giving to the Company before each occasion of such user three clear days' notice, when practicable.
43. The Governor in Council shall direct the payment of such fares and charges as shall be agreed on, or, if no agreement shall be made, then the amount of the fares and charges to be paid shall be determined upon a special case.
44. Postmen and Policemen in the service of the Government for the time being on duty and in uniform shall be carried free of charge.
Traffic upon the Tramway.
45. The tramway may be used for the purpose of conveying passengers, animals, goods, merchandise, commodities, minerals and parcels.
46. Save and except passengers' luggage not exceeding sixteen pounds in weight or one cubic foot in measurement, the Company shall not be bound to carry, unless they think fit, any animals, goods, merchandise, commodities, minerals or parcels.
Royalties to Government.
47. (1.) The Company shall not be required to pay any Royalty for ten years after the Tramway has been opened for public traffic as provided by section 25 of this Ordinance, but in consideration of the rights, powers and authorities hereby granted to or conferred upon the Company, the Company thereafter shall pay to the Government the following Royalties, that is to say:
(a.) From and after the expiration of the said ten years, for the period of twenty-five years, a Royalty amounting to five per cent. per annum of the profits of the Company.
(b.) After the said period of twenty-five years has expired and for so long as the Company shall exercise their said rights, powers and authorities, a Royalty amounting to twenty-five per cent. per annum of the profits of the Company. For the purposes of this section, profits shall be the gross takings of the Company less working expenses, and such working expenses shall not be deemed to include any interest or dividends upon any moneys borrowed for the purposes of the Company.
(2.) Any person from time to time appointed by the Government as Auditor for the purpose may at all reasonable times inspect the books, papers and vouchers of the Company and take notes therefrom.
(3.) In the event of any dispute arising between the Government and the Company as to what is, for the purposes of this section, the correct amount of the profits of the Company in any particular year, such amount shall be determined upon a special case.
Fares and Charges.
48. The Company may demand and take for every passenger travelling upon the tramway or any portion thereof, including every expense incidental to such conveyance, fares not exceeding the following rates, that is to say:
(i) From or to the point where Section No. 1 is authorized to commence to or from the existing General Post Office in Queen's Road Central, for any distance, for a first-class passenger 15 cents, for a second-class passenger 10 cents, and for a third-class passenger 5 cents.
(ii) From or to the existing General Post Office in Queen's Road Central to or from the point in Causeway Road where Section No. 2 is authorized to terminate, or to or from the point in Wong Nei Chong Road where Section No. 5 is authorized to terminate, for any distance, for a first-class passenger 15 cents, for a second-class passenger 10 cents, and for a third-class passenger 5 cents.
(iii) From or to the point in Causeway Road where Section No. 6 is authorized to commence to or from the point in Shau-ki-wan Road where Section No. 7 is authorized to terminate, for any distance, for a first-class passenger 20 cents, for a second-class passenger 15 cents, and for a third-class passenger 8 cents.
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