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same day, shall be removed before noon on
the following day, if such day be not Sunday,
or a Public Holiday, and if such be the case,
then the day after, and any Dutiable Goods
or Merchandise not removed within the time
aforesaid shall be subject to a charge of Two
Shillings per ton per week or fraction of a
week.

37. Bonded Goods shall be charged 1s. per
    ton for Customs examination.

38. Wool shall be subject to the same Con-
    ditions respecting Removal from the Railway
    Premises as General Goods, but respect-
    ing Storage shall be subject to a charge of
    One Shilling per bale per week or fraction
    of a week.

39. Coals, Slates, Stone, Bricks, Bar or Pig
    Iron, shall be subject to the same Condi-
    tions respecting Removal as General Goods,
    but respecting storage shall be subject to
    the charge of One Shilling only per ton per
    week or fraction of a week.

40. Timber shall be Removed from the
    Railway Premises within twelve working
    hours after the delivery of a Specification
    thereof to the Consignee, or if the Consignee
    be unknown, then within twelve working
    hours after the Specification be made
    out; and any Timber not removed within
    the period aforesaid shall be subject to the
    following charges in respect of the total
    pearing on the Specification, that is to say :

41. For every 25000 feet or part thereof, for
    the first week or fraction of a week, a sum of
    One Halfpenny per hundred feet; for the
    second week or fraction of a week a sum of
    One Penny per hundred feet; and for every
    succeeding week or fraction of a week a sum
    of Twopence per hundred feet.

42. Firewood, slabs, sawn or split posts and
    rails and other lumber shall be removed from
    the Railway premises within twelve working
    hours after delivery from the railway wagons,
    and if not so removed shall be subject to a
    charge of One Shilling per cord, or one hun-
    dred feet, as the case may be, for the first
    week or fraction of a week, and Two Shillings
    per cord or 100 feet as the case may be for
    the second and every succeeding week or
    fraction of a week. The Railway Depart-
    ment shall deliver Timber whenever practi-
    cable without stacking and before the Speci-
    fication thereof be made out.

43. Coals, Slates, Stone, Bricks, Bar and Pig
    Iron and Timber, after being unloaded
    from the railway wagons may remain on
    storage at any station, except those of
    Christchurch, Lyttelton and Addington, for
    forty-eight hours without storage being
    charged. After such time the same charges
    will be made as fixed in the proceeding Re-
    gulations, but goods unloaded from wagons
    at any siding where there is no shed or Sta-
    tionmaster, will be at the risk of the Ow-
    ner or Consignee of such goods.

44. Any Goods, Merchandise, or Luggage
    forwarded for Shipment, which shall not
    be taken delivery of by the Consignee with-
    in one hour after arrival in Lyttelton, and
    which shall not be shipped within that time,
    may be stored at the risk and expense
    of the Consignees or Owners, or may be
    kept in the railway wagons at the option of
    the Railway Department, and shall be sub-
    ject to a charge at the rate of Two Shillings
    per ton, per week or fraction of a week, but
    no Goods, Merchandise or Luggage forwarded
    for Shipment, shall be so charged, provided
    the ship shall be ready to receive the same,
    and load continuously, and with all dis-
    patch.

45. Any Goods, Merchandise or Luggage
    arriving at any Station which shall not be re-
    moved from the Railway Premises within
    the times before mentioned which relate to
    the several classes of Goods or Merchandise
    respectively, after one week's rent has
    accrued, may be forwarded to Christ-
    church, at the expense of the Consignee or
    Owner, and there stored at his risk and ex-
    pense.

46. Goods Addressed for Shipment.—The
    Railway will not be accountable for Merchan-
    dise after delivery from the Wharf or the
    Railway Wagon as the case may be.
    Merchandise to be Lightered will be de-
    livered to the Lighterman named by the
    Consignor; and if the Consignor should
    omit to name a Lighterman, or if the per-
    son named should fail to take possession of
    the Goods when required to do so, the
    Railway may engage the necessary Lighter-
    age at the cost and risk of the Consignor;
    or may warehouse the Goods at the ex-
    pense and risk of the Owner or Consignor.

47. All tolls and charges and warehousing
    charges must be paid immediately to the
    person duly authorised to receive the same.

N.B.—The above conditions apply to all
Parcels and Goods received by the Railways
at their respective Offices and Warehouses
wherever situate.

Made by the Deputy-Superintendent
with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council, and sealed with the
seal of the said Province this 27th day
of August, 1874.

THOS. WM. MAUDE,
Secretary for Public Works.

CHRISTCHURCH:
Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of Canterbury at the office
of the "Press" Company Limited, Cashel street, by W. H. SMITH, Official Printer for the time
being to the said Government.