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shillings and six pence per cubic foot. The master shall cause such luggage as is marked " Wanted on the voyage," and required by any of the emigrants, to be brought out of the hold every third or fourth week for the exchange of articles. 48. The Government shall cause constables and others to be appointed, whose duty it shall be to maintain, under the directions of the surgeon and the captain, order and cleanliness throughout the ship, and especially to keep the water-closets clean and in good order. One of such constables, who shall be a married man, shall be appointed in respect of every thirty single women to attend to the drawing and the cooking of the provisions of the single women and the delivery of them to their compartment of the ship, as provided in the instructions to the captain and surgeon, and the Government shall pay all gratuities of all descriptions attaching to these appointments, as also provided in those instructions. 49. The Contractors shall provide iti the single-woman's compartment an enclosed cabin for a matron, to be appointed by the Government. The matron shall have a free passage, and be supplied with her food and one reputed quart bottle of beer daily, in her own compartment, from the captain's table, or the Contractors may agree with the matron to allow her a sum of money in lieu of such bottle of beer daily. 50. On the arrival at the respective ports of destination of the emigrants, the Contractors or their agent shall transmit a nominal list of all emigrants on board, signed by them and the surgeon, to the Immigration Officer or other officer acting in that capacity. This list shall be a transcript of the list of the emigrants embarked, with a note against the name of each individual who from any cause may not be landed alive, stating the reason thereof, and added thereto the names or description of infants who may have been born on the voyage. The Contractors shall, without charge, land the emigrants with their luggage at their respective ports of destination in such manner as they may be directed to do by the Immigration Officer. 51. Twenty-four hours shall be allowed at each port in New Zealand for the disembarkation of the emigrants. The Government shall pay demurrage at the rate of one hundred pounds per day for evej.y twenty-four hours the ship is detained by them beyond the time allowed. 52. If, however, at the port of disembarkation the ship shall be placed in quarantine, the Government are to be allowed, free of charge, an extra twenty-four hours for the disembarkation or removal of the emigrants, during which time the emigrants shall be victualled, as above described, at the expense of the Contractors ; but if the Government shall require the emigrants to remain in the ship beyond such period, they shall be victualled at the expense of the Government, and demurrage shall be paid by them as aforesaid. 53. The Contractors shall be responsible for the conduct, acts, and defaults of the master, officers, and crew, the emigrants' baker and cooks of the ship, and*for the proper and considerate treatment of the emigrants throughout the voyage, and for the observation and performance well and faithfully of all the conditions and regulations expressed and implied in this contract, and in the Order in Council, dated 7th January, 1864, for the order and discipline of emigrant ships, and in the regulations of the Government of New Zealand relating to emigrant ships, and the instructions issued for the information and guidance of the captains and surgeons of those ships. 54. Subject to the faithful observance and performance by the Contractors of all the stipulations and conditions herein contained on their part to be observed and performed, passage-money at the rate of fifteen pounds for every emigrant twelve years old or upwards on the day of embarkation, and of nine pounds for every emigrant twelve months old and under twelve years of age on such day (no sum being payable for any child under one year of age on the day of embarkation), shall be paid by the Government as follows, that is to say,— 55. At the expiration of fifteen days after there shall have been deposited with the Agent-General, at his offices in London or Westminster, the following documents, viz.: — (1.) An account in triplicate, signed by the Contractors or their agent, stating the full particulars of the claim ; (2.) A certificate from the Despatching Officer showing when the ship was ready for the reception of her passengers ; and (3) A certificate in triplicate of the final departure of the vessel from Great Britain, signed by the Contractors or their agent, and the officer mentioned in Article 29 of these presents, with a schedule of the names and age of every individual embarked. The Government will, upon being satisfied that the ship has finally sailed, and that the stipulations herein contained have been observed and performed up to that time, pay one moiety of the said passagemoney, provided always that passage-money shall be payable only in respect of the emigrants who shall be mentioned in the said certificate as having embarked, and who shall have finally sailed. And at the expiration of fifteen days after there shall have been deposited with the Immigration Officer at the respective ports of destination of the emigrants, or with such other officer as the Government of the colony may appoint to receive the same, the following documents, viz.:— (1.) An account signed by the Contractors or their agent stating the full particulars of the claim ; (2.) A certificate signed by such Immigration Officer, or by such other officer as may be appointed for the purpose by the Governor of the colony, containing a nominal list of all the emigrants landed alive at the port of destination, and certifying that they have been duly landed, such list being an actual transcript of the list of persons mentioned in the certificate of final departure, with a note against the name of each individual who from any cause may not be landed alive in the colony, stating the reason thereof; and (3.) A certificate signed by the Surgeon-Superintendent specifying the names and ages of all who may have died or left the ship"during the voyage, or, if none have so died or left the ship, containing a declaration to that.eifcct. The Government will pay the remaining moiety of the passage-money, provided always that the second moiety of the said pasage-money shall be payable onlyin respect of" the emigrants who shall be certified as aforesaid to have landed alive in the colony, and shall not be payable in respect of any