Nov. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3217

Alterations to Scale of Charges in force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me under the Government Railways Act, 1908, and its amendments, and of all other powers enabling me in this behalf, I, Francis Henry Dillon Bell, acting for the Minister of Railways, do hereby make the following alterations in the scale of charges in force on the New Zealand Government Railways open for traffic made on the 10th day of August, 1925, and published in the Gazette of llth August, 1925:

PART I.-PASSENGERS.

By omitting from Regulation 2 the following:

2. Except as may be specially provided, tickets at ordinary fares will be available as follows:-

(a.) Single tickets for journeys not exceeding 20 miles for one day only, being the date shown on the ticket.

(b.) Single tickets for journeys exceeding 20 miles, for one calendar month.

(c.) Return tickets for journeys not exceeding 20 miles, for two days.

(d.) Return tickets for journeys exceeding 20 miles, for three calendar months.

(e.) In each case the period of availability shall begin with and include the date shown on the ticket. In the case of tickets available for two days, Sunday shall, unless the ticket shall be dated as for a Sunday, not be taken into account.

(f.) The journey may be commenced at any time within the period of the availability of the ticket, and must be completed before the expiry of such period.

and substituting the following :-

2. Except as may be specially provided, tickets at ordinary fares will be available as follows:-

(a.) Single tickets for journeys not exceeding 20 miles for one day only, being the date shown on the ticket.

(b.) Single tickets for journeys exceeding 20 miles, for one calendar month.

(c.) Return tickets, for three calendar months.

(d.) In each case the period of availability shall begin with and include the date shown on the ticket. In the case of single tickets available for two days, Sunday shall, unless the ticket shall be dated as for a Sunday, not be taken into account.

(e.) The journey may be commenced at any time within the period of the availability of the ticket, and must be completed before the expiry of such period.

By omitting from Regulation 40 the following:

8. Return tickets at suburban fares are available up to and including the day after the date shown thereon, or from Saturday to the following Monday.

and substituting the following:-

8. Return tickets at suburban fares are available for three calendar months, which period shall begin with and include the date shown on the ticket.

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

By adding New Plymouth to the list of stations in respect of which additional charges are not made as provided in paragraph 2 of Regulation 13.

By adding New Plymouth to the list of stations in respect of which additional charges are to be made as provided in the following regulations:-

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

Regulation 10 (paragraph 3).

Regulation 21 (paragraph 2).

Regulation 22 (paragraph 2).

PART III.-Goods.

Regulation 15 (paragraph 2).

Regulation 16 (paragraph 2).

PART III.-GOODS.

By adding the following regulation:-

(39.) CATERING-MATERIAL.

Catering-material such as cutlery, crockery, silverware, table tops and tressels, marquees, baths and tea-urns, table-cloths and tea-towels, glassware, basins, boilers, and other incidentals to be exclusively used for catering will on the outward journey be charged Class "A," and if returned within one month from the original consignee and receiving station to the original consignor and forwarding station the charges for the return journey at Class "A" rate will be reduced by 25 per cent., provided that certificates in the following form and signed by the consignor in each case are endorsed on the consignment-note.

On the outward journey,-

(a.) I hereby certify that the catering - material entered hereon is being forwarded from to , and will be used exclusively for catering purposes at the [Insert name of event].

On the homeward journey,-

(b.) I hereby certify that the catering - material entered hereon was used exclusively for catering purposes at the [Insert name of event], and was conveyed by rail from to , and is now being returned from to .

PART V.-CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS, LIVE-STOCK, ETC.

By adding the following:-

Ebonywood, silumcinite, or snydanyo (insulating- materials used in the manufacture of switchboards), packed in cases or crates. Owner's risk. If loose, special goods ... A

Hessian, stockinette, and suchlike materials, in bales, consigned to frozen meat companies for the manufacture of coverings for frozen meat ... D

Insulating-material (ebonywood, silumcinite, or snydanyo) used in the manufacture of switchboards, packed in cases or crates. Owner's risk. If loose, special goods ... A

Oil, linseed, New Zealand manufacture, consigned direct from factory, minimum quantity 1 ton per consignment. Owner's risk ... C

PART VI.-WHARVES.

PORT CHALMERS WHARVES.

By adding the words "per month" after the words "will be £25" in the second paragraph regarding the charges for use of the wharves.

As witness my hand, this 19th day of November, 1925.

F. H. D. BELL,

Acting for Minister of Railways.

Notice to Mariners.-No. 83 of 1925.

NEW ZEALAND.-SOUTH ISLAND.-FOVEAUX STRAIT - DOG ISLAND LIGHT.-DATE OF ALTERATION IN CHARACTERISTICS.

Marine Department,

Wellington, N.Z., 14th November, 1925.

ADVERTING to Notices to Mariners Nos. 70 and 74 of 1925, both of which conveyed information concerning the proposed alteration in the characteristics of this light, information is hereby given that on and after the evening of Wednesday, 2nd December, 1925, the characteristics of Dog Island light will be group-flashing white, three flashes in quick succession every 30 seconds. All other particulars continue unaltered.

Publications affected.-Admiralty Chart No. 2553; "New Zealand Pilot," ninth edition, 1919, page 463; "New Zealand Nautical Almanac," 1925, page 269; "New Zealand Nautical Almanac," 1926, pages 204 and 334; Admiralty List of Lights, 1924, Part VI, No. 3061.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

Notice to Mariners.-No. 84 of 1925.

NEW ZEALAND.-NORTH ISLAND.-AUCKLAND HARBOUR.- PARNELL WHARF, LAUNCH LEADING-BEACONS INSTALLED.

Marine Department,

Wellington, N.Z., 16th November, 1925.

THE Auckland Harbour Board notify that for the purpose of marking the channel leading to the launch-landings at St. George's Bay, two triangular-shaped leading-beacons have been installed on Parnell Wharf eastward of the commercial harbour.

The beacons are distant 120 ft. apart, and in transit 193°. Between sunset and sunrise each of the beacons will carry one fixed light as follows: Front beacon, red; rear beacon, green.

Publications affected.--Admiralty Plan No. 1970; "New Zealand Pilot," ninth edition, 1919, pages 190 and 194; "New Zealand Nautical Almanac," 1925, page 186; and 1926, page 243.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.