Nov. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3513

Names of attendants : Names of racehorses :

Owners or trainers may obtain one attendant’s ticket for each racehorse consigned by such owner or trainer.
(2) Tickets issued under the provisions of this regulation are available for use only when the holder is travelling in a horse-box. Where an attendant does not travel in the horse-box with the horses the ordinary fare must be paid for the journey made.
(3) Tickets available for the single journey issued under the provisions of this regulation will be available for one month from the date of commencement of the currency of the ticket in each case; and return tickets issued at the ordinary single fare will be available for two months from the date of commencement of the currency of the ticket in each case. The Department reserves the right to decline any application for tickets under the rates and conditions enumerated in this regulation.

31a. Boy Scouts and Girl Guides.

Boy scouts and girl guides, sixteen years of age and under, in parties of not less than six in number, travelling to attend parades or instruction camps, will be issued second-class return tickets at one-half of the ordinary fare (Regulation 2), or, where applicable, at suburban fare (Regulation 40): Minimum charge, 9d., on production of a certificate in the following form :—

I hereby certify that

girl guides
boy scouts

are travelling in uniform from

to

to attend a

camp at

, on

.

parade or instruction

Authorized Officer.

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

By omitting from paragraph 12 of Regulation 10 the following : “Kapok in parcels, mattresses, or other packages.”

By omitting from Regulation 15 the following :—

12. Horses conveyed in “U.G.” trucks by express, mail, or passenger trains will be charged as follows for the full distance travelled by rail, each horse :—

    For the first 10 miles .. .. .. .. 15 0
    For each additional mile .. .. .. .. 0 6

13. The Department reserves to itself the right to decline to convey horses by express, mail, or passenger trains, and will not convey them by such trains when loaded in four-wheeled vehicles. When the conveyance of horses by any such train necessitates the running of an extra engine, the Department reserves the right to require payment in respect of the running of such engine (additional to the charges provided for in this regulation) at a rate not exceeding 3s. 6d. per mile for the actual distance (both ways) run by such engine.

15A. Where the number of “U.G.” wagons offering for conveyance by an express, mail, or passenger train is such as to necessitate an extra engine being provided for the whole or portion of the journey, the charge for the extra engine as provided in paragraph 15 of this regulation will be paid by each owner in proportion to the number of horses forwarded by such owner.

By omitting from Regulation 17 the following :—

11. Where the charge for a dog secured in hamper, crate, or box, computed at parcel rate, is greater than the foregoing rates, parcel rate will be charged.

12. Puppies, or slut and puppies properly secured in hampers, crates, or boxes so as to prevent injury to other goods will be charged at parcel rates.

and adding to paragraph 12 of Regulation 10 the following :—

Mattresses, bolsters, pillows, or other packages containing kapok, flock, wool, tow, horsehair, or similar materials.

and adding to Regulation 15 the following :—

12. Horses conveyed in “U.G.” wagons by express mail or passenger trains will be charged as follows for the full distance travelled by rail, each horse :—

    For the first 10 miles .. .. .. .. 16 0
    For each additional mile .. .. .. .. 0 6½

13. The Department reserves the right to decline to convey horses by express, mail, or passenger trains, and will not convey horses by such trains when loaded in four-wheeled vehicles.

and adding to Regulation 17 the following :—

11. One or more pups or a slut and puppies properly secured in hampers, crates, or boxes, so as to prevent injury to other goods will be charged at parcel rates (Regulation 10): Provided, however, that in no case shall the charges computed at parcel rates be less than as for one dog charged under the provisions of paragraph 9 of this regulation.

12. Where a dog is properly secured in a hamper, crate, or box, so as to prevent injury to other goods the charge computed at parcel rates (Regulation 10) must in no case be less than the charge computed as per paragraph 9 of this regulation.

As witness my hand, this 16th day of November, 1927.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Railways.