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36. All goods and merchandise not otherwise de-
    scribed, having arrived at its destination, shall be
    removed by the consignees from the platform and
    sheds within twelve working hours. If not removed
    by that time, it may be stored at the risk and ex-
    pense 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 (minimum charge
    sixpence for five cwt.) until the removal of the same
    from the railway premises.

37. All bonded goods will be subject to a charge
    of one shilling per ton for Customs examination; the
    owners of such goods will be liable for storage in
    case of delay in passing entries, or of removal of
    same when passed for a bonded warehouse.

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. Coal, slates, stone, bricks, bar or pig iron, at
    Christchurch, Lyttelton, and Addington, may remain
    on storage sixteen working hours, after which they
    shall be subject to the charge of one shilling per ton
    per week or fraction of a week, exclusive of stacking.

40. Cargoes of timber, palings, shingles, and
    lumber may remain on the railway premises at
    Lyttelton or Christchurch, after delivery of specifi-
    cation, free of charges, as follows :-

• 15,000 feet to 30,000 feet ... 2 days.
• 30,000 ... 50,000 ... 4 "
• 50,000 ... 100,000 ... 6 "
• 100,000 ... 150,000 ... 8 "
• 150,000 ... 200,000 ... 10 "
• 200,000 ... 300,000 ... 12 "
• 300,000 and upwards ... 14 "

After which a storage rental of two shillings per
foot frontage per week or fraction of a week will be
charged on ground occupied, such frontage to be
determined by measurement between the two ex-
tremes, and in no case will intermediate cleared space
be allowed for. To be stacked or stored in position
and form at the discretion of the Railway Depart-
ment. If, after commencing to discharge, cargo is
not sent on to destination as fast as the railway can
take it, such lost time will be taken into account in
the free storage allowance. The Railway Depart-
ment shall deliver timber, whenever practicable, before
the specification thereof be made out.

41. Firewood, timber, slabs, sawn or split posts
    and rails, and other lumber (except cargoes), shall
    be removed from the railway premises at Lyttelton,
    Christchurch, and Addington 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, exclusive
    of stacking.

42. Coals, slates, stone, bricks, bar and pig iron,
    and timber, after being unloaded from the railway
    wagons, may remain on storage at any station, other
    than Christchurch, Lyttelton, and Addington, for forty-
    eight working 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.

43. Any goods, merchandise, or luggage forwarded
    for shipment, which shall not be taken delivery of
    by the consignee within five working hours after
    arrival in Lyttelton, and which shall not be shipped
    within that time, may be stored at the risk of the
    consignees or owners, or may be kept in the railway

wagons at the option of the Railway Department,
for forty-eight working hours free of charge, after
which a charge for storage will be made at the rate
of two shillings and sixpence per ton per week or
fraction of a week, except for grain and other
agricultural produce, which shall be subject to a
charge of one shilling and sixpence per ton per week
or fraction of a week. In all cases a distinct charge
of one shilling and sixpence per ton will be made for
delivery of such goods, &c., not shipped within five
working hours after arrival.

44. Any goods, merchandise, or luggage arriving
    at any station which shall not be removed from the
    railway premises within the times before mentioned
    which relate to the several classes of goods or mer-
    chandise respectively, after one week's rent has
    accrued, may be forwarded to Christchurch, at the
    expense of the consignee or owner, and there stored
    at his risk and expense.

45. Goods addressed for Shipment. The railway
    will not be accountable for merchandise after delivery
    from the wharf or the railway wagon, as the case
    may be. Merchandise to be lightered will be de-
    livered to the lighterman named by the consignor;
    and if the consignor should omit to name a lighter-
    man, or if the person named should fail to take
    possession of the goods when required to do so, the
    railway may engage the necessary lighterage at the
    cost and risk of the consignor; or may warehouse
    the goods at the expense and risk of the owner or
    consignor.

46. All tolls and charges and warehousing charges
    must be paid immediately to the person duly author-
    ized to receive the same.

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

SCHEDULE.

North Line: Addington to Balcairn.
Rangiora-Oxford: Rangiora to Oxford.
South Line: Selwyn to Rangitata.
Rolleston-Malvern: Rolleston to Malvern.
Racecourse-Southbridge: Racecourse Junction to
Southbridge.
White Cliffs Branch Line: Hawkin's to White Cliffs.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Making and confirming By-Laws, Rules, and Regu-
lations on the Lines of Railway in New Zealand-
Waitara to Wanganui Railway-(Waitara to
New Plymouth).

NORMANBY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-sixth day of October, 1875.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR 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 line of railway mentioned and described in the
Second Schedule hereto has been constructed by
the Governor within the Colony of New Zealand :

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.