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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

within or on any of the property or premises shall | only for the carriage of such goods, and for wharfage
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 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.

No article shall be sold on any railway premises
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 re-
freshment-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 re-
sponsible 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 com-
motion, 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 other-
wise.

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,
without notice to the sender or consignee; and pay-
ment 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

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 sold by auction or other-
wise, and the proceeds applied towards satisfaction
of such general lien and expenses.

All goods and merchandise, whether bonded or
free, and all luggage, having arrived at its destina-
tion, shall be removed by the consignees from the
platform and sheds within twelve working hours; and
any free goods, merchandise, or luggage not removed
by that time, may be stored at the risk and ex-
pense of the consignees or owners, and will become
subject to such charges as may from time to time
be fixed by the railway; and any bonded goods or
merchandise which shall not be removed within the
period aforesaid shall be subject to the payment of
the sum of two shillings per ton per day until the
removal of the same from the railway premises.

Any goods, merchandise, or luggage, arriving at
any station, which shall not be removed from the
railway premises within twelve working hours, may be
forwarded to the most convenient storing place at
the expense of the consignee or owner, and there
stored at his risk and expense.

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

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

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing Tolls, Rates, and Charges for Passengers, &c.,
on certain Railways in the Province of Otago.

NORMANBY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-fifth day of January, 1876.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS certain lines of railway, as described
in the First Schedule hereunder, have, under
the provisions of "The Immigration and Public
Works Act, 1870," and other Acts, been constructed
by the Governor in the Province of Otago: And
whereas an agreement has been made between the
Governor and the Superintendent of Otago, whereby
the Governor has granted the right to work and
maintain the said lines of railways to the Superinten-
dent of the said province: And whereas the Super-
intendent of the said province has, in exercise and
pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling him
in that behalf, made the tolls, fares, and charges for
passengers, animals, carriages, goods, merchandise,
minerals, articles, and things:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council thereof, and in exercise and pur-
suance of all powers and authorities enabling him in
this behalf, doth hereby make, approve of, allow, and
fix the tolls, fares, and charges for passengers, animals,
carriages, goods, merchandise, minerals, articles, and
things enumerated in the Second Schedule hereunder,
for the said lines of railway mentioned in the said
First Schedule.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Invercargill to Mataura Railway—Invercargill to
Mataura.