Aug. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2309

news agent wholly engaged on the staff of such newspaper and not following any other profession or occupation.
2. The maximum weight of books, periodicals, and newspapers which news agents are allowed to carry free of charge is 56 lb. News agents are not allowed to sell newspapers, periodicals, or books on the station platforms, or in trains whilst standing at bookstall stations.
3. The Department reserves the right to decline any application for a news agent’s ticket.
4. News agents shall conduct their business in an orderly and courteous manner, and shall not keep or expose for sale or have in any portion of a railway-train or elsewhere on the railway any newspapers, pictures, prints, literature, or publications whatever of an immoral, indecent, lewd, vicious, obscene, or doubtful character or nature. Should any question arise as to the nature of any newspaper, picture, print, literature, or publication, the matter shall be submitted to the Board of Management, New Zealand Railways, Wellington, whose decision shall be final and binding on the news agent. News agents shall not offer for sale any newspaper, picture, print, literature, or publication that the Board of Management forbids.
5. In the event of any breach of the regulations or the by-laws the Department may withdraw the right of any news agent to sell newspapers and other literature on any train, and may order the forfeiture of such news agent’s railway-ticket.

19. Apprentices, Pupil-teachers, Articled Clerks, and Young Persons in Employment.

1. Season tickets at half the rate for ordinary season tickets will be issued to persons in employment whose age does not exceed twenty-one years upon production of certificates in the following form :—
   I hereby certify that is a bona fide*† in my employ.
   Date : . (Signature of employer.)

• Insert name of applicant. † Insert “apprentice,” “pupil-teacher,” or as the case may be.

I hereby certify that I am the person referred to in the certificate above set forth, that I reside at* , and that my present age is† years months. I hereby request that a‡ season ticket at half-rates, available between§ and§ , be issued to me in pursuance of the provision in that behalf contained in the railway scale of fares, &c.
Date : . (Signature of applicant.)

• Insert place of residence. † Insert age of applicant. ‡ Insert “monthly,” “quarterly,” &c., as the case may be. § Insert station name.

2. These tickets will be issued only to enable the holder to travel between the station in the neighbourhood of which he resides and the place of his employment, and they will not be available for use on Sundays.

20. School Season Tickets.

1. Season tickets, available for three months from date of commencement of their availability for travel, will be issued to scholars and students exclusively engaged in their studies, and not in receipt of salary or emolument, at the following rates, and subject to the following conditions :—

First Class. Second Class.
s. d. s. d.
For students and scholars not exceeding 16 years of age .. .. 37 6 12 6
For students and scholars over 16 and not exceeding 20 years .. .. 50 0 25 0
For students and scholars over 20 years of age half the rate for ordinary three-monthly season tickets will be charged. Minimum charge—first-class, 62s. 6d.; second class, 37s 6d.

2. Certificates in the following form must be produced from the professor or schoolmaster and from the applicant respectively :—
   I hereby certify that [Name of applicant], who resides at
   is a bona fide scholar [student]; in attendance at school at
   , that his [her] present age is years months; and that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, he [she] is exclusively engaged in his [her] studies, and is not in receipt of salary or emolument, and is entitled to -class school season ticket between and from [Date].
   Date : . (Signature of professor or teacher.)

I hereby certify that I am the scholar [student] above mentioned, and that the facts stated in the foregoing certificate are correct, and I request that a -class school season ticket, available between and , be issued to me, to be used only when travelling between my home and school for the purpose of receiving tuition.
Date : . (Signature of applicant.)
The latter certificate is not required in the case of scholars under 16 years of age.

3. Certificates will be accepted only from recognized schools and colleges, and must bear an endorsement showing the days upon which tuition will be received.
4. School tickets will be available for any distance not exceeding 60 miles. They are not transferable, and are available for use by the holders only when travelling to and from school for the purpose of receiving tuition; if used for any other purpose the tickets will be forfeited.

21. Free School Season Tickets.

1. Free second-class tickets, available for three months from date of commencement of their availability for travel, may be issued to school pupils, as