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Admiralty may
entrust mails to master
of vessel, who is to
and receive and de. liver mails.
and properly provided, manned, and equipped by the said Company; and that the directions of the said naval officer shall in all cases be obeyed as to the mode, time, and place of receiving and delivering Her Majesty's mails.
That if the said Commissioners shall during the continuance of this Contract or of any part thereof think fit to intrust the make usual declaration, charge and custody of the mails to the masters of all or any of the vessels to be employed in the performance of this Contract, and in all cases when the naval officer, or other person appointed by the said Commissioners to have charge of Her Majesty's mails, shall be absent, the masters of all or any of such vessels shall, without any charge to the public, take due care of, and the said Company shall be responsible for the receipt, safe custody, and delivery of the said mails; and each of such masters shall make the usual declaration or declarations required, or which may hereafter be required, by Her Majesty's Postmaster General in such and similar cases, and furnish such journals, returns, and information to and as and perform such services as the said Commissioners, or any of their agents, may require; and every such master having the charge of such mails shall himself, immediately on the arrival
Company not to receive on board any
other letters than those in charge under this Contract.
Penalty for not putting
to sea from certain
appointed, 300; and 5001, for every sne- cessive day up to
the 14th.
at
any of the said ports or places of any vessel so conveying the same, deliver all Her Majesty's mails for such port or place into the hands of the postmaster of the port or place where such mails are to be delivered, or into the hands of such other person as the said Commissioners shall direct and authorize to receive the same, receiving in like manner all the return or other mails to be forwarded in due course.
That the said Company shall not, nor shall any of the masters of any of the vessels employed or to be employed under this Contract, receive or permit to be received on board any of the vessels employed under this Contract any letters for conveyance, other than those duly in charge of the said naval officer, or other person authorized to have charge of the said mails under or by virtue of this Contract, or which are or may be privileged by law; and the said naval officer or other person shall report to the said Commissioners any default in this respect, and in case of any such default the said Com- pany shall be liable to be proceeded against for a breach of this Contract.
That if the said Company fail to provide an efficient vessel, ports at day and hour in accordance with the terms of this Contract, ready to put to sea from any one of the following ports or places; that is to say, Southampton, Alexandria, Suez, Calcutta, Hong Kong, Singapore, or Sydney, on and at the duly appointed day, hour, or time, then and in each case and as often as the same shall happen the said Company shall forfeit and pay unto Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, the sum of five hundred pounds, and also the further sum of five hundred pounds for every successive day up to the fourteenth day inclusive which
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Penalty for delay in starting, &c. 2007; and 200% for every day's delay;
and as to when Com- pany not liable to Penalties,
Officer may survey vessels, &c., and de
ficiency to be remedied under penalty of 2004.
Admiralty or agents may survey vessels, &e, and if vessel un-
seaworthy, and altera-
tions required, not to be employed until alterations, &c. made to
satisfaction of Admi
ralty, under a penalty
of 5001.
shall elapse until such vessel shall actually proceed to sea on her voyage with Her Majesty's mails on board in the performance of this Contract.
And in case any vessel employed or to be employed in the performance of this Contract shall, in breach of this Contract, not start or shall delay starting at the appointed time, or shall put back or return into port after starting, or shall stop or linger on her voyage, or shall deviate from her direct course (except from stress of weather or other unavoidable circumstance), without the sanction in each and every case of the officer authorized to have the charge of the said mails, then and in each and every of such cases, and as often as the same shall happen, the said Company shall forfeit and pay unto Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, the sum of two hundred pounds, and also the further sum of two hundred pounds for every day during which she shall not start, or shall delay starting, or shall remain in port, after any such return thereto; but nevertheless so that the said Company shall not in any case be liable to any penalties under this Contract if the default be proved to the satisfaction of the said Commissioners to have arisen from cir- cumstances over which the said Company and their servants had not and could not have had any control.
That every naval officer authorized to have the charge of the said mails shall, either alone or with such other persons as he may consider necessary, have full power and authority, as often as he may deem it requisite, to examine and survey, in such manner, and with the assistance of such persons as he may think proper, any of the vessels employed or to be employed in the performance of this Contract, and the hulls, machinery, equipments, and crew thereof, on his giving reasonable notice in writing to the master for the time being of the vessel about to be examined, or to the person acting as such, of such his intention; and if any defect or deficiency be ascertained, and notice thereof in writing be given to such master or person, and if the said master shall not immediately or as soon as possible thereupon remedy, replace, or effectively repair or make good every such defect or deficiency, the said Company shall in every such case forfeit and pay to Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, the sum of two hundred pounds; but the payment of such penalty shall not in anywise release or discharge the said Company from remedying, replacing, or effectively repairing or making good such deficiency or defect, or from being considered to have committed a breach of this Contract.
And that the said Commissioners shall also have full power, whenever and as often as they may deem it requisite, to survey, by any of their officers or agents, all or every the vessels employed and to be employed in the performance of this Contract, and the hulls thereof, and the engines, machinery, furniture, tackle, apparel, stores, equipments, and the officers, engineers, and crew of every such vessel, the said vessels to be
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