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Theatrical, concert, and circus companies : Eegulations amended—rate reduced. Privilege tickets : Begulation amended. Judges proceeding to shows : Certificate amended. Eeligious bodies : Eegulations and certificate amended. « Maoris attending Native Land Courts : Eegulation providing for issue of return tickets at single fares inserted. Trains, special and excursion : Eegulations amended—Eailway Department reserves right tc load up to full capacity without rebating any charges. Local Fabes and Eegulations. Kawakawa Section. Passenger-fares amended. Auckland Section. Bound-trip tickets : Fares for trips Auckland to Auckland vid Eotorua and Thames ; Auckland to Auckland vid Hangitiki, Eotorua, and Thames inserted. Picton Section. Through booking: Fares and regulations for through journey by rail and steamer between Wellington and Blenheim inserted. Htirunui-Bluff Section. Taieri Beach excursions : Eegulations amended. PAET lI.—LUGGAGE, PAECELS, HOESES, ETC. Passengers' luggage: Eegulations amended—check luggage system adopted, storage charges reduced, size and weight of packages limited. Bicycle-crates : Eegulation amended —rates inserted. Left luggage: Checked luggage granted twelve hours' free storage. Type for newspapers for reproduction purposes : Bates reduced. Horses : Bate for stallions on circuit reduced; regulations amended. Stud stock for breeding purposes : Eates reduced. Homing-pigeons from fanciers' clubs : Eates reduced. PAET lI.—LOCAL EATES AND EEGULATIONS. Auckland Section. Eates and regulations for through booking to Kaipara ports amended. Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth Section. Cream rates, Marton to Waverley, reduced. PAET lII.—GOODS : CLASSIFIED EATES. Class E, agricultural produce : Eates reduced. Small lots : Eates for packages under 1 cwt. reduced. PAET III.—GOODS: EEGULATIONS. Class E : Eegulations re small lots of agricultural produce amended. Class F: Eegulations re lots under 4 tons amended, and rates reduced. Eegulation re overloading trucks amended. Class X : Eegulations amended—charge for check wagons reduced; rate for small lots of Australian timber amended, for New Zealand timber not over 6 ft. in length reduced, and for bogie check wagons inserted. Class M : Eates for stud stock for breeding purposes reduced. Class P : Eegulations amended —rates for manures reduced. Class Q : Eegulations amended —rates for bones reduced. Seeds for cleaning : Eegulation amended, and made applicable only to seeds grown by and to be used by farmers. Show stock, &c.: Eegulations amended, and collie dogs attending dog trials included. Threshing machinery, &c. : Eegulation amended to include sheep-shearing machines. Tarpaulins : Eegulations amended —rates reduced. Storage : Eegulation amended—Wanganui and Wellington included as head stations. Weighing : Bate for onions inserted. Eeturned empties : Eates for empty returned fish-boxes, casks, and sacks reduced; regulation inserted. PAET IV.—GOODS: LOCAL BATES. Kawakawa Section. Bates and regulations amended. Whangarei Section. A, B, C, D, and H goods, Opau to Kamo : Minimum charge reduced. Timber: Bates from Foote's siding inserted, and from Waiotu to Opau reduced; regulation for timber, Mander and Bradley's siding to Opau, inserted, and rates reduced.