THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 849

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 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
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
    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 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 six 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 five 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 become
    subject to a charge at the rate of two shillings per
    ton per week or fraction of a week, excepting grain,
    which shall be subject to a charge of one shilling 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 of railway premises before six p.m. the
same day; and dutiable goods or merchandise, which
have been examined and passed by the Customs
after noon and before five 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 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 conditions respecting
    removal as general goods, but respecting storage
    shall be subject to the charge of one shilling 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: *

On cargoes—for every 25,000 feet or fractional
part of 25,000 feet, per 100 feet superficial on quan-
tity stated in specification—

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Week. Week. Week. Week.
First 25,000 feet or less, ½d. 1d. 1d. 1d.
Second 25,000 „ „ ½d. ½d. 1d. 1d.
Third 25,000 „ „ ½d. ½d. ½d. 1d.
Fourth 25,000 „ „ ½d. ½d. ½d. ½d.

and for every additional 100 feet above 100,000 feet
to pay ½d. per 100 feet per week for the first four
weeks. Every succeeding week, 2d. per 100 feet per
week on total quantity as stated in the specification.

41. 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 every succeeding
    week or fraction of a week.

42. 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 Addington, 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 shil-
    lings per ton per week or fraction of a week, except-
    ing grain, which shall be subject to a charge of one
    shilling per ton per week or fraction of a week; but