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Water Cranes at his Station, so as to prevent
the freezing of such cranes.

Tail Ropes.
103. At Stations where there is Goods Traffic
one or more Tail Ropes must be kept for the use
of the Station.

No injured
Vehicle to
inspected.
104. Whenever any vehicle has received
injury, however slight in appearance, by getting
off the line or otherwise, it must not be allowed
to continue in traffic until it has been inspected
and pronounced safe by the Inspector of Rolling
Stock or his deputy.

Give notice
of extra
carriage
accommoda-
tion re-
quired.
105. Station Clerks must give ten days' notice
at least, to the Manager, of great Markets,
Show-days, Races, &c., in the neighbourhood
of their Stations, that extra accommodation
may be provided.

Making
reports or
complaints.
106. Whenever any Goods or Station Clerk
has any complaints or remarks to make what-
ever, they must be made on the back of the
Goods and Passengers Returns.

Report in
writing.
107. Any subject of importance must always
be communicated immediately in writing.

Cleaning
Horse
Boxes, &c.
108. Horse Boxes, Cattle and Sheep Wagons,
must be thoroughly cleaned immediately after
being used.

Use slings
for lifting
wet casks,
&c.
109. Slings must be invariably used when
lifting by crane wet casks, such as wine,
spirits, oil, &c., and also for boxed carriages
Cant or dog or other bulky packages. Cant or dog hooks
hooks may may be used for dry casks and other solid
dry casks, packages.
&c.

Careful
loading,
securing and
sheeting.
110. The LOADING, SECURING, and SHEETING
of goods, timber, &c., should be done so as to
prevent the possibility of anything falling off or
extending beyond the proper limit, and the
goods should be sheeted so as to prevent the
possibility of fire. The GREATEST CARE is ne-
cessary in this particular, as improper loading
is likely not only to cause serious damage to the
Rolling Stock or the works of the Line, but
may occasion accident to subsequent trains from
articles falling off and forming obstructions.
Round timber must be specially secured. Goods
must be loaded in such a manner that they may
not be damaged by concussion or chafing. All
casks of spirits or other liquids must be blocked
tightly.

Loading
trucks, dis-
tribute
weight.
Five tons
maximum
load.
111. Trucks must be loaded in such a manner
as to distribute the weight of the load as equally
as possible between the four wheels. The MAXI-
MUM LOAD allowed for any Truck or Wagon is
FIVE TONS.

Carding
Trucks.
112. Every Truck or Wagon, as soon as
loaded, must have a card affixed, with number
of truck, destination, and date, and which must
always be removed as soon as a truck is un-
loaded.

No large
Packages
allowed in
Passenger
Carriage.
113. No Package is to be allowed to be taken
into any carriage which cannot be put under
the seat occupied by the Passenger.

Delivery of
Parcels and
Luggage.
114. The Clerk must see that the Guard de-
livers all Parcels, Luggage, &c., to the Porters
appointed to take charge of them.

Searching
Carriages.
115. A man must be told off for the duty of
Searching the Carriages of all Trains imme-
diately on arrival at their destination.

Conveyance
of Mails.
116. Every Station Clerk must see the Mails
properly sorted and sent off from his Station.
He must also receive all Mails and see that
no mistakes take place. Station Clerks will
be held responsible for any mistakes that may
occur.

Smoking
forbidden.
117. Smoking is strictly prohibited in any
covered part of the Railway Premises, or in
Carriages other than those appointed for the
purpose, and gaming or games of chance are
forbidden.

118. No person can be allowed to ride on Nobody to
     Railway Wagons, either empty or loaded, or ride on
     Goods or Passenger Vans, except by special in Vans.
     permission of the Manager.
119. No Fire must be allowed in or near any No Fire
     of the Stations or Buildings, except in the allowed at
     regular fireplaces. Any person lighting or Stations.
     allowing a fire to be so lit will be fined.
120. All Letters and Parcels, except Money, Mode of con-
     must be placed by the Clerk at each Station veyance of
     in the Guard's Van, and in the Box provided Letters, &c.
     for that purpose, and in that portion marked
     with the name of the Station for which such
     Letter or Parcel is intended. On the arrival
     of every Train the Clerk must see what Letters
     are in the Box for his Station, and must
     deposit in their respective Boxes the Letters,
     &c., for other Stations. A Box will be put in
     the Guard's Van for the conveyance of all
     letters and moneys to the Head Office.
121. All Clerks are to report any Driver Report
     going at rapid speed through Points or over Driver going
     Turn-tables. quickly over
     Points and
122. Station Clerks are required to see that Turn-tables.
     Sanding
     the Rails are sanded in slippery weather, so as Rails in
     to prevent the Engine slipping.
     slippery
     weather.
123. All small Packages are to be put into Small
     the Guard's Van and locked up by the Guard, Packages to
     and a separate Way-bill, entitled "Van Way- be locked up
     bill," must be made out for everything in the in Guard's
     Van. Van.
124. Each Guard must make a Report on Guard's
     Running Sheet showing cause of delay, if any, dailyReport.
     and noting late starts. These Reports are to Inquiry into
     be sent to the Head Office, and, if the Guard Reports
     reports delays caused by Engine-driver, the against
     Locomotive Foreman will make searching in- the Driver.
     quiries into the cause, and report the same to
     the Head of his Department.
125. The Chief Clerk will attend to all irregu- Chief Clerk.
     larities on the part of the Traffic Department.
126. Lost Luggage, not previously claimed, Lost Lug-
     must be forwarded by first Train on the Mon-gage.
     day morning next after the day on which it
     was found, to the Manager, together with a
     List giving full particulars relative to each
     article, accompanied by a Way - bill, which
     must be given to the Guard with the Luggage.
     Lost Luggage Register Books are kept at the
     Stations, into which particulars of every article
     found must be entered, immediately on its
     delivery to the Station Clerk. Any person
     making application for lost Luggage must give
     the date, Train, and full description of the lost
     property, before he is allowed to see it, should
     it be in the Railway's possession. On deliver-
     ing it up, a Luggage Delivery Note must be
     signed by the party receiving the articles. All
     lost Luggage which has been claimed, when not
     properly addressed, or which is merchandise, or
     lost through the carelessness of the passenger,
     must be returned to the owner, the regular
     charges being made upon it. When Luggage
     has been mis-sent, or lost, through the careless-
     ness of the Railway Servants, it must be
     returned free of charge.

INSPECTORS OF THE LINE.
127. The Line Inspectors must take obser- Subjects to
vations, make inquiries, and render reports to report on.
the Manager as to the following matters:-
(1.) Proper use of Signals.
(2.) Signalling of Trains at Stations.
(3.) Signalling by Gatekeepers.
(4.) Maintenance of proper intervals be-
tween Trains at Stations.