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LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.—continued.

stations or vice versa, and will be charged on the continuous mileage via Wellington. Bicycles or tricycles (pedal) accepted for transit under the provisions of this paragraph must be checked.

9. Bicycle tickets are not available for break of journey unless such break of journey is necessitated by the train service.

10. Bicycle-covers.—A charge of 4d. will be made for each canvas cover supplied by the Department for the protection of bicycles to be conveyed by rail. When such covers are supplied they must not be removed from the railway premises. The Department reserves to itself the right to decline any application for the supply of a bicycle-cover.

53. Motor-bicycles.

1. Motor-bicycles accompanying passengers by rail must be fully and legibly addressed with the name and the destination of the 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 the loss of motor-bicycles unless this regulation is complied with.

2. The Department will not be responsible for motor-bicycles 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.

3. Motor-bicycles accompanying passengers will be charged at the following rates, owners to load and unload:—

4. Motor-bicycles with side-cars attached will be charged at the rate for two-wheeled carriages, Regulation 83, and will be conveyed in guards' vans of passenger and mixed trains only at the convenience of the Department. They will not be carried on express or mail trains. Side-cars detached from motor-bicycles will be charged on actual weight at rate and a quarter, parcel rates, Regulation 55.

5. Each passenger will be allowed to take only one motor-bicycle at the above rates, which in each case must be prepaid.

6. Motor-bicycles accompanying passengers will not be accepted for transit between stations north of Wellington via Thorndon and Lambton, and vice versa.

7. Motor-bicycles when charged with naphtha, petroleum, gas, benzine, or any inflammable liquid or vapour will not be accepted for conveyance by rail.

54. Season Tickets for Pedal Bicycles.

1. Season tickets for bicycles (pedal) accompanying passengers will be issued at the following rates for each bicycle seated to carry one rider only: For distances not exceeding 12 miles—three months, £1 3s. 6d.; six months, £2; twelve months, £3 10s.

2. Bicycle season tickets for distances not exceeding 12 miles will be issued at half the above rates for three-monthly tickets to students and scholars who are holders of school-season tickets and whose age does not exceed 20 years. They will be available for three months from date of commencement of their availability, and for use when holders are travelling to or from school only, except in the case of bicycle season tickets issued to scholars who hold tickets issued under the provisions of Regulations 20 and 21, when such bicycle season tickets will be available for fourteen weeks from the date of commencement of their availability.

3. Annual tickets for bicycles accompanying passengers, available over the whole of the New Zealand Government railways, or either Island, for one year from date of issue, will be charged £13 10s. for each pedal bicycle seated to carry one rider only.

4. Bicycle season tickets must be produced at destination before the bicycle is delivered, and at other times when required by any officer of the Department. Bicycle season tickets are not transferable.