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received and carried they will be subject to such regulations as may from time to time be publicly notified by the General Manager.

33. Fruit, vegetables, fish, meat, poultry, and other perishable articles shall be carried only at the risk of the consignor, and, if not taken away within six hours after arrival at the station to which they are consigned, may be forthwith sold, by auction or otherwise, without notice to the sender or consignee; and payment or tender of the net proceeds of any such sale, after deduction of freight and expenses, shall be deemed to be equivalent to delivery.

34. All goods and luggage having arrived at its destination shall be removed by the consignees from the railway within such periods as may be defined in the scale of rates; and, if not removed within such period, may be stored or kept in the wagons at the risk and expense of the consignees or owners, and will become subject to such charges as may from time to time be published in such scale. If on the arrival of goods forwarded by railway the railway sheds and stores shall, in the opinion of the railway authorities, be full, and the consignees or owners do not take delivery within twelve working-hours, such goods may be stored in any private store or yard at the risk and expense of the owners. In case of goods to be unloaded by the consignee, a charge will be made for the demurrage, according to the scale of rates from time to time in force, for each truck not unloaded within the period named therein.

35. 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.

36. No consignor having consigned goods and having obtained the proper receipt shall be entitled to countermand the order, or to resume possession of the goods, without first cancelling the consignment-note and returning 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.

37. 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.

38. No person shall drive or attempt to drive any vehicle or animal on any part of a public road where the same crosses over or upon a railway on the same level otherwise than at a walking-pace, and every person shall before crossing the lines of rail comply with the directions upon the notice-boards, “Stop, look out for the engine.”

39. No person shall drive or attempt to drive any vehicle or animal on any part of a private road used both for ordinary and railway traffic where the same passes over or upon a railway on the same level otherwise than at a walking-pace; and every person, before attempting to enter or to drive any vehicle or animal thereon, shall first ascertain that no approaching train is within half a mile; and, where gates have been provided to protect the railway at such private crossing, no owner or occupier of adjacent lands in respect of which such gates and crossings may have been provided, or any other person, shall unlock or unfasten, or leave unlocked or unfastened, such gates, except during the actual transit of persons, goods, chattels, or live animals of any kind, and every person after using any such gate shall immediately securely lock and fasten it.

40. (1.) The Department is not responsible for any loss or damages for delays in transit of passengers arising from the act of God, civil commotion, King’s enemies, floods, fire, or accident.

(2.) Time-tables shall be issued for the New Zealand Government railways at intervals of not more than three months; they shall be published under the authority of the General Manager; such time-tables shall be subject to suspension or alteration from time to time, particulars of which shall be notified by advertisement in some newspaper circulating in the district, or by placards at the chief stations where such suspension or alteration operates.

(3.) The Department will not be responsible for loss or damages for delay in the transit of passengers arising from any such suspension or alteration.

41. (1.) No person delivering or receiving goods or passengers to or from any part of a railway, or any siding connected therewith, or to or from any