Otago Railways

Taken with the passengers into the carriages, but only when it is labelled and placed in the luggage van.

INCIVILITY.—The Government requests that any instance of incivility or misconduct on the part of the persons employed at the stations may be directly reported to the General Manager.

N.B.—The Government appoint that the undermen—tioneed sums be paid them for warehousing passengers’ luggage, which has been, or which is about to be conveyed on their railway, viz.,—

For any period not exceeding three days, 2d. for each package; and after three days, 1d. additional for each package per day, or part of a day.

And they hereby give notice that they will not be answerable for loss or injury to any such package beyond the value of £5, unless at the time of the delivery of such package to them, the true value and nature thereof, and of the articles or articles of property therein shall have been declared by the person delivering the same, and a sum at the rate of 1d. per pound sterling of the declared value be paid for such package for each day or part of a day for which the same shall be left, in addition to the before-mentioned ordinary warehouse charges.

Every person depositing luggage will be furnished with a receipt, stating the number and description of the articles deposited, which receipt must be given up to the railway servants upon their delivery of the articles thereupon described; and the Government give notice that they will not deliver up luggage except to persons producing the proper receipt for the respective articles claimed, which delivery shall acquit the Government from all further claims in respect thereof.

The Government will not be responsible, under any circumstances, for loss of, or injury to any articles except deposited in the cloak-room.

Articles of merchandise, such as hampers or cases, furniture, household stores, &c., will not be received at the cloak-room, and such packages can only be forwarded through the parcels or goods offices, as parcel or goods, and they must in all cases be fully addressed.

WM. CONYERS,
General Manager,
20th Oct, 1874.
Otago Railways.

(From New Zealand Gazette of December 10, 1874.)

Delegation by Superintendent of Otago of his powers under Marine Act to Otago Harbour Board.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 8th December, 1874.

THE following Proclamation by His Honor the Superintendent of Otago is published for general information.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(for the Commissioner of Customs.)

PROCLAMATION.
DELEGATION OF POWERS.

By His Honor James Macandrew, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled “The Harbour Boards Act, 1870,” it is amongst other things enacted that the Superintendent and Provincial Council of any province may from time to time make laws for constituting Harbour Boards, providing for the appointment or election of such Boards and for vesting certain reserves in such Boards, and other purposes: And whereas by the Ordinance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, passed in the thirty-third Session of the said Council, intituled “The Otago Harbour Ordinance, 1874,” it is provided that a Harbour Board shall be constituted for the Harbour of Otago, and that the limits of the said harbour shall be those which have been or may yet be defined under or in pursuance of “The Marine Act, 1867,” or any amendment thereof: And whereas a Harbour Board has been constituted in pursuance of and in accordance with the provisions of said before-recited Ordinance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of Otago: And whereas amongst other provisions of the before-recited Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled “The Harbour Boards Act, 1870,” it is enacted that Superintendents may delegate to Harbour Boards constituted under said Act, all the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Marine Act, 1867,” or any amendment thereof: Provided always that copies of all rules, regulations, or bye-laws made under the said delegation shall be transmitted to me for approval as provided for by the aforesaid “Harbour Boards Act, 1870”: And provided also that nothing herein contained shall be construed to give to the said Harbour Board power to levy dues on any goods passing over railway piers now or hereafter to be erected by the Government within the Harbour of Otago: And provided further that nothing herein contained shall be construed to give to the said Harbour Board power to interfere with the reclamation by the Provincial Government of the said Province of Otago, of all or any part of the land within the Harbour of Otago which is now or hereafter may be vested in the Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the said Province of Otago at Dunedin, this fourth day of December, 1874.

(L.S.)
J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent of Otago.

TENDERS.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 8th December, 1874.

THE following lists of successful and unsuccessful Tenderers are published for general information.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,

60,000 Sleepers for the Mataura-Clutha Railway.

Accepted
Donald and Peterson, Invercargill ... 30,000 at 3s. 0d.

Declined
Calder, Blacklock, and Co., Invercargill 60,000 at 3s. 6d.
John Howe, Lawrence ... 20,000 at 3s. 10d.

82,000 Sleepers for the Winton-Kingston Railway.

Declined
Calder, Blacklock, and Co., Invercargill 82,000 at 3s. 6d.

This was the only tender.

DUNEDIN:
Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of Otago, by Coulls & Culling, of Rattray-street, Printers to the said Provincial Government for the time being.