12 MAY
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
679

LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.

*Motor-cycles or motor-propelled pedal bicycles will not be accepted for storage when charged with benzine, or any inflammable liquid.
†In addition to the storage charge a cartage charge of 1s. per package or article is to be levied.

2. Bicycle Season Tickets—Season tickets for the storage of bicycles (pedal) will be issued at the following rates:

   For one calendar month .. .. .. .. .. s. d. 5 0
   For three calendar months .. .. .. .. .. 10 0

The currency of bicycle-storage tickets issued under the provisions of this paragraph will commence on the first and expire on the last day of a calendar month only, provided that season tickets for the storage of bicycles (pedal) issued to scholars or students who hold tickets issued under the provisions of sections 21 or 22 will be charged at the rate of 10s. each, and will be made available for 14 weeks from date of commencement.

3. Season tickets for the storage of motor-propelled pedal bicycles will be issued at double the rates shown in paragraph 2 hereof.

4. General Conditions—The Department reserves the right to decline to accept any article or package under this section. The following will not be accepted:

   Articles of an inflammable, explosive, or dangerous nature.
   Articles which are wet or leaking.
   Articles emitting an offensive smell.
   Live animals or birds.
   Loaded firearms.

Should any such articles be inadvertently accepted they may, on being found to be within the categories mentioned, be removed and stored, or otherwise suitably dealt with as the Department may determine, at the sole risk and cost of the depositor or owner.

5. The Department does not undertake to accept perishable articles for storage, but where a person specially desires any perishable articles to be so stored they may be accepted subject to the special condition that the Department shall not be liable for any damage or loss that may arise in connection with such deposit.

6. No article or package shall be considered as having been left in the custody of the Department under this section unless the person desiring to deposit such article or package shall have handed it over to the Department, and shall have paid the proper charge and received a left-luggage ticket issued by the Department in respect of such article or package. The Department shall not be bound to hand over any article or package left in its custody under this section except on production of the left-luggage ticket issued in respect thereof, and on payment of all charges which have become payable in respect of the same.

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

8. Any person claiming delivery of any package that shall be in the custody of the Department under the provisions of this section 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 1s. will be made in respect of each left-luggage ticket lost.

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

10. 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.