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Company in Victoria, and such additional wire and

posts shall be of the same description as the present

wire and posts of the Government Telegraph.

4. The Company will pay to the Government one

half the total cost of erecting all the posts to be

used by the Company and of both the original and the

new wires, that is to say, at the rate of one hundred

and sixty-four dollars per mile.

5. The Government and the Company will defray

in equal shares the expense of maintaining and renew-

ing the said posts and wires and of keeping them in

good working order and condition. Provided always

that in case any other Telegraph Company shall apply

to the Government for permission to use the said Tele-

graph posts, such permission shall not be granted ex-

cept on the condition that such other Company contri-

bute rateably with the Government and the Company (party hereto) to the costs of the maintenance and re-

newal thereof.

6. The repairs to all such posts and wires as

aforesaid shall be effected by the Government who

hereby undertake to keep the same in good working

order. Provided always that in the event of any acci- dent or derangement causing an interruption of comma- nication, or in any other case of urgency, the Company

may themselves effect the necessary repairs if they think fit, and shall be credited in account with the

Government for half the cost of such repairs, provided

the same shall have been executed to the satisfaction

of

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