to the following conditions:-

1. Luggage shall be designated as follows :-
   (a.) Unchecked luggage--i.e., packages of every description which are conveyed as passengers' luggage, and which are not checked as hereinafter provided;
   (b.) Checked luggage--i.e., packages of every description for which the passenger holds a luggage-check as hereinafter provided.

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.

5. 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.

6. The checks obtained for the luggage must be surrendered by the person who takes delivery of the luggage at destination.

7. Except as hereinafter provided, no package of checked luggage will be delivered until the check has been surrendered. The Department will not be responsible for any loss or inconvenience that may arise through the failure of passenger or his agent to produce the necessary check.

8. All charges on luggage which exceeds the weight specified in Regulation No. 25, or consists of articles which are not allowed by these regulations to be carried free, must be prepaid, and the person delivering such luggage must obtain an excess-luggage ticket as a receipt for the charges paid, such ticket to be given up when the luggage is claimed. Passengers who fail to produce excess tickets for luggage on which excess charges are payable will be required to pay such charges before the luggage is delivered.

9. Passengers are not bound to see personally to the checking or exceeding of their luggage, nor, except as provided in clause 10, to attend in person to obtain delivery of their luggage, but may arrange for any person, other than a railway employé, to act on their behalf; the Department, however, reserves to itself the right to demand the production of the passenger's ticket whenever it may deem such