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A first-class cabin,
with bed and bedding,
to be provided for such naval or civil
officer; also a proper
required), shall be received and be allowed to remain on board each of the said vessels as herein-before provided with respect to any such naval officer and his assistant or servant, but when any civil officer in the service of the Post Office shall be in charge of the said Mails, his duties shall be confined to the Post Office business.
That a suitable first-class cabin, with appropriate bed, bed- ding, and furniture, shall, at the cost of the said Company, be provided and appropriated by them for and to the exclusive use and for the sole accommodation of every such naval officer or civil officer, and also a proper and convenient place of deposit on board, with secure lock and key, for Her Majesty's Company as a chief Mails, and that each and every of the said officers shall be
place for the deposit of the Mails.
The officer to be
victualled by the
cabin passenger.
The Company to provide suitable aç- commodation for
sorting and making up
the Mails.
To convey the officer
on shore.
victualled by the said Company as a chief-cabin passenger, without any charge being made either for his passage or victualling, and that, should any of such officers require an assistant or servant, such assistant or servant shall also be pro- vided with a proper and suitable berth, and be duly victualled by and at the cost of the said Company as a second-cabin passenger, without any charge being made for the same.
That the said Company shall and will provide, on board each of the vessels to be employed under this Agreement, all neces- sary and suitable accommodation, to the satisfaction of the Postmaster-General, for the purpose of sorting and making up the Mails thereby conveyed, and also shall and will receive, victual, and convey and allow to remain on board each of the said vessels, such civil officer, if any there should be, of the Post Office and his assistant, without any extra charge what- soever, which said civil officer shall be treated as a first-class passenger, and be provided for, accommodated, and victualled in the same manner as if he were the naval officer in charge of the Mails, and the said assistant or servant shall be pro- vided for, accommodated, and victualled the same manner as the assistant or servant of the said naval officer as herein- before provided.
That at each port or place where the said Mails are to be in charge of the Mails delivered and received, the officer having charge of Her Majesty's Mails shall, whenever and as often as by him shall be deemed practicable or necessary, be conveyed on shore, and also from the shore to the vessel employed for the time being in the performance of this Agreement, together with or (if such officer shall consider it requisite for the purposes of this Agreement, so to do) without Her Majesty's Mails, in a suitable and seaworthy boat of not less than four oars, to be furnished with effectual covering for the Mails, and properly provided, manned, and equipped by the said Company; and that the directions of such officer shall in all cases be obeyed as to the mode, time, and place of receiving and delivering such Mails.
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The Postmaster- General may entrust the master of the vessels with the custody of the Mails.
The master to deliver the Mails to the Post
master of the port or place where they are to be delivered.
The Company not to receive on board any letters for conveyance other than those in charge of the naval officer, &c.
Power for the naval officer to survey the vessels, machinery,
notice of defects to the master, &c.
That if the said Postmaster-General shall, during the con- tinuance of this Agreement, think fit to entrust the charge and custody of the Mails to the master of the vessels to be employed for the time being in the performance of this Agreement, and in all cases when the officer or other person appointed to have charge of Her Majesty's Mails shall be absent, the master of such vessel shall without any charge (other than that herein provided to be paid to the said Com- pany) 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 oath or declaration, or declarations, required, or which may hereafter be required, by the Postmaster-General in such and similar cases, and furnish such journals, returns, and informa- tion to, and perform such services as the said Postmaster- General or any of his agents may require; and every such master or officer, duly authorized by him, having the charge of such Mails, shall himself immediately on the arrival 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 Postmaster-General 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 Agreement, receive, or permit to be received, on board any of the vessels employed under this Agreement, 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, or which are, or may be, privileged by law; and the said naval officer, or other person, shall report to the said Postmaster-General any default in this respect; and in case of any such default, the said Company shall be liable to be pro- ceeded against for a breach of this Agreement.
And the said Company do hereby further agree with the said Postmaster-General, that every naval officer, authorized and crew, and to give 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 Agreement, 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 other persons, such master or other person shall and will immediately, or as soon as possible there-
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