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9. The Contractor shall be paid for the carriage of cargo at the rates specified in his tender in the following manner : —One-half thereof on signing the bills of lading, and the other half thereof on the delivery of the cargo on arrival at the port of destination in the colony. Upon all cargo rates, whether special or otherwise, there shall be paid and allowed to the Contractor primage at the rate of five per cent. 10. All single pieces of dead weight or measurement weighing or measuring over three tons shall be taken out of the ship by and at the expense and risk of the Queen. 11. All bills of lading for cargo carried shall be made subject to the terms of these conditions. 12. Every ship to bo employed shall have a minimum height between decks of 7 feet from deck to deck, and be in all other respects approved by the Queen, and shall be classed in Lloyd's Register not lower than class Al, and, if the ship prove to be otherwise, the Queen may refuse to employ the said ship. 13. The Contractor will convey with all despatch such passengers aud cargo as the Queen may place on board any ship employed under this contract to the usual place of disembarkation at one of the ports mentioned in tho above agreement, as the Queen may direct. 14. During this contract every ship shall always be tight, strong, and substantial, properly masted, rigged, equipped, and stowed, and be in all respects seaworthy, and be properly manned with efficient officers and crew ; and if the Queen shall object to any of the officers or crew, they shall bo removed and replaced by others to her satisfaction. 15. The Queen shall be at liberty to reject any vessel which shall not be of the class stated in these conditions, or which shall not be fitted in accordance herewith, and may require the Contractor to fulfil such conditions ; and the Contractor shall pay to the Queen all damages and expenses occasioned by reason of his supplying any ship not of the class stated in the conditions, or not fitted in accordance with such conditions. In the event of the Contractor refusing or neglecting within a reasonable time (of which the Queen is to be judge), after being required by the Queen, to furnish and supply any ship according to the terms of these conditions, the Queen may charter and employ from any other person a ship or ships, and recover from the Contractor the extra expenses (if any) incurred by such employment, or deduct the same out of any moneys that may be or become due from the Queen to the Contractor. 10. During the voyage the boats, with all requisite gear, masts, sails, oars, Sec, shall always be kept ready for immediate use. The Contractor shall be responsible for the conduct, acts, and defaults of the Master, officers, crew, baker, and cooks of the ship, but not of Lhe Surgeon. 17. Each ship shall, at tho cost of the Contractor, be provided with the necessary quantities of provisions and other articles and things to enable the stipulations hereinafter contained to be observed and complied with, and also with all necessary and sufficient provisions and stores for the officers and crew of the ship, and for any passengers (if any) other than those selected by tho Queen, and of not inferior quality to that of the like articles provided for the passengers. 18. Each ship shall bo subject to approval by the Queen, and shall be fitted and provided to her satisfaction with sufficient scuttles, deck lights, and ventilation. Also with proper bed-places, seats, tables, water-closets, urinals and shoots, hospitals and dispensary, issuing-room, &c.; pump and hose for drawing water from the hold; cooking apparatus ; oven, baking troughs, and other requisites for baking bread, to be approved of by the Queen. Also with the articles mentioned in the Schedules marked A, B, C, D, and E, hereunto annexed, and with whatever else the Queen may deem necessary for the cleanliness of the ship, and the convenience and safety of the passengers. 19. Notwithstanding the provisions of "The Passengers Act, 1855," a space of 18 clear superficial feet, at the least, of deck shall be calculated and allowed, for the use of each statute adult, including the space allotted for hospitals, bath-room, water-closets, dispensary, and issuing-room, &c. The 'tween decks shall be divided for passengers into three compartments only—viz., for single men, married couples, and single women ; and there shall be at least one separate hatchway and ladder-way from each compartment to the upper deck. 20. An issuing-room, of dimensions approved by the Queen, shall be provided, either on the passenger deck or on some part of the main deck, whence the provisions shall be issued daily to the passengers as hereinafter provided. The issuing-room to be fitted with counter, scales and weights, and all other requisites. 21. Three separate hospitals shall be provided —one for men, one for women and children, and one for single women —which shall iv all cases where practicable be on the upper deck; but if this be not conveniently practicable, the one for men may be in the single men's compartment of 'tween-decks, the one for women and children in the married people's compartment, and the one for single women in their own compartment; but in every case one of such hospitals must be on deck. Such hospitals shall be of the form and dimensions required by the Queen, and shall be furnished with such bedding and requisites as she shall consider necessary. In all cases where the deck hospital is under the same ceiling as the galley and a condenser, there shall be a compartment between them and the hospital. A bath-room, with bath and proper appliances for obtaining a sufficient supply of water, shall be provided for use by women and children, to the satisfaction in all respects of the Queen. A bath-room, or requisite appliances for bathing, shall also be provided on the upper deck for use by men. 22. The Contractor shall at his expense, and to the satisfaction of the Queen, provide and fit up, on a covered space on the upper deck, an apparatus for distilling fresh from salt water, of a size calculated to supply not less than 500 gallons of water in twenty-four hours, and to be approved on behalf of the Queen; and shall provide a person competent to manage the apparatus, and shall keep the same working throughout every day at the ship's expense so long as there are any passengers on board, and shall make all issues of water to the passengers, as far as practicable, from the water so distilled. It shall be in the option of the Queen to release the Contractor from the obligation to supply a condenser if less than 100 adult emigrants, or the equivalent thereof, should proceed in the ship. 23. No gunpowder, hides, or any eornmodny likely in the opinion of the Queen, by reason of its nature, quality, or quantity, to be detrimental to the safety or health of the passengers, shall be taken