Dec. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3519

34 LUGGAGE, PARCELS, HORSES, ETC.

Entire horses, not otherwise specified, will be charged rate and a half, but if allowed to travel in the same horse-box with an additional horse belonging to the same owner ordinary rates will be charged.

Stallions travelling on circuit for stud purposes during the breeding season, whether requiring the exclusive use of a horse-box or not, will be charged from station to station at the same rate as an ordinary horse, provided a satisfactory certificate in the following form, signed by the owner or groom in charge, is indorsed on the consignment-note: “I hereby certify that the stallion [Name] entered hereon is travelling from Station to Station for breeding purposes only.”

Ponies up to 14 hands in height, foals one year old and under, mules, and asses, half-rate.

Horses, Shetland and polo ponies, foals, mules, asses, and hounds when conveyed in cattle-trucks, will be charged at the rates for cattle in truck-loads, or at the rate for horses in horse-boxes or in the case of hounds at the rate for dogs if cheaper. When charged at cattle rate the Department will reserve the right to forward by goods trains if inconvenient to do so by mixed trains.

Horses will not be delivered at a station short of the destination to which booked, except where an overnight break of journey is necessitated by the train service.

Where a U.G. wagon is supplied for the conveyance of horses by ordinary trains at the request of the owner, double rates will be charged for each horse conveyed therein unless the box is fully loaded. The Department does not undertake to provide U.G. wagons.

Horses conveyed in U.G. trucks by express and mail trains, at the convenience of the Department, will be charged as follows, each horse :—

For the first 10 miles … … … … 10 0
For each additional mile … … … … 0 3
Minimum charge as for two horses.

Where the owner of a horse insists upon having the half of a U.G. truck for his horse the charge will be as for three horses at the rates specified above.

Entire horses, rate and a half, subject to conditions above.

The Department reserves to itself the right to decline to convey horses by mail and express trains, and will not convey them by such trains when loaded in four-wheeled vehicles.

Racehorses travelling to and from race-meetings by other than express and mail trains will be charged as follows:—

To THE RACES ordinary rates, except in cases where a separate box is insisted on by the owner, when rate and a half will be charged.

FROM THE RACES, if sold, ordinary rates. If unsold they will be conveyed from the original destination-station to the original forwarding-station free of charge on production of a satisfactory certificate in the following form, signed by the secretary of the jockey club and owner of the horses :—

To the Stationmaster,

I HEREBY certify that the racehorses(a) entered and accepted for the (b) race-meeting, and that they are returning from the races unsold.

, Secretary { Jockey } Club.
{ Racing }

I hereby certify that the racehorses(a) are kept and used for racing purposes only, that they were, on the outward journey, conveyed by rail from Station to Station, on , for the purpose of competing at the(b) race-meeting, and are now returning from the meeting unsold, and that I am entitled to have them conveyed by rail from Station to Station free of charge.

, Owner.

(a) Insert names of racehorses. (b) Name of meeting.

The return journey must be made within two months of the date of the journey to the town where the race-meeting was held, and not later than fourteen days from the last day of the race-meeting.

When racehorses for one consignee are booked two in a box going to the race-meeting, they must be returned together loaded in one box, otherwise freight at ordinary rates will be charged for the additional box used for the return journey.