APRIL 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 965

PASSENGERS—continued.

engaged in their studies, and not in receipt of salary or emolument, at the rates specified in the following paragraph, and subject to the undermentioned conditions:—

First Second
Class. Class.
s. d. s. d.
For students and scholars not exceeding 16 years of age .. 49 6 16 6
For students and scholars over 16 and not exceeding 20 years of age .. 66 0 33 0
For students and scholars over 20 years of age half the rate for three-monthly season tickets (Regulation 12) will be charged. Minimum charge—First class, 82s. 6d.; second class, 49s. 6d.

2. Where a school observes terms which do not coincide with the opening and closing dates as approved by the Education Department for the district in which such school is situated, a surcharge will be made in respect of any school season ticket the currency of which commences before or expires after the approved dates as the case may be. Surcharges will be payable at the following rates:—

Per Week or Fraction of a Week outside of the School Term as fixed by the Education Department.
First Second
Class. Class.
s. d. s. d.
For students and scholars not exceeding 16 years of age .. 3 7 1 5
For students and scholars over 16 but not exceeding 20 years of age .. 4 8 2 6

For students and scholars exceeding 20 years of age the surcharge payable will be based on one-thirteenth of the value of the ticket for each week or fraction of a week outside of the school term as fixed by the Education Department, subject to a minimum of 4s. 8d. first class or 2s. 6d. second class per week or fraction of a week.

3. Certificates in the following form must be produced from the professor or schoolmaster and from the applicant respectively:—

I hereby certify that [Name of applicant], who resides at
is a bona fide scholar [student] in attendance at school at
, that his [her] present age is years months;
and that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, he [she] is exclusively engaged in his [her] studies, and is not in receipt of salary or emolument, and is entitled to -class school season ticket between
and from [Date].
Date: . * [Signature of professor or teacher.]

I hereby certify that I am the scholar [student] above mentioned, and that the facts stated in the foregoing certificate are correct, and I request that a -class school season ticket, available between
and , be issued to me, to be used only when travelling between my home and school for the purpose of receiving tuition.
Date: . [Signature of applicant.]

The latter certificate is not required in the case of scholars under 16 years of age.

4. Certificates will be accepted only from recognized schools and colleges, and must bear an endorsement showing the days upon which tuition will be received.

5. School tickets will be available for any distance not exceeding 60 miles. They are not transferable, and are available for use by the holders only when travelling to and from school for the purpose of receiving tuition; if used for any other purpose the tickets will be forfeited.

6. Free School Season Tickets.

7. Free second-class season tickets, available for each standard term of fourteen weeks as notified by the Education Department, may be issued to school pupils as hereinafter set forth, between the ages of 5 years and 10 years, residing at a distance of not less than 2 miles from the school and to school pupils of 10 years of age and over, but not exceeding 20 years of age, residing at a distance of not less than 3 miles from the school. The tickets will be available for distances not exceeding 60 miles, and are issuable as follows:—

(a) To pupils attending the public primary schools or Native schools from railway-stations where there is no primary school in the vicinity, and only to the station in the vicinity of the nearest primary school.

(b) To pupils who are holders of scholarships tenable at a district high school, secondary school, technical high school, or combined school, as defined by the Education Act, 1914, to enable them to attend any such school.

(c) To pupils of secondary schools, of the secondary department of district high schools, of technical high schools, and of combined schools, as defined by the Education Act, 1914, and to holders of free places at technical classes or schools, to enable such pupils or free-place holders to attend one or other of such schools whichever is the nearest; provided that a free ticket may be issued to enable a pupil to attend a more distant school where in the opinion of the Director of Education suitable classes or courses of instruction are not provided at a school nearer to the pupil’s place of residence.

(d) To pupils attending private primary schools for primary instruction, private technical schools for technical instruction, or private secondary schools for secondary instruction, provided that the schools are registered as such in accordance with the Education Act, 1914, and provided further that in the case of a denominational school free tickets will be issued only from stations where there is no school of that denomination in the vicinity, and then only to the station in the vicinity of the nearest such school.

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