THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 683

ment of a carriage containing the full number of
persons which it is constructed to convey, except with
the consent of the persons in such carriage or com-
partment, and refusing to go out when requested by
the Guard or other officer of the railway to do so,
shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two pounds.

18. 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
    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.

19. No person shall, without the consent of the
    General Manager or other authorized officer, travel
    outside a carriage on any railway under any circum-
    stances, 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.

20. Loaded firearms are on no account to be taken
    into or placed upon any carriage, wagon, truck, or
    other vehicle forming or intended to form a train, or
    any portion of a train, on the railway; and every
    person so offending shall be liable to a penalty not
    exceeding five pounds.

21. 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.

22. 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.

23. 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.

24. 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.

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

26. If any person omit to shut and fasten any gate
    or slip panel set up at either side of the railway for
    the accommodation of the owners or occupiers of the
    adjoining lands, as soon as he and the carriage, cattle,
    or other animals under his care have passed through
    the same, he shall forfeit for every such offence any
    sum not exceeding two pounds.

27. Any person crossing or attempting to cross
    any level crossing with any cattle, horse, or other
    animal, or with a vehicle of any kind, when an
    approaching engine or train is in sight, or the whistle
    or bell can be heard at such crossing, shall be liable
    to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

28. Any person driving or attempting to drive
    vehicles, sheep, horses, cattle, or other animals across
    the railway, on the level, either at an authorized
    crossing-place or elsewhere, when an approaching
    train is in sight, or when otherwise warned, shall be
    liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

29. If any person pull down or injure any board
    put up or affixed for the purpose of publishing any

list of tolls or notices, or any mile-post, or shall
obliterate any of the letters, marks, or figures on
any such board or post, he shall forfeit for every
such offence a sum not exceeding five pounds.

30. The General Manager shall publish the short
    particulars of the several offences for which any
    penalty is imposed by these or any other by-laws of
    the railway, and of the amount of every such
    penalty, and shall cause such particulars to be
    painted on a board, or printed upon paper and pasted
    thereon, and shall cause such board to be hung up or
    affixed on some conspicuous part of the principal
    station of the railway; and, where any such
    penalties are of local application, shall cause such
    boards to be affixed in some conspicuous place in
    the immediate neighbourhood to which such penalties
    are applicable or have reference; and such particu-
    lars shall be renewed as often as the same or any
    part thereof is obliterated or destroyed.

31. 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 removal
    from such carriage or station as soon as shall be
    practicable.

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

33. 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 Clerk or other railway
    servant, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding
    two pounds.

34. Any person, unless authorized by the General
    Manager, 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.

35. 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 ex-
    tinguish 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.

36. No article shall be sold on any railway pre-
    mises without the consent of the General Manager;
    and every person offending against the provisions of
    this section shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five
    pounds.

37. All persons employed on or about the railway
    or wharf are strictly prohibited from using the re-
    freshment-room; and every such person partaking
    of intoxicating liquor at such refreshment-room will
    be liable to instant dismissal.

38. Any person attending upon the refreshment-
    room who shall supply an employé on or about the
    railway or wharf with intoxicating liquor, shall be
    liable to a penalty not exceeding two pounds, and
    shall be dismissed from his employment.

Merchandise.

39. Neither Her Majesty the Queen nor the lessee
    of any railway will be accountable for any articles
    unless the same be signed for as received by some
    clerk or agent; nor will they, or any of them, be re-