THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 7

that purpose, or who shall let himself out of any
carriage, or attempt to do so, at any station or at
any time during the journey, by the use of a private
key or other instrument, shall be liable to a penalty
not exceeding two pounds.

No person shall, without the consent of the
Superintendent or other authorized officer, travel
outside of a carriage on any railway under any cir-
cumstances, or get into or upon or quit any railway
carriage when the train is in motion; and any person
doing so, or attempting to do so, shall be liable to a
penalty not exceeding two pounds.

Smoking is strictly prohibited in any of the
railway sheds, offices, or waiting-rooms; and any
person found so smoking shall be liable to a penalty
not exceeding two pounds.

Smoking is strictly prohibited in any railway
carriage except those set apart for the purpose; and
any person found smoking in a carriage not set apart
for the purpose shall forfeit a penalty not exceeding
two pounds, and may be removed from the carriage
by any railway servant.

Dogs will be conveyed and charged for accord-
ing to printed conditions, but will not on any account
be allowed to accompany passengers in the carriages.
Any person persisting in taking a dog into a passenger
carriage shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding
two pounds.

No gratuity shall be, under any circumstances,
allowed to be received by a railway servant, on pain
of dismissal. Any person giving or offering a gratuity
to any such servant shall be liable to a penalty not
exceeding two pounds.

Any person making use of insulting or abusive
language to any railway officer or servant while in
the execution of his duty, or making use of indecent
or blasphemous language in any carriage or upon
any railway platform or premises, shall be liable to a
penalty not exceeding five pounds.

Any person in 'or upon any railway carriage or
station, being in a state of intoxication, or committing
any nuisance, or gambling, or wilfully interfering
with the comfort of any passenger, shall be liable to
a penalty not exceeding five pounds, and to re-
moval from such carriage or station as soon as shall
be practicable.

Any person driving or attempting to drive
sheep, horses, cattle, or other animals across the rail-
way, either at an authorized crossing-place or else-
where, when an approaching train is in sight, shall be
liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

No driver or conductor of any cab, hackney car-
riage, omnibus, express, or other public vehicle, shall
ply for hire within the railway premises without a
license in writing from the Superintendent or other
authorized officer; and any person offending con-
trary to this section shall be liable to a penalty not
exceeding five pounds.

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 such 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.

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.

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
exceeding five pounds, in addition to the payment of
the amount of damage done.

No article shall be sold on any railway pre-
mises 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 employé 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
leakage; nor for any loss or damage whatsoever by
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 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 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