THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 831

of the lamps, or otherwise damage any railway car-
riage, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five
pounds, in addition to the payment of the amount of
damage done.
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.
All persons employed on or about the railway or
wharf are strictly prohibited from using the refresh-
ment-room; and every such person partaking of
intoxicating liquor at such refreshment-room will be
liable to instant dismissal.
Any person attending upon the refreshment-room
who shall supply an employee on or about the rail-
way or wharf with intoxicating liquor, shall be liable
to a penalty not exceeding two pounds, and shall be
dismissed from their service.

Merchandise.

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 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 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
reason of accidental or unavoidable delays in transit
or otherwise.

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.

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.

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 the 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.

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

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 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 satis-
faction of such general lien and expenses.

All goods and merchandise, whether bonded or free, and all luggage, having arrived at its destination,
shall be removed by the consignees from the plat-
form and sheds within twelve working hours; 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 such charges as may from time to time be fixed by
the railway; and any bonded goods or merchandise
which shall not be removed within the period afore-
said, shall be subject to the payment of the sum of
two shillings per ton per day until the removal of
the same from the railway premises.

Any goods, merchandise, or luggage arriving at any
station, which shall not be removed from the railway
premises within twelve working hours, may be for-
warded to Dunedin or Port Chalmers at the expense
of the consignee or owner, and there stored at his
risk and expense.

N.B.—The above conditions apply to all parcels
and goods received by the railway at their respective
offices and warehouses, wherever situate.

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

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Making and confirming By-Laws, Rules, and Regu-
lations on the Lines of Railway in New Zealand.

Napier to Waipukurau Railway—Spit to Hastings.

NORMANBY,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fifteenth day of December, 1874.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS under the provisions of "The Immi-
gration and Public Works Act, 1870," and
the several Acts amending the same, and other Acts,
the lines of railway mentioned and described in the
Second Schedule hereto have been constructed by
the Governor within the Colony of New Zealand:

And whereas under the provisions of the said herein-
before mentioned Acts and the enactments incor-
porated therewith, the Governor in Council is
empowered to make Regulations and By-laws for
the following purposes, that is to say,–

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

For regulating the times of the arrival and
departure 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 railways.

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

And whereas it is expedient that the Regulations
and By-laws as contained and set forth in the First
Schedule hereto should be made in respect of the
said railways:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Administrator
of the Government of New Zealand, with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council thereof, and in