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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 30, 1910.
Market Tickets.
Passenger's Juggage.
To be ad- dressed in English.
Free allow. ance.
43.-Market tickets will be issued on Taipo and Lowu Market days between these and intermediate stations at one and a half Single Fares, provided accommodation is available.
44. Each passenger's luggage must be booked.
45.--All luggage intended for despatch by railway must be plainly and legibly marked and addressed in English.
46.-A person may take in his carriage small packages (not merchandise) that can be placed on the rack or under the seat occupied by him, provided that such luggage does not interfere with the comfort of other passengers, or does not contain anything of an offensive and dangerous nature.
The following quantities of luggage are allowed to be carried free of charge, viz. :-
Each Passenger in the
First Class
Second Class
Third Class
100lbs.
50lbs.
25lbs.
In reserved carriages.
Unclaimed
luggage.
Booking of Juggage.
Ballway lability.
Railway receipt.
Parcels rates
Any luggage in excess of these quantities will be charged for
at the following rates, which must be prepaid :-
For distances not exceeding 25 miles, one cent. per lb.
47. The free allowance of luggage, when reserved acconi- modation is engaged, is calculated on the number of fares paid for.
48.-All unclaimed booked luggage left on the Railway premises for more than twenty-four hours will be subject to a storage charge of five cents per package per day or part of a day.
49.- Unclaimed luggage will be transferred to the Lost Property Office at Kowloon, and sold by public auction after the lapse of six months.
50.-No luggage will be accepted or booked later than fifteen minutes before the advertised time of departure of trains; passen- gers are therefore requested to have their luggage at the Station in time to ensure its transmission by the train by which they desire to travel.
51.-The Railway will not be responsible for any loss cr damage that may occur to luggage which is not booked and pre- paid, or which remains in the owner's charge, nor will the Railway be responsible for damage to fragile articles carried as luggage.
52.--A receipt will be given when luggage is made over to the Railway at the Starting Station, and the luggage will not be delivered unless this receipt is produced and given up to the Railway.
53.-Parcels not containing specie or gold or silver are charged for at the rates given in the subjoined table, for the weights therein stated.
For any distance on the British Section-
From 1 to 10 lbs.
From 11 to 25 lbs.
From 26 to 50 lbs.
From 51 to 84 lbs.
10 cents.
20 cents.
40 cents.
80 cents.
Weight or
measure- ment.
Parcels booking.
Over 84 lbs. at one cent per pound.
54.-Parcels are charged for by either weight or measure- ment, whichever gives the greater charge.
55.-To ensure the despatch of parcels by any 1 articular train, senders are requested to tender their packages at the parcel office not less than 15 minutes before the departure of the train by which they are required to be sent.
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