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Conditions as to conveyance of parcels by railway.
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7. During the continuance of the arrangement under this Act the following provisions shall have effect with reference to the parcels conveyed for the Postmaster-General by railway companies:
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(1.) He shall direct his officers from time to time to distribute, so far as practicable, the parcels between the different railways, so that the expense to any railway company of carrying the parcels may, with due regard to the public convenience, be proportionate to that company's share of the receipts divisible among the railway companies under this Act:
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(2.) He shall direct his officers to secure so far as practicable the delivery of the parcels at the outwards railway station a reasonable time before the departure of the trains, and to be so far as practicable in attendance at the inwards station to meet on arrival any train by which parcels are expected to arrive:
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(3.) The parcels shall be placed by the officers of the Postmaster-General for each separate railway station in sacks, hampers, boxes, or other receptacles, and in such reasonably convenient manner for delivery to and for transfer and conveyance by the railway companies as the Postmaster-General may from time to time direct.
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(4.) The railway companies shall not be required to carry, under this Act, any such explosive or dangerous article as they, independently of this Act, for the time being refuse to carry as a parcel by passenger trains.
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(5.) The parcels shall, with regard to security and compensation for loss or otherwise, be treated as letters sent by post, and no company shall incur or be subject to any liability in respect of the conveyance or loss of or damage to any of the parcels, but the railway companies shall take all reasonable care for the security of the parcels while under their charge.
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