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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.[No. 24

LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.

44. General Regulations re Passengers' Luggage.

45. Passengers' luggage received, held, or conveyed by railway will be
    subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth:-
    Luggage shall be designated as follows-
    (a) Unchecked luggage-i.e., packages of every description, whether excessed
    or otherwise, which are conveyed as passengers' luggage and which
    are not checked as hereinafter provided.
    (b) Checked luggage-i.e., packages of every description, whether excessed
    or otherwise, which are conveyed as passengers' luggage, for which
    the passenger holds a luggage-check as hereinafter provided.

46. Luggage to be forwarded from a station where a Stationmaster or porter
    is in charge and not required to be checked must be delivered at the railway-
    station from which the passenger is proceeding at least ten minutes before the
    due time of departure of the train by which it is to be conveyed.

47. Luggage to be forwarded from a station at which there is no Stationmaster
    or porter in charge must be taken to the guard's van, and be there handed to the
    guard of the train by which it is to be forwarded, immediately on arrival of the
    train at the station from which the luggage is to be conveyed.

48. Owners of unchecked luggage for a station at which there is no Station-
    master or porter in charge must in all cases present themselves at the guard's
    van while the train is standing at the station, and claim and take delivery of
    their luggage, failing which the luggage shall be treated as "lost luggage" and
    be taken to the next officered station and there stored at the risk and expense
    of the owner.

49. Unchecked luggage will not be delivered at any station short of the
    destination to which it is addressed and labelled. Passengers who desire to
    break the journey en route must have their luggage addressed and labelled to
    the station at which they intend to first take delivery.

50. No luggage will be allowed to be taken into the carriages unless it can be
    placed under the seat or in the rack of the carriage without inconvenience to
    other passengers; neither shall any person take into or carry in a railway-carriage
    any luggage which any officer of the Department may deem to be inconvenient
    or objectionable.

51. Railway employees are not permitted to act as agents, or to undertake
    the charge of or accept responsibility in respect to luggage left temporarily at
    a station unless the luggage has been booked and placed in the cloak-room.

52. Unchecked luggage will be carried solely at the risk of the owner.

53. The Department does not undertake to forward luggage of any descrip-
    tion by any particular train, and will not be responsible for any luggage or
    parcels left about the station premises and not duly delivered to the custody
    of the Department. Luggage left at a station should be placed in the cloak-
    room.

54. Unchecked luggage not claimed immediately on arrival at destination
    station will be treated as lost luggage, and charged for accordingly.

55. The Department reserves to itself the right to refuse any articles which,
    from their bulky or objectionable character, it is inexpedient to carry as
    passengers' luggage. Packages exceeding 2 cwt. in weight or 20 cubic feet in
    measurement will not be accepted for conveyance as passengers' luggage ; such
    packages must be consigned, and will be conveyed and charged for at parcels or
    goods rates as may be appropriate.

56. Unchecked luggage conveyed in guard's van, the property of passengers
    who are booked to a station beyond the end of the journey of the train by which
    they are travelling, may be labelled direct to destination station shown on
    passenger's ticket, and will be stored free of charge from time of arrival at the
    station where break of journey is necessitated until time of departure therefrom
    of the first available train by which the passenger can proceed direct to
    destination station. Nothing in this paragraph shall affect the liability of the
    Department as for unchecked luggage.

57. No person shall be entitled to send any luggage to any railway-
    station beyond the station of destination for which his ticket is available;
    nor, except as may be otherwise provided, shall any person send or carry as
    luggage any packages containing goods that are for sale or are other than his
    own bona fide property.

LUGGAGE DECLARED "SPECIAL GOODS."

14. (a) Every article of luggage which exceeds in value the sum of £10,
    and every parcel, package, or container whatsoever of luggage which, together
    with the contents of such parcel, package, or container, exceeds in value the
    sum of £10, is hereby declared to be "special goods."

(b) As hereinbefore provided, no liability shall be incurred by the Depart-
ment in respect of any luggage which has not been duly checked.

(c) The liability of the Department in respect of luggage that is "special
goods" is limited to £10 for any one article, parcel, package, or container, as
aforesaid, unless the nature thereof and value are declared in writing and a
receipt obtained for the same. On such "special goods" so declared, the fol-
lowing charges for insurance will be payable:-
(i) In the case of checked luggage, at the rates provided in subparagraph (c)
of paragraph 2 of Regulation 110.
(ii) In the case of left luggage at the rate of 10s. per cent. on the declared
value (minimum charge, 2s. 2d.).
(d) For the purposes of the declaration required by subparagraph (c) hereof
the value of every article of luggage which exceeds in value the sum of £10 must
be stated; and, in the case of parcels, packages, or containers as aforesaid, the
total value of each must be stated, together with a list of the contents and the
values of any items which exceed in value the sum of £2.
(Packages exceeding £500 in value will be carried by special contract only.)