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the demurrage according to the scale of rates from
time to time in force, for each truck not unloaded
within the period named therein.

30. Should a consignor present a consignment note
    with goods understating the quantity or weight of such
    goods, he shall be liable to a charge of double the ordi-
    nary rate on the difference between the actual weight
    or measurement of the goods in question and that
    stated upon the consignment note, in addition to any
    penalty which may be inflicted under the 148th section
    of "The Public Works Act, 1882."

31. All charges must be paid immediately on demand
    to the Stationmaster, or the person duly authorised
    by the Stationmaster, to receive the same.
    Except where a special agreement is entered into, no
    goods will be delivered to the consignee until the
    payment of such charges shall have been made.

32. No consignor having consigned goods and having
    obtained the proper receipt shall be entitled to counter-
    mand the order, or to resume possession of the goods,
    without first cancelling the consignment note and re-
    turning to the railway authorities the receipt before-
    mentioned, and paying all charges incurred, after which
    if delivery can be stopped by the Railway Department,
    the goods may be returned.

33. If any person refuses or fails to pay the proper
    charges on any goods for which he is liable, for one
    month after demand of same by any person duly
    authorized to collect such charges, any such goods, or,
    in case such goods have been delivered, then any other
    goods on the premises of the railway consigned to the
    same person may, by order of the General Manager, be
    sold; and the proceeds of such sale shall be applied
    first for the paying the said charges and the expenses
    of such sale, and the balance, if any, shall be paid over
    to the owner of the goods sold.

34. If any goods are left on the premises of the rail-
    way, and the owner thereof, or the person liable for
    the charges thereon, is not known, the General Manager
    may cause it to be publicly notified that such goods
    will be sold upon a day named in such notice, not less
    than one month from the publication thereof; and, if
    such goods are not removed and the charges thereon
    paid before such day, the said goods may be sold, and
    the balance of the proceeds of such sale, after paying
    the charges upon such goods, shall be paid into the
    Public Trust Office, and shall be paid by the Public
    Trustee to any person establishing a lawful claim
    thereto.

35. If the Minister shall have paid any claim for goods
    for the time being lost on a railway, and such goods
    are afterwards found, the claimant shall have the
    option of taking such goods upon refunding the
    amount so paid to him; but if he declines to do so
    such goods shall be sold, and the proceeds of such sale
    shall be paid into the Public Account.

36. Any person who shall commit a breach of any of
    the foregoing by-laws, or shall fail to do any act in any
    such by-law directed to be done by him, or shall do any
    act which by any such by-law is directed not to be
    done by him, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding
    ten pounds for each such breach, or the failure to do or
    the doing of each such act as aforesaid respectively.

As witness my hand this twenty-fifth day of
October, 1882.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Minister for Public Works.

By Authority: GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.