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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 85

PASSENGERS—continued.

18. Annual Season Tickets.

19. Annual season tickets, first-class, available for use for one year in each case, will be issued at the following rates, viz.:—

SECTIONAL TICKETS.

For distances not exceeding 150 miles ... 37 18 4 30 17 6

151 miles to 250 miles inclusive, 2s. 0½d. per mile added to the charge for 150 miles.

251 miles to 350 miles inclusive, 1s. 5d. per mile added to the charge for 250 miles.

351 miles to 700 miles inclusive, 8½d. per mile added to the charge for 350 miles.

Over 700 miles, 4¾d. per mile added to the charge for 700 miles.

Maximum charge for either Island .. 75 16 8 68 5 0

2. Transferable tickets will be transferred for business purposes at any time during their currency to any person who is employed by the holder or who is a member or an employee of the same firm or company as the holder, on payment of a transfer fee of 13s. 7d. on the occasion of each transfer. Application for transfer is to be made to any District Manager or Stationmaster at Whangarei, Hamilton, New Plymouth, Napier, Greymouth, Timaru, and Oamaru. The ticket to be transferred, together with the transfer fee, 13s. 7d., must be deposited when application for transfer is made.

3. Sectional tickets may be issued covering sections of railway in both Islands, and in all such cases the charge for the actual mileage in each Island will be computed separately.

4. A charge of £1 7s. will be made for each ticket issued in lieu of an annual season ticket lost.

5. Where sectional tickets are made available for travel by the Lake Wakatipu steamer service they will be charged as for 25 miles additional to the railway mileage.

6. Annual season tickets available over all lines in both Islands or all lines in the South Island will be available for travel by the Lake Wakatipu steamer service.

7. Family Season Tickets.

8. Family season tickets will be issued to families at two-thirds of the rate for season tickets (Regulation 12) for each person. Family tickets for less than four persons will be charged as for four adult persons at the family rate. All such tickets must be for the same currency and available between the same stations.

9. “Family” means and includes parents and their children living together in one household.

10. Lost Season Tickets.

11. Should a season ticket be lost, immediate notice must be given to the Department. The holder of the original ticket shall not be entitled to a duplicate ticket, but a duplicate ticket may, at the discretion of the Department, be issued on payment of 10 per cent. of the value of the unexpired period for which the ticket is available. Minimum charge, 2s. 9d.; maximum, £1 7s. This does not apply to tickets issued under Regulation 13 or 17.

12. For the purpose of this regulation the value of the unexpired period for which a season ticket is available shall be a sum bearing the same proportion to the original cost of such ticket as the number of days for which such ticket would still have been available bears to the number of days included in the whole period of the availability of such ticket.

13. Weekly Twelve-trip Tickets.

14. Weekly twelve-trip tickets are issued for distances not exceeding 27 miles. They are available for use by the purchaser when travelling second class between the stations specified thereon.

15. They will be available for one week, including date of issue, and are not available for break of journey or for use on Sundays. No reduction in charge will be made for children. Holders of weekly twelve-trip tickets will be charged the full first-class fare when found travelling in first-class carriages.

16. The tickets are not transferable, and will be charged as follows:—