✨ Railway Regulations Continuation
MAY 14.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 611
HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION.
PASSENGERS.
Ordinary Single Tickets from Christchurch to Dunedin, and vice versa, will be
charged 44s. 6d. for first class and 30s. for second class.
WAIMEA PLAINS RAILWAY.
CLASS P.
A charge of 1s. per ton in addition to the classified rates will be made on all
goods of Class P consigned from Port Chalmers and stations south thereof to stations
on the Waimea Plains Railway, or vid this railway to Oreti and Kingston or inter-
mediate stations.
PART VI.—SPECIAL GOODS.
Under "The Public Works Act, 1876," the Governor is empowered to declare
certain descriptions of goods, or goods of beyond a certain value, to be "special
goods;" and unless such goods are declared by the consignors to be special goods,
and their value is stated in the consignment note, the Government is exempted from
all liability for their loss or damage beyond the following values, that is to say:–
| Item | £ | s. | d. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horses | 15 | 0 | 0 | per head. |
| Cattle | 8 | 0 | 0 | " |
| Sheep, pigs, or goats | 0 | 15 | 0 | " |
| Any package containing any special goods | 10 | 0 | 0 |
The following have been declared to be special goods within the meaning of the
Act:–
Bank notes
Beds and bedding
Bills of exchange
Carriages
Castings
Cattle
China
Clocks
Drays
Engravings
Furniture
Furs
Glass
Gold or silver coin
Gold or silver plate
Gold or silver, manufac-
tured
Gold or silver, unmanu-
factured
Harmoniums
Horses
Jewellery
Lace
Machinery
Maps
Marble goods
Musical instruments
Notes or securities for the
payment of money
Orders for the payment
of money
Paintings
Pianos
Pictures
Pigs
Plated articles
Precious stones
Sheep
Silks
Slate goods
Stamps
Title deeds
Toys
Trinkets
Wagons
Watches
Writings
Any package containing
goods of a higher value
than £500.
Upon all special goods so declared an additional charge will be made of one-third
of the ordinary rate for every £100 or fraction of £100 of such declared value.
Any animal or package of a declared value of more than £500 will not be carried
except under a special contract.
PART VII.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS.
All goods carried on the railways will be charged under the class specified in this
classification.
If any goods are required to be carried which are not mentioned in this classifica-
tion they shall be carried as Class A until the Minister shall determine in what
class they shall be charged.
If any package contains any of the goods specified in this list as "dangerous,"
the nature of the contents must be marked on the package, or written notice thereof
given to the officer in charge of the station. Any person neglecting to do so is
guilty of misdemeanour. The Railway Department is not bound to carry any such
goods on the railways.
Where goods are specified as "special," they will be carried as of the value
stated on the consignment note, upon payment of the additional charge stated in
Part VI.—Special Goods.
Where goods are described as "packed," it is intended that they will only be
carried if properly packed in cases, casks, bags, crates, or otherwise, in the manner
in which such goods are usually packed in the trade, and that they will not be
carried loose or in bulk.
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