Aug. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2313

2. Tickets granted under this regulation will be available for use on the outward journey within seven days previous to and not later than the first day of the show, ploughing match, or horse-parade, and will be available for return for one month from date of commencement of currency of ticket in each case. The Department reserves the right to decline any application.

31. Delegates to Meetings of Religious Bodies and Friendly Societies.

1. Delegates travelling to attend annual meetings of religious bodies and friendly societies may be granted first-class tickets, available for return for one month from date of commencement of currency of the ticket in each case, at holiday excursion fares specified in Regulation 5, on production of certificates in the following form:—

I hereby certify that Rev. [Mr.] is duly appointed delegate to meeting to be held at† from‡ to‡ e .
………, Secretary
(or other duly authorized person).

I hereby certify that I am the delegate referred to above, and that I am proceeding from Station to Station for the purpose of attending the above meeting, and that I am entitled to a first-class ticket at holiday excursion fare.
………, Delegate to*

• Insert name of meeting. † Insert place of meeting. ‡ Dates.

2. Tickets granted under this regulation will be available for use on the outward journey within seven days previous to and at any time during the meeting, provided the delegate to whom the ticket is issued tenders the necessary certificate and can reach the place of meeting in time to take part in the business of the meeting.

3. Delegates attending the meeting are allowed to travel as many times as necessary during the sitting, but fresh certificates signed by the secretary or other duly authorized person, and the delegate must be presented for each ticket, which must be taken out and paid for for each double journey.

4. Written application, specifying dates on which delegates will travel, the stations between which the journeys will be made, and the name of person who will sign certificates on behalf of the religious body or friendly society concerned must first be made by such body or society to the Board of Management of the New Zealand Government Railways, Wellington, not less than two months before the date of commencement of the meeting. Certificates signed by any other than the person named in such application will not be recognized.

5. The Department reserves to itself the right to decline any application.

32. Platform Tickets.

1. At such stations and at such times as the Department may determine, tickets for admission to the railway-station platform will be issued at a charge of 3d. each; but the Department reserves to itself the right to limit the number of such tickets which shall be issued and to decline to issue such tickets on any day or in connection with any train. Platform season tickets, at a charge of 4s. per quarter, may be issued at and in respect of such stations as may be determined by the Department. Such tickets shall confer the same (but no further) right of entry to the station platform as ordinary platform tickets, and shall not confer any right on the holder to be admitted to the platform when the same is absolutely closed, or whenever it is determined by the Department, before such person presents himself for entry on any day in connection with any train, that no further persons shall be admitted to the platform. Not more than one person shall be allowed on the platform at any one time on or in respect of any platform season ticket.

2. Platform ordinary and season tickets are not transferable; provided, however, that any platform season ticket taken out by and in the name of any business person, firm, or company may be used by any employee of such person, firm, or company to enable such employee to gain access to the platform bona fide for the purposes of the business of the person, firm, or company employing him.

33. Tickets Not Transferable.

Unless otherwise specified, tickets are not transferable. If they are used by any other than the person to whom issued they will (without prejudice to any penalty to which the transferer or transferee or any other person may be liable) be forfeited.

34. Reserved Carriages.

1. Except as otherwise specified, the charge for a reserved (six-passenger) compartment will be as for six first-class ordinary fares computed on the mileage from the station at which the compartment is reserved to the station up to which it is reserved.

2. For invalids and Judges of Supreme Court and Judge and members of the Arbitration Court the charge for a reserved (six-passenger) compartment will be as for four first-class ordinary fares computed on the actual mileage for which the compartment is reserved.

3. When a whole or half car is required for an invalid twelve first-class ordinary fares will be charged. The reservation of whole or half cars for other persons than invalids will be by special arrangement only.

4. The Department does not undertake to supply reserved carriages or compartments, and reserves to itself the right to decline any application.

5. Where more than the minimum number of passengers travel in a reserved car ordinary fares must be paid for the actual number of passengers in the car, but the fares of the passengers in excess of the minimum number shall be computed on the actual distance they travel.