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side at the respective ports of call free of
charge, other than the payments hereinafter
mentioned.
5. By each of the aforesaid steamers the
said Company shall, if required, provide a
free cabin passage, fare, and accommodation,
for one person in charge of the mails, in
accordance with written instructions from
the said Postmaster-General.
6. The aforesaid steamers shall (weather
permitting) proceed on their respective voy-
ages from Auckland and Otago at noon, or
as near thereto as the tide will permit on the
respective dates mentioned in the said Time
Tables hereunto annexed, or on such other
dates as may be fixed as hereinafter men-
tioned, and shall not, in their respective
voyages between the said ports, exceed the
time allowed by the said Tables. Provided
always that it shall be lawful for the said
Postmaster-General, or his authorised agent
at either of the said ports, to detain without
charge either of the said boats for the period
of twenty-four hours, and to detain them for
such further time as he shall think proper on
payment of a bonus of fifty pounds (£50)
per day, not exceeding three days, the said
Company paying a liquidate penalty of fifty
pounds (£50) for each day, or part of a day,
they do not (weather permitting and acci-
dents excepted) proceed from the aforesaid
ports at the times appointed.
7. In consideration of the punctual
performance of the aforesaid services, the
aforesaid Postmaster-General shall, out of
moneys voted by the Parliament of New
Zealand, pay to the aforesaid Company the
sum of Three hundred and seventy-two
pounds ten shillings (£372 10s.) per month
for each of the aforesaid services, or One
thousand one hundred and seventeen pounds
ten shillings (£1117 10s.) per month for the
three services, on the certificate of the
Secretary of the General Post Office that the
said services respectively have been duly
performed.
8. The said Postmaster-General shall be
at liberty, on reasonable notice, to alter the
dates of sailing mentioned in the said Time-
Tables hereunto annexed, provided such
alteration does not, without consent of the
Company, shorten the times of remaining at
the several intermediate ports of New Zea-
land respectively.
9. This contract shall continue in force
until terminated by two months' notice by
either of the said parties hereto, provided
that it shall not be terminated by such
notice sooner than the aforesaid period of
twelve months-such notices to be delivered
at the offices in Auckland of the respective
parties hereto.

In witness whereof the said parties to these
presents have hereunto set their hands the
day, month, and year first above written.
THOMAS B. GILLIES:
R. J. DUNCAN.

Signed by Thomas Bannatyne Gillies, Post-
master-General of New Zealand for the
time being, in presence of
G. ELIOTT ELIOTT, Sec. G.P.O.

Signed by Richard John Duncan, Manager
of the New Zealand Steam Navigation
Company, Limited, for and on behalf of
the said Company, in presence of
S. CARROLL,
Secretary to the Wellington
Chamber of Commerce.

No. 1.
TIME TABLE
Referred to in the foregoing Contract.

No. 2.
TIME TABLE,
Referred to in the foregoing Contract.

No. 3.
TIME TABLE,
Referred to in the foregoing Contract.