RAILWAY SEASON TICKETS. NEW SCALE OF RATES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, December 10.

Otago Witness, Issue 2857, 16 December 1908, Page 37

RAILWAY SEASON TICKETS. NEW SCALE OF RATES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, December 10.

A new schedule of railway annual season tickets has been gazetted at the following rates, available over lines of both islands : — Transferable, £75 ; not transferable, £70; sectional tickets for distances not exceeding 150 miles, £27 10e and £22 10s; 151 miles to 250 miles inclusive, Is 6d per mile added to the charge for 150 miles : 251 miles to 350 miles inclusive, Is per mil© added to the charge for 250 miles; 351 miles to 700 miles inclusive. 6d per mile added to the charge for 350 miles ; over 700 miles, 3d per mile added to tbe charge for 700 miles. The maximum charge for either island will be £55 and £50. The higher priced tickets will be transferred for business purposes temporally once in any month during their currency fiom the holder to a member or employee of the same firm or company on payment of a transfer fee of 10s on the occasion of each transfer. Application for a transfer must be made to the district manager. The "ticket to be transferred, together with the transfer fee (10s), must be deposited when application for a transfer is made. Where sectional tickets are made available on Lake Wakatipu tTiey will be charged as for 25 miles additional to the railway mileage. Annual all -lines season tickets, available over both islands, will be available for travel over Lake Wakatipu. Tourist excursion tickets (first-class) will be issued at the following rates : — ,'a) Available over lines of both islands for six weeks from date of issue, £G ; (b) available over North Island lines for four weeks from date of ifsue, £5 ; (c) available over Middle Island lines for four ■weeks from date of issue, £5. Tourist excursion tickets (a and b series) will be available for travel over Lake Wakatipu. Tourist excursion tickets may bo extended for any period not exceeding four weeks on payment of an extension fee of £1 10s per week or portion of a week.