Aug. 11.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
2319

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

1. General Regulations re Passengers' Luggage.

2. Passengers' luggage received, held, or conveyed by railway will be
   subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth:—
   Luggage shall be designated as follows:—
   (a.) Unchecked luggage—i.e., packages of every description, whether excessed
   or otherwise, which are conveyed as passengers' luggage and which are
   not checked as hereinafter provided.
   (b.) Checked luggage—i.e., packages of every description, whether excessed
   or otherwise, which are conveyed as passengers' luggage, for which
   the passenger holds a luggage check as hereinafter provided.

3. Luggage to be forwarded from officered stations and not required to be
   checked must be delivered at the railway-station from which the passenger is
   proceeding at least ten minutes before the due time of departure of the train
   by which it is to be conveyed.

4. Luggage to be forwarded from stations at which there are no Station-
   masters 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.

5. Owners of luggage for stations at which there are no Stationmasters in
   charge must in all cases present themselves at the guard's van while the train is
   standing at the station, and claim and take delivery of their luggage, failing
   which the luggage shall be treated as “lost luggage,” and be taken to the
   next officered station and there stored at the risk and expense of the owner.

6. Luggage will not be delivered at any station short of the destination to
   which it is addressed and labelled. Passengers who desire to break the journey
   en route must have their luggage addressed and labelled to the station at which
   they intend to first take delivery.

7. No luggage will be allowed to be taken into the carriages unless it can be
   placed under the seat or in the rack of the carriage without inconvenience to
   other passengers; neither shall any person take into or carry in a railway-carriage
   any luggage which any officer of the Department may deem to be inconvenient
   or objectionable.

8. Railway employees are not permitted to act as agents, or to undertake
   the charge of or accept responsibility in respect to luggage left temporarily at
   a station unless the luggage has been booked and placed in the cloak-room.

9. Unchecked luggage will be carried solely at the risk of the owner.

10. The Department does not undertake to forward luggage of any descrip-
    tion by any particular train, and will not be responsible for any luggage or
    parcels left about the station premises and not duly delivered to the custody
    of the Department. Luggage left at a station should be placed in the cloak-
    room.

11. Unchecked luggage not claimed immediately on arrival at destination
    will be treated as lost luggage, and charged for accordingly.

12. The Department reserves to itself the right to refuse any articles which,
    from their bulky or objectionable character, it is inexpedient to carry as pas-
    sengers' luggage. Packages exceeding 2 cwt. in weight or 20 cubic feet in measure-
    ment will not be accepted for conveyance as passengers’ luggage; such packages
    must be consigned, and will be conveyed and charged for at goods rates.

13. Luggage the property of passengers who are booked to a station beyond
    the end of the journey of the train by which they are travelling may be labelled
    direct to destination shown on passenger’s ticket, and will be stored free of charge
    from time of arrival at the station where break of journey is necessitated until
    time of departure therefrom of the first available train by which the passenger
    can proceed direct to destination.

14. No person shall be entitled to send any luggage to any railway-
    station beyond the station of destination for which his ticket is available;
    nor, except as may be otherwise provided, shall any person send or carry as
    luggage any packages containing goods that are for sale or are other than his
    own bona fide property.

15. Checked Luggage.

16. Passengers may, at their option, have their luggage checked as follows:—
    (a.) Between any two stations on the same section of railway.
    (b.) From any officered station on the North Island main line and branches,
    excepting Wellington (Lambton or Thorndon), to any station on the
    South Island main line and branches, or on the Picton Section.
    (c.) From any officered station on the South Island main line and branches
    to any station on the Picton Section or on the North Island main line
    and branches, except Wellington (Lambton or Thorndon).
    (d.) From any officered station on the Picton Section to any station on the
    North Island main line and branches or on the South Island main
    line and branches, except Wellington (Lambton or Thorndon).
    (e.) From Wellington Wharf to any station on the Picton Section (except
    Picton) or on the South Island main line and branches (except
    Lyttelton).
    (f.) From any officered station on the South Island main line and branches
    (except Lyttelton), or on the Picton Section (except Picton) to Wel-
    lington Wharf.
    (g.) Luggage will not be checked between Picton and Lyttelton.
    (h.) Luggage checked from or to the Wellington Wharf will be dealt with
    at the wharf by the Wellington Harbour Board.