THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 30, 1910.
56. Each parcel is charged for separately, unless two or Parcels how more are tied together and made up as one package.
dealt with.
goods to be
57.--Parcels containing perishable goods, such as ice, fresh Perishable fruit, fish and vegetables, must be prepaid, and will be charged prepabi. for at half parcel rates at owner's risk.
58.-Perishable articles refused by consignees, or not claimed within 12 hours after arrival at the receiving station, will be sold by auction at the discretion of the Stationmaster. The proceeds, after deducting expenses, will be paid to the consignee. No advice will be sent to the owners.
59.--Parcels containing--
Dangerous or Offensive Goods,
Articles of exceptional value,
Articles of a frangible nature,
must be separately declared and entered in Parcels Way bills, and charged for treble parcels rates. Specie, gold and silver coins, will be charged for at the rate of one-eighth of one per cent. on declared value at owner's risk, and must be accompanied by a Guard, who will travel with the specie, and to be charged Second Class Fare.
Dangerous goods, etc., to be declared.
60.-The name of the sender and consignee and destination Addresses. station must be legibly written in English on the parcels to avoid errors in delivery.
Notice of
61. The Railway does not undertake to send notice of Arrival. arrival of parcels to the consignee, and the non-receipt of such advice will not entitle the consignee to be exempt from demurrage if delivery is not effected within the free time allowed.
Parcels.
62.--Parcels uncalled for or undelivered will, after seven Unclaimed days, be subject to a wharfage charge of five cents per package per day or part of a day. If unclaimed for one month, parcels will be sent to the Lost Property Office, Kowloon.
63.-Dogs will be carried by passenger trains and charged for at Third Class fare each. They will be conveyed in the Guard's van or in the dogs' box, and must be furnished with collars, chains, and muzzles if required.
Passengers are not allowed to take any dog into a passenger
carriage.
64.-The following Rates apply for Bicycles, Perambulators and Tricycles, Jin-Rickshaws and Motor Bicycles accompanied by
passenger:-
Bicycles
Ordinary 3rd Class Fare at Owner's Risk,
Dags.
Perambulators...
3rd
*
Tricycles.
Jin Rickshaws
2nd
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Motor Bicycles... Double 2nd
The above, unaccompanied by passenger, will be charged at one and a half the rates quoted at owner's risk.
Note. The tanks of motor cycles should be empty, thoroughly clean, and free from vapour before the vehicles are accepted for carriage.
65. The following Rates will apply to Buffaloes, Cattle, Ponies, Pigs and Sheep:-
Buffaloes Ponies
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7 cents per Animal per mile.
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