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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

the several Acts amending the same, and other Acts,
a line of railway has been constructed by the
Governor in the Province of Otago, from Invercargill
to the Town of Woodlands, being part of the line to
be constructed from Invercargill to Mataura:
And whereas under the provisions of the said
hereinbefore mentioned Acts and the enactments
incorporated 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-
way 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 General Manager in
connection with the said railway.
And generally, for regulating the travelling upon
and using and working the said railway.
And whereas it is expedient that Regulations and
By-laws should be made in respect of the said line
of railway:
Now therefore, His Excellency the Administrator
of the Government of New Zealand, with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council thereof, and in
exercise and pursuance of all powers and authorities
enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby make the
By-laws, Rules, and Regulations hereto annexed, as
the By-laws, Rules, and Regulations to be in force
with regard to the said line of railway from Inver-
cargill to Woodlands, for the purposes aforesaid.

BY-LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS FOR REGULAT-
ING THE TRAVELLING UPON AND USING OF THE
RAILWAY IN THE SAID PROVINCE.

Passenger Traffic.

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.

Tickets will be issued conditionally—that is to
say, in case there shall be room in the train for all the
passengers to whom tickets shall have been issued.
If there shall not be room for all such passengers, the
holders of periodical tickets shall have the priority
over owners of return and single tickets, and the fare
will be returned, on application to the Station Master,
to the holders of such return and single tickets as
shall be unable to obtain seats.

If any person travel or attempt to travel in any
carriage on the railway without having previously
paid his fare, and with intent to avoid payment
thereof; or if any person, having paid his fare for a
certain distance, knowingly and wilfully proceed in
any such carriage beyond such distance without pre-
viously paying the additional fare for the additional
distance, and with intent to evade payment thereof;
or if any person knowingly and wilfully refuse or
neglect, on arriving at the point to which he has paid
his fare, to quit such carriage, every such person shall
for every such offence be liable to a penalty not ex-
ceeding forty shillings.

Tickets are not transferable; and any person
using or attempting to use a transferred ticket, or a
ticket the time for the proper use of which has ex-
pired, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five
pounds.

Any person knowingly, and with intent to de-
fraud, travelling upon the railway in a carriage of a
superior class to that for which he is provided with a
ticket, or altering a return or other ticket, shall be
liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

Tickets, whether single or return, shall be used
by passengers only to convey them to the station
named thereon, or to a station short of that destina-
tion. In no case, however, shall any "cheap excur-
sion" ticket be used for any other station than that
for which such ticket is issued. Any person using
or attempting to use a ticket in violation of the pro-
vision of this section, shall be liable to a penalty not
exceeding two pounds.

No person will be allowed to break his journey
by stopping at any intermediate station, and there-
after proceeding by a subsequent train with the same
ticket, under a penalty not exceeding two pounds.

Any person, not duly authorized by the Super-
intendent, who shall sell or offer for sale any free pass
ticket or portion of a return ticket, shall be liable to
a penalty not exceeding two pounds.

No male passenger shall be allowed to enter
any waiting-room or carriage set apart for the accom-
modation of females; and any person remaining in
any such room or carriage after being warned to leave
the same, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding
two pounds.

Any person, not being a railway servant, who
shall open any carriage for the purpose of entering
the same after the tickets have been examined and the
carriage doors locked by the person appointed for
If any person be discovered either in or after
committing or attempting to commit such offence as
in the preceding clause mentioned, all officers and
servants and other persons on behalf of the Superin-
tendent, and all constables, gaolers, and peace officers,
may lawfully apprehend and detain such person until
he can be conveniently taken before some Justice,
or until he be otherwise discharged by due course
of law.

No return or periodical ticket will be available
for special trains.

Every passenger, on arriving at the station for
which he or she may have taken a ticket, or to or
from which he or she may hold a periodical ticket,
shall quit the station and premises of the railway;
and no person shall be allowed to loiter about the
stations, wharf, or premises, or any part thereof; and
if any passenger or other person shall refuse to quit
the station, wharf, or premises aforesaid, on being
requested so to do by any Station Master or any
servant attached to the railway or wharf, such pas-
senger or person may be expelled by such Station
Master or other servant as aforesaid from the railway
premises.

No gunpowder or other explosive or dangerous
material shall be carried by any passenger train.

Each passenger, on paying his fare, will be fur-
nished with a ticket, which he is to show whenever
required by any Station Master or authorized Porter,
or by the Guard in charge of the train; and if it be
a return ticket, he must allow it to be marked when
required; and every ticket (whether single, return, or
periodical) must be delivered up on demand of any
Porter or servant authorized to collect tickets. Single
tickets not used on the day of issue, or a return ticket
not used within the prescribed time, shall be deemed
to be cancelled. Any person offending against the
provisions of this regulation shall be liable to a penalty
not exceeding five pounds.

Tickets are not transferable; and any person
using or attempting to use a transferred ticket, or a
ticket the time for the proper use of which has ex-
pired, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five
pounds.

Any person knowingly, and with intent to de-
fraud, travelling upon the railway in a carriage of a
superior class to that for which he is provided with a
ticket, or altering a return or other ticket, shall be
liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

Tickets, whether single or return, shall be used
by passengers only to convey them to the station
named thereon, or to a station short of that destina-
tion. In no case, however, shall any "cheap excur-
sion" ticket be used for any other station than that
for which such ticket is issued. Any person using
or attempting to use a ticket in violation of the pro-
vision of this section, shall be liable to a penalty not
exceeding two pounds.

No person will be allowed to break his journey
by stopping at any intermediate station, and there-
after proceeding by a subsequent train with the same
ticket, under a penalty not exceeding two pounds.

Any person, not duly authorized by the Super-
intendent, who shall sell or offer for sale any free pass
ticket or portion of a return ticket, shall be liable to
a penalty not exceeding two pounds.

No male passenger shall be allowed to enter
any waiting-room or carriage set apart for the accom-
modation of females; and any person remaining in
any such room or carriage after being warned to leave
the same, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding
two pounds.

Any person, not being a railway servant, who
shall open any carriage for the purpose of entering
the same after the tickets have been examined and the
carriage doors locked by the person appointed for