APRIL 9]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

533

LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.

Delivery.—6. Delivery by the Department of any package left in its custody under this regulation
to the person producing and (except in the case of tickets mentioned in paragraph 2 of this regulation)
surrendering the appropriate ticket shall discharge the Department of any liability in respect of such
package.

7. Any person claiming delivery of any package that shall be in the custody of the Department
   under the provisions of this regulation and who shall have lost the left-luggage ticket applicable to such
   package may, before such package is delivered to him, be required to make at his own cost a statutory
   declaration setting forth the number of such lost ticket, a description of the package of which delivery
   is claimed, and such other information as the Department may require. He may also be required to
   indemnify the Department against any loss or claim that may arise as a result of delivery to such
   person, and to furnish such other proof of his title to the delivery of such package as the Department
   may require. Should the information furnished by the claimant as the proof of his title to delivery or
   the indemnity be deemed by the Department to be insufficient or unsatisfactory, delivery of such
   package may be withheld and the Department shall not be liable for any inconvenience or loss that may
   result from delivery being so withheld. A search fee of ls. will be made in respect of each left-luggage
   ticket lost.

8. Any article or package not claimed within three months after the date when first deposited
   may be sold.

9. Liability.—The liability of the Department in respect of each article or package is hereby limited
   to £20, unless the nature and value of the contents thereof shall have been declared by the person
   depositing such article or package, and an insurance fee paid at the rate of 10s. per cent. (minimum
   charge, 2s. 9d.) on such declared value.

10. Left Parcels

11. Left-parcel labels, in books of twenty labels, may be obtained on application at the principal
    stations at a charge of 12s. per book.

12. The charge for left parcels covers one month's storage. After the expiration of that period
    storage will be charged for at the rate of 2s. per week or part of a week for each package.

13. When a parcel bearing one of these labels is delivered to the custody of the Department the
    counterfoil in book if presented simultaneously with the parcel, will be receipted and returned to the
    depositor, and the bearer of the duplicate numbered label will be entitled to receive the parcel on
    presentation and surrender of such duplicate label.

14. So far as the same may be applicable, the provisions of paragraphs 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 of Regulation
    50 shall form part of this regulation.

15. Motor-bicycles will not be accepted under this regulation.

16. The liability of the Department in respect of each left parcel is hereby limited to £20 unless the
    nature and value of the contents thereof shall have been declared by the person depositing such
    parcel and an insurance fee paid at the rate of 10s. per cent. (minimum charge, 2s. 9d.) on such declared
    value.

17. Pedal Bicycles or Tricycles Accompanying Passengers

18. Addressing.—Bicycles or tricycles, pedal, accompanying passengers by rail must be fully and
    legibly addressed with the name and destination of passenger, and be presented at the railway-station
    for booking at least ten minutes before the due time of departure of the train by which they are to
    be carried. The Department will not be responsible for loss of bicycles or tricycles unless this regulation
    is complied with.

Rates.—2. Bicycles, pedal, assembled or unassembled, not packed in cases or crates, accompanying
passengers by rail will be charged for on the actual mileage to be travelled—i.e., the route covered by
the passenger ticket held—at the following rates for each machine seated to carry one rider:

Miles :
Not Exceeding s. d.
12 .. 1 0
25 .. 1 3
50 .. 2 6
100 .. 3 0
150 .. 3 6

Miles :
Not Exceeding s. d.
200 .. 4 0
250 .. 5 0
300 .. 5 6
350 .. 6 0
400 .. 6 6

Miles :
Not Exceeding s. d.
450 .. 7 0
500 .. 8 0
550 .. 8 6
Over 550 9 0

3. Bicycles, pedal, seating more than one rider will be charged full rates as per paragraph 2 of this
   regulation for the first seat, and half rates additional for each seat after the first.

4. Tricycles, pedal, when accompanying passengers will be charged double the rates provided in
   paragraph 2 of this regulation. (See Regulation 46, paragraph 7 (a) re children's tricycles).

5. Each passenger will be allowed to take one bicycle or tricycle (pedal) at the above rates, which
   must be prepaid in all cases.

6. Bicycles, pedal, packed in cases or crates accompanying passengers by rail will be charged at
   excess-luggage rates, Regulation 46.

Conditions.—7. The Department will not be responsible for bicycles or tricycles left about the
premises of the railway and not duly delivered into the custody of the Department. Any such articles
found about the premises on the railway will be treated as lost luggage and charged for as provided in
Regulation 49.