THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 30, 1910.
declaration
10- If a person, requested to give an account in respect of raise any goods. tendered for despatch by Railway, gives an account or description which is materially false, he, and, if he is not the owner of the geeds, the owner also shall be liable to a fine, which may extend to 320 for every ton of Goods and $10 for any quantity of Goods less than one ton, in addition to the payment of the freight charges due under Goods Tariff Rules.
goods
41 Consignments will, whenever possible, be weighed in Weighment of che presence of the sender or his agent. In the case of large con- signments of grain, rice, seeds, &c., put up in bags or bales of uniform size, the whole consignment need not be weighed. It will be sufficient to compute the weight of the whole by a weighment of ten per cent. of the consignment, and from the average weight per bag or packago thus arrived at.
goods
42.-Gords chargeable by measurement will be carefully pasurement of measured, and the dimensions recorded on the back of the forward- ing note.
43.--Goods receipts will not be granted until the conditions Gode pore ipts artached to cach consignment are duly fulfilled. When senders are required to load consignments, receipts will be granted after the consignments have been properly loaded.
41 The Railway does not guarantee the despatch of gools Time of by the first train after receipt, nor will it be responsible for the despatch arrival of goods at any station within any definite time.
45.-The Railway does not undertake to send notice of Notice of arrival of goods to the consignee, and non-receipt of such advice, arrival will not entitle the consignee to exemption from wharfage or demurrage if the goods are not taken delivery of within the time allowed. When convenient, the Railway may, however, take measures to notify consignees, in certain cases.
Delivery of
Consignment
46. Consignees must clearly understand that they cannot legally refuse to take delivery of part of a consignment because the part, remainder is short or damaged, and that if they do not take delivery of the portion which has been correctly received it will be allowed to remain on the Railway premises at Consignees' risk only, and subject to the usual charge for wharfage or demurrage.
47.-Before goods can be delivered, the Railway receipt. granted to the sender at the despatching station, must be duly endorsed by the consignee and given up to the Railway at destina tion. If the consignee does not himself attend, he must endorse on the Railway receipt a request for delivery to the person sent for the goods, otherwise they will not be delivered.
49.--When a Railway Receipt has been lost, mislaid, or is for other reasons not forthcoming, the Railway reserves the right to demand an Indemnity Note (sec page 47) before giving delivery of the animals or goods for which the Railway Receipt was granted.
49.-No single package weighing more than ten tons will be accepted for despatch without previous notice and arrangement.
Maximum weight of package.
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* Bulky
50.--Consignments of goods of any description which, by reason of length, breadth, bulkiness or otherwise, may require to articles. be loaded separately in a wagon or truck, or which may occupy two or more vehicles, are designated "bulky articles," and are subject to special conditions and charges, which may be learnt on application to the General Manager.
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**Excepted
51-When any article mentioned in the following Schedule
Excepted Articles" is contained in any parcel or package Articles." delivered to the Railway for conveyance by train, and the value of such article exceeds one hundred dollars ($100), the Railway shall not be responsible for the loss, destruction, damage or deterioration of the article, unless the consignor causes its value to be declared at the time of delivery for despatch at the forward
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