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11. The Contractors shall not assign, underlet, or
    dispose of this agreement, or any part thereof, with-
    out the consent of the Postmaster-General, signified
    in writing under his hand or under the hand of the
    Secretary of the General Post Office of New Zealand;
    and in case of the same or any part thereof being
    assigned, underlet, or otherwise disposed of, or of any
    gross or habitual breach of this agreement, or any
    covenant matter or thing herein contained, on the
    part of the Contractors, their officers, agents, or ser-
    vants, and whether there be or be not any penalty or
    sum of money payable by the Contractors for any
    breach, it shall be lawful for the Postmaster-General,
    if he shall think fit (and notwithstanding there may
    or may not have been any former breach of this
    contract), by writing under his hand or under the
    hand of the Secretary of the General Post Office of
    New Zealand, to determine this agreement without
    any previous notice to the Contractors or their Agents,
    nor shall the Contractors be entitled to any compen-
    sation in respect of such determination.

12. All sums of money hereinbefore stipulated to
    be forfeited or paid by the Contractors shall be con-
    sidered as stipulated or ascertained damages, and
    may, at the option of the Postmaster-General, be
    deducted and retained out of any money payable
    to the Contractors under this contract.

13. For the faithful performance of all the
    covenants, stipulations, and agreements hereinbefore
    contained, the Contractors bind themselves in the sum
    of one thousand pounds sterling (£1,000), to be paid
    to our Sovereign Lady the Queen, her heirs and
    successors, by way of liquidated or ascertained
    damages, in manner following: that is to say, the
    sum of five hundred pounds (£500) in case of
    wilful failure or default on the part of the Contractors
    in the due performance of this contract, or any part
    thereof, in respect of each or either of the said Mail
    Services hereby contracted for,-that is to say, the
    services between Picton and Manukau, and Manukau
    and Picton, as aforesaid.

14. And in consideration of the due and faithful
    performance by the said Contractors of all the ser-
    vices hereby contracted to be performed by them, the
    said Postmaster-General, on behalf of the Colony of
    New Zealand, hereby covenants with the said Con-
    tractors, their executors and administrators, to pay to
    them, or to their Agents in New Zealand, for the said
    services, the sum of three hundred pounds (£300) on
    the completion of each service from Picton to
    Manukau, and from Manukau back to Picton, as
    aforesaid, such payment to be made at the Treasury
    in Wellington; and also such further sum for deten-
    tion of the steamship employed under this contract
    by the said Postmaster-General or his Agent, as
    provided in the eighth clause hereof.

15. All notices or directions which the Postmaster-
    General, his officers, agents, or others, are hereby
    authorized to give to the Contractors, their officers,
    servants, or agents (other than any notice of termina-
    tion of this contract), may, at the option of the
    Postmaster-General, his officers, agents or others,
    either be delivered to the master of the said vessel,
    or other officer or agent of the Contractors in the
    charge or management of the vessel employed in the
    performance of this agreement, or left for the Con-
    tractors at their usual or last known office or house of
    business; and any notices or directions so given or
    left shall be binding on the Contractors: Provided
    always that any notice of termination of this contract
    shall be served on the Contractors, their officers,
    servants, or agents, at their office in Wellington.

16. It is lastly agreed by and between the said
    parties hereto, that the service hereby contracted for
    shall be carried on and shall continue in force until
    determined by three months' notice by either party,

unless determined by notice under the provisions of
the eleventh and twelfth clauses hereof. But the
said Contractors shall not thereby be relieved from
any penalty or damages incurred under the provisions
hereof, nor be discharged from the performance of
any act, duty, matter or thing which they ought to
do, perform, or fulfil hereunder, prior to such deter-
mination.

In witness whereof the said parties to these
presents have hereunto set their hands
and seals, the day, month, and year first
above written.

Signed, sealed, and delivered by
the said Postmaster-General, in
the presence of-William Gray,
Inspector of Post Offices, Wel-
lington.

JULIUS VOGEL.

For the New Zealand Steam Shipping
Company, Limited-

CHAS. HARTMANN,
Manager.

Signed, sealed, and delivered by
the said Charles Hartmann, in
the presence of-William Gray,
Inspector of Post Offices, Wel-
lington.

MONEY ORDER OFFICES.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 18th July, 1872.

IT IT is hereby notified, that information has been
received from the General Post Office, Mel-
bourne, that Money Order Offices have been opened
in Victoria at

MITTA-MITTA and ALLANSFORD;

and that the Money Order Office at

SNOWY CREEK,

in the same Colony, has been closed.

By order.

W. GRAY
(for the Secretary).

General Post Office,
Wellington, 15th July, 1872.

POST OFFICE MONEY ORDERS.

THE following Notices, reporting the extension of
the Money Order System in the Colonies of New
South Wales and South Australia, are published for
general information.

W. GRAY
(for the Secretary).

General Post Office,
Sydney, 19th June, 1872.

POST OFFICE MONEY ORDERS.

WITH reference to Treasury notice of the 10th
December, 1862, published in Government Gazette
No. 231, it is hereby notified, that, on and after the
1st July, 1872, the Post Office Money Order System
will be extended to the following places, viz. :-

Obley and Wattle Flat.

GEO. A. LLOYD,
Postmaster-General.

NOTICE is hereby given, that, on and after Monday, the
1st proximo, Money Order Offices will be established
at the following Post Offices, viz. :-

Farrell's Flat.
Woodchester.
Border Town.

H. L. HURST
(in absence of Postmaster-General).

General Post Office, Adelaide,
June 12, 1872.