writing be given to such Master or Person the
said Master shall immediately or as soon
as
possible thereupon remedy replace or effec-
tively repair or make good every such defect
or deficiency

And that the said Commissioners shall also
have full power whenever and as often as they
may deem it requisite to Survey by any of
their Officers or Agents all and every the Ves-
sels employed and to be employed in the per-
formance of this Contract and the Hulls there-
of and the Engines Machinery Furniture Tac-
kle Apparel Stores and equipments of every
such vessel the said vessels to be opened in
their Hulls whenever the said officers may
require and if any such vessel or any part
thereof or any Engines Machinery Furniture
tackle apparel boats stores or equipments shall
on any such survey be declared by any of such
Officers or Agents unseaworthy or not adapted
to the service hereby contracted to be perform-
ed or if the said Commissioners shall deem it
necessary or expedient that any alteration or
improvement shall be made therein or any part
thereof in order to keep pace with the more ad-
vanced state of Science every Vessel which
shall be disapproved of or in which such defect
or deficiency or want of improvement shall ap-
pear shall be deemed inefficient for any service
hereby contracted to be performed and shall
not be employed again in the conveyance of Her
Majesty's Mails until such defect or deficiency
shall have been repaired or supplied or the al-
terations or improvements as the case may be
shall have been made to the satisfaction of the

Company and all Commanding
and other Officers of the Vessels to be em-
ployed in the performance of this Contract
the said Company shall at all times during the con-
tinuance of this Contract punctually attend to
the orders and directions of the said Commis-
sioners or of any of their Officers or Agents as
to the landing delivering and receiving Her
Majesty's Mails

That the said Company shall and will when
and as often as in writing they or the Masters
of their respective Vessels shall be required so
to do by the said Commissioners or by any
Naval or other Officer or Agent acting under
their authority (such writing to specify the
rank or description of the person or persons
to be conveyed and the accomodation to be
provided for him or them) receive provide for
victual and convey on board each and every
or any of the Vessels to be employed in the
performance of this Contract for the whole or
any portion of the voyages of the said Vessels
(in addition to the Naval Officer or other per-
son authorised to have the charge of the said
Mails) any Naval Military and Civil Officers
in the employment of Her Majesty not exceeding 4
as Chief Cabin Passengers and any number of
Seamen Marines or Soldiers in Her Majesty's
Service not exceeding 8 as Deck Passengers
to be effectually protected from Sun Rain and
bad weather charging for such Chief Cabin
and Deck Passengers two-thirds only of the

fares or rates charged by the said Company
for ordinary passengers of a similar description
not less than 48 hours notice being given to
the agent of the said Company at the Port of
Embarkation.

And that all and every the sums of money
hereby stipulated to be forfeited and paid by
the said Company unto Her Majesty Her Heirs
and Successors shall be considered as stipulated
or ascertained damages and shall and may
be deducted and retained by the said Commis-
sioners out of any monies payable or which may
thereafter be payable to the said Company or
the payment may be enforced as a debt due to
Her Majesty with full cost of suit at the dis-
cretion of the said Commissioners

That the said Company shall and will re-
ceive on board each and every of the Vessels
employed in the performance of this Contract
any number of small packages containing As-
tronomical Instruments Charts Writing Ap-
parel or other Articles and convey and deliver
the same to from and between all or any of
the said ports or places to or from which the
said Mails are to be conveyed in the perform-
ance of this Contract when and as often as di-
rected by the British Naval Officer in command
at any port where the Vessel may touch free
from all costs and charges and also shall and
will receive on board each and every of the
said Vessels and convey and deliver to from
and between all or any of the said ports or
places any Naval or other Stores not exceeding
5 tons in weight at any one time in any one
Vessel at the rate of freight charged by the
said Company for private goods

And that the said Company shall in all cases
be strictly responsible for the due custody and
safe delivery of the said Packages Articles and
Provided always that the said obliga-
tion to receive such passengers and stores shall
not be binding on the said Company under
any circumstance which would endanger or
render liable the confiscation or forfeiture of
any privileges exclusively granted to the said
Company by any of the South American States

That if at any time during the continuance
of this Contract the said Commissioners shall
deem it requisite to alter the particular days
and hours of departure appointed for the de-
parture of the said Vessels from any of the
places which the said Vessels are to leave they
shall be at liberty at any time or times or
from time to time to alter the days and hours
of departure on giving a notice in writing of
not less than 6 calendar months of such their
intention to the said Company provided that
any such alteration in the time of departure
shall not be such as to prevent the service
from being performed by 4 vessels

And it is hereby declared and agreed that
this Contract shall commence on the 1st day
of July 1846 or on such earlier day as may
be mutually agreed on and shall continue in
force for 5 years and thenceforward until the
expiration of a written notice of twelve calen-
dar months which may at the termination of
such five years or at any period of any year
afterwards be given either by the said Com-