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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

PASSENGERS

2. Availability—(a) These tickets are available over Government lines open for traffic and under the control of the Department, and are obtainable at the principal railway stations and from the officer in charge at Queenstown.

(b) Tourist excursion tickets as provided in paragraph 1, subparagraphs (a) and (c), are available for travel by the Lake Wakatipu steamer service.

(c) These tickets are not transferable.

3. Extension—Tourist excursion tickets may be extended for any period not exceeding four weeks on payment of an extension fee of £4 first class or £3 second class per week or portion of a week. Persons desiring an extension of time must apply to any officered station, or to the officer in charge, Queenstown, before the expiration of the original ticket.

4. Excess Fare—Any holder of a second-class tourist ticket travelling in a class of carriage superior to that for which the ticket was issued must pay the difference between the ordinary single fares for the respective classes for the distance so travelled.

5. School Season Tickets

6. Fares—Second-class season tickets, available for each standard school term as notified by the Education Department, will be issued to scholars and students exclusively engaged in their studies not in receipt of salary or emolument, at the following fares:

£ s. d.
For students and scholars not exceeding 16 years of age .... 1 6 8
For students and scholars over 16 and not exceeding 20 years of age .. 2 13 4
For students and scholars over 20 years of age half the rate for second-class three-monthly season tickets (regulation 14) will be charged. Minimum charge—£4.

2. Availability—School season tickets are available for use by the holders only when travelling to or from school for the purpose of receiving tuition or attending school functions approved by the Department. Unless endorsed "Evening" at the time of issue or unless supported on each journey by a certificate from the principal of the school that later attendance at school was necessary for tuition or for an approved function, they will not be available for travel by trains scheduled to leave the joining station after 6 p.m. If used for any purpose other than the foregoing they will be forfeited. They are not transferable. School season tickets will not be issued for distances exceeding 60 miles.

3. Surcharge—Where a school observes terms which do not coincide with the opening and closing dates as approved by the Education Department, a surcharge will be made in respect of any school season ticket the currency of which commences before or expires after the approved dates as the case may be. 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
s. d.
For students and scholars not exceeding 16 years of age ...... 2 6
For students and scholars over 16 but not exceeding 20 years of age .. 4 3
For students and scholars exceeding 20 years of age the surcharge payable will be based on one-thirteenth of the value of the ticket for each week or fraction of a week outside of the school term as fixed by the Education Department.

In the case of private and other colleges, also Universities not under the jurisdiction of the Education Department, surcharges will be made only where the school term exceeds fourteen weeks.

4. Certificates—(a) Certificates in the following form must be produced from the professor or schoolmaster and from the applicant respectively:

I HEREBY certify that [Name of applicant], who resides at ..........., is a bona fide scholar [student] in attendance at ........... School at ..........., that his [her] present age is ........... years ........... months; and that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, he [she] is exclusively engaged in his [her] studies, and is not in receipt of salary or emolument, and is entitled to a school season ticket between ........... and ........... from (Date).

Signature of Professor or Teacher: ...........
Date: ...........

I HEREBY certify that I am the scholar [student] above mentioned, and that the facts stated in the foregoing certificate are correct, and I request that a school season ticket, available between ........... and ..........., be issued to me, to be used only when travelling between my home and school for the purpose of receiving tuition.

Signature of Applicant: ...........
Date: ...........

The latter certificate is not required in the case of scholars under 16 years of age.

(b) Certificates will be accepted only from recognised schools and colleges, and must bear an endorsement showing the days upon which tuition will be received.