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a Station Master or other Railway Servant, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Two Pounds.

25. 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.

26. 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.

27. 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.

28. The Railway Department does not undertake to forward Horses and Carriages by any particular Train, or to transfer them on the journey by the connecting Train, where break of gauge occurs. The owners of Horses must provide means for securing them in the Horse-boxes. The Railway Department will not be accountable for injuries sustained through their breaking loose, or otherwise, nor will it undertake to carry unbroken or vicious Horses.

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 done 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, Marble, 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 done to any goods in their hands, as Carriers, or in their Warehouses, or on their Landing Places, arising from Fire, the Act of God, Civil Commotion, or Foreign Enemies; nor for the loss of or damage done to Goods put into Boxes, or Packages described as Empties; nor for damage done to 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; nor for any Goods left until called for, or to order, or warehoused for the convenience of the parties to whom they belong, or by or to whom they are consigned; nor will they bind themselves to forward Goods from any Station by the first succeeding Train, after being delivered to the Railway.

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, that due care may be observed in the loading, and in no case will the Railway be liable for the loss of such article.

33. Fruit, Fish, Meat, Poultry, and any other Perishable Articles, will only be carried at owner’s risk, and if 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 towards satisfaction of such general lien and expenses.

36. All Goods and Merchandise not otherwise described having arrived at its destination, shall be removed by the Consignees from the Platform and Sheds within twelve working hours. If not removed by that time, it 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 (minimum charge 6d for 5 cwt.) until the removal of the same from the Railway Premises.

37. All Bonded Goods will be subject to a charge of One Shilling per ton for Customs Examination; the Owners of such Goods will be liable for Storage in case of delay in passing entries, or of removal of same when passed for a Bonded Warehouse.