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expiration of his term of engagement, or if this Agreement shall be terminated by the Government under the preceding clause the Government shall provide the person engaged with a free first class passage to England provided his conduct shall have been satisfactory during his service and shall also pay to him half salary during the time occupied on the voyage home and in the event of the person engaged being compelled at any time during the period of Three years to resign his appointment, and return to England on account of illness not caused by any impropriety of conduct on his part and producing a Certificate from the Colonial Surgeon to that effect he shall be provided with a free first class passage to England, but if he should resign his appointment from any other cause he shall refund to the Government or to the Crown Agents for the Colonies the amount paid for his passage to the Colony The return passages must in all cases be claimed within two months of the expiration or sooner determination of this Agreement.
4 If the person engaged shall at any time neglect or refuse or from any cause (other than illness not caused by his own impropriety of conduct) become unable to perform or comply with all or any of the Articles of this Agreement, or all or any of the duties required of him or all or any of the orders or directions of the Government or its representatives or shall in any manner misconduct himself, it shall be lawful for the Government to declare the employment of the person engaged under this Agreement to be at an end and thereupon his engagement shall cease and this Agreement shall not have any further prospective operation or force and all rights and benefits reserved to him shall cease, but without prejudice to the enforcement of existing claims.
The person engaged agrees to make no claim upon the Government or on the Crown Agents for the Colonies in respect of the fluctuations in the value of the dollar.
The said Crown Agents for the Colonies shall not be personally liable for anything contained in this Agreement.
Witness our hands the day and year first above written.
Signed by One of the Crown Agents for the Colonies in the presence of
M. J. Emmamy (Signature)
Martin During (Witness)
Signed by the said Laurence Gibbs in the presence of
Laurence Gibbs (Signature)
E. A. Middleton (Witness)
Address: Borough Surveyor's Office, Walsall
Occupation: Borough Surveyor