CO129-465 - Public Offices & Others - 1920 — Page 580

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rates of charge of the Company or any of them on the ground that they are not just and reasonable or request the Company to make provision for specially low rates for traffic of a non-urgent character to be transmitted at times when the cables would not otherwise be fully used, provided that in considering the introduction of such low rates due regard shall be paid to any difficulties in respect of the provision of staff and the necessity of maintaining the fully paid service in a state of efficiency.

(5) If when any such objection or requisition has been made the Postmaster-General and the Company are unable to agree as to the rates of charge which are the subject of the objection, or requisition, the difference shall stand referred to the Railway and Canal Commission which shall have power to fix such rates of charge as they may consider just and reasonable.

(6) The Company may at any time after an interval of 12 calendar months from determination of such difference by the Railway and Canal Commission, by notice in writing delivered to the Postmaster-General, object to the rates of charge so fixed or any of them, on the ground that they are unremunerative to the Com- pany, and that a higher rate or rates would be just and reasonable.

(7) If when any such objection as last aforesaid bas been made the Postmaster-General and the Company are unable to agree as aforesaid, the difference shall stand referred to the Railway and Canal Commission with the like consequences as aforesaid.

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(8) The provisions of the Telegraph (Arbitration) Act, 1909, shall apply to the determination of any such difference as is referred to in this clause.

2. The Company will from time to time furnish to the Governor or the Postmaster-General at his request all such particulars of the traffic passing over their telegraphs, and originating in or destined for or passing in transit through the Colony (including the distribution of such traffic among the Company's cables during any specified periods of the day, night or week), as the Governor or the Postmaster-General may from time to time reasonably require, provided always that regard shall be had to the ordinary staff and administrative capacity of the Company as regards the volume of statistics to be supplied, but such particulars shall (except as herein provided) be treated as strictly private, and be in no way published or publicly made use of, except with the consent of the Company or when included with other published General Returns.

3. (1) The Company will not at any time hereafter in pursuance or by virtue of any right which they may have or acquire under any agreement or agreements (hereinafter referred to as a "joint purse agreement" or "joint purse agreements") already subsisting or here- after to be made or entered into by them or by any person or persons or body or bodies controlling them by owner- ship of their capital or otherwise, with any other cable or telegraph company or companies or any person or persons, body or bodies so controlling them as aforesaid, or with any administration or administrations (any or

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