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section, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Five Pounds.

25. No Person will be allowed to come upon any Railway Platform for the purpose of removing any Passenger or luggage, unless required by a Passenger and engaged by him for that purpose, and no Person will be allowed to come upon any Railway Premises for the purpose of soliciting custom or hire. Any Person attempting to evade or being guilty of a breach of this section, or not quitting the premises when required by a Station Master or other Railway Servant, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Two Pounds.

26. Any Person, unless authorised by the Superintendent, who shall post or stick any placard or bill within or on any of the Property or Premises, shall be subject to a penalty not exceeding Two Pounds.

27. Any Person who shall wilfully injure, wholly or in part, any of the linings or blinds, or break or deface any of the windows, or remove or injure any number-plate or advertisement, or remove or extinguish any of the lamps, or otherwise damage any Railway Carriage, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Five Pounds in addition to the payment of the amount of damage done.

28. No article shall be sold on any Railway Premises without the consent of the Superintendent; and every Person offending against the provisions of this section, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding Five Pounds.

MERCHANDISE.

29. The Railway will not be accountable for any articles unless the same be signed for as received by their Clerks or Agents; nor will they be responsible for the loss of or damage to Money in Cash, or Bills, or Promissory Notes, or Securities for Money or Jewellery, Trinkets, Rings, Precious Stones, Bullion, Gold and Silver Plate, Clocks, Watches, Mirrors, Marbles, Lace, Furs, Silks, Writings, Title Deeds, Prints, Paintings, Maps, or other valuables; nor for damage done to China, Glass, Musical Instruments, Furniture, Toys, Castings, or any other such hazardous or brittle articles, unless they shall have been declared as such, and a special agreement entered into with the Station Master or other responsible person in charge for the same; nor for any loss or damage to any Goods in their hands as Carriers, or in their Warehouse, or on their Landing Places, arising from Fire (except from their own Engine or apparatus), the act of God, Civil Commotion, or Foreign Enemies; nor for the loss of or damage to Goods put into boxes or packages described as empties; nor for damage of any Goods or Packages insufficiently or improperly packed, or containing a variety of articles liable by breaking to damage each other or other articles; nor for leakage; nor for any loss or damage whatsoever by reason of accidental or unavoidable delays in transit or otherwise.

30. The Railway will give a receipt for all Goods landed from Steamers, Ships, or Lighters, but notice must be given to the Railway by Consignors of all valuable, brittle, and hazardous Goods.

31. No claim for loss or damage will be allowed, unless specified in writing and made within two days after delivery, in case of partial loss or damage; or within seven days after the due time of delivery in case of total loss.

32. The Railway will refuse to receive for carriage any goods which in the judgment of their Agents may be of a dangerous nature; and senders of any Dangerous Articles will be held accountable for any damage arising therefrom, unless the contents shall have been declared at the time of delivery.

33. Fruit, Fish, Meat, Poultry, and any other Perishable Articles not taken away within six hours after arrival at the Station to which they are consigned, may be forthwith sold by auction or otherwise, without notice to Sender or Consignee; and payment or tender of the nett proceeds of any such sale, after deduction of freight and expenses, shall be accepted as equivalent to delivery.

34. All empties not taken away within one month after arrival, will be sold to defray expenses.

35. All Goods are received and will be held by the Railway subject to a general lien for money due, not only for the Carriage of such Goods, and for Wharfage and Warehouse or Storage rent, but also for any general balance that may be due from the Owner. And in case any Goods should not be claimed within three calendar months after their arrival at the Station to which they are consigned, they will be sold by auction or otherwise, and the proceeds applied to satisfaction of such general lien and expenses.

36. All Free Goods and Merchandise, not otherwise described, and all Luggage having arrived at its destination shall, if ready for delivery before noon, be removed by the Consignees from the platform and sheds or Railway premises before six o\'clock the same day, and all Free Goods and Merchandise, or Luggage, having arrived at its destination after noon, if ready for delivery before five o\'clock the same day, shall be removed by the Consignees from the platform and sheds or Railway premises before noon on the day following, if such day be not Sunday or a Public Holiday, and if such be the case, then the day after; and any Free Goods, Merchandise, or Luggage not removed by that time, may be stored at the risk and expense of the Consignees or Owners, and will become subject to a charge at the rate of Two Shillings per ton per week or fraction of a week, and any Dutiable Goods or Merchandise which shall have been examined and passed by the Customs during the forenoon, shall be removed by the Consignees from the platform and sheds or Railway premises before six, p.m., the same day, and Dutiable Goods or Merchandise which have been examined and passed by the Customs after noon and before five o\'clock the