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3tQ£££lit tilt with Mokihinui Coal Company for Working Extension of Railway from MOKIHINUI. UUlTUXTiUtbltlTt of Agreement made and entered into between the New Zealand Eailway Commissioners, incorporated under an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled " The Government Railways Act, 1887 " (who are hereinafter referred to as " the Commissioners "), and the Mokihinui Coal Company (Limited), a company duly incorporated under " The Companies Act, 1880," which said company, with its successors and assigns, is hereinafter referred to as " the Company," for the conveyance of passengers, parcels, and goods over the Company's line, in exercise and pursuance of the fourth section of " The Westland and Nelson Coalfields Administration Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1892," and of all other powers enabling them in this behalf. 1. For the purposes of this agreement the Company's line of railway shall be deemed to commence at the terminus of the Government Eailway at Mokihinui, and to terminate at the Company's coal-bins on the same line of the Company's railway. 2. The Commissioners shall provide all motive-power, rolling-stock, and labour for working traffic over the Company's line. 3. The Commissioners shall keep the rails in good order and to the correct level. 4. The Company shall bear the cost of removal of slips, new materials for renewal of permanent way, and of maintenance of structures. 5. For coal from the Company's mine hauled over the Company's line, the Commissioners to receive sd. per ton. 6. For coal from the Westport-Cardiff Coal Company's mine hauled over the Company's line, the Company to receive Is. Id. for every ton up to 15,000 tons per annum, and Is. per ton for every ton over 15,000 tons per annum. 7. For passengers and goods not otherwise specified, hauled over the Company's line, the charges to be :— a. d. Passengers, each... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 0 Goods (not otherwise specified herein), per ton ... ... ... 3 0 Minimum charge... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 6 Sheep per head (with a minimum of twenty)... ... ... ... 0 2 Cattle, per head ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 6 These charges to be divided equally between the Commissioners and the Company. 8. The Commissioners will collect all charges as per this agreement for haulage of traffic over the Company's line. 9. Passengers and goods will be conveyed over the Company's line subject to the gazetted regulations on the New Zealand Government Eailways. 10. The Company shall be responsible for payment for all damages or losses to persons or property occurring on the Company's railway, unless such damage or loss is clearly traceable to the negligence or error of any of the Commissioners' servants, or to the defect of any of the Commissioners' stock or appliances. 11. The Commissioners shall cause the accounts for traffic over the Company's line to be compiled for each four weeks, or thereabouts, in accordance with the practice on the New Zealand Government Eailways, and shall make cash payment of charges due to the Company within four weeks after the close of each accounting period. 12. Demurrage for all wagons detained on the Company's line will be charged as per scale of charges in force on the New Zealand Government Eailways, except for wagons for the WestportCardiff Coal Company, demurrage for which will be collected from the Westport-Cardiff Coal Company. 13. The Company shall be responsible for all damage (ordinary wear and tear excepted) to the Commissioners' rolling-stock while on the Company's line, except for such rolling-stock as may be damaged while in the Wesport-Cardiff Coal Company's siding, for which the .Westport-Cardiff Coal Company will be held responsible. 14. This argreement shall come into force on June 11th, 1894, and shall remain in force twelve months from that date. Signed on behalf of the Mokihinui Coal ) J. E. Blair. , , Company (Limited) j Thomas Eoskruge. *- l" '' The common seal' of the New Zealand "j James McKerrow. Eailway Commissioners was here- [ T. Eonayne. (1.5.) unto affixed this twenty-sixth day f John L. Scott. of June, in the presence of j