APRIL 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 997

LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.—continued.

62. Stud Dogs for Breeding Purposes.

63. Dogs consigned for breeding purposes will, if returned within three months from the original consignee and receiving station to the original consignor and forwarding station, be conveyed back free of charge, provided that certificates in the following form, and signed by the consignor in each case are endorsed on the consignment-notes :—

On outward journey—
(a) I hereby certify that the* entered hereon is proceeding to to stand for stud purposes only, and will not be travelled on circuit.

Homeward journey—
(b) I hereby certify that the* entered hereon has stood at solely for stud purposes, and that it was conveyed by rail from† to† on§ , and has not been travelled on circuit since that date.

• Insert particulars of dogs. † Insert name of original consignor and sending station. ‡ Insert name of original consignee and receiving station. § Insert date.

63. Corpses.

64. The charge for the conveyance of a corpse by other than an express mail or passenger train will be 9d. per mile. Minimum charge, £1 9s. 8d.

65. A corpse will be accepted for carriage by express, mail, or passenger trains only at the option of the Department and after arrangements have been made with the District Manager. A corpse so carried will be charged 1s. 5½d. per mile for the full distance conveyed by rail; minimum charge, £2 19s. 5d.

66. When the conveyance of a corpse by any express, mail, or passenger train necessitates the running of an extra engine, the Department reserves the right to require the payment in respect of the running of such engine (additional to the charges provided for in this regulation) at the rate of 3s. 10d. per mile for the actual distance (both ways) run by such engine.

67. Newspapers and Stereotype Casts.

68. Newspapers (published at intervals not exceeding seven days), periodicals (published at intervals not exceeding one month), and stereotype casts and type set up for reproduction purposes (consigned by or to newspaper-proprietors) will be conveyed subject to the following regulations, viz. :—

(a) Packages of newspapers and periodicals must be open at both ends.

(b) No receipts will be given for the packages; they will be conveyed at owners’ risk, the Department not being liable for damage, delay, detention, or loss; and they must be brought to, and taken from, the railway by the owners. If owners desire them conveyed at the risk of the Department, the ordinary parcel rates will be charged.

(c) Charges on packages conveyed under this regulation must, except as provided in paragraph 2 hereof, be prepaid by affixing stamps, obtainable from the Department. Packages insufficiently stamped will be charged the difference between the amount represented by the stamps affixed and the full ordinary parcel rates, and the Department will not be responsible for any delay which may arise in consequence.

(d) A declaration that the parcels do not contain other than the articles mentioned above must also be printed or plainly written on the address, thus: “Newspapers only,” “Stereotype Casts only,” as the case may be.

(e) The Department reserves the right to open and examine packages.

(f)

RATES.

(g) Single newspapers will be conveyed, irrespective of distance, at a uniform charge of ½d. per copy.

2. Newspaper-proprietors who so desire may forward their newspapers under the following conditions, instead of at the foregoing rates :—

(a) Packages will not be stamped, but the newspaper-proprietor will send to the railway-station with each lot of newspapers a consignment-note or other form of approved list showing the number of packages for each station, together with the total weight of the whole consignment.

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