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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 58

13. Bicycle season tickets for distances not exceeding 12 miles will be issued at half the above rates for three-monthly tickets to students and scholars who are holders of school-season tickets and whose age does not exceed 20 years. They will be available for three months from date of commencement of their availability, and for use when holders are travelling to or from school only.

14. Annual tickets for bicycles accompanying passengers, available over the whole of the New Zealand Government railways, or either Island, for one year from date of issue, will be charged £13 10s. for each pedal bicycle seated to carry one rider only. Motor-bicycles will be charged quadruple rate.

15. Bicycle season tickets must be produced at destination before the bicycle is delivered, and at other times when required by any officer of the Department. They are not transferable.

16. BICYCLE-COVERS.-A charge of 4d. will be made for each canvas cover supplied by the Department for the protection of bicycles to be conveyed by rail. When such covers are supplied they must not be removed from the railway premises. The Department reserves to itself the right to decline any application for the supply of a bicycle-cover.

17. Motor-bicycles when charged with naphtha, petroleum, gas, benzine, or any inflammable liquid or vapour will not be accepted for conveyance by rail.

18. Parcel Rates.

19. Stamped prepaid parcels will be conveyed at the following rates:

2. Articles exceeding 2 cwt. in weight or 20 cubic feet in measurement will not be accepted for conveyance at parcel rates.

3. In addition to the above rates a charge of 6d. for each hundredweight or part of a hundredweight will be made upon all parcels consigned to Auckland, Frankton Junction, Hamilton, Wanganui, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, or Invercargill.

4. The foregoing charges apply only when charges are prepaid (in the case of an officered station) by stamps or (in the case of a flag station) by cash or stamps. 25 per cent. additional will be imposed when railage is not prepaid or when parcels are insufficiently stamped. Minimum additional charge, 3d. ; maximum, 1s.

5. Adhesive stamps for use in prepayment of railage on parcels of the following value--namely, 1d., 2d., 3d., 6d., 9d., 1s., 1s. 6d., 2s., 2s. 6d., 5s., will be sold at all railway-stations where Stationmasters are in charge.

6. Except where otherwise specified, each parcel will be charged for separately. Fractions of 1d. will be charged as 1d.

7. Stamps are not to be used when the consignment consists of more than one package and the charges are computed on the total weight of all the packages. In such cases, however, charges will, if prepaid, be computed at the stamped-parcel prepaid rates.

8. Parcels from flag station at which stamps are not procurable will be charged at the stamped rate provided charges are prepaid.

9. Consignment-notes must be tendered with all parcels whether stamped or not. Stamps should be securely affixed as nearly as possible to the address on the parcel, but so as not to obliterate any part of the address. Where the nature of the package does not admit of the stamp being securely affixed thereon it should be affixed to a label securely attached to the package.

10. Articles or packages conveyed at parcel rates will be allowed free storage for seven days after arrival at destination. After the expiration of the period named 3d. per week or part of a week will be charged on each package. Parcels not taken delivery of within four working-hours after being available for delivery will be held by the Department as warehousemen. Parcels not claimed within six months may be sold.

11. Cut flowers, not made up into wreaths, &c., packed in baskets, hampers, or boxes, will be charged half parcel rates; minimum charge, 6d.

12. Parcels or packages containing or consisting of the following articles will be charged rate and a quarter:

Artificial flowers,
Basketware,
Basket-chairs,
Bath-chairs,
Bicycles packed in cases or crates,
Bicycle and motor-bicycle rims, wheels, frames, or forks,
Bird-cages,
Birds in cages,
Cardboard or strawboard boxes, empty or containing millinery, feathers, or other goods liable to damage by crushing,
Cycle-trailers,
Dress-stands,
Glassware, chinaware, or crockery (except druggists' bottles) not packed in cases,
Hand-carts,
Kapok in parcels, mattresses, or other packages,
Liquor not packed in cases,
Perambulators and go-carts,
Picture-frames and mouldings,
Rocking-horses,
Side-cars for motor-bicycles,
Stags’ heads, mounted or unmounted.
Stuffed birds and animals,
Toys,
Tricycles, tricycle-wheels, or frames,
Typewriters, loose,
Wickerware,
Wreaths and other similar articles made up of cut flowers or plants.