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SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND
GAZETTE
OF THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1877.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1877.

By-laws on the New Zealand Railways.

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
seventeenth day of April, 1877.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the power and authority vested in
him by the one hundred and forty-fifth section
of "The Public Works Act, 1876," and of all other
powers and authorities in any wise enabling him, His
Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council thereof, doth hereby make the
following By-laws, and doth declare that the same
shall come into force on the several lines of railway
in New Zealand from the day of the date hereof, and
shall be in lieu of the By-laws and Regulations
relating to the same subject at present in force on
such railways respectively:----

BY-LAWS.

1. In the interpretation of these By-laws, the
   word "Minister" shall mean Minister for Public
   Works appointed in accordance with "The Public
   Works Act, 1876." The term "Engineer-in-Chief"
   shall mean the Engineer-in-Chief appointed under
   "The Public Works Act, 1876." The term "General
   Manager" shall mean the person who shall be General
   Manager of the railway, in accordance with the pro-
   visions of "The Railways Regulation and Inspection
   Act, 1873." The word "railway" shall mean and
   include any lines of railway within the meaning of
   "The Public Works Act, 1876." The term "goods"
   shall mean goods and chattels of every description,
   including live animals.

2. No person will be admitted to the booking office
   at any station whilst the door is closed for making
   up and despatching any train; and no person will
   be allowed to take a seat in or upon any carriage
   used on the railway, or to travel therein upon the
   railway, without first having paid the fare, and
   obtained a ticket.

3. Any person wilfully altering or defacing a
   ticket, so as to render the date, number, or any
   material portion thereof illegible, shall be liable to
   a penalty not exceeding ten pounds, and shall, in
   addition, be liable to pay the fare from the station
   whence the train originally started.

4. Tickets will be issued conditionally-that is to
   say, in case there shall be room in the train for all
   the passengers to whom tickets shall have been
   issued. If there shall not be room for all such pas-
   sengers, the holders of periodical tickets shall have
   priority over holders of return and single tickets,
   and the fare will be returned, on application to the
   Station Clerk, to the holders of such return and
   single tickets as shall be unable to obtain seats.

5. If any person travel or attempt to travel in any
   carriage on the railway without having previously
   paid his fare, and with intent to evade payment
   thereof; or if any person, having paid the fare for a
   certain distance, knowingly and wilfully proceed in
   any such carriage beyond such distance without
   previously paying the additional fare for the addi-
   tional distance, and with intent to evade payment
   thereof; or if any person knowingly and wilfully
   refuse or neglect, on arriving at the point to which
   the fare has been paid, to quit such carriage, every
   such person shall for every such offence be liable to
   a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

6. If any person commit such offence as in the
   preceding clause mentioned, all officers and servants
   and other persons on behalf of the General Manager,
   and all constables, gaolers, and peace officers, may
   lawfully apprehend and detain such person until he
   can be conveniently taken before some Justice, or
   until he be otherwise discharged by due course of law.

7. No return or periodical ticket will be available
   for special or for excursion trains, except when the
   ordinary time-table is suspended. Return tickets
   are available within distances of 50 miles on the day
   of issue only; above 50 miles and within 100 miles,
   until the end of the next day after issue; above 100
   miles, until the end of the next day but one after
   issue. Ordinary single tickets issued on Saturdays
   and Sundays are available as return tickets until the