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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

PASSENGERS

22. Free School Season Tickets

General.—1. 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 two 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 three miles from the school. The tickets will be available for distances not exceeding sixty miles, and are issuable as follows :—

(a) To pupils attending the public primary schools or Maori 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.

(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. (a) The conditions set out in this regulation 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.

3. Tickets Not Transferable.—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.

4. Surcharge.—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. .. 5 0 2 0 For students and scholars not exceeding 16 years of age 6 3 3 6 For students and scholars over 16 but not exceeding 20 years of age

5. Certificate.—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 Maori 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.