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s. d. act of rudeness or incivility to passengers, or re-Two-wheel cart or wagon, each ... ... ... 2 6 ceiving any gratuity from the public, will be liable Pianos or harmoniums, each 5 0 to fine or dismissal. Tubs or buckets, Lose, each 0 1 9. Every Servant receiving uniform must appear Chairs, if loose, each ... ... ... ... U 1 J r> ir Whale oil, per ton ... ... ... 2 6 on duty clean and neat, and, it any article provided Iron tanks, each ... ... • ... ... 2 6 by the Government shall have been improperly used Lime, per bushel ... ... ... ■■■ 0 1 or damaged, such Servant will be required to make Slates, per 1,000 3 6 ifc good 6 *£££?& ™z ::: ::: ::: I % w-no m; is allowed,^ any distances, Palings, per 100 ... ... ... 0 6 to absent himself from his duty without permission Bricks, per 100 ... ... ... ... 0 3 of his Superior Officer. In case of sickness, a doctor's Dated the eighteenth day of April, 1877. certificate must be sent to his immediate Superior J. D. Ormond, Officer, who will then send it to the Chief of the DeMinister for Public Works. partinent under which he is employed. 11. No Servant is allowed to quit the Eailway Service without giving four weeks' previous notice. Rules and Regulations for the. Conduct of the Traffic, And, in case he quits without such notice, all pay and for the Guidance of the Officers and Men in then due to him shall be forfeited. He will likewise the service of the New Zealand Railway Depart- be held liable for any loss, damage, inconvenience, or ment. expense which may be occasioned by his leaving without giving such notice. On leaving the Service, IN accordance with an Order in Council made the he must deliver up his uniform and other property 17th day of April, 1877, the following Eules of the Goverment. and Eegulations are declared to be made for the 12. Application for leave of absence must be made, conduct of the traffic and for the guidance and in writing, to the Manager, countersigned by the observance of the officers and men employed on the Officer under whose immediate orders the applicant is New Zealand Eailways, in substitution of all pre- employed. vious issues. 13. The Government reserve the right to deduct John Cabbtjthehs, from the pay of their Servants such sums as may be Engineer-in-Chief. imposed as Fines for neglect of duty, and for Eent Dated 18th day of April, 1877. when the Servant is a tenant of the Government. 14. Every person, on joining the Service, must EULES AND EEGULATIONS. become a member of the Benefit Society, should such 1. This Book is the property of the New Zealand a Society be formed. Government, and must be delivered up by the holder 15. Should any Servant think himself aggrieved at on his leaving their service. any time, he may memorialize the Minister for 2. Every Station Clerk, Goods Clerk, Booking Public Works ; but in such cases the memorial must Clerk, Engineman, Fireman, Guard, Brakesman, be sent through the Manager, who will forward it Switchman, Policeman, Signalman, Gateman, Gan- through the proper channel. Any Officer or Servant ger, Platelayer, and Foreman, or any person ter- who has cause to complain of or make report against porarily employed in any or either of the above his Superior shall make the complaint within seven capacities, is to be supplied with, and shall have with days after the occurrence of the matter so reported him on duty, and produce when required, a copy of by him, otherwise such report will be regarded as these Rules and Eegulations, and a Time Table of the result of malice, and not from a conscientious the Trains. desire to advance the interests of the public service. 3. Although the Eules and Eegulations given 16. Free Passes may be given to Workmen and hereafter, under different heads, are made specially others travelling solely on Eailway business, by the for the observance of the Servants employed in doing Chief Officer or head man of the Department to which the work required by such Eules and Eegulations, they belong. yet every Servant must make himself thoroughly 17. Every person employed on the Eailway will (aa acquainted with the whole of them ; and every Ser- far as practicable) have his ordinary specific duties vant will be held responsible for a knowledge of, and assigned, to him ; but the Government retain the compliance with, the whole. right to assign to such person the performance of 4. Each Servant is to devote himself exclusively to any other duties which the business of the Departthe Government service, attending during the regu- ment may render necessary. lated hours of the day, and residing wherever he 18. Should any casualty unfortunately occur to a may be required. He is to obey promptly all in- Passenger, either from his own want of caution or structions he may receive from persons placed in otherwise, the names and addresses of Passengers or authority over him, and conform to all the Eegula- other persons who may witness the occurrence are if tions of the Department. possible to be procured for after reference if re5. He will be liable to immediate dismissal for quired. disobedience of orders, negligence, misconduct, or 19. No Servant is allowed to convert to his own incompetency. use any article, the property of the Eailway Depart6. The pay of all Officers and Servants will be ment, and the fact of the article appearing to be stopped from the moment of their being suspended, waste or useless will not form any excuse for its and the pay will not be allowed except in the event private .appropriation. Every Servant will be exof entire acquittal of the charge for which the person pected to inform his Superior Officer immediately of was suspended. any property which he may observe exposed and 7. No instance of intoxication on duty will ever liable to loss or waste, and to deliver up to him any be overlooked; such an offence will render the party found property. committing it liable to instant dismissal, and punish- 20. Officers or Servants of the Eailway Department ment by a Magistrate. The Servants are forbidden are not to take legal proceedings on behalf of the to take, or have in their possession, spirits or liquors, Goverment, nor show any document or book to when on duty. persons not connected with the Eailway Department, 8. Any Servant using improper language, or curs- nor deal with any communication on a subject for ing and swearing, while on duty, or committing any which they have no precedent, or with doubtful