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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 85

2. Second-class single or return tickets may be issued at three-fourths the ordinary second-class fare (Regulation 2) to athletic teams, golf, rowing, and rifle clubs, and pleasure parties of not less than twelve adult passengers travelling together, or such other number as may be approved by the District Manager, who wish to travel second class.

3. Subject to reasonable notice being given, a certificate authorizing a concession under paragraphs 1 or 2 will be issued by any District Manager, Stationmaster, or Business Agent, upon application. Parties travelling under this regulation must travel by the trains arranged. The certificate referred to herein must be presented to the guard or any other member of the Department when the tickets are examined and at any other time upon request.

4. Tickets issued under the provisions of this regulation will have the same availability as ordinary tickets (Regulation 2), and the minimum charge per passenger will be 2s.

5. The Department reserves the right to decline any application.

By omitting the following :—

29. Tourist Excursion Tickets.

1. Tourist excursion tickets (first class) will be issued at the following rates :—

(a) Available over lines of both Islands for seven weeks, including date of commencement of availability for travel, £16 5s.

(b) Available over North Island lines for four weeks, including date of commencement of availability for travel, £10.

(c) Available over South Island lines for four weeks, including date of commencement of availability for travel, £10.

2. These tickets are not transferable. They are available over Government lines open for traffic and under the control of the Department, and are obtainable at the principal railway-stations and from the officer in charge at Queenstown and Central Booking-offices at Wellington and Christchurch.

3. Tourist excursion tickets (a) and (c) series are available for travel by the Lake Wakatipu steamer service.

4. Tourist excursion tickets may be extended for any period, not exceeding four weeks, on payment of an extension fee of £2 10s. per week or portion of a week. Persons desiring an extension of time must apply to any officered station, the officer in charge, Queenstown, or at the Central Booking-office, Wellington or Christchurch, before the expiration of the original ticket, and deliver up the original ticket, together with the extension fee.

And substituting the following :—

29. Tourist Excursion Tickets.

1. Tourist excursion tickets (first or second class) will be issued at the following rates :—

(a) Available over lines of both Islands for seven weeks, including date of commencement of availability for travel, first class, £16 5s.; second class, £13.

(b) Available over North Island lines for four weeks, including date of commencement of availability for travel, first class, £10; second class, £7 10s.

(c) Available over South Island lines for four weeks, including date of commencement of availability for travel, first class, £10; second class, £7 10s.

2. These tickets are not transferable. They are available over Government lines open for traffic and under the control of the Department, and are obtainable at the principal railway-stations and from the officer in charge at Queenstown and City or Central Booking-offices at Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Napier, and Christchurch.

3. Tourist excursion tickets (a) and (c) series, are available for travel by the Lake Wakatipu steamer service.

4. Tourist excursion tickets may be extended for any period, not exceeding four weeks, on payment of an extension fee of £2 10s. first class or £1 17s. 6d. second class per week or portion of a week. Persons desiring an extension of time must apply to any officered station, the officer in charge, Queenstown, or at the City or Central Booking-offices at Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Napier, or Christchurch, before the expiration of the original ticket, and deliver up the original ticket together with the extension fee.

Any holder of a second-class tourist ticket travelling in a class of carriage superior to that for which the ticket was issued must pay the difference between the ordinary single fares for the respective classes for the distance so travelled.

By omitting the following :—

35. Excursion Trains.

1. Excursion trains may be run by special request upon payment of a deposit (as a guarantee returnable if the special revenue accruing from the running of such train exceeds the amount of such deposit) equivalent to the charge of 100 second-class ordinary (or suburban, where applicable) return tickets. Minimum charge, £12 10s. Excursion trains will be run only at the option of the Department.

2. The distance which a special excursion train has to run empty to commence a run will be charged at the rate of 7s. 6d. per mile, and the amount so charged will be added to the amount of the deposit specified above.