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And the said parties hereto for themselves and their aforesaids do hereby mutually covenant and agree to and with each other that the maximum rates to be charged by the said Alexander Sinclair Murray and Peleg Whitford Jackson their executors or administrators for the conveyance of passengers and goods to and from the port of Molyneux the Lower Ferry Pomahaka and the Tuapeka River shall be those mentioned in the schedule or table of rates hereto annexed And further that a table of rates for freight and passage contained in the said Schedule shall be advertised by the said Alexander Sinclair Murray and Peleg Whitford Jackson their executors or administrators in one or more newspapers published in Dunedin once in every three months of the said term and a printed copy of the said table of rates shall be hung up and kept in a conspicuous place in the cabin and steerage of the said steamer and that the dates of sailing of the said steamer shall be from time to time advertised in manner aforesaid by the said Alexander Sinclair Murray and Peleg Whitford Jackson their executors or administrators and shall be adhered to And further that in case the said steamer shall at any time during the said term become disabled through accident or want of repair or any other cause and shall in consequence cease to run, and ply as aforesaid then the said Alexander Sinclair Murray and Peleg Whitford Jackson their executors or administrators shall with all convenient speed cause the same to be refitted and required or shall within four months thereafter supply the place of such steamer by some other light draught stern wheel steamer of at least equal dimensions tonnage accommodation and speed And in case the said steamer shall not be refitted or repaired or some other steamer as aforesaid substituted in lieu thereof within the aforesaid period of four months then and from thenceforth this Contract shall be deemed to be wholly at an end and the penalty hereinafter stipulated to have been incurred And also that in case the said steamer or any other similar or suitable steamer to be substituted in lieu thereof as aforesaid shall fail to perform any of the voyages or runs hereby covenanted to be performed for the reason aforesaid or for any other cause whatever the said Alexander Sinclair Murray and Peleg Whitford Jackson their executors or administrators shall not be entitled to claim and shall not be paid any subsidy whatever in respect of the period during which the said steamer or said other steamer shall fail to run and ply as aforesaid And lastly the said parties hereto for themselves and theirs aforesaid bind and oblige themselves the one to the other of them for the due performance of the covenants and agreements hereinbefore expressed and contained in the penalty of one hundred pounds to be paid by the party failing to perform to the party performing or willing to perform the same IN WITNESS whereof the said Alexander Sinclair Murray and Peleg Whitford Jackson have set their hands and seals to these presents and the said John Larkins Cheese Richardson hath hereto set his hand and caused the public seal of the said Province to be affixed to these presents.

SCHEDULE.

Between Port of Molyneux and Lower Ferry.

GOODS.
One shilling and sixpence per ton, per mile.
WOOL.
Sixpence per bale, per mile.

Between Port of Molyneux and Pomahaka.

GOODS.
One shilling and threepence per ton, per mile.
WOOL.
Sixpence per bale, per mile.

Between Port of Molyneux and Tuapeka River.

GOODS.
One shilling per ton, per mile.
WOOL.
Sixpence per bale, per mile.

CABIN PASSAGE.
For the whole distance, sevenpence per head, per mile; and for any less distance, ninepence per head, per mile.

STEERAGE PASSAGE.
For the whole distance, sixpence per head, per mile; and for any less distance, eightpence per head, per mile.

ALEXANDER SINCLAIR MURRAY,
P. W. JACKSON,
J. L. C. RICHARDSON, Superintendent.

Signed sealed and delivered by the said Alexander Sinclair Murray and John Larkins Cheese Richardson in the presence of:
A. FINDLATER, Dunedin,
Clerk to Provincial Solicitor.

Signed sealed and delivered by the said Peleg Whitford Jackson in the presence of:
Jas. Daurent, Adelaide.

CLUTHA FERRY LEASE

In favor of
MESSRS. THOMAS & WOOD.

THIS DEED made the twenty-third day of October one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two between JOHN BARR the younger of the Clutha District in the Province of Otago Settler of the first part, JOHN THOMAS of the same place Settler and JOHN WOOD of the same place Master Mariner of the second part. His Honor JOHN LARKINS CHEESE RICHARDSON