Railway Luggage Regulations




  1. Commercial travellers who do not take out annual tickets for their
    bona fide samples will be charged for such samples as follows:—

Where the Mileage But does not exceeds
Mileage exceeds 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275
For each Additional 25 Miles or Fraction thereof.

56 lb. .. -/4 1/- 1/4 2/- 2/4 3/- 3/4 6/- 7/8 10/- 11/- 14/8
1 cwt. .. 1/8 2/- 2/8 3/4 4/- 4/8 5/4 8/- 9/- 12/- 13/4 16/8
1½ cwt. .. 1/4 2/8 3/4 4/8 5/- 6/- 7/- 9/4 10/4 13/4 15/- 18/4
2 cwt. .. 1/8 3/4 4/8 5/4 6/- 7/- 8/- 10/4 11/8 14/8 16/8 20/-
2½ cwt. .. 2/4 4/- 5/4 6/8 7/- 8/- 9/4 11/8 13/4 16/4 18/- 22/-
3 cwt. .. 2/8 4/4 5/8 7/- 8/- 9/4 10/4 12/- 14/- 16/4 18/8 23/4
3½ cwt. .. 3/- 5/4 6/8 8/- 9/4 10/4 11/8 13/4 16/4 18/8 21/- 26/8
4 cwt. .. 3/4 5/8 7/4 8/- 9/4 10/4 11/8 13/4 16/4 18/8 21/4 27/-
4½ cwt. .. 4/- 6/- 7/8 9/- 10/4 11/8 13/4 15/- 18/- 20/- 23/4 30/-
5 cwt. .. 4/4 6/4 8/- 9/4 10/4 11/8 13/4 15/- 18/- 20/- 23/4 30/-
5½ cwt. .. 4/8 6/8 8/4 9/4 10/4 11/8 13/4 15/- 18/- 20/- 23/4 30/-
6 cwt. .. 5/- 7/- 8/8 10/- 11/4 12/- 13/4 16/- 18/- 20/- 23/4 30/-
6½ cwt. .. 5/4 7/4 9/- 10/4 11/8 12/- 13/4 16/- 18/- 20/- 23/4 30/-
7 cwt. .. 5/8 7/8 9/4 10/4 11/8 12/- 13/4 16/- 18/- 20/- 23/4 30/-
7½ cwt. .. 6/- 8/- 9/4 10/4 11/8 12/- 13/4 16/- 18/- 20/- 23/4 30/-
8 cwt. .. 6/4 8/4 10/- 11/4 12/- 13/4 16/- 18/- 20/- 23/4 30/-
8½ cwt. .. 6/8 8/8 10/4 11/8 12/- 13/4 16/- 18/- 20/- 23/4 30/-
9 cwt. .. 7/- 9/- 10/4 11/8 12/- 13/4 16/- 18/- 20/- 23/4 30/-
9½ cwt. .. 7/4 9/4 10/4 11/8 12/- 13/4 16/- 18/- 20/- 23/4 30/-
10 cwt. .. 7/8 9/8 10/4 11/8 12/- 13/4 16/- 18/- 20/- 23/4 30/-

  1. Bona fide commercial travellers representing houses conducting an
    exclusively wholesale business who take out samples for exhibition only and
    goods for sale may be charged the commercial travellers' sample rate on the
    bona fide samples and the ordinary rate (goods, parcel, or excess, as the case may
    be), on the goods for sale.

(a) The consignment-note (in the case of packages consigned through goods
or parcels) must be endorsed by the traveller as follows:—

I hereby certify that this consignment consists of [Weight]
bona fide commercial samples, which are not for sale, and [Weight]
of goods for sale.

(b) In the case of excess luggage a certificate in writing in the foregoing
terms and signed by the traveller should be tendered with the packages.

  1. Commercial travellers will be allowed eighteen hours free storage for their
    samples or bona fide personal luggage conditionally on the Department not being
    liable in any circumstances whatever for any loss or damage in respect of the
    same.

The provisions of this paragraph will apply only to luggage and/or bona fide
samples which—

(a) Have been transported by the Department, in which case the period of
free storage will be counted from the time of arrival of luggage and/or
samples at the station concerned; or

(b) Have been delivered to the Department for transport by the Department,
in which case the period of free storage will be counted from the time
of such delivery:

Provided that in no case shall the period of free storage exceed eighteen hours
continuously, notwithstanding that any such luggage and/or samples may have
been transported by the Department and may be intended to be further trans-
ported by the Department without removal from the premises of the railway.

LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.—continued.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 85
3200



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