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claims under these presents.

The Resident Engineer may determine this

Agreement and his engagement thereunder at any time

by giving six months' notice in writing to the

Government but in the event of the Resident Engineer

exercising this right within three years from the date

of his arrival in the Colony he shall pay to the

Government at the expiration of such notice a sum

bearing the same proportion to the total cost of his

passage to the Colony and travelling expenses and the

expenses of and incidental to his engagement as the

unexpired portion of the said term of five years

shall bear to the whole of the said term of five years

and upon such determination the Resident Engineer

shall have no claim under this Agreement whether to

return passages or otherwise howsoever.

Notwithstanding anything herein contained the

Government may on being notified by the Engineers

so to do summarily dismiss the Resident Engineer

and determine this Agreement and his engagement

hereunder at any time in case he shall in the opinion

of the Engineers be guilty of serious insubordination

infringement of any part of this Agreement breach of

duty or misconduct in which case he shall at once

leave the works and shall not be entitled to any

compensation or damages in respect of such determina-

tion neither shall he be entitled to the homeward

passages referred to in Clause 3 hereof and he shall

forthwith vacate the building or buildings provided

by the Government

If the Resident Engineer shall

be certified by a duly qualified Medical officer

employed by the Government as being incapacitated by