New Zealand Gazette – 1973 – No. 112

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✨ Transportation Charges for Dogs and Corpses



  1. Dogs
  2. Charges—The charges for dogs, will be as follows:
    (a) Dogs, Tethered (Each):
    | Kilometres | Kilometres | Kilometres |
    | --- | --- | --- |
    | Not | Not | Not |
    | Exceeding | Exceeding | Exceeding |
    | $ | $ | $ |
    | 45 | 325 | 805 |
    | 0.34 | 2.08 | 3.70 |
    | 85 | 405 | 890 |
    | 0.56 | 2.36 | 4.07 |
    | 125 | 485 | 970 |
    | 0.89 | 2.66 | 4.36 |
    | 165 | 565 | 1050 |
    | 1.10 | 2.88 | 4.58 |
    | 205 | 645 | 1130 |
    | 1.40 | 3.25 | 4.96 |
    | 245 | 725 | For each additional |
    | 1.62 | 3.47 | 85 kilometres or |
    | | | part thereof |
    (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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Dogs accompanying passengers on inter-island journeys will require to be consigned through the Parcels Branch.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Dogs will not be allowed in carriages.
  12. Corpses
  13. The following wagon rates will be charged for the conveyance of corpses:
    | Rate | Minimum |
    | --- | --- |
    | Per | Charge |
    | Kilometre | $ |
    | c | $
    By trains other than express, passenger, or express goods ... 29 19.80
    By express, passenger, or express goods trains ... 49 33.60
    Consignments conveyed portion of the journey by express, passenger, or express goods trains and portion by other trains will be charged at these rates for the full journey.
    The conveyance of corpses by express, passenger, or express goods train will be at the option of the department.
  14. When the conveyance of a corpse by any express, passenger, or express goods train necessitates the running of an extra engine, the department reserves the right to require the payment in respect of the running of such engine (additional to the charges provided for in this section) at the rate of 74.5 cents per kilometre for the actual distance (both ways) run by such engine.
  15. Where a casket containing a corpse is enclosed in a suitable outer container and the exclusive use of a wagon is not required, charges at ordinary parcels rates (section 55, paragraph 1), will apply.


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