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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 85

LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.—continued.

6. No live animals will be accepted for custody by the Department.

7. Motor-bicycles will not be accepted for storage when charged with petroleum, benzine, or any inflammable liquid or vapour.

8. Motor-bicycles may be accepted for storage at the rate of 1s. for each motor-bicycle. This charge covers storage for the day of deposit only, and after expiration of that period a charge of 6d. per day or part of a day will be made for each motor-bicycle.

9. Motor-bicycles with side-car attached may be accepted for storage at a charge of 2s. for each vehicle. This charge covers storage for the day of deposit only, and after the expiration of that period a charge of 1s. per day or part of a day will be made for each such vehicle.

10. Delivery by the Department of any package left in its custody under this regulation to the person producing and (except in the case of tickets mentioned in paragraph 2 of this regulation) surrendering the appropriate ticket shall discharge the Department of any liability in respect of such package.

11. Any person claiming delivery of any package that shall be in the custody of the Department under the provisions of this regulation and who shall have lost the left-luggage ticket applicable to such package may, before such package is delivered to him, be required to make at his own cost a statutory declaration setting forth the number of such lost ticket, a description of the package of which delivery is claimed, and such other information as the Department may require. He may also be required to indemnify the Department against any loss or claim that may arise as a result of delivery to such person, and to furnish such other proof of his title to the delivery of such package as the Department may require. Should the information furnished by the claimant as the proof of his title to delivery or the indemnity be deemed by the Department to be insufficient or unsatisfactory, delivery of such package may be withheld and the Department shall not be liable for any inconvenience or loss that may result from delivery being so withheld. A search fee of 6d. will be made in respect of each left-luggage ticket lost.

12. Any article or packages not claimed within three months after the date when first deposited may be sold.

13. The liability of the Department in respect of each package of left luggage is hereby limited to £10, unless the nature and value of the contents thereof shall have been declared by the person depositing such luggage and an insurance fee paid at the rate of 10s. per cent. (minimum charge, 2s.) on such declared value.

14. Left Parcels.

15. Left-parcel labels, in books of twenty labels, may be obtained on application at the principal stations at a charge of 6s. 8d. per book.

16. When a parcel bearing one of these labels is delivered to the custody of the Department the counterfoil in book, if presented simultaneously with the parcel, will be receipted and returned to the depositor, and the bearer of the duplicate numbered label will be entitled to receive the parcel on presentation and surrender of such duplicate label.

17. The charge for left parcels covers one month's storage. After the expiration of that period storage will be charged for at the rate of 1s. per week or part of a week for each package.

18. The provisions of paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, and 12 shall, mutatis mutandis, apply under this regulation.

19. Motor-bicycles will not be accepted under this regulation.

20. The liability of the Department in respect of each left parcel is hereby limited to £10, unless the nature and value of the contents thereof shall have been declared by the person depositing such package and an insurance fee paid at the rate of 10s. per cent. (minimum charge, 2s.) on such declared value.

21. Pedal Bicycles or Tricycles.

22. Bicycles or tricycles, pedal, accompanying passengers by rail must be fully and legibly addressed with the name and destination of passenger, and be presented at the railway-station for booking at least ten minutes before the due time of departure of the train by which they are to be carried. The Department will not be responsible for loss of bicycles or tricycles unless this regulation is complied with.

23. The Department will not be responsible for bicycles or tricycles left about the premises of the railway and not duly delivered into the custody of the Department. Any such articles found about the premises of the railway will be treated as lost luggage and charged for as provided in Regulation 49.

24. Bicycles, pedal, accompanying passengers by rail will be charged for at the following rates for each machine seated to carry one rider:—

Miles. s. d. | Miles. s. d. | Miles. s. d.
1–12 .. 0 5 | 151–200 .. 2 4 | 401–450 .. 4 0
13–25 .. 0 8 | 201–250 .. 2 8 | 451–500 .. 4 4
26–50 .. 1 4 | 251–300 .. 3 0 | 501–550 .. 4 8
51–100 .. 1 8 | 301–350 .. 3 4 | 551–600 .. 5 0
101–150 .. 2 0 | 351–400 .. 3 8 |

4. Bicycles, pedal, seating more than one rider will be charged full rates as per paragraph 3 of this regulation for the first seat, and half rates additional for each seat after the first.

5. Tricycles, pedal, when accompanying passengers will be charged double the rates provided in paragraph 3 of this regulation.

6. Each passenger will be allowed to take one bicycle or tricycle (pedal) at the above rates, which must be prepaid in all cases.

7. Bicycles, pedal, packed in cases or crates accompanying passengers by rail will be charged at excess-luggage rates, Regulation 46.

8. Bicycles or tricycles, pedal, accompanying passengers may be accepted for transport from stations north of Wellington via Thorndon and Lambton