Aug. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2323

6. The Department reserves the right to refuse to accept any package as left luggage.

7. The liability of the Department in respect of each package of left luggage is hereby limited to £10, unless the nature and value of the contents thereof shall have been declared by the person depositing such luggage and an insurance fee paid at the rate of 2 per cent. on such declared value.

8. Left Parcels.

9. Left-parcel labels, in books of twenty labels, may be obtained on application at the principal stations at a charge of 6s. 8d. per book.

10. When a parcel bearing one of these labels is delivered to the custody of the Department the counterfoil in book, if presented simultaneously with the parcel, will be received and returned to the depositor, and the bearer of the duplicate numbered label will be entitled to receive the parcel on presentation and surrender of such duplicate label.

11. The charge for left parcels covers one month’s storage. After the expiration of that period storage will be charged for at the rate of 1s. per week or part of a week for each package.

12. A search fee of 6d., for each ticket, will be charged where left-parcels tickets have been lost by holders.

13. Any parcel not claimed within three months after the date when first deposited may be sold.

14. The liability of the Department in respect of each left parcel is hereby limited to £10, unless the nature and value of the contents thereof shall have been declared by the person depositing such package and an insurance fee paid at the rate of 2 per cent. on such declared value.

15. Bicycles, Motor-bicycles, Tricycles, Velocipedes, &c.

16. Bicycles, tricycles, or velocipedes accompanying passengers by rail must be fully and legibly addressed with the name and destination of passenger, and be presented at the railway-station for booking at least ten minutes before the due time of departure of the train by which they are to be carried. The Department will not be responsible for loss of bicycles, tricycles, or velocipedes unless this regulation is complied with.

17. The Department will not be responsible for bicycles, tricycles, or velocipedes left about the premises of the railway and not duly delivered into the custody of the Department. Any such articles found about the premises of the railway will be treated as lost luggage.

18. Bicycles, pedal, accompanying passengers by rail will be charged for at the following rates for each machine seated to carry one rider only :-

Miles. s. d.
1 to 12 0 5
13 ,, 25 0 8
26 ,, 50 1 4

Over 50 miles: 4d. for each 50 miles or fraction thereof will be added to the charge for 50 miles.
4. Bicycle tickets are not available for break of journey unless such break of journey is necessitated by the train service.
5. Bicycles seating more than one rider will be charged full rates as above for the first seat, and half rates additional for each seat after the first.
6. Bicycles, pedal, with motor-propelling attachment, double rate.
7. Tricycles or velocipedes, when accompanying passengers, will be charged double the rates chargeable for single-seated bicycles.
8. Motor-bicycles accompanying passengers will be charged at the following rates (owners to load and unload) :-

9. Motor-bicycles with side-cars attached and motor-tricycles will be charged at the rate for two-wheeled carriages, and will be conveyed in guards’ vans of passenger and mixed trains only at the convenience of the Department. They will not be carried on express or mail trains. Side-cars detached from motor-bicycles will be charged on actual weight at rate and a quarter, parcels rates.
10. Each passenger will be allowed to take only one bicycle (pedal or motor), tricycle, or velocipede at these rates. The charges must be prepaid in all cases.
11. Bicycles packed in crates accompanying passengers will be charged the ordinary excess-luggage rates.
12. Season tickets for bicycles (pedal) accompanying passengers will be issued at the following rates for each bicycle seated to carry one rider only: For distances not exceeding 12 miles—three months, £1 3s. 6d.; six months, £2; twelve months, £3 10s. Motor-bicycles will be charged quadruple rate.

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