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THIS AGREEMENT made at Quebec, in the Province of Canada, the thirteenth day of AugiMt, in the year of our Lord one thousand ei^iit hundred and fitty-two ; between David Bellhouse, of the City of Montreal, in the said Province, Esquire, Ajfcnt for Robert Lamont, McKean and Donald McLartt of Liverpool, Merchants, carrying on trade and commerce at Liverpool, in that part of the United Kingdom of G. eat Britain and Ireland called England, undtT the name, style and firm of " McKean, McLartv \ Company," of the one part ; and the Honorable John Yodno of Quebec, Her Migesty's Chief Commissioner of Public Works for the Province of Canada, acting herein for and on behalf of H«r Mjyesty's Government, in the said Province, of the other part ; Witnesseth that whereas, on the twenty-fifth day of February last, the Commissioners of Public Works for the said Province of Canada, did advertise in the public papers in Quebec for Tenders to be received until the first day of July then next, from parties willing to contract lor the establishing of an efficient line of Screw Steamers, to ply between the Ports of Liverpool and Quebec and Montreal, once a fortnight during the season for navigating the Saint Lawrence, and in winter between the Port of Liverpool and Halifax, Portland or such other Atlantic Port as might be agreed uiH)n, once in each month, such Steamers to carry a Mail, if required. And whereas the said McKean, McLartv and Company did tender and offer to iKirfonn the services mentioned in the said advertisement, in the man- ner and on the terms and conditions mentioned in their tender, l)earing date the eleventh day of June last, that is to say : the said McKean, McLarty and Oomi)any, by their said Tender and by their letters to the said Honorable Chief Commissioner of Public Works in support thereof, undertook to maintain and keep up a regular line of large and powerful Screw Steamers of the description, capacity, tonnage and power mentioned in their said Tender and hereinafter particularly described, to ply between the above mentioned places, leaving the Port of Liverpool and the Ports of Quebec and Montreal either monthly or once every fortnight, during the season for navigating the River Saint Law- rence, and during the winter season, when the navigation of the said River Saint Lawrence is closed, leaving the said Port of Liverpool and the Port of Portland, in the State of Maine, one of the United States of America, once every month, in consideration of their being paid a sum o.*' sixteen thousand pounds, sterling, per annum, for the monthly line of boats, or of twenty-four thousand pounds, sterling, per annum, for the line of boats running once a fortnight from each Port, during the season for navigating the Saint Lawrence, and monthly during winter or for the winter trips to Portland, the sum of one ..!*- \ m (X) T 9 tliousaiul throe luiiidn'd and thirty-three poundn nix shillinffH and eight pence slioiild he i)ai(l, (that is for a voyajre from Liverpool to i'orthmd, and Imek to Liverpool) and a sum of one thousand two hundred and tliirty-ei^ht pouiidH one shilling; and ehven jient'e, sterling;, for each fortnifclitly trip during tho season of iiavifj:ation between Liverpool and Quebec or Montreal (a trip from laverp(H)l to Quebec or Montreal and back to Liverpool 'xaking one tri|»), in all twenty-four thousand pounds, sterling, for the whole service, and on con- dition that the contract should be for a term of ten years from the 'time of the commencement oi' the service. Anu wHKitKAH the said ("onnnissioner of Public Works acting as aforesaid agreed to accept the Tender of the said Mi'Kkan, McLauty and Comiwny. in the manner hcrcinatler mentioned, on condition that the term of the contract hIiouUI be seven years in lieu of ten years, and on the further condition that the City of Portland and the .Saint Lawrence and Atlantic Ilailnjad ('i)ui|)any in Montreal, and the Atlantic and Saint Lawrence Ilailroad Company in Portland aK)resai(l. should <(mtribute the sum of five thousand pounds, sterling, ih-t annum, as part of the sum for which the said services were agreed to i»e per- formed, the Canadian (Tovcrnment being only boimd for the sum of nineteen thousand pounds, sterling, per annum, for a fortnightly line of Steamers, and for the sum of eleven thousand pounds, sterling, per annum, for a numthly line. And whkkkvs the said McKkan, McLautv and Company have entere«l into arrangements witli the said City of Portlantl and the said Uailmad Com- panies, by which the said City of I'ortland and the said Ilaili-oad Companies have tigreed to pay to tiie said McKkan, .NfcLARTV and ComjMny the said sum of five thousand jxmnds, sterling, per annum, in consideration of the advantages which the said City of Portlanil ami the JUilroad Com]>anies aton-said will derive from the establishment of such a line of Steamers, running In'tween Liveri>ool and Porthnul during the winter. And wukrkas the .said McKean, McLarty &, (!ompany have agreed to perform the said services on the terms; and conditions, and in the manner stipu- lated by the said Commi.ssicmers of Public Works, on behalf of Her Mjyesty's Government in the Province of Canada, and bereinaft<'r expressed. Now this Agreement witnesseth that the said parties have concluded, cov- enanted, promised and agreed to and with each other in manner and fbnn Ibl- lowing, that is to say: that the said McKean, McLarty i\. Company shall and will establish, maintain and keep up a regular line of large and powerful Screw Steamers, to ply between tlie Port of Liven»ool and the Port of (Quebec or Montreal, once a fortnight during the season for navigating the lliver St. Lawrence, and between th? Ports of Liverix)ol and Portland afori'said, once in each month during the winter. Tliat the said Steamers shall be first class ves- sels of the dimensions, tonnage and capacity exj>res8cd in the said Tender and hereinafter mentioned, or they shall be of greater dimensions if the Contractors shall find it desirable. That the said Steamers shall be not less than twelve hundred tons, Caqienter's Measurement, and three hundred horse power, capa- ble of being propelled, when loaded, nine knots |>er hour on the average. That the dimensions of each Steamer shall be as follows, and to bo increased if found desirable, to wit : Length of keel and fore rake, two hundred and thirty feet ; Breadth, thirty-four feet; Depth, moulded, nineteen feet; ^E3(te T '.!>" 8 K'c (tr |r St. lev in ves- and ictors a'lvc Dcptli of hold, ciKhtccii t'cet ; , , i Draft of water, loaded, sixteen feet ; Draft of water with thirteen days t\iel (tonHuined, tlilrtten feet six indies ; Draft of water with thirteen days ftiel ronsuuied, and tlircc hundred tons » carKo, landed at Quehec, eleven feet ; That the Kugines of the said Steamers shall be on the oscillating or M:eared prineiple, or upon any other prineiple better caleulatcd to perform the service. That the said services shall be performed by not less than five Kood vessels of . the descriptions and dimensions above mentioned for the fortni^ditly line (lurinj; the navigation season of tlie Iliver St Lawrence, and by not less than tlircc similar vessels during the winter season, when they arc only reijuired to ma)ie monthly trips. That the said Steamers shall have accommodations fur first and second class passengers equal to any of the present Atlantic Screw Steamers, an. The service from Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal shall be performed during the summer season, that is from the openingof the navigation of the St. Lawrence until its close, that is to say : from the middle of the month of April to the middle of the month of November or thereabouts, comprising fourteen trips from Liverpool to Quebec or Montreal and back; and the communicati.m between LiveriHwl and Portland shall commence each year at the time of the close of the navigation of the said River St. Lawrence ; the latter service com- prising five trips from Liverpool to Portland and back, so that one of the said l^teameni shall leave Kngland and one shall leave Canada once every fortnight during the St Lawrence navigation season, and that one shall leave Liverpool and Portland respectively every month during the time when the navigation shall be closed on the Biver St. Lawrence in winter. That in the event of there not being sufficient water for the said Steamers t«) proceed from Quebec to Montreal, or of there being other difficulties in the navigation of the Saint Lawrence above Quebec, for Steamers of this class, 1,-Cb'i :' ).."/ '^ , . rt ! -i , >• . ,,.■<> ••'■* 'ti J ■C! . i^ ■; '-■■A''-. -. 1l' ^ ' ••■■.j*" -^' •.'-'a ' : v-ri-n ^ ',(!i'>'-'~' » •J'.rt''V';, i^'^*'^'' t; -%^xu ^-i'M^^-' *< J.^ii'^'fiS-.i hJ . ■ ■ ::;>• 1* fi ■ >r .:,i:V ''cm^-^ i-i .-)/ h ^th >»v".^ K , ^^^Sj^i'ttv' il •ti! i '<'*' .'-^r.;r^;i; 1 '-ii >'■ T .i ;, -i KiW/Jteii " - f *!^.V4f> • t.-.t •«-:; • ■ ^»£5\i!%*;- the Rcn-ice Hhall be considered m fulfilled on the part of the said Gontrartom, on their Rending the cargo in Lightem towed up to Montreal, and the pawen- gen in Iliver Steamem ; but oliould there l>e Huffieient water, and no difficnity to prevent the Steamers going to Montreal, then it i* underatood that Montreal is to be the Port of final «k'Htination on the voyage out fW>m England. That the Raid Steainen shall be ready, and shall commence their regular fortnightly trips on or liefore the first day of May, one thousand eight hundrecting (Canada by books, pamphlets or maps, either in Great Britain or on the (/ontinent of Europe, with the view of encouraging and promoting emigration by the route of the Saint Lawrence, then in such case tlie said McKean, Mcliarty & Company hereby promise and bind themselves to carry all such Imoks, (mmphlets or maps, or the agent going to such places, with the view of carrying such object into practice, free t)f oliarge ; and also througii choir agents in Great Britain and the Cctincnt to caust; the same to be distributed and printed in the various necessary languages, free of all ex- pense to the Government of Canada, except the actual cost of translation and printing. That the said line shall lie maintained for the tenn of seven years from the commencement of the ser\ice, and continue on the expiration of that period unless one year's notice lie given to the contrary, either by the Government of Canada to the said McKean, McLarty &, Company, or by the said McKean, McLarty ^^ Company to the Government. That the saitl Steamers shall be exempted from the payment of Light dues, and all other Provincial dues in the Biver Saint Lawrence. That fur the ]H'ribrmancc of the said services the said McKean, McLarty & Company shall receive from Her Miyesty's Government in the Province of Canada, at the rate of one thousand two hundred and thirty-eight jwunds one shilling and eleven ]>encc sterling, for each fortnightly trip from Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal and back to Liverpool, of which fourteen trips shall be made during the season for navigating the Saint Lawrence, as soon as the regular line of five Steamers shall be established as above stipulated, and at the rate of three hundred and thirty-three pounds six shillings and eightpence for each monthly trip from Liverpool to Portland and back to Liverpool, of which five trips shall be made during the suspension of the navigation of the Saint Lawrence, making, with the sum agreed to be paid by the said Bailway Companies and the City of Portland, the sum of one thousand three hundred and thirty-three pounds six shillings and eightpence, for each of the said tripa from Liverpool to Portland and back to Liverpool, as is mentioned or expressed in the Tender of the said McKean, McLarty & Company above recited. The ■um to be paid by Her Majesty's GoTemment in the Province of Canada at .'' . >> ■'•-.''. .: 'a. ■,-J *'*.' ' '-i ■ ^tfr '' ■: ■-'■' J . h-' H .ii. ■• ,'-,;.'/. ■■ • ir^'j ,!f, l*.:i'r ?'' .■Isf!'' ,.-- -j- • fot' »■■■'■ '*. »«.. Hi' '■('^■.r; ■..r-:!* w., i; -Is^ JJil ?:VJ tli«! ratcN niNive int-iitioiitil aiiioiintiiiK to nini'tciii flMiiismiil iioiimU NtcrliiiK |HT annuiii, mul iimkiiiK, with the Nutn of tlvc tlimiMniHl piiiiiids ikt aiiniiiii HKH'tMl t(» lie paiil l)y tlic Hallway Tin. paiiy ami the City of i*oiHaii»l as afon- saiil, A total Niiiii of iHciitv-foiir llioiotaiid imhiikIn, tlir aiiioiinl y thnr, if |iosHihle, hnt that slionld the said McKi'an, McLarty iS. ronipany not Ik- prepand to run the saitl Steamers fortniKhtly at the opening of th«> navi^ation of the Saint Lawniiee in the Spring oftlir year one thnuiiand eitrht hundred and liHy tin-ee. in e(;nse<|iienee of tho rfquircd niimlKT of vohsi'Ih not heinK Imilt or ready to run, that tlidi and in that caNc they shall and they do herehy hind and oiiiiur tiiemselves to have a (tuffieient nuinlHT of vt-nsels ready to ply monthly lietwiiii I^iveipool andQ'U'liec and Montreal from the opening of the naviR.ition next SpriuK »^ afon'said, until the recpiired luunlier of vessels are re.idy to estahlish the rt'Kular fortni^thtly line during summer, whii-h shall not Ix' later thin the open- ing of tlu* navigation in the year one thonsaml ei^ht Innidred and fit)y four. And it is aKreed that for huiIi time as tlify shall maintain and keep up the monthly summer line of Steamers imtil the rt^ Jar line of five Steamers rnii- ninK once a fortniKht from eaeh I'ort during suunner, and monthly (luriiiK winter hIiaII he establikhed, the said MeKean, Meharty and Company sliall l>c paid at and after the rate of sixteen thousand pounds sterling, |h r annum, or »me thousand three hundred and thirty three pounds six Nliilliims and eight penee for eaeh mimthly trip from Liverpool toijueliee and Montreal, and hack to Liverpool, (of which seven trips shall he maile during the suimuer ot the year «me thtmsand eight hundred and litVy three, if tin- fortni^jlitly line lie not established in the meantime^ the rat«'s for the winter service remaining unaltered, and smh monthly service to be performed in the same manner and with the same dewriptioii of vessels as has been hereinbefore stipulated in re8|K'ct to the n.-gular line of fortnightly and monthly Steamers to be estah- liHhed as aforesaid. And it is agreed that the said Meivean, MeLarty ^^ Company and each of the partners in the said firm, jointly and severally shall be bound for the ilUlllment of the said Contract in the sum of ten thousand pounds sterling money of Oreat Britain, to Ih; paid by the said McKean, McLarty iS. Com- pany or either or^any of the said partners, to Iler Majesty's (jovemmeut in this Province, as liquidated damages in the event of their failing in the true and faithflil perl'onnance of the present Contract or any part or parts thereof. Provided always and it is hereby expressly declared and agreed by and between the said McKean, McLarty \. Company, and the said .lohn Young, acting as aforesaid, that inasmuch as it is necessary that the present Contract or Agreement shall be ratified and confirmed by the Parliament of Cnnada. That in the event of the said Parliament refusing to ratify and confirm the present contract, these presents and every clause, matter and thing herein contained shall be absolutely null and void and of no effect whatever. In Witness whereof the said David Bellhouse in his said capacity of agent hath hereunto set his hand and seal ; and the said Chief Commissioner of Pub- lic Works acting as aforesaid hath hereunto signed bis name and set the seal of the said E*ei)artnu'nt of Public Works, and the Secretary for tl>e said Public Works hath also eouiitersiKned these presents. (Signed,) " DAVID BELLHOUSE, [L. 8.] Agent for McKean, MeLarty &, Co." " JOHN YOUNG, Chief Com. P. Works." [L. R] "TUOM.VSA. BEOLY, Sec. Public Works." tsigned, sealed and delivered by the parties above named Hi our presence. (Signed,) "A. BKFi ANGER," of QueW, Notary. " W. DARLING CAMPBELL," of Quebec, Notary. A true copy of tiie original remaining of reeonl in my Office. One mai^inal note is ai)pi-oved. Three wonls erased a^v null and v«)i(l. AltCHD. CAMPBELL, Notary Public. On the thirlA'-first day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, at the (^ity of (Quebec, in that i)art of the Province of Canada called Lower Canada. In'fore the undersigned Public Notaries duly commissioned and .swoni in and for that part of the said I'rovincc, appeared David Bkli.hocsk, of the City of Montreal, in the said Province, Es«iuire, Agent for RonKKT Lamoxt, McKkan and Donalu McLarty, of Liverpool, in England, Merchants, carrying on trade and commerce at Liver- pool aforesaid, under the name, style and firmof "McKkax, McLarty & Com- '• PANY," of the one part, and Tlio Honorable John You.no, of Quebec, Her Mfuesty'a Chief Commissioner of Public Works for the said Province of Canada, acting herein for and on Mialf of Her Kl.ubsty's Government in the said Province, of the other part, which sai'l partict, in the presence of us the sa-d Notaries, e said Honorable John Young, acting as afore- said, did, in our presence, ratify, approve and coafinn as by these presents they do ratify approve and confirm tlie said Agreement, and every clause, condition, obligation, matter and thing therein coatained, to have effect in law as fiiHy^ to all intents and )MarpoKes, as if the said Agreement had been a notarial act or deed passed and executed in notarial form ; And they the said Daritl B«>mu)use and the sattl Tlit Hoiiorabl(> John Young have de- l>ofiitiKl, and do hereby de|MMit, m a minuff., with Archibald Campbell, one of the undersigned Notaries, Hie aferesaid Afvemeat, written on paper and One sand i V, ;v. i hereunto annexed, to be put and placed amongst the minutes of the aforesaid Archibald Campbell, to the end that all necessary copies may be thereof made and given, which said de;)osit so of us required, we the said Notaries have accordingly made and granted, and do make and grant, after that the said David JJellhouse and John Young had certified the said original Agreement to W true, and signed such Cert'^cate in the presence of us the said Notaries, who have also signed the same. Thus done and imsscd, at the City of Quebc; aforesaid, on the day and year first alwve written, in the Office of Archibald Campbell, one of us the undersigned Notaries, under the number thirteen thousand five hundred and seventy-six, the said David Bellhouse and the said Honorable John Young having hereunto set and subscribed their names and signatures after the same had been duly read in the presence and hearing of them the said David Bell- house and John Young, and of us the said Notaries, who have also hereunto set and subscribed our names and signatures in faith and testimony of the premises. (Signed,) " DAVID BELLHOUSE." "JOHN YOUNG, ',. Ch. Com. P. Works." .' « "A. BEL ANGER, Not." • « "ARCH. C^iMPBELL, Not. Pub." A. true co\rf of the original remaining of record in my Office. John Campbell, Not. Pub. I . ^^y i;^'.