JUNE 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1435

6. Picnic Parties.

Excursion tickets, available for one (specified) day in each case, will be issued to picnic parties numbering not less than twenty persons travelling together for recreation and not for business purposes, and organized by any friendly society, School Committee, or other body approved by the Department, at the following fares :—

7. School Athletic Teams, &c.

Stop-over excursion tickets (available for return within seven days from and including the commencing-date shown on the ticket in each case) will be issued to school pleasure parties and school athletic teams, numbering not less than twenty persons in all, bona fide scholars and teachers travelling together, at the following fares :—

Kingston to Queenstown or vice versa .. .. 3 0

8. Sporting and Pleasure Parties.

9. Return tickets will be issued at three-fourths the ordinary return fare to athletic teams, golf, rowing, and rifle clubs, and pleasure parties of not less than six adult passengers travelling together. Where a single journey only is to be made, single tickets at three-fourths the ordinary single fare will be issued. These tickets will have the same period of availability as tickets issued under the provisions of Regulation 3 of this Scale of Charges.

10. Teams and parties are required to give not less than three days’ notice to the Officer in Charge, and must travel by the steamers arranged for by that officer. They will be furnished with a certificate signed by the Officer in Charge authorizing the concession specified herein. Certificate must be shown to the officer of the Department when tickets are examined, or at any other time when requested.

11. The Department reserves to itself the right to decline any application.

12. Season Tickets.

Season tickets will be issued between calling-places on Lake Wakatipu at the following fares, and such tickets will be subject to the same conditions as season tickets issued under the provisions of Regulation 12 of the General Scale of Charges effective on the New Zealand Government Railways :—

Rate per Annum.
£ s. d.
(a.) Available over Lake Wakatipu .. .. 15 0 0
(b.) Between Queenstown and all calling-places east of Queenstown .. .. 10 0 0
(c.) Between Queenstown and all calling-places west of Queenstown .. .. 10 0 0

LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.

10. Excess Luggage.

11. Except as provided in paragraph 2 of this regulation the provisions of Regulation 46 of the General Scale of Charges effective on the New Zealand Government Railways will be applicable to luggage conveyed on the Lake Wakatipu steamer service.

12. Goods which are accepted for carriage as luggage but which are not entitled to be carried free as such, and goods which are entitled to be carried free as luggage but which in the aggregate are over the weight allowed to be carried free, will (in the first case as to all such goods, and in the second case as to the weight in excess of the free allowance) be charged for at the rate of 8d. for each 28 lb. or fraction of 28 lb. for any distance on Lake Wakatipu.

13. Commercial Travellers’ Luggage.

14. Except as provided in paragraph 2 of this regulation the provisions of Regulation 47 of the General Scale of Charges effective on the New Zealand Government Railways will be applicable to commercial travellers’ luggage on the Lake Wakatipu steamer service.

15. Commercial travellers who do not take out annual tickets for their bona fide samples will be charged for such samples as follows: For every 56 lb. or fraction of 56 lb. of bona fide samples in excess of the free allowance specified, for any distance on Lake Wakatipu, 8d.

16. Theatrical Companies’ Luggage, Effects, &c.

17. Luggage, effects, scenery, and other articles not otherwise specified belonging to theatrical and other similar entertainment companies as described in Regulation 27 of the General Scale of Charges effective on the New Zealand Government Railways will be charged under the following rates and conditions and carried at owners’ risk.