488 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 30

room every morning, cleaned and trimmed,
and not replaced until required. Station-
masters and others having Signals under their
care must frequently inspect the fixed Signal-
Lamps, and satisfy themselves that they are
at all times in good working order, and that
the glasses and reflectors are well cleaned.

175. At Stations where Roof-Lamps are sup- Roof-lamps,
     plied to Trains, Stationmasters must see that cleaning and
     the Lamps are properly cleaned and trimmed, care of.
     and that no smoky, defective, or badly-burning
     Lamp is placed in the Train. At intermediate
     Stations where Roof-Lamps are provided,
     Stationmasters must take care that the Lamps
     are examined on arrival of Train, and that any
     that may have gone out, or be burning badly,
     are replaced by newly-trimmed Lamps.

176. At every Station where there is no ap- Where no ap-
     pointed Signalman, one of the Porters must pointed signal-
     be specially assigned to attend to the working man, a porter
     of the Signals, and be responsible for the cor- to have signal
     rectness of the Signals during the hours this duties assigned
     duty is assigned to him, or until he is relieved. to him.

177. All Porters at a Station must be placed Porters to be
     in charge of Signals in rotation (unless the in charge of Signals in rotation (unless the placed in charge
     Stationmaster considers any of them unfit for of signals by
     that particular duty), so that every one may rotation.
     be thoroughly exercised with the working of
     the Signals.

178. If a Stationmaster should neglect to Stationmaster
     assign the duties of Signalman to proper per- responsible for
     sons he will be held personally responsible. signalman.

179. If the Officer in charge of an inter- Where no porter
     mediate Station should be without a Porter stationmaster
     or other assistant, he will be personally respon- to do signal
     sible for the correctness of the Signals at all duties.
     times.

180. Horse-boxes, Cattle and Sheep Wagons, Horse-boxes,
     must be thoroughly cleansed after being used. &c., must be
     cleaned.

181. The Weighing Machines and Weigh- Weighing
     bridges must be kept clean, the knife-edges machines to be
     and such parts must be slightly greased or kept clean.
     blackleaded, and the steelyard or other indi-
     cator kept bright, so that the letters and
     figures thereon may be legible. Each machine
     must be balanced ready for work the first
     thing every morning. Machines which have
     a brake-lever or other ungearing apparatus
     must be kept out of gear except when weigh-
     ing.

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

183. Slings must invariably be used when Slings, when to
     lifting by Crane wet casks, such as wine, use.
     spirits, oil, &c., and also for boxed carriages,
     or other bulky packages. Cant- or Dog-hooks
     may be used for dry casks and other solid
     packages.

184. The Loading, Securing, and Sheeting Loading, secur-
     of goods, timber, &c., should be done so as to ing, &c.
     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 Greatest care to
     necessary in this particular, to prevent damage be exercised.
     to the Rolling-Stock, or accident to subsequent
     Trains. When Timber Trucks are used they
     must be so loaded that the bolsters will work
     free. Goods must be loaded in such a manner
     that they will not be damaged by concussion
     or chafing; all casks of spirits or other liquids
     must be blocked tightly.

185. Trucks must be loaded in such a man- Weight to be
     ner as to distribute the weight of the load as distributed in
     equally as possible over the four wheels. The trucks.
     maximum load allowed for any Truck is Five
     Tons.

186. No Package is allowed to be taken Small packages
     into any Carriage which cannot be put under only to be taken
     the seat occupied by the Passenger. Any in carriage.
     small articles which the Passenger may wish
     to have put in the Carriage should be carried
     there by the Porter at once.

187. On receiving Luggage from Passengers Passengers to
     when they arrive at the Station, the Porter in claim luggage.
     attendance must explain to the Passengers
     that they will require to claim their luggage,
     and see it labelled correctly on the platform
     after they have taken their Tickets. The
     label to be pasted on the side, and covering
     old labels.

188. The Stationmaster must see that the Delivery of
     Guards deliver all parcels, luggage, &c., to the parcels, &c.
     Porters appointed for them.

189. Inquiries by Telegraph are to be Missing luggage
     promptly made for missing luggage, to be paid to be carefully
     for by Passenger if astray through his neglect, searched for.
     but free if through the neglect of Railway
     Servants. An immediate and thorough search
     should also be made throughout the offices,
     warehouses, &c., for missing luggage.

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

191. Luggage wrongly put out should be Lost luggage to
     sent by the following Train to its destination, be carried free.
     to be entered on way-bill "free," as luggage
     miscarried, and the address on luggage and
     the Train by which it was miscarried specified.

192. Lost Luggage not previously claimed Lost luggage to
     must be forwarded to the Manager by first be sent to
     Train on Monday morning next after the day manager.
     on which it was found, 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 Register-books
     Luggage Register-Books are kept at the to be kept at
     Stations, into which particulars of every stations.
     article found must be entered immediately
     on its delivery to the Stationmaster. Any
     person making application for Lost Luggage
     must give the date, Train, and full particulars
     of the lost property before he is allowed to
     see it, should it be in possession of the Rail-
     way. On delivering it up a Luggage Delivery-
     note must be signed by the party delivering
     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
     on it.

193. Where the luggage found bears an ad- Luggage found
     dress, the Station to which it is directed should with address,
     station to be
     be advised: where there is no address, every advised.
     label or other mark should be carefully re-
     corded.

194. No person can be allowed to ride on No person to
     Railway Wagons, either empty or loaded, or ride except in
     in any Goods or Passenger Van, except by carriage.
     special authority of Manager.

195. No Fire must be allowed in or near Fires to be
     any of the Stations or Buildings, except in the allowed only in
     regular fireplaces.
     regular fire-
     places.

196. All Stationmasters are to report any Report driver
     Driver going at rapid speed through turn- going quickly
     outs or over turntables.
     through
     outs.

197. Stationmasters are required to see that Sanding rails
     rails are sanded in slippery weather, so as to in slippery
     prevent the Engine slipping.
     weather.

198. Before removing any Travelling Crane Travelling crane
     the person in charge of it must see that the to be secured
     jib is properly lowered and secured, and so before removal.
     fixed that it will pass under the gauge; and
     when it has to be removed by the Train it
     must, when practicable, be so placed that the
     jib will point to the rear of the Train.

199. When a Crane is working, whereby the When a crane
     jib or any portion of it fouls or obstructs any fouls line, to be
     part of the rails in use for traffic purposes, or protected by
     whenever by any possibility, during the loading signal.
     of timber, iron, or other lengthy articles, the
     Main Line may be fouled, it is incumbent on
     the person in charge of the loading to obtain
     the sanction of the Stationmaster and Signal-
     man, and to see that proper signals are exhi-
     bited until the operation is completed.

200. Smoking is strictly prohibited on Plat- Smoking pro-
     forms or any covered part of the Railway pre- hibited.
     mises, or in any Carriages other than those
     appointed for the purpose; and gaming or
     games of chance are forbidden.

201. Every Stationmaster must see the Attention to
     Mail properly sent off from his station. He mail.
     must receive all Mails, and see that no mis-
     takes take place.

202. All Letters and Parcels except Money Letters and
     must be placed by the Stationmaster at each parcels.
     Station in the Guard's Van, and in the box
     provided for that purpose, and in that portion
     marked with the name of the Station for
     which such Letter or Parcel is intended.
     Special Regulations will be made from time