carriage on any railway under any circumstances, or get into or upon or quit any railway carriage when the train is in motion; and any person doing so, or attempting to do so, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two pounds.

Smoking is strictly prohibited in any of the railway sheds, offices, or waiting-rooms; and any person found so smoking shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two pounds.

Smoking is strictly prohibited in any railway carriage except those set apart for the purpose; and any person found smoking in a carriage not set apart for the purpose shall forfeit a penalty not exceeding two pounds, and may be removed from the carriage by any railway servant.

Dogs will be conveyed and charged for according to printed conditions, but will not on any account be allowed to accompany passengers in the carriages. Any person persisting in taking a dog into a passenger carriage shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two pounds.

No gratuity shall be, under any circumstances, allowed to be received by a railway servant on pain of dismissal. Any person giving or offering a gratuity to any such servant shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two pounds.

Any person making use of insulting or abusive language to any railway officer or servant while in the execution of his duty, or making use of indecent or blasphemous language in any carriage or upon any railway platform or premises, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

Any person in or upon any railway carriage or station, being in a state of intoxication, or committing any nuisance, or gambling, or wilfully interfering with the comfort of any passenger, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds, and to removal from such carriage or station as soon as shall be practicable.

Any person driving or attempting to drive sheep, horses, cattle, or other animals across the railway, either at an authorised crossing-place or elsewhere, when an approaching train is in sight, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

No driver or conductor of any cab, hackney carriage, omnibus, express, or other public vehicle shall ply for hire within the railway premises without a license in writing from the Superintendent or other authorised officer; and any person offending contrary to this section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

No person will be allowed to come upon any railway platform for the purpose of removing any passenger or luggage unless required by a passenger and engaged by him for such purpose, and no person will be allowed to come upon any railway premises for the purpose of soliciting custom or hire. Any person attempting to evade or being guilty of a breach of this section, or not quitting the premises when required by a Station Master or other railway servant, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two pounds.

Any person, unless authorized by the Superintendent, who shall post or stick any placard or bill within or on any of the property or premises shall be subject to a penalty not exceeding two pounds.

Any person who shall wilfully injure, wholly or in part, any of the linings or blinds, or break or deface any of the windows, or remove or injure any number-plate or advertisement, or remove or extinguish any of the lamps, or otherwise damage any railway carriage, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds, in addition to the payment of the amount of damage done.

No article shall be sold on any railway premises without the consent of the Superintendent, and every person offending against the provisions of this section shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds.

All persons employed on or about the railway or wharf are strictly prohibited from using the refreshment-room; and every such person partaking of intoxicating liquor at such refreshment room will be liable to instant dismissal.

Any person attending upon the refreshment-room who shall supply an employé on or about the railway or wharf with intoxicating liquor shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two pounds, and shall be dismissed from their service.

Merchandise.

The railway will not be accountable for any articles unless the same be signed for as received by their clerks or agents; nor will they be responsible for the loss of or damage to money in cash, or bills, or promissory notes, or securities for money, or jewellery, trinkets, rings, precious stones, bullion, gold, silver, plate, clocks, watches, mirrors, marbles, lace furs, silks, writings, title deeds, prints, paintings, maps, or other valuables, nor for damage done to china, glass, musical instruments, furniture, toys, castings, or any other such hazardous or brittle articles, unless they shall have been declared as such, and a special agreement entered into for the same; nor for any loss or damage to any goods in their hands as carriers, or in their warehouse, or on their landing-places, arising from fire (except from their own engine or apparatus), the act of God, civil commotion, or foreign enemies; nor for the loss of or damage done to goods put into boxes or packages described as empties; nor for damage of any goods or packages insufficiently or improperly packed, or containing a variety of articles liable by breaking to damage each other or other articles; nor for leakage, nor for any loss or damage whatsoever by reason of accidental or unavoidable delays in transit or otherwise.

No claim for loss or damage will be allowed unless specified in writing, and made within two days after delivery in case of partial loss or damage, or within seven days after due time of delivery in case of total loss.

The railway will refuse to receive for carriage any good which in the judgment of their agents may be of a dangerous nature; and senders of any dangerous articles will be held accountable for any damage arising therefrom unless the contents shall have been declared at the time of delivery.

Fruit, fish, meat, poultry, and any other perishable articles, 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 accepted as equivalent to delivery.

All empties not taken away within one month after arrival will be sold to defray expenses.

All goods are received and will be held by the railway subject to a general lien for money due, not only for the carriage of such goods, and for wharfage and warehouse rent, but also for any general balance that may be due from the owner. And in case any goods shall not be claimed within three calendar months after their arrival at the station to which they are consigned, they will be sold by auction or otherwise, and the proceeds applied towards satisfaction of such general lien and expenses.

All goods and merchandise, whether bonded or free, and all luggage, having arrived at its destination, shall be removed by the consignees from the platform and sheds within twelve working hours; and any free goods, merchandise, or luggage not removed by that time, may be stored at the risk and expense of the consignees or owners, and will become subject to such