3rd. All parcels up to 112lbs. will be sent by passenger trains unless "per Goods Train" be distinctly marked upon them. Parcels under 281bs. will not be forwarded by goods train but by passenger train. 4th. Senders of parcels should take care to have all addresses plainly written and securely fastened to the parcel. A copy of the address should be placed inside the parcel in case of the outside address getting lost. 5th. Newspaper parcels must be open at each end and must only contain newspapers published at intervals not exceeding seven days, and periodicals published at intervals not exceeding one month, or full parcel rate will be charged. 6th. Meat and Fish.-The Company will not be responsible for any detention or loss from delay to trains or other circumstances and will receive meat and fish on these conditions only. 7th. Parcels containing watches, jewellery, glass, and such like articles will be charged the ordinary parcel rates, provided the value does not exceed £10. When such parcels are declared to exceed £10 in value, their total value must be stated, and insurance, in addition to the ordinary parcel rates, will then be charged upon the amount of the declared value. If the payment of the insurance be refused, the parcel will not be received unless a special consignment note relieving the Company from all responsibility from loss, damage, or delay be signed. 8th. Money Parcels.-The Company will not, under any circumstances, hold themselves responsible for money enclosed in parcels conveyed upon the Railway, unless the fact be declared at the time when the parcel is booked and the words "money parcel" written on the outside thereof. If the amount enclosed shall exceed £10 the insurance will be required to be paid in addition to the ordinary charge. 9th. Live Poultry.-Notice.-The Company is not and will not be common carriers of live poultry, and will not be responsible for the loss of, or injury to, such poultry in the receiving, forwarding or delivery thereof arising from any cause whatever, except from the wilful neglect or default of the Company or its servants. Neither in any case will it be responsible to any greater amount of damages for the loss of or injury to such poultry than the sums hereafter mentioned: fowls, 2s. 6d.; ducks, 4s.; turkeys or geese, 12s.; pigeons or any other birds, 2s. each, unless a higher value be declared at the time of delivery to the Company, and a percentage of 5 per cent. paid upon the excess value so declared. 10th. Fragile parcels are conveyed at owner's risk only, unless upon payment of an additional charge of half the ordinary rate for parcels. 11th. Combustible goods, such as paraffine, petroleum, nitro-glycerine, gunpowder, gun-cotton, or fire-works, lucifer-matches, are not conveyed by passenger trains. 12th. Jars and bottles not protected by wickerwork will not be received for conveyance. 13th. Passengers taking parcels containing merchandize, or other articles not being personal luggage, in the train by which they travel will be charged half-parcel rates. 14th. Rates for parcels : Distances not exceeding 56 miles 7lbs. 6d., and 3d. for every additional 7lbs. or fraction thereof. For distances over 56 miles and not exceeding 112 miles, for every 7lbs. or fractional part of 7lbs. 15th. Milk Traffic.-Rate for the conveyance from station to station at owner's risk and to be loaded and unloaded by owner : Not exceeding 25 miles d. per gallon. Minimum charge 6d. 44 50 66 ld. 9d. 18. 66 1s. 6d. Conditions. The cans or casks must be legibly stamped or branded with the number of the gallons they will hold when full, which measurement the Company will verify, if necessary. All cans or casks will be charged for as full, i.e., the charge for conveyance will be made on the number of gallons the cans or casks will contain and not the number of gallons they do contain. The consignment of the filled cans must be distinctly marked with the address of the consignee (it is recommended that the tablets or addressed labels be composed of wood or metal), and to ensure the return of empty cans they must be stamped or branded with the name of the station from which they are forwarded full. The Company will not be responsible for any detention arising from accidental delay to their trains. SEASON TICKETS-TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ISSUE. 1st. Season tickets entitle the holders for the period named therein to travel subject to the regulations of this Company between the stations, and in the class of carriage for which the tickets are issued by any of the ordinary passenger trains stopping at such stations. 2nd. Holders of season tickets desiring to travel in a superior class of carriage, or to proceed to a station beyond that to which their ticket is available, may pay the difference in fare before commencing the journey; otherwise the full fare from the sta tion whence the train started will be charged on the termination thereof. 3rd. In the event of the loss of a season ticket the person to whom it was issued shall not be entitled to receive another in lieu thereof without duly paying for the same, nor to make any claim upon the Company to be repaid any portion of the original price of the ticket lost, nor of any fares paid by him in consequence of such loss. 4th. Season tickets are issued subject to ordinary contingencies and the holders are not entitled to any rebate of price or allowance of any kind in event of their being from illness or any other cause unable to use such tickets during any portion of the period for which they are issued. 5th. The holder of every season ticket is required to abide by and conform to the present and future by-laws of the Company, as well as all rules and regulations as regards improper use of tickets and all other matters. No season ticket to be transferred or parted with, and in the event of its being transferred or parted with, or used by any one other than the person to whom it was issued, or in the event of the holder not abiding by or conforming to the rules and regulations of the Company, such ticket is thereupon to be null and void and all rights of the holder thereunder to cease and determine, and he must from such date pay the usual fare for travelling over the line as if such ticket had never been granted. 6th. The Company is to be at liberty to alter and vary the trains without liability to the holders of season tickets, nor is it to be held accountable for want of accommodation in the trains, nor for any stoppage, hindrance or delay whether arising from negligence, accident or any other cause. 7th. Every season ticket is to be produced by the holder upon entering the carriages of the Company, or whenever required by any of the servants of the Company; should the ticket not be so produced the holder to pay the ordinary fare. 8th. Every season ticket to be delivered to the Manager or to the Collectors on the day of its expiry or on demand if the same should have become forfeited as above, or be required for the purposes of exchange, renewal or otherwise. 9th. It is understood that the contract for conveyance does not include luggage of any description for which the Company reserves the right to make an additional charge. JUVENILE PLEASURE PARTIES. Parties of scholars under 16 years of age numbering not less than fifty are conveyed in third class carriages at the following fares : Not exceeding 10 miles 66 20 6d. each. The fares must be collected and paid in one sum by the master who takes charge and to whom a ticket is given stating the number of scholars and the amount paid and entitling the party to return free. A teacher in charge of every twenty-five pupils is carried free. IV.-MAIL COACHES. EWARTON AND MONTEGO BAY. A Coach also runs between Montego Bay and Falmouth in connection with the Tri-Weekly Post as under : Leave. Montego Bay-“ Falmouth-Mon., Wed., Fri., 6 a.m. 66 66 3 p.m. Arrive. 66 66 46 Montego Bay-Mon., Wed., Fri. 9.15 a.m. Falmouth 6.15 p.m. This Coach from Montego Bay connects with the regular Coach which leaves Falmouth (as above) at 5 a.m. on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. |