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438 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 30, 1910,

Wet or damaged

Perishable articles

Minimuta weight of goods consignment

Cassignments

to be addressesi

Consignments.

to be marked

Forwarding

notes

Declaration of goods

Persons authorised to

demand declaration

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(e) Any goods left until called for " or to order

booked to care of Stationmaster."

Or

(d) Packages which may contain a variety of articles liable

to break or damage each other or other articles.

e) The leakage arising from bad casks. bad cooperage,

bad soldering, or defective joints in tins or drums. (f) Any loss of, or damage to, any goods whatever, by reason of accidental or unavoidable delay in transit or otherwise.

Damage to goods due to rain in the wet season unless

properly protected from such.

(h) Loss or damage, from whatsoever cause, in respect of goods undelivered, after the limit of time prescribed in the goods tariff for free delivery.

Wet Or

31. Goods tendered for despatch by train in a damaged condition or insecurely packed will be accepted at the risk of the owner only, and a note to that effect will be made on the Goods Receipts. In such cases the special form of consignment. note (S.N.19a) will be used.

32. Perishable, frangible, dangerous and offensive articles are carried at owner's risk " only.

33. The Railway reserves the right to refuse any article or package weighing less than two pienls, which may be considered unfit to be carried by goods train. With the consent of the con- signor such article or package may, however, be accepted as a parcel and booked by passenger train.

34.--All goods brought for despatel by the railway must bu legibly addressed in English and Chinese with the name of the

onsignes and the destination.

35.--It is particularly requested that each package despatched as goods should be marked with the code initials of the destination station (vide paragraph 1 herein). Below the ecde initials should be clearly entered the number of packages farming the consignment, Thus in the case of 6 bales piece goods despatched to Lowu, the marking on each bale should be---

L. U.

6.

36.--Bags or bundles of hides and skins, baskets of fruit, barrels of oil and other goods that cannot be marked in the ordinary way, must have a leather, tai or wooden label attached to each package by the consignor, or which the marking can be legibly affected.

37. Every consignment of goods for despatch, when handed to the Railway, must be accompanied by a Forwarding Note (Railway printed form No.S.N.19) signed by the sender, or on his behalf, and containing a declaration of the weight, description (number of articles, if possible), and destination of the goods con- signed.

38.-If any difference arises respecting the description or declared particulars of any consignment of goods tendered for despatch by the Railway, between the Consignor (or his agent) and a servant of the Railway, such Railway servant is authorised to detain and examine the goods.

39.--All Stationmasters, Assistant Stationmasters and Goods Clerks on the Kowloon-Canton Railway are hereby appointed and empowered to demand from consignors and consignees of goods au account in writing of the description of the goods.

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