( 125 ) All goods brought for shipment shall be allowed three clear days free of rent, after which they shall become liable to the payment of the above rates for each succeeding day or part thereof, including Sundays and Customs holidays and day of removal. Explanation.-Sundays and Customs holidays are not included in the three clear days free of rent, unless the vessels taking the cargo work on such days on special application. All goods laden for shipment and not shipped but re-landed shall be allowed to remain in the warehouse free of rent for three days from the date of re-landing, including day of re-landing, day of removal, Sundays, and Customs holidays, after which they shall become liable to the payment of the above rates for each succeeding day or part thereof, including Sundays, Customs holidays, and day of removal. Goods brought for shipment, but removed without being laden for shipment, shall be liable to rent from and for the day on which they are brought; but no rent shall be charged for goods brought to the Wharf and returned on the same day, nor for days on which the Master Attendant hoists the storm signal. Goods shall not be regarded as laden for shipment until the boat-note has been registered at the Export Office. Lakeside Warehouse Rent. All goods for which an import or export entry is registered at the Lakeside Warehouse, whether the goods be actually deposited therein or allowed direct transit through the locks, shall, in addition to the above rates, be liable to a charge of 30 cents per ton dead weight. Any goods deposited in the said warehouse and not removed on the day of deposit shall be charged double the above rate for each day or part thereof, including the day of deposit, Sundays, and Customs holidays, and the day of removal. Rent on Baggage landed at the Passenger Jetty. Packages of passengers' baggage containing non-dutiable goods removed on the day of landing shall be free of charge. Packages of passengers' baggage containing dutiable goods removed on the day of landing shall be liable to rent according to the rates laid down for import cargo, except that the period is limited to the day of landing. Packages containing goods (whether dutiable or non-dutiable) not removed on the day of landing (or otherwise deposited at the Baggage Office) shall be liable to a charge of 15 cents a package for each day or part thereof, including the day of landing or deposit, day of removal, Sundays, and Customs holidays. ( 126 ) SECTION 10.-INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS. Sub-section 1.-Railways.* FROM an economic point of view, the internal communications of Ceylon may be considered as consisting of a railway system of five lines radiating from Colombo, supplemented by feeder roads diverging from the various railway stations, and by canals in the Western and North-Western Provinces, &c. For convenience the round-theIsland steamers may be treated as part of the internal communications. All the railways in Ceylon are State owned and Government con Railways. trolled, the management being vested in the Ceylon Government Railway Department. The total length of line open at the end of 1921 was 7311⁄2 miles, of which 614 miles are broad gauge (51⁄2 feet gauge) and Length opened. 117 miles narrow gauge (23 feet gauge). In addition, the following lines were under construction, namely, (a) the extension of the main line from Demodera to Badulla; (b) a connecting line between Colombo Harbour and the main line; (c) an extension of the north coast line from Chilaw to Puttalam; (d) new lines New Lines. Main from Maho (on the Northern line) to Batticaloa and Trincomalee, respectively, in connection with development of local food production; (e) a line to Kolonnawa Oil Depôt ; and (f) duplication of main line to Rambukkana. A line to Horana and Agalawatta has been surveyed, and the Hambantota line is under survey. The lines opened and under construction are shown in the map opposite. The principal line is the main up-country line (51⁄2 feet gauge), which leaves Colombo in a north-easterly direction, and runs 45 miles to Polgahawela through low-country coconut areas before turning east through rubber and low elevation tea to Peradeniya Junction. From Peradeniya a branch line, running north, serves the towns of Kandy and Matale and the surrounding tea, rubber, and cacao areas. The main line turns south at Peradeniya, and runs through the towns of Gampola and Nawalapitiya and the surrounding tea and rubber districts. From the latter station the tea districts proper are entered, the line rising south and east to Hatton, Talawakele, and Nanu-oya. At Nanu-oya a narrow gauge (2 feet) line runs north-east to Nuwara Eliya, the sanatorium, and down through the Uda Pussellawa tea districts to the terminus, Ragalla, while the main line continues southeast to the summit level at Pattipola (6,225 feet), whence it descends into the tea and rubber districts of Uva. At Haputale it turns north to Bandarawela and Demodera, whence an extension is under construction to Badulla, the capital of the Province of Uva. * Places mentioned in this section can be approximately located from the Geographical Index at the end of the volume. |