Power for the Post- master-General or his
vessels, &c.
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upon, remedy, replace, or effectually repair or make good every such defect or deficiency; and that the said Postmaster-General
may shall also have full power, whenever and as often as he it requisite, to survey by any of his officers or agents all or any officers to survey the of the vessels employed and to be employed in the performance of this Agreement, and the hulls thereof, and the engines, machinery, furniture, tackle, apparel, stores, equipments, and the officers, engineers, and crew of every such vessel; and that for the purposes aforesaid the said vessels shall (if necessary) be opened in their hulls whenever the said officers may require; and if any such vessels, or any part thereof, or any engines, ma- chinery, furniture, tackle, apparel, boats, stores, or equipments, shall on any such survey be declared by any of such officers or agents unseaworthy or not adapted to the service hereby agreed to be performed, every vessel which shall be disapproved of, or in which such deficiency or defect shall appear, shall be deemed inefficient for any service hereby agreed to be performed, and shall not be employed again in the conveyance of Her Ma- jesty's Mails until such defect or deficiency shall have been repaired or supplied to the satisfaction of the said Postmaster, General.
The Company, &c., to attend to the orders of the Postmaster-
General, or his officers,
as to delivering and receiving the Mails.
The Postmaster-
General may require the Company to convey on board the vessels a limited number of naval. military, or civil officers, with their wives, &c.; also warrant officers, seamen, marines, soldiers, &c.
That the said Company and all commanding and other officers of the vessels to be employed in the performance of this Agreement, and all agents, seamen, and servants of the said Company, shall at all times during the continuance of this Agreement, punctually attend to the orders and directions of the said Postmaster-General, or of any of his officers or agents, as to the landing, delivering, and receiving Her Majesty's Mails.
That the said Company shall and will, when and as often as in writing they or the masters of their respective vessels shall be required so to do by the said Postmaster-General, or by such naval or other officers or agents, acting under his autho- rity (such writing to specify the rank or description of the person or persons to be conveyed, and the accommodation to be provided for him or them), receive, provide for, victual and convey to and from and between the places to which any of the vessels are to proceed in the performance of this Agreement, on board each and every or any of the vessels to be employed in the performance of this Agreement (in addition to the naval or other officer authorized to have charge of the said Mails), any number of naval, military or civil officers in the service of Her Majesty, (not exceeding four in any one ship), with or without their wives and children, as chief-cabin passengers, and any number of non-commissioned or warrant officers, or civilians in Her Majesty's Service (not exceeding two) in any one ship, with or without their wives and children as fore-cabin pas- sengers, together with the servants of both chief and fore-cabin passengers, and any number of seamen, marines, soldiers, or artificers in Her Majesty's service (not exceeding ten) in any one ship, with or without their wives or children, as deck
Commissioned officers
cabin passengers, &c.
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passengers, to be effectually protected from rain, sun, and bad weather, (a fortnight's notice being given if practicable to the
said Company, or to their agent at the port of embarkation of all such passengers as may be required to be received, provided for, victualled, and conveyed as aforesaid), and that the said Company shall and will convey any soldiers (not exceeding ten) as deck passengers, (other than those herein-before specially provided for), and that the said Company shall and will pro- vide them with adequate protection from rain, sun, and bad weather, and that such soldiers as last aforesaid shall not be exposed on deck without such competent shelter, and that all such passengers as aforesaid shall be permitted to ship the quantity of baggage allowed by the said Company to ordinary passengers of similar rank free of all charge for the conveyance thereof.
That commissioned officers, their wives and children, shall be to be paid for as chief considered and paid for as chief-cabin passengers, non-commis- sioned and warrant officers, their wives and children, as and paid for as fore-cabin passengers, and seamen, marines, private soldiers, artificers, and their wives and children, as and paid for as deck passengers, and the said servants (in respect of accom- modation) as and paid for as the servants of chief-cabin passengers.
As to the victualling of commissioned officers, non-com- missioned officers, seamen, &c.
The passage money
to be paid in full of ail charge for mess, including allowances
of wine, &c.
That the victualling of commissioned officers, their wives and children, conveyed as chief-cabin passengers, shall be similar to that usually allowed by the said Company to chief-cabin passengers, their wives and children, the victualling of non- commissioned officers, their wives and children, conveyed as fore- cabin passengers, shall be similar to that usually allowed to the boatswain and carpenter of the said Company's steam ships, and the victualling of seamen, marines, soldiers, and artificers, their wives and children, conveyed as deck passengers shall be similar to that usually allowed to the seamen of the said Con- pany's steam ships, and the victualling of the servants of officers (whether chief or fore-cabin passengers), shall be similar to that usually allowed to the servants of other chief or fore cabin passengers.
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That the passage money shall be paid in full of all charge for mess, including pint of port or good foreign white wine, and one bottle of malt liquor per day for each officer conveyed as a chief-cabin passenger, and half a gill of spirits per day, or an equivalent (if not issued) for each warrant officer, non- commissioned officer, seaman, marine, soldier, artificer, and servant conveyed as a fore-cabin or a deck passenger, at and after the fares or rates charged by the said Company for ordinary passengers of a similar description, the said Company carrying children under three years of age free, and charging for male servants not more than one half, and for female servants not more than two-thirds of the rates charged for their employers.
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