CON THE BUSINESS ENCYCEOIVEDIA 327 I to their removal as soon as possible. The advicetalso gives notice as to when and how the carriage is to be paid, and that any'objections as to weights or charges must be made within three clays from the date thereof; also that, so long as the goods remain in the possession of the carrier, the latter will hold' them, not as a carrier, but as a warehouseman, subject to the .usua,1 warehouse or wharfage charges. This document is known as an Advice of Goods, but it is not sent out In cases where the carrier makes delivery of the goods to a specified address. On the back of both the consignment note and the advice of goods, as used by railway companies, there usually appears the terms and conditions upon which the goods are carried. in detail these terms and conditions may vary with different companies, yet in substance they are very much the same. We will now set out some general conditions of carriage which may be usefully referred to in connection with the article on CARRIERS.
1. The Company will not be liable for loss or injury done to any goods, matters, or things described in the Carriers Act, 1830, unless the particular articles and the value thereof be declared, and an increased charge over and above the charge for carriage be paid as compensation for the risk incurred.
2. In respect of any animals, luggage, or goods booked through by them or their agents for conveyance partly by railway and partly by sea, or partly by canal and partly by sea, the Company shall be exempted from liability for any loss, damage,eor delay which may arise during the carriage of any such animals, luggage, or goods by sea, from the act of God, the King's enemies, fire, accidents from machinery, boilers, and steam, and all and every other dangers and accidents of the seas, rivers, and navigation, of whatever nature and kind soevor, in the same manner as if the Company had signed and delivered to the consignor a bill of lading containing such conditions.
3. No claim in respect of goods for loss or damage during the transit for which the Company may be liable, will be allowed unless the same be made in writing within three days after delivery of the goods in respect of which the claim is made, such delivery to be considered complete at the termination of the transit as specified in the next condition.
4. Tho transit shall in no case extend beyond (a) the time when goods carted by the Company are unloaded or tendered at the address to which they are con. signed ; or (b) the expiration of twenty-four hours after notice of arrival of the goods, posted by the Company, is due for delivery to the consignee in the ordinary course of post, or notice of arrival is given to him personally, or delivered at his address.
5. After the termination of the transits as defined in Condition t, the Com pany will thenceforth and subject to these conditions hold the goods as ware housemen, subject to the usual charges.
G. After the termination of the transit goods carried or conveyed by the Company will be subject, in addition to the charge for carriage, to further charges for demurrage of 3s. per truck per day, and ls. per sheet per day, or in the case of such goods as are unloaded from the truck, to reasonable charges for rent or services performed, until they are removed from the Company's premises ; and similar charges will be made with respect to goods the delivery of which cannot be effected by the Company, in consequence of incorrect or insufficient address. Provided that no such charges shall be made if the Company have not given proper opportunity for the removal of the goods or the diseharea the truck. When specially constructed trucks are used, Gs. per truck per day demurrage will be charged on truck's construi,ed to carry fifteen tons and under twenty tons ; 12s. per truck per day on trucks capable of carrying twenty tons and under thirty tons ; and 20s. per truck per day on trucks capable of carrying thirty tons and above.