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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
   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 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 wines, 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 to do so 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 the 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 Secretary 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
    aforesaid 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 hereto set their hands
the day, month and year first above
written.

JAS. PATERSON,
H. B. BENSON.

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 Henry Baskerville Benson, General
Manager of the Panama, New Zealand, and Australian
Royal Mail Company, in presence of—

HENRY LAWSON,
Sub-Manager P.N.Z. and A.R.M. Co.

TIME TABLE NO. 2.—EAST COAST.
(Referred to in the foregoing Contract.)

TIME TABLE NO. 3.—WEST COAST.
(Referred to in the foregoing Contract.)

General Post Office,
Wellington, 28th June, 1866.

IT is hereby notified for public information, that,
from and after this date, patterns and samples
of merchandise, of no intrinsic value, may be
transmitted by post from this Colony to France,
either in direct mails, or via the United Kingdom, at
the same rates as are charged for book packets from
New Zealand to France.