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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 30, 1910.
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business
2. Goods Offices are open for the receipt and delivery of Hours of Goods at all stations from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, except ou Sundays and notified Public Holidays.
alteration
3. The rules, rates and all other particulars contained are Rates liable to those at present in force, but they are liable to alteration from time to time at the option of the General Manager.
guaranteed
4 The information contained herein regarding rates is Accuracy not believed to be correct, but the Railway is not responsible for jus complete accuracy,
5. All further information not herein centained can be had Farther
information on on application to the General Manager, Kowloon.
application
incivility
6. It is requested that all complaints against the Railway Complaints of Staff of incivility or want of attention may be immediately reported to the General Manager.
charges
Except where otherwise indicated in the Goods Tariff, al. Basis of freight charges for goods are made on the basis of rates per picul per mole when goods are charged for by weight, provided the measuremert does not exceed a capacity of 2 cubic feet to the picul. Should this capacity be exceeded, the charges will be made by measure- ment at the equivalent of 2 cubic feet to the picul. This does not apply to returned empties.
Stationmasker
8.--Goods bocked to the care of Srationmasters an the Goods to care of Kowloon-Canton Railway can only be accepted at "Owners' risk.'
overcharges
9.--Any complaints of errors, overcharges, or damag 1 st Rerors and be made immediately at destination to the Stationmaster or to ins General Manager, Kowloon.
10.-The Railway Staff are prohibited from receiving any Gratuities not
. gratuity whatever.
allowed
authorised to
11. Stationmasters and Goods Clerks at the several Status Persons are authorised to demand and receive freight for the conveyance of receive freights. any article or animal by goods trains, and also charges incidental thereto, as fixed by the Tariff.
The Public are cautioned against paying any charges to any persons other than the duly-appointed Railway Staff: they should also be careful to obtain receipts on printed forms for all payments in respect of freight or extra charges.
accepted
12.--Cheques, drafts or orders for payment of money are not Cheques not received at Stations, except with the previous special sanction of the General Manager.
13.-Freight charges in the case of certain description of Prepayment of freight charges goods must be paid before the despatch of consignments from the sending station; vide paragraphs 14, 54 and 59 herein. In the case of all other goods, payment, when not made previously, must be made before delivery.
14. Freight on the following description of goods, &c., must Prepaymout in every case be prepaid. For the information of the public, all compulsory articles on which the freight must be prepaid are printed in italics
in the
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General Classification."
(a) Perishable or frangible goods.
(b) Dangerous or offensive goods (see pars. 57 and 19).
(c) Live Stock.
(d) Excepted Articles (see paragraph 53),
15.--All goods carried by Railway are divided into classes Class rates for the purpose of fixing the rate at which they are carried. An alphabetical list is appended (vide paragraph 69 herein) showing the classification of public merchandise. Unless otherwise stated, the maximum rate of the class will be charged.
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