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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
license

HENRY CLAYLANDS FIELD, Esq.,
to be a Surveyor under "The Native Lands Act,
1865."

T. M. HAULTAIN.
(In the absence of the Native Minister.)

MEMORANDUM of Agreement made this first
day of June, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-six, between the Honorable the Postmaster-
General of New Zealand of the one part, and the
New Zealand Steam Navigation Company (Limited)
of the other part:

Witnesseth that in consideration of the mutual
covenants hereinafter contained, the said parties
hereto for themselves and their respective successors,
do hereby respectively covenant and agree to and
with the other of them and their respective successors,
in manner following, that is to say :

1. All contracts at present subsisting between the
   said parties hereto for Inter-Provincial Steam Postal
   Services are hereby cancelled and terminated.

2. From and after the date hereof, and for six
   calendar months thence next ensuing, the said New
   Zealand Steam Navigation Company (Limited) shall
   with one of the aftermentioned steamers, viz.:
   "Taranaki" and "Wellington," or other steamer
   authorized by the said Postmaster-General, perform
   one Postal Service monthly between Auckland and
   Port Chalmers via the East Coast of New Zealand,
   according to Time Table hereunto annexed, subject
   to variation of dates as hereinafter mentioned.

3. From and after the date hereof, and for six
   calendar months thence next ensuing, the said New
   Zealand Steam Navigation Company (Limited) shall
   with one of the aforementioned steamers, or other
   steamer authorized by the Postmaster-General, per-
   form a Postal Service monthly between Manukau
   and the Bluff, according to Time Table hereunto
   annexed, subject to variation of dates as hereinafter
   mentioned.

4. By the aforesaid Steam Postal Services the said
   Company shall receive and safely carry Her Majesty's
   Mails, and provide all necessary accommodation
   therefor, to the satisfaction of the said Postmaster-
   General, and shall land, ship and tranship the same
   at the respective ports of call (except at the port of
   New Plymouth) free of charge other than the pay-
   ments 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 voyages from the different
   ports 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 mentioned, and
   shall not in their respective voyages between the said
   ports exceed the time allowed by the said Tables :
   Provided always, and it shall be lawful for the said
   Postmaster-General or his authorized agent at either
   of the said ports to detain without charge either of
   the said steamers 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
   per day, not exceeding three days, the said Company
   paying a liquidated penalty of Fifty pounds for each
   day, or part of a day, they do not (weather permitting,
   and accidents excepted) proceed from the aforesaid
   ports at the times appointed.

7. By the aforesaid steamers the said Company
   shall provide cabin passages, accommodation and fare
   (exclusive of wine, spirits, and beer) for Members of
   the General Assembly or Officers of the General
   Government for the sum of One pound fifteen shillings
   per diem for each such passenger when required so
   to do, by the Postmaster-General or his authorized
   agent at either of the said ports.

8. 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 pounds per month for each of
   the aforesaid services on the certificate of the Secre-
   tary of the General Post Office that the said services
   respectively have been duly performed.

9. The said Postmaster-General shall be at liberty,
   on reasonable notice, so often as he shall think fit, to
   alter the dates of sailing mentioned in the said Time
   Tables hereunto annexed.

10. This Contract shall continue in force until
    terminated by two months' notice in writing by either
    of the said parties hereto: Provided that it shall not
    be terminated by such notice sooner than the afore-
    said period of six months. Such notices to be
    delivered at the offices in Wellington 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.

JAS. PATERSON,
R. J. DUNCAN.

Signed by James Paterson, Postmaster-General of
New Zealand for the time being, in presence of—

G. ELIOTT ELIOTT,
Secretary General Post Office.

Signed by Richard John Duncan, Manager of the
New Zealand Steam Navigation Company (Limited),
in presence of—

SAMUEL CARROLL,
Accountant, Wellington.

TIME TABLE NO. 1.—WEST COAST.
(Referred to in the foregoing Contract.)