THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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within or on any of the property or premises, shall be
subject to a penalty not exceeding two pounds.
26. 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.
27. 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.
28. The Railway Department does not undertake
to forward horses and carriages by any particular
train, or to transfer them on the journey by the con-
necting train, where break of gauge occurs. The
owners of horses must provide means for securing
them in the horse-boxes. The Railway Department
will not be accountable for injuries sustained through
their breaking loose, or otherwise, nor will it under-
take to carry unbroken or vicious horses.

Merchandise.

29. 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 done 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, marble, 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 with the Station Master,
    or other responsible person in charge, for the same;
    nor for any loss or damage done to any goods in their
    hands as carriers, or in their warehouses, or on their
    landing-places, arising from fire, the act of God, civil
    commotion, or foreign enemies; nor for the loss of or
    damage done to goods put into boxes or packages de-
    scribed as empties; nor for damage done to 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; nor for any goods left until called for,
    or to order, or warehoused for the convenience of
    the parties to whom they belong, or by or to whom
    they are consigned; nor will they bind themselves to
    forward goods from any station by the first succeed-
    ing train after being delivered to the railway.
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, that due
    care may be observed in the loading, and in no case
    will the railway be liable for the loss of such article.
33. Fruit, fish, meat, poultry, and any other perish-
    able articles will only be carried at owner's risk, and,
    if not taken away within six hours after arrival at the

station to which they are consigned, may be forthwith
sold, by auction or otherwise, without notice to sender
or consignee; and payment or tender of the net pro-
ceeds 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 satis-
faction of such general lien and expenses.
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.