966
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

PASSENGERS—continued.

(e) To pupils on the roll of a public or private primary or secondary school,
or of a district high school, travelling to attend classes held at
especially equipped manual-training centres and recognized under the
regulations for manual instruction.

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 date as the case may be. In all such cases the surcharge must be
   paid by the pupil at the time of issue of the ticket. 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

3. Application for tickets under this regulation must be accompanied by a
   certificate in the following form, duly signed by the head teacher, principal, or
   director, as the case may be, having charge of the school attended:—
   I hereby certify that A.B., residing at , whose present age
   is years months, is entitled, under paragraph* of
   the Railway regulations for free school season tickets, to a free school
   ticket from to , to enable him [her] to attend the†
   at for the purpose of‡ instruction.

• Insert the number of the subparagraph (a, b, &c.) of the Railway free school
  season ticket regulations. † Give the name of the school or of the manual-training
  centre. The school may be a public school, a Native school, a registered private school,
  a district high school, a secondary school, a technical school, or a combined school.
  ‡ State whether primary or secondary, technical or manual.

4. These tickets are not transferable, and are available for use by the holder
   only when travelling to and from school for the purpose of receiving tuition or
   of attending school functions on such conditions as may be approved: if used for
   any other purpose the tickets will be forfeited.

5. (a) The conditions laid down in the foregoing regulations may be modified
   in cases in which the Director of Education considers that special circumstances
   render such modification necessary.

(b) The issue of a free school season ticket may be declined in any case where
the Director of Education decides that the circumstances do not warrant the
concession.

22. Technical-school Season Tickets.

23. Technical-school season tickets, available for any distance not exceeding
    60 miles, and for three months from date of commencement of their availability
    for travel, will be issued to bona fide students attending technical schools or classes
    registered with the Minister of Education, or schools or classes conducted by
    music-teachers registered under the Music-teachers Registration Act, 1928, or
    such other classes as may be approved by the General Manager, subject to
    the following conditions:—

(a) The tickets will be available for use only when the holder is proceeding
from home to the technical school, or vice versa, for the purpose of
receiving or returning from tuition; if used for any other purpose
the ticket will be forfeited.

(b) The days upon which tuition will be received must be the same in each
week, and must be stated on the certificate. Certificate of attendance
at foot of ticket must be signed by certifying teacher on each day
that a holder of such ticket attends the school.

(c) The tickets are not transferable, and will be charged as follows:—

First Second
Class. Class.
s. d. s. d.
For students and scholars not exceeding 16 years of age 41 3 13 9
For students and scholars over 16 but not exceeding
20 years of age .. .. .. 55 0 27 6
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, 68s. 9d.; second class, 41s. 3d.

2. Each application for a technical-school season ticket must be accompanied
   by a certificate in the following form, signed by the director of the technical school
   or class:—

I hereby certify that , residing at , whose age is
years months, is a bona fide student or scholar in attendance at
Technical School [class] duly registered with the Minister of
Education, class conducted by a music-teacher registered under the
Music-teachers Registration Act, 1928, or class approved by the General
Manager; and request that a* -class technical-school season
ticket, available for use on† , be issued to enable him [her]
to attend the technical school [class]; and I undertake to keep
a roll of the attendance at the school [class], and such roll to be
open for inspection by any officer of the Railway Department.
The attendance of at the school [class] will be certified by ,
whose signature appears in the margin hereon.
Date: .
[Signature of teacher.]

• Insert class of ticket. † Insert day or days of week on which tuition will
  be received.

I hereby certify that I am the scholar [student] mentioned in the
foregoing certificate, and that my age is years months.
Date: .
[Signature of scholar or student.]

The latter certificate is not required in the case of scholars or students,
not exceeding 16 years of age.

3. Technical-school season tickets will be issued conditionally on a roll of
   attendance being kept at each technical school or class, such roll to be open for
   inspection by any officer of the Railway Department deputed for that purpose.