60. Dogs

61. Charges—The charges for dogs, will be as follows:
    (a) Dogs, Tethered (Each):

|Miles Not| |Miles Not| |Miles Not|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Exceeding| $|Exceeding| $|Exceeding| $
|25|0.34|200|2.08|500|3.70
|50|0.56|250|2.36|550|4.07
|75|0.89|300|2.66|600|4.36
|100|1.10|350|2.88|650|4.58
|125|1.40|400|3.25|700|4.96
|150|1.62|450|3.47 For each additional| |
||50 miles or part| |
||thereof|0.23|

(b) Dogs in hampers, crates, or boxes:
Parcels rates plus 25%.
In the case of dogs unaccompanied by a passenger the terminal charge at the stations specified in section 55, paragraph 2, will be additional to the charges computed at parcels rates.

2. Delivery—Passengers or consignees must take delivery of dogs immediately on arrival of the train at the destination station, failing which the dogs will be held by the department at the sole risk and responsibility of the owner. A charge of 60c per day or portion of a day will be made for each animal which is not taken delivery of immediately on arrival at the destination station. In addition to this charge owners will require to pay any charge that may have been incurred for food, veterinary charges, and the like.

3. General Conditions—Dogs must bear a label showing distinctly the name and full address of the consignee and the destination station, and, except when accompanying passengers, must be delivered to the department and consigned not less than 30 minutes before the due time of departure of the train by which they are to be forwarded.

4. The department reserves the right to require that any dog presented for carriage by rail shall be efficiently muzzled or confined in a cage, box, or other suitable receptacle so as to prevent such dog from biting any person. The department will not be liable for the loss of any dog if such loss arises directly or indirectly from any tendency on the part of such dog to bite any person.

5. Dogs not secured in hampers, crates, or boxes must be provided with efficient chains and collars, or other suitable means of tether. Dogs in hampers, crates, or boxes must be properly secured so as to prevent damage to other goods.

6. Passengers accompanied by dogs must obtain a dog ticket at least 15 minutes before the due time of departure of the train, excepting when the journey is commenced from a station at which there are no booking facilities, when the passenger will obtain a dog ticket from the guard of the train. The ticket must be given up at the end of the journey before the dog is delivered. Owners must see their dogs safely placed in the train.

7. Dogs accompanying passengers on inter-island journeys will require to be consigned through the Parcels Branch.

8. Dogs will be transported by express or passenger trains only when there is sufficient space or facilities in the guard’s van for their accommodation.

9. The department will not be liable for loss when a dog, whether accompanied by a passenger or consigned, escapes through the slipping of the collar or the breakage of the chain, collar, or such other means of tether by which it is secured unless the dog is carried at railway risk as provided in section 110.

10. Dogs will not be allowed in carriages.

11. Newspapers, Periodicals, and Stereotype Casts

12. Newspapers and periodicals will be conveyed at the following rates:
    (a) Bulk consignments—Packages of newspapers and periodicals will be charged at the rate of $1.10 per cwt on the gross weight forwarded by the same consignor irrespective of the distance the packages are railed, subject to the following minimum quantities:

|Newspapers| ..|..|..|..|10 cwt per week
|Periodicals| ..|..|..|..|4 tons each 4 weeks

(b) Newspapers and periodicals not complying with the respective minimum prescribed in subparagraph (a) hereof, also stereotype casts and type set up for reproduction purposes (consigned by or to newspaper proprietors) will be conveyed at the following rates, charges being computed separately for each package:

|Weight|Not Exceeding|Over 150|
|---|---|---|---|
||75 miles|150 miles|miles
|7 lb|..|..|15|15|0.23
|14 lb|..|..|23|23|0.32
|28 lb|..|..|32|41|0.46
|56 lb|..|..|46|56|0.63
|84 lb|..|..|63|70|0.80
|112 lb|..|..|80|95|1.10

(c) The charges prescribed in subparagraphs (a) and (b) hereof cover transit by rail in both the North and South Islands and in the case of packages conveyed under the provisions of paragraph 1 (b) hereof will be computed on continuous mileage.

(d) Single newspapers will be conveyed, irrespective of distance, at a uniform charge of 2c per copy.

(e) Letters for newspaper proprietors containing bona fide press matter for publication, when so endorsed, will be conveyed, irrespective of distance, at the uniform charge of 8c per letter.

2. General—For the purposes of this section, newspaper proprietors will be deemed to mean and include persons or firms engaged in the printing and publishing of newspapers or periodicals.

3. Conditions—(a) Charges on all packages conveyed under the provisions of this section must be prepaid.

(b) A declaration that the packages do not contain other than the articles mentioned above must be printed or plainly written alongside the address on packages, thus: “Newspapers only”, “Stereotype casts only” as the case may be.

(c) The department reserves the right to open and examine packages conveyed under the provisions of this section.

(d) Novels will not be accepted for conveyance under this section.

(e) Newspapers and periodicals to be conveyed under the provisions of paragraph 1 (a) hereof must be accompanied by a consignment note showing the number of packages for each station and the total weight of the whole consignment.

4. Liability—All packages conveyed under the provisions of this section will be carried at owner’s risk and the department will not be liable for damage, delay, detention or loss. No receipts will be given for the packages which must be delivered to and uplifted from the railway by the owners. Should it be desired that packages be conveyed at the risk of the department, ordinary parcels rates will be charged.