942 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 40

LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.

3. Bicycles, pedal, unassembled, not packed in cases or crates will be charged as shown hereunder:
   Each machine (consignors are to certify as to the number of machines in each package) ... Bicycle rate.
   With parcels delivery carriers attached ... Bicycle rate plus 25%.

4. Tricycles, pedal, n.o.s., will be charged double bicycle rate. Children’s tricycles not accompanying passengers will be charged at parcels rate plus 25% (regulation 55). See regulation 46, paragraph 7 (a), re children’s tricycles accompanying passengers.

5. Bicycles, pedal, packed in cases or crates will be charged at parcels rates, regulation 55.

6. Terminal charges as per regulation 55, paragraph 2, will apply to bicycles not accompanying passengers. The terminal charge will not apply to bicycles accompanying passengers.

7. Conditions—The charges on bicycles or tricycles (pedal) accompanying passengers must be prepaid in all cases.
   The charges on bicycles not accompanying passengers must be prepaid; provided that in the case of an unattended station, or of an attended station at a time when no employee is on duty, bicycles may, at the discretion of the Department, be accepted without prepayment of freight subject to an additional charge of 2s. 6d. per consignment.
   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.
   Bicycles not accompanying passengers must be presented at least thirty minutes before the due departure time of the train by which they are to be forwarded.
   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.
   Bicycle tickets are not available for break of journey.

8. Storage—Bicycles will be charged storage in accordance with the provisions of regulation 55, paragraph 5.

9. Bicycles not claimed within six months may be sold.

10. Bicycle covers—A charge of 9d. will be made for each canvas cover supplied by the Department for the protection of bicycles to be conveyed by rail. When such covers are supplied they must not be removed from the railway premises. The Department reserves to itself the right to decline any application for the supply of a bicycle cover.

SEASON TICKETS FOR PEDAL BICYCLES

11. Season tickets for bicycles (pedal) accompanying passengers will be issued at the following rates for each bicycle seated to carry one rider only:

(a) For distances not exceeding 12 miles.

(b) Available over the whole of the New Zealand Government Railways:

| Twelve months | £14 14 0 |

(c) *Students and scholars who are holders of school season tickets issued under the provisions of Regulations 21 and 22 and whose age does not exceed 20 years—
For distances not exceeding 12 miles ... Fourteen weeks | 1 3 0

Students and scholars who are holders of technical school season tickets issued under the provisions of Regulation 23 and whose age does not exceed 20 years—
For distances not exceeding 12 miles ... Three months | 1 3 0
For use when holders are travelling to and from school only.

12. Bicycle season tickets must be produced at destination before the bicycle is delivered, and at other times when required by any officer of the Department. Bicycle season tickets are not transferable.