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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 16, 1909.

36. No person shall enter any carriage used on a rail- Fares to hẹ

way or any steamer belonging to the railway administration prepaid. for the purpose of travelling therein without having first paid his fare and obtained a ticket. Every person desirous of travelling on the railway shall upon payment of his fare be furnished with a ticket specifying the class of carriage for and the station from and the station to which the fare has been paid and shall when required show his ticket to any railway official duly authorised to examine the same and shall deliver up such ticket upon demand to any Passenger railway official duly authorised to collect tickets. Any tickets to be person not producing or delivering up his ticket as afore given up on said shall be liable to pay the fare from the place whence the train or steamer originally started unless he can prove that he has travelled a less listance, in which case he shall be liable to pay the fare only from the place whenée he has travelled.

demand.

condition-

37. The fare or freight paid for the conveyance of Fare and passengers or goods respectively shall be deemed to be freight to be accepted only upon condition that there be room in the accepted train. In case there shall not be room for all the passengers ally. or goods those passengers who shall have obtained tickets for the longest distance shall have the preference and those who shall have obtained tickets for the same distance shall have the preference according to the order in which they shall have received their tickets: and the like order shall be observed as to goods. Provided that all officers and troops on duty and all other persons travelling on the business of the Colonial Government shall be entitled to be conveyed on the railway in preference to or in priority over the public without reference to the distance for which or the order in which they shall have received their tickets.

38. Any person who shall defraud or attempt to defraud Penalty for the railway administration by travelling or attempting to fraud. travel upon the railway without having previously paid his fare or by riding in or upon a carriage of a higher class than that for which he shall bave paid his fare or by continuing his journey in or upon any of the carriages he- yond the station for which he shall have paid his fare without having previously either paid the fare for the additional distance or obtained the sanction of the station master or guard of the train or who shall knowingly and wilfully refuse or neglect on arriving at the station to which he shall have paid his fare to quit such carriage and railway premises or who shall transfer or profit by the transfer of the return half of any ticket obtained by him or who shall in any other manner whatever attempt to evade the payment of his fare shall be liable on summary con- viction to a penalty not exceeding twenty dollars for each offence.

motion or

39. Any passenger who shall get into or upon or attempt Fine for en- to get into or upon or shall quit or attempt to quit any tering car earriage upon the railway while such carriage is in motion age in or who shall ride or attempt to ride upon the railway on the riding on the steps or any other part of a carriage except on those parts steps. which are intended for the accommodation of passengers shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding ten dollars for each offence.

or luggage

van.

40. Any person other than the engineman and fireman Fine for and assistant fireman if any who without the special licence riding on en- of the Manager or executive officer in charge of the line gine tender shall ride or attempt to ride upon any locomotive eugine or fender upon the railway and any person other than the guard or brakesman who without special permission of the Manager or Assistant Manager shall ride or attempt to ride upon the railway in or upon any luggage van or goods. wagon or other vehicle not appropriated to the carriage of passengers shall be liable on summary conviction to * penalty not exceeding twenty dollars for each offence.

41. Every person who shall smoke or shall chew tobacco. Where -opium or other like substance either inside a waiting room smoking and or in or upon any of the carriages belonging to the railway chewing

prohibited. which may be specially provided for females or non-smokers or shall expectorate in any waiting room or in or upon any railway carriage or upon any railway platform shall be liable on sunimary conviction to a penalty not exceeding en dollars for each offence and if any person persist in

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