THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 641

hire within the railway premises without a license in
writing from the Superintendent or other authorized
officer; and any person offending contrary to this
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 authorized by the Superin-
    tendent, 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 extin-
    guish any of the lamps, or otherwise damage any
    railway carriage, shall be liable to a penalty not ex-
    ceeding 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 jewel-
    lery, 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 ware-
    house, 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 done 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 perish-
    able 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, with-
    out notice to sender or consignee; and payment or
    tender of the net 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 sta-
    tion to which they are consigned, they will be sold
    by auction or otherwise, and the proceeds applied
    towards satisfaction of such general lien and ex-
    penses.

36. All free goods and merchandise, not otherwise
    described, and all luggage having arrived at its des-
    tination, shall, if ready for delivery before noon, be
    removed by the consignees from the platform and
    sheds or railway premises before 6 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 5 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 be-
    come 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
    6 p.m. the same day; and dutiable goods or merchan-
    dise which have been examined and passed by the
    Customs after noon and before 5 o'clock the 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 will be charged one shilling per
    ton for Customs examination.

38. Wool shall be subject to the same conditions
    respecting removal from the railway premises as
    general goods, but respecting storage shall be sub-
    ject 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 conditions 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 de-
    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