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40. Timber shall be removed from the railway | and goods received by the railways at their respective
    premises within twelve working hours after the de- | offices and warehouses, wherever situate.
    livery 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 afore-
    said shall be subject to the following charges in
    respect of the total appearing on the specification,
    that is to say,-

41. For every 25,000 feet or part thereof, for the
    first week or fraction of a week, a sum of one half-
    penny 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 hundred feet, as the case may be, for the first
    week or fraction of a week; and two shillings per
    cord, or one hundred feet, as the case may be, for the
    second and every succeeding week or fraction of a
    week. The Railway Department shall deliver timber
    whenever practicable without stacking, and before
    the specification 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 Adding-
    ton, for forty-eight hours without storage being
    charged. After such time, the same charges will be
    made as fixed in the preceding regulations; but
    goods unloaded from wagons at any siding where
    there is no shed or Station Master, will be at the risk
    of the owner or consignee of such goods.

44. Any goods, merchandise, or luggage forwarded
    for shipment, which shall not be taken delivery of
    by the consignee within 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 subject 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
    despatch.

45. Any goods, merchandise, or luggage arriving
    at any station which shall not be removed from the
    railway premises within the times before mentioned
    which relate to the several classes of goods or mer-
    chandise respectively, after one week's rent has
    accrued, may be forwarded to Christchurch, at the
    expense of the consignee or owner, and there stored
    at his risk and expense.

46. Goods addressed for Shipment.—The railway
    will not be accountable for merchandise after delivery
    from the wharf or the railway wagon, as the case
    may be. Merchandise to be lightered will be delivered
    to the lighterman named by the consignor; and if
    the consignor should omit to name a lighterman, or
    if the person named should fail to take possession of
    the goods when required to do so, the railway may
    engage the necessary lighterage at the cost and risk
    of the consignor; or may warehouse the goods at the
    expense and risk of the owner or consignor.

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

N.B.—The above conditions apply to all parcels

R. I. S. HARMAN,
Deputy Superintendent.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rules and Regulations of the Selwyn and Ashburton
Railway.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
tenth day of September, 1874.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHER EAS a line of railway has, under the pro-
visions of "The Immigration and Public
Works Act, 1870," and other Acts, been constructed
by the Governor in the Province of Canterbury from
Selwyn Station to the Town of Ashburton: And
whereas an agreement has been made between the
Governor and the Superintendent of Canterbury
whereby the Governor has granted the right to work
and maintain the said line of railway to the Super-
intendent of the said province: And whereas the
Superintendent of the said province has, under the
Public Seal of the said province, and in exercise and
pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling him
in that behalf, made the by-laws, orders, rules, and
regulations hereto annexed for the following pur-
poses, that is to say,---

For regulating the mode by which, and the
speed at which, carriages using the said rail-
way are to be moved or propelled.

For regulating the times of the arrival and de-
parture of any such carriages.

For regulating the loading or unloading of such
carriages, and the weights which they are
respectively to carry.

For regulating the receipt and delivery of goods
and other things which are to be conveyed
upon such carriages.

For preventing the smoking of tobacco and the
commission of any other nuisance in or upon
such carriages, or in any of the stations or
premises occupied by the Superintendent in
connection with the said railway.

And generally for regulating the travelling upon
or using and working of the said railway.

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council thereof, and in exercise and pur-
suance of all powers and authorities enabling him in
this behalf, doth hereby make, and doth approve of,
allow, and confirm, the by-laws, rules, and regula-
tions hereto annexed as the by-laws, rules and
regulations to be in force with regard to the said
line of railway from Selwyn Station to Ashburton
for the purposes aforesaid.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

By-laws, Rules, and Regulations for regulating the
Travelling upon and using of that portion of the
South Line from Selwyn to Ashburton.

PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

1. No person will be admitted to the booking
   office at any station whilst the door is closed for
   making up and despatching any train; and no
   passenger will be allowed to take his or her seat in
   or upon any carriage used on the railway, or to
   travel therein upon the railway, without first having
   paid his or her fare and obtained a ticket.