File 3531/1905 Pt 1 ‘Mesopotamia:- Euphrates + Tigris S. N. Co.; Mail contract’ [‎326r] (21/148)

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the sum of Rs. 15 for every hour or fraction of an hour after the time so fixed
for such arrival during which the said vessel shall fail to arrive, but neverthe-
Jegs so that the Company shall not in any case be liable to any penalties
under this clause if the default be proved to the satisfaction of the said
Government or of the said Government Officer to have arisen from accident
or circumstances over which the Company or their servants have not and
could not nave had any control, or to have been occasioned by insufficiency
of water m the low season and to have been unavoidable by the Company
consistently with the reasonable requirements of their trade. J
13 That the Government of India or the said Government Officer shall
also have full power whenever it may be deemed requisite, to survey or
cause to be surveyed at Bussora or Bagdad any vessel employed and to be
employed in the performance of this Contract, and the hulls thereof and the
engines, machinery, furniture, tackle, apparel, stores, equipments,’ officers
engineers, and crew thereof, and that if any such vessel or any part thereof’
or any engine, machinery, furniture, tackle, apparel, store,‘ or equipment
thereof, shall on any such survey be declared to be defective or not adapted
to the servmes hereby contracted to be performed, such vessel shall be
deemed inefficient for any service hereby contracted to be performed and
shall not be employed again in the conveyance of the said mails until’such
defect or deficiency shall have been repaired or supplied to the satisfaction
of the said Government of India or of the said Government Officer.
14. That the Company shall and will receive and convey any postal officer
proceeding on duty free of all charge according to the class by which, under
the regulations of the Indian Post Office Department for the time being, he
may be entitled to travel, together with such servant or servants as he may
be entitled to take with him under the regulations of the Indian Post Office
Department for the time being, also free of charge; provided nevertheless
that not more than one such free passage shall be claimable at one and the
same time. And the Company shall also in like manner, and notwithstanding
the 8th clause of this Contract, convey free of charge such specie as the said
Government or the said Government Officer may require to be shipped on
board the said vessels for the actual use of His Majesty’s Government.
15. That if at any time during the continuance of this Contract, and so
olten as the Government of India or the said Government Officer shall require
any of the said vessels of the Company employed or to be employed under
this Contract for the conveyance of troops or stores, for towing vessels or for
other purposes, and shall cause notice of such requirement to be given to the
Company’s local Agent in writing, then the Company shall and will permit
the said vessels or any of them to be so taken up, used, and employed for any
period of time during this Contract on the terms following ; that is to say,
that all the coal which shall be consumed shall be. supplied by the said
Government, and the Secretary of State shall moreover pay to the Company
0 Dr ire ^ or use each vessel so employed by the said Government
with its olhcers and crew at the rate of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. forty per ton, according to the
gross registered tonnage of the said vessel, for every month or portion of a
month during which the same shall be employed, and at the rate of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
irty-eight per ton per month after the first six months, such payment to be
made m manner provided by clause 18 hereof for the payment of the subsidy
to the Company, upon the certificate of the said Government Officer certifyino-
that such vessels have been used and employed and the amount due to the
Company in respect thereof: Provided that a vessel taken up under this
section shall entitle the Company to payment as hire for the same for at least
one month. When any of the said vessels are taken up for the conveyance
o roops under this clause the Company must arrange, if required so to do,
tor the messing of passengers and troops on such scales and at such rates of
charge as may from time to time be agreed upon between the Government
an e Company : Provided also, that no penalties shall be incurred by the
Company under clause 11 of this Contract should the Company be compelled
p mporan y to discontinue part or the whole of the services owing to
Covernment taking up any of the said vessels under the terms of this clause,
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Power of Grovern-
ment, or Govern
ment Officer, to
survey vessels.
Conveyance of
postal officers and
Government
specie.
Government may
take up the Com
pany’s steamers
for conveyance of
troops, &c.
Rate of hire and
conditions.
No deduction from
the subsidy for
non-performance
of services owing
to Government
hiring the
steamers.