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 Contract dited lit 
 Jan. 1852 between 
 the Lords Commii- 
 tioners of the Admi- 
 ralty and Messri. Sa- 
 muel Cunard, George 
 Burni, and Charles 
 Mae Iver (the Con- 
 tractors). 
 
 Beciting the pre- 
 existing Contract 
 between the parties 
 of the 1st of April 
 1850, for the convey- 
 ance of Her Majesty's 
 Mails between Kng- 
 Innd and North Ame- 
 rica, 
 
 and the expediency 
 of further and addi- 
 tional arraugements 
 in regard thereto, as 
 follow, viz. 
 
 For the conveyance 
 liy the Contractors of 
 Her Majesty's Mails 
 between Kngland and 
 North America by a 
 sufficient number of 
 Steam Vessels of not 
 less than 400 horse- 
 power each, made to 
 carry guns of the 
 largest calibre ; 
 
 to be kept at their 
 own expense tho- 
 roughly equipped ; 
 
 ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT made this Ist day of 
 January in the year of our Lord 1852 between the Commissioners for executing tlie 
 Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 
 (for and on behalf of Her Majesty) of the one part and Samuel Cunard of Halifax 
 in Nova Scotia Merchant George Burns of Glasgow in that part of Great Brita.in 
 called Scotland Merchant and Charles Mclver of Liverpool in the County 
 Palatine cf Lancaster Merchant hereinafter designated " The Contractors " of the 
 other part 
 
 Whereas by Articles of Agreement bearing date on or about the 1st day of 
 April 1850 between the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High 
 Admiral of the one part and the said Samuel Cunard and George Burns and 
 Charles Mclver of the other part for the conveyance of Her IVi'ajesty's Mails 
 between England and North America the said Samuel Cunard George Burns and 
 Charles Mclver did covenant and agree with the said Commissioners that they 
 yfiv-AA convey the said Mails weekly during eight monthi in each year and once a 
 fortnight during the remaining four months in each year to and from the Places 
 and Ports of embarkation therein prescribed 
 
 And whereas it has been considered expedient by and between the Parties 
 hereto to enter into further arrangements for conveying the said Mails between the 
 said United Kingdom and North America under the conditions hereinafter con- 
 tained in addition to those agreed upon by the hereinbefore recited Articles of 
 Agreement 
 
 Now these Presents Witness that in consideration of the payment hereinafter 
 stipulated to be made to the Contractors the Contractors do for themselves their 
 Heirs Executors and Administrators and each and every of them for himself his 
 Heirs Executors and Administrators doth hereby covenant promise and agree to and 
 with the said Commissioners that they the Contractors their Executors and Admi- 
 nistrators shall and will during the continuance of this Contract diligently faithfully 
 and to the satisfaction of the said Commissioners for the time being and with all 
 possible speed convey Her Majesty's Mails (in which designation all Despatches 
 and Bags of Letters are agreed to be comprehended) which shall at any time or 
 times and from time to time by the said Commissioners or Her Majesty's Post- 
 master-General or any of the officers or Agents of the said Commissioners or Post- 
 master-General be required to be conveyed between England and North America 
 as hereinafter-mentioned by means of a sufficient number of good substantial and 
 efficient Steam Vessels each of such Vessels being supplied and furnished with 
 Engines of not less than Four Hundred Horse Power 
 
 That the Contractors their Executors or Administrators shall and will at all 
 times at their own cost provide and keep sea-worthy and in complete repair from 
 the day of the date hereof and during the continuance of this Contract a sufficient 
 number of good substantial and efficient Steam Vessels of not less than Four Hun- 
 dred Horse Power each and of such construction and strength as to be fit and able 
 to carry guns of the largest calibre now used on board Her Majesty's Steam 
 Vessels of War and at the like cost adequately provide and furnish all and every 
 of the Vessels to be and while employed in the performance of this Contract with 
 all necessary and proper tackle, stores, oil, tallow, fuel, provisions, machinery, 
 engines, anchors, cables, two efficient boats, fire-pumps, and all other proper and 
 requisite means for extinguishing fire, lightning conductors on Snow Harris's 
 principle, charts, chronometers, proper nautical instruments, and all other furniture 
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 geon, Kiigiaeeri, and 
 Crew, to the approval 
 of the Commisaioners 
 or their Agents. 
 
 and apparel and whatsoever else may be requisite and necessary fur equipping tlte 
 said Vessels and rendering them constantly efficient for the said Service 
 
 And that each and every of the said Vessels sha'l also at the like cost be 
 manned with competent Officers with appropriate Certificates granted pursuant lo 
 the Act 13 and 14 Vic. Oap. 93. or to the Ac^^ or Acts in force for the time being 
 relative to the granting Certificates to Officers in the Merchant Service and also 
 with a competent Surgeon and Engineers and a sufficient Crew of able Seamen and 
 other Men to be in all respects as to Vessels Engines Equipments and Crew subject 
 at all times and from time to time to the approval of the said Commissioners or 
 such other person or persons as they shall from time to time appoint for that pur- 
 pose and the Surgeons to be also subject to the approval of the Director-General of 
 the Medical Department of the Navy 
 
 And that from and after the date of this Contract one of such Vessels so 
 equipped and manned and with Her Majesty's Mails on board shall on every 
 alternate Saturday during each and every of the four following months in every 
 year namely December January February and March at such hour as the said 
 Commissioners shall at any time or from time to time appoint proceed from 
 Liverpool aforesaid without loss of time direct to Halifax aforesaid and thence 
 direct to Boston in the United States of America And one of such Vessels shall 
 also on every alternate Wednesday during each and every of the four following 
 months in every year namely January February March and April at such hour as 
 the said Commissioners shall at any time or from time to time appoint proceed 
 without loss of time direct from Boston to Halifax and thence without loss of time 
 direct to Liverpool aforesaid with her Majesty's Mails on board 
 
 That from and after the date of this contract one other of such Vessels so 
 equipped and manned with Her Majesty's Mails on board shall on every Saturday 
 alternate with the Saturday on which the Vessel is to leave Liverpool for Halifax 
 and Boston in the performance of this Contract during each and every of the four 
 following months in every year namely December Janur.y February and March 
 at such hour as the said Commissioners shall appoint proceed from Liverpool afore- 
 said without loss of time to New York in the said United States either direct or 
 by way of Halifax as the said Commissioners or Postmaster General shall at any 
 time or from time to time determine And another of such Vessels with Her 
 Majesty's Mails on board shall also on every other alternate W^ednesday during each 
 and every of the four following months in every year namely January February 
 March and April at such hour as the said Commissioners shall at any time or from 
 time to time appoint proceed direct from New York aforesaid or (if so required at 
 any time or from time to time by the said Commissioners) from New York by way 
 of Halifax to Liverpool aforesaid so that the periods of departure of the Vessels 
 from Liverpool to Halifax and Boston and from Liverpool to New YorL shall be at 
 equal intervals and not on the same Saturday 
 
 That the departures of the Vessels under this contract from Liverpool and 
 Boston and New York respectively on the Saturdays and Wednesdays herein- 
 mentioned shall take place on the Saturdays and Wednesdays alternate with the 
 Saturdays and Wednesdays on which Vessels are to depart from these Ports respec- 
 tively under the hereinbefore-mentioned Contract between the Parties hereto bear- 
 ing date on or about the 1st day of April 1850 
 
 Tj""* Vessels to call at That each of the said Vessels proceeding from or returning to Liverpool shall 
 
 y ea i require ^^jj ^^^ rcceivc and deliver Mails at Holyhead in the Irish Channel if required by 
 the said Coinmissioners in writing under the hand of the Secretary of the 
 Admiralty 
 
 One of i<uch Vessels 
 to proceed with the 
 Mails, from Liverpool 
 to Halifax and Boston, 
 and another from 
 Liverpool to New 
 York, either direct or 
 (at the option of the 
 CommisiuoDers or the 
 Postmaster-Oeneral) 
 byway of Halifas, on 
 every alternate Satur- 
 day in December, 
 January, February, 
 and March, at hours 
 to be fixed by the 
 Commiiisioners i and 
 one of such Vessels to 
 proceed with the 
 Mails from Boston to 
 Halifax and Liver- 
 pool ; and another 
 from New York 
 direct, or by way of 
 Halifax to Liverpool, 
 on every alternate 
 Wednesday in Ja- 
 nuary, February, 
 March, and April ; 
 such Saturdays and 
 Wednesdays being 
 also alternate with 
 the corresponding 
 days of departure 
 under ths pre-exist- 
 ing Contract. 
 
 That the said Commissioners for the time being shall be at liberty and have 
 
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 being at liberty to 
 ■ubstttiitc any otner 
 Port of Oreat. Britain 
 or Ireland for Lirer- 
 uool, and to alter the 
 aays of departure, and 
 (a« alao their Agents) 
 to delsT departures 
 for 24 hours. 
 
 full power from time to time to substitute for Liverpool as the Port of embarka- 
 tion and disembarkation of the Mails any other Port in the United Kingd.Mii of 
 Great Britain or Ireland without making any compensation to the Contractors anti 
 also to alter the Day and Hour for the said Vessels leaving all and every or any of 
 the said places from whence the said Mails are to be conveyed on giving Three 
 Months' notice in writing under their hands or the hand of their Secretary to (he 
 Contractors their Executors or Administrators It being nevertheless expressly 
 understood that the said Commissioners or any of their Officers or Agents shall be 
 at liberty and have full power at any time during the continuance of this Contract 
 to direct that any one or more of such "Vessels so conveying Her Majesty's Mails 
 from any of the said Ports or places shall delay her or their departure for any 
 period not exceeding Twenty-four Hours beyond the period which may have been 
 previously fixed for the departure of such Vessel or Vessels and a letter addressed 
 to the Commander of the Vessel so to be delayed shall be a sufficient authority for 
 such detention 
 
 The Mails may be 
 landed at Bristol, Fal- 
 mouth, Plymouth, 
 Southampton, Dover, 
 or Deal, if they can- 
 not be lauded at Li- 
 verpool. 
 
 Each Contract Vessel 
 to carry an Officer, 
 appointed by the 
 Commissioners, with 
 bis servant, as their 
 Agent in charge of 
 the Mails, and as their 
 representative gene- 
 rally, 
 
 by whom all discre- 
 tionary questions are 
 to be decided, subject 
 to appeal to the Com- 
 missioners, 
 
 and who is to be pro- 
 vided with a first-rate 
 Cabin, place of depo- 
 sit for the Mails, and 
 chief-cabin fare, free 
 of charge, and his ser- 
 vant to be provided 
 with a proper berth, 
 and victualled, also 
 free of charge. 
 
 That if at any time from stress of weather or other unavoidable circumstances 
 the Vessel conveying the said Mails from Halifax to New York aforesaid shall not 
 in the opinion of the Naval Officer or other person duly authorized by the said 
 Commissioners to have the charge of the Mails on board be able to fetch the River 
 Mersey at Liverpool aforesaid without considerable loss of time Then and in every 
 such case Her Majesty's Mails with the Officer or person having the charge thereof 
 shall be landed at any of the undermentioned places at the discretion of such Naval 
 Officer or other person so authorized as aforesaid namely Bristol Falmouth Ply- 
 mouth Southampton Portsmouth Dover or Deal ■ .: - c 
 
 That the Contractors their Executors or Administrators shall receive and 
 allow to remain on board all and each of the Vessels to be employed in the per- 
 formance of this Contract while they are so employed and also while remaining at 
 any of the said Ports or places for return Mails an Officer in Her Majesty's Navy 
 or any other person to be appointed by the said Commissioners and also a Servant 
 of the said Officer or other person as aforesaid if required and that every such 
 Officer or other person shall be recognised and considered by the Contractors their 
 Executors and Administrators and their Officers Agents and Seamen as the Agent 
 of the said Commissioners in charge of Her Majesty's Mails and as having full 
 authority in all cases to require a due and strict execution of the Conditions of this 
 Contract on the part of the Contractors their Executors and Administrators their 
 Officers Servants and Agents and to determine every question whenever arising 
 relative to proceeding to Sea or putting into Harbour or to the necessity of stopping 
 to assist any Vessel in distress or to save human life and that the decision of such 
 Officer or other person as aforesaid shall in each and every of such cases be rinal 
 and binding on the Contractors their Executors and Administrators unless the said 
 Commissioners on appeal from the Contractors their Executors or Administrators 
 shall think proper to decide otherwise 
 
 That a suitable First-rate Cabin with appropriate bed bedding and furniture 
 shall at the cost of the Contractors their Executors aud Administrators be provided 
 and appropriated by the Contractors for and to the exclusive use and for the sole 
 accommodation of each and every of such Naval Officers or other persons authorized 
 as aforesaid and also a proper and convenient place of deposit on board under lock 
 and key for Her Majesty's Mails and that each and every of the said Officers or 
 other persons as aforesaid shal' be victualled by the Contractors their Executors 
 and Administrators as a Chief Cabin passenger is to be victualled without any 
 charge being made either for his passage or victualling and that should all or any 
 of such Officers or other persons require a Servant such Servant shall be also pro- 
 vided with a proper and suitable berth and be victualled by and at the cost of the 
 Contractors their Executors and Administrators without any charge being made for 
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charge of the M»ili. 
 
 ButirtheComroit- And that if the said Commissioners shall at any time during the continuance 
 
 romT..7ar™onh?' of this Contract think fit to entrust the charge and custody of Her Majesty's Mails 
 Venneit »ro to i»k« to the Commander or Commanders of all or any of the Vessels to be employed in 
 the performance of this Contract that such Commander or Commanders shall take 
 due care thereof and shall make the usual Declarations required or which may 
 hereafter from time to time or at any time be required by Her Majesty's Postmaster- 
 General in such or similar cases and such Commandei or Commanders having the 
 charge of such Mails shall immediately on the arrival at any of the said Forts and 
 places of anj Vessel so conveying the said Mails himself deliver Her Majesty's 
 Mails into the hands of the Postmaster of the Port or place where such Mails are 
 to be delivered or into the hands of such other person as the said Commissioners 
 sliall direct and authorize to receive the same. 
 
 Boats to he provided 
 by tht' Contractors 
 for Inndinc; the Mails 
 an'l Otticors ill charge. 
 
 The Contractors to 
 nay a penalty of JCIOO 
 for every case of de- 
 lay or deviation not 
 sanctioned by the 
 Officer in charge ; 
 
 , and further penalties 
 of £500 for the first, 
 and £5W for every 
 succeeding twelve 
 hours' delay in start- 
 ing fiom Liverpool. 
 
 ' All modem improve- 
 tnents to be supplied 
 to the Vessels. 
 
 The Officers in charge 
 (if tlie Mails to have 
 power to survey thr 
 vessels on notice to 
 the Commanders. 
 
 That at each and every of the said Ports or places where any of the said 
 Vessels are to proceed the said Naval Officer or such other person having or 
 authorized to have the charge of the said Mails shall whenever and as often as 
 deemed by him practicable or necessary be conveyed on shore and also from the shore 
 to the Steam Vessel employed for the time being in the performance of this Con- 
 tract together with or (if the duty of such Officer or person renders it necessary) 
 without Her Majesty's Mails in a suitable boat of not less than four oars to be 
 provided and pro|)erly manned and equipped by the Contractors and that the 
 directions of the said Naval Officer or of such other person having or authorized to 
 have the charge of the said Mails shall in all cases be obeyed as to the mode of 
 receipt and delivery of the said Mails 
 
 That if any Vessel having Her Majesty's Mails on board shall step linger or 
 deviate from the direct course on her voyage or shall delay starting at exact time 
 or shall put back into Port after starting without the sanction in each and every 
 case of such Officer or other person authorized to have the charge of the said 
 Mails as aforesaid or when so sanctioned to put back into Port shall not again start 
 and proceed direct in performance of the service hereby contracted for when and 
 so soon as required by the said Officer or other person authorized to have the 
 charge of the said Mails then and in each and every of such cases and as often as 
 the same shall happen the Contractors their Executors and Administrators shall 
 and will pay unto Her Majesty Her Heirs and Successors the sum of £100 And 
 that if a Vessel which ought to leave Liverpool for Halifax Boston or New York 
 in the performance of this Contract shall not proceed on her voyage for Twelve 
 Hours after the proper and appointed time the Contractors their Executors and 
 Administrators shall and will so often as any such omission shall happen pay 
 unto Her Majesty Her Heirs and Successors the sum of £500 and also the further 
 sum of £500 for every successive period of Twelve Hours which shall elapse until 
 such Vessel shall proceed on her voyage in the performance of this Contract 
 
 That the Contractors their Executors and Administrators shall and will from 
 time to time and at all times during the continuance of this Contract make such 
 alterations or improvements in the Construction Equipments or Machinery of 
 each and every of the said Vessels which shall be used by them in the performance 
 of this Contract as the advanced state of science may suggest and the said 
 Commissioners may direct 
 
 That any Naval Officer or other person authorized to have the charge of 
 Her Majesty's Mails shall either alone or with such other persons as he may 
 consider necessary have full power and authority whenever and as often as he 
 may deem it requisite to examine and survey in such manner as he may think 
 proper all and every or any of the Vessels employed or to be employed in the 
 performance of this Contract and the Hulls and Machinery and Equipments thereof 
 on his giving notice in writing to the Commander for the time being of the Vessel 
 about to be examined of such his intention and if any defect or deficiency be 
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 miule giyyt hj the 
 t'ontrietort iindrr • 
 ppnilly of iltX) for 
 each default. 
 
 And the Commiuion- 
 cr« may »l»o have the 
 Veiaels surveyed liy 
 atiy other of their 
 Agenta; audaiiy Vc§- 
 lel declared, by aucb 
 A({ent*, to bo uiwea- 
 worthy, or to require 
 alteration or iraprove- 
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 ; ficd for further »er- 
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 ascertained and notice thereof in writing be given to the Master or tJuminunder 
 of the Vessel in which such deflciency or d'^fect may be found and if the said 
 Master or Commander shall not immediately or as soon as possible thereupon 
 remedy replace or efTectively repair the same they the Contractors their Executors 
 or Administrators shall in every such case pay to Her Majesty Her Heirs and 
 Successors the sum of ^100 but t' o payment of such penalty shall not in anywise 
 release or discharge the Contractors their Executors or Administrators from 
 remedying replacing or effectively repairing such deficiency or defect 
 
 And the said Commissioners shall also have full power and be at liberty 
 whenever and as often as they may deem it requisite to survey '^y any other of 
 their Officers or Agents all and every the Vessels employed and to je employed in 
 the performance of this Contract and of the hulls thereof and of the engines 
 machinery furniture tackle apparel stores and equipments of every such Vessel 
 and if any such Vessel or any part thereof or any engines machinery furniture 
 tackle apparel boats stores or equipments shall on any such survey be declared 
 by any of such OlRcers or Agents unseaworthy or not adapted to the service of 
 this Contract or if such Officers or Agents shall deem it necessary or expedient 
 that any alteration or improvement shall be made therein or any part thereof 
 in order to keep pace with the more advanced state of science the Vessel which 
 shall be disapproved of or in which such deficiency defect or want of improvement 
 shall appear shall be deemed inefficient for any service hereby contracted to be 
 performed and sr.aU ni^i be employed again in the conveyance of Her Majesty's 
 Mails until such defect or deficiency shall have been repaired or supplied or 
 the alterations or improvements as the case may be shall have been made to the 
 satisfaction of the said Commissioners 
 
 [The Contractors and 
 j their servants are to 
 I obey the orders of the 
 I C'ommiasioners or 
 
 That the Contractors and all Commanding and other Officers of the Vessels 
 to be employed in the performance of this Contract and all Agents Seamen and 
 Servants of the Contractors shall at all times during the continuance of this 
 MaiTs. **"'*'" ' ' Contract punctually attend to the orders and directions of the said Commissioners 
 or of any of their Officers or Agents as to the landing delivering and receiving Her 
 Majesty's Mails 
 
 Vn penalties to be as 
 ^tipulnted daraagea, 
 ind deducted out of 
 Ihe Contract monies. 
 
 That all and every the sums of money hereby stipulated to be paid by the 
 Contractors their Executors or Administrators unto Her Majesty Her Heirs 
 and Successors shall be considered as stipulated or ascertained damages and should 
 the same or any of them become payable and not be discharged forthwith on *'ie 
 application of the said Commissioners or their Agents each and every of such sums 
 of money may be deducted and retained by the said Comir. ^loners out of the 
 Monies payable to the Contractors their Executors or Administrators under this 
 Contract or the payment thereof enforced with full costs of suit at the discretion of 
 the said Commissioners ' • 
 
 Four Officers in Her 
 lajesty's Military or 
 |Navai Service (exclu- 
 jaive of the Officer in 
 Icharge), with their 
 nrives and families, to 
 DC taken (if required) 
 In eachVessel ascbief ; 
 four persons, with 
 Ibeir wives and fami- 
 lies, and the servants 
 jat both classes, as 
 ■ore-cabin paaaen- 
 |ers, and 10 Seamen, 
 Jtc, with their wives 
 ^nd families, as deck 
 passengers. 
 
 That the Contractors shall and will when and as often as in writing they 
 or the Masters of their respective Vessels shall be required so to do by the said 
 Commissioners or by such Naval or other Officers or Agents acting under their 
 authority (such writing to specify the rank or description of the person or persons 
 to be conveyed and the accommodation to be provided for him or them) receive 
 provide for victual and convey on board each and every or any of the Vessels 
 to be employed in the performance of this Contract (in addition to the Naval 
 Officer or other person authorized to have the charge of the said Mail") any 
 Officers in the Navy Army or Civil Service of Her Majesty not exceeding four in 
 any one Ship as Chief-Cabin Passengers with their Wives and Families and any 
 persons not exceeding four in any one Ship as Fore-Cabin Passengers with their 
 Wives and Families together with the Servants of both Chief and Fore-Cabin 
 Passengers and any number of Seamen Marines Soldiers or Artificers not 
 exceeding ten in any one Ship with their Wives and Families as Deck Passengers 
 
' A 
 
Comminioned Offi- 
 cers, dc, as chief, 
 NoD-Commissioned, 
 fore, and Seamen, 
 &c., as deck paaaen- 
 gers. 
 
 Allowance for their 
 baggage. 
 
 to be always provided with adequate protection from rain sun and bad weather 
 and not exposed on deck without such competent shelter as long notice as 
 practicable being given to the Contractors when accommodation shall be required 
 for the Wives or Children of such Officers or other persons 
 
 That Commissioned Officers their Wives and Families be considered as Chief- 
 Cabin Passengers Non-commissioned Officers their Wives and Families as Fore- 
 Cabin Passengers and Seamen Marines Private Soldiers Artificers and their Wives 
 and Families as Deck Passengers and the said Servants (ii^ respect of accommo- 
 dation) as the Servants of Chief-Cabin Passengers 
 
 That each Field Officer and every Naval Officer of equal or superior rank 
 shall be allowed ninety cubic feet of space in measurement for baggage provided 
 :. (except in the case of the Royal Engineers) such allowance shall not exceed 18cwt. 
 in weight and all other Officers in Her Majesty's Naval and Military Service and 
 Officers in the Civil Service sixty cubic feet each and that (except in the case of 
 the Royal Engineers) such allowance shall not exceed 12 cwt. in weight 
 
 That the Royal Engineers shall be allowed the same measurement but to 
 . extend in weight to 27 cwt. for Field Officers and 18 cwt. for every other Officer 
 of the Royal Engineers 
 
 That Soldiers of the Royal Artillery and Sappers and Miners and their Wives 
 shall be allowed six cubic feet each for Baggage and all married Officers when 
 accompanied by their Wives or Families a further allowance not exceeding one 
 half of that before mentioned according to their Rank and Corps 
 
 Guns, ham.-ocks, and That for evory Company of the Royal Artillery embarked there shall be 
 
 bedding for ^ps to conveyod free of all charge the proper proportion of light field-pieces if required 
 ^Mmveye o ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ Hammocks and Bedding which may be sent out for the use of the 
 Troops or other persons embarked shall be placed in charge of the Officer autho- 
 rized to have charge of Her Majesty's Mails and be brought back to E .gland if 
 required free of any charge for freight 
 
 VictualliDgofthe 
 different claises of 
 patiengeri. 
 
 That the Victualling of Officers their Wives and Families conveyed as Chief- 
 Cabin Passengers shall be the same as is usually allowed by the Contractors to 
 Chief-Cabin Passengers their Wives and Families the Victualling of Non-com- 
 missioned Officers their Wives and Families conveyed as Fore-Cabin Passengers 
 shall be the same as is allowed to the Boatswain and Carpenter of the Contractors* 
 Steam Ships and the victualling of Seamen Marines Soldiers and Artificers their 
 Wives and Families conveyed as Deck Passengers shall be the same as is allowed 
 to the Seamen of the Contractors' Steam Ships and the victualling of the Servants 
 of Officers whether Chief or Fore-Cabin Passengers shall be the same as the 
 Servants of other Chief and Fore-Cabin Passengers 
 
 Bates of paaiage- That the passage money shall be paid in full of all charges for mess 
 
 "S ^ ^ ^^ '"' including a Pint o^' Port or good Foreign White Wine and one Bottle of Malt 
 Liquor per day foi- each Officer conveyed as a Chief-Cabin Passenger and one 
 Gill of Spirits for each Non-commissioned Officer Seaman Marine Soldier Artificer 
 and Servant conveyed as a Fore-Cabin or a Deck Passenger at and after the rates 
 mentioned in the wllowing table 
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TABLE OF RATES OF PASSAGE. 
 
 Liverpool to Ha-) 
 lifax or Halifax } 
 to Liverpool . . j 
 
 CHIXr CABIN PASSENOERS. 
 
 FORI CABIN FAStUCNOXRS. 
 
 DECK PABSENOEIIB. 
 
 OfflMr. Uij. 
 
 CbUdnn 
 betw««n 8 
 
 CUlMrrn 
 bctWMii 3 
 
 Man. 
 
 Woman. 
 
 Cbndnn 
 
 b«t>MMl8 
 
 kl3rMn. 
 
 ChDdmi 
 
 twtVMn : Man. 
 k 8 jrcan. 
 
 Woman. 
 
 CtaUdrro 
 batVMn 8 
 klajroan. 
 
 CMUrxn 
 iMtirwn 3 
 k 8 ym*. 
 
 300 
 
 e *. 
 250 
 
 e t. 
 
 *aeh 
 
 12 10 
 
 £ I. 
 lach 
 
 6 5 
 
 t t. 
 
 16 
 
 15 
 
 taeh 
 
 7 10 
 
 tad, 
 
 3 15 
 
 t *. 
 
 40 
 
 t : 
 
 40 
 
 tack 
 
 2 
 
 t I. 
 taeh 
 
 1 
 
 Halifax to Bos-) 
 ton or Halifax! 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 to New York'v 
 or New York or 
 Boston to Ha- 
 lifax ... J 
 
 40 
 
 20 
 
 1 
 
 10 
 
 3 
 
 20 
 
 1 
 
 10 
 
 20 
 
 1 
 
 10 
 
 6 
 
 Liverpool to New \ 
 York direct or 
 by the way of 
 Halifiix or New V 
 York to Liver-/ 
 pool direct or 
 Dv the way of 
 Halifax . . . / 
 
 34 
 
 27 
 
 13 10 
 
 6 16 
 
 18 
 
 17 
 
 8 10 
 
 4 6 
 
 60 
 
 50 
 
 2 10 
 
 1 5 
 
 Mem. Children under 3 years of age to be carried free, and Male Servants to be charged 
 one-half, and Female Servants two-thirds of the rates charged for their employers. 
 
 That the payment for the Passage ordered at the public expense for any 
 person shall only be made on the production of the order for the passage and of a 
 Certificate from the person in the following form viz. 
 
 " 1 hereby certify that on the 
 
 as a 
 to 
 
 I embarked at 
 Passenger on board the Mail Steam Packet 
 and landed at on the 
 
 for passage 
 
 To this Certificate the following addition is to be made in every case of a Male 
 Cabin Passenger viz. 
 
 " I further certify that the first Dinner Meal taken on board was on the 
 and the last Dinner Meal on the Dated this day of 
 
 And the correctness of the dates must be corroborated by the Master of the Packet 
 adding underneath the Passenger's Signature * ; V ^^ . 
 
 " The dates inserted in this Certificate are correct." | .; . i^ " < ■ 
 
 (Signature) 
 ' Master of tfte Packet. 
 
 ["Officers to pay for That the Passage Money for the Families and Wives of Officers shall be paid to 
 
 uea aMho^ «1i""'* ^^^ Contractors by the Officers themselves at rates never exceeding those contained 
 ' in the beforementioned Table 
 
 Fprovuions of 11 Geo. That the Passeugers hereinbefore-mentioned or referred to are to be exclusive 
 
 llkc^^^ ""***''' ®^ ^"y ™®" *° ^® ^^"* ^°™^ "n^e^ the provisions of the Act 11 Geo. IV. c. 20 the 
 rate of passage for whom is to be and to be paid for in accordance uith the provi- 
 sions of that Act , , ,, , , , V ., 
 
 I Accommodation to be 
 1 provided for soidiera 
 I conveyed as extra 
 I deck passengers ; 
 
 That whenever the Contractors shall convey any Soldiers as Deck Passengers 
 other than those specially provided for by this Contract the Contractors shall 
 provide them with adequate protection from rain sun and bad weather and they 
 shall not be exposed on deck without such competent shelter 
 
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 and imtii pMktges That the Contracton* their Executors or Administrators shall and will receive 
 
 tobeconreyedfreej q^ board each and every of the said Vessels employed in the performance of this 
 Contract any number of small packages containing Astronomical Instruments 
 Charts Medicines Wearing Apparel or other articles and convey the same to and 
 from and between all or any of the said Ports or places to or from which Her 
 Majesty's Mails are to be conveyed in the performance of this Contract when and 
 as often as directed by the said Commissioners or their Secretary for the time being 
 or Agents duly authorized free from all costs and charges 
 
 »nd»torei, notjx- And also shall and will receive on board each and every of the said Vessels 
 
 time!" ccording to"the ^^^ convcy to and from and between all or any of the same Ports or places any 
 nsuai freight. Naval or Other stores not exceeding Five Tons in weight at any time at the usual rate 
 
 of freight charged by the Contractors for private goods (but which shall never be 
 more than after the rate of £6 per Ton) on receiving from the said Commissioners 
 or their Secretary for the time being or any of their OflBcers or Agents two days' 
 previous notice of i^ being their intention to have such stores so conveyed 
 
 The Contractors to be 
 paid for the whole 
 services contracted 
 for at the rate of 
 £'28,340 per annum, 
 by quarterly pay- 
 ments. 
 
 The Contract to com- 
 mence on date and 
 continue till the 1st 
 of January 1862, and 
 thenceforward till 
 determined by one 
 or other of the parties 
 by a twelve months' 
 written notice; 
 
 unless either party 
 determine it at an 
 tarlier period by the 
 like notice : in which 
 ca.se the Commission- 
 ers are to have the 
 option of purchasing 
 the contract Vessels 
 at a valuation by 
 arbitration. 
 
 And the said Commissioners in consideration of the premises and of the 
 Contractors their Executors and Administrators and their Officers Servants and 
 Agents at all times during the continuance of this Contract strictly and punctually 
 performing the services hereinbefore contracted to be performed and the covenants 
 and agreements hereby entered into by them the Contractors do for and on behalf 
 of Her Majesty Her Heirs and Successors agree with the Contractors their Executors 
 and Administrators that the said Commissioners on behalf of Her Majesty will pay 
 or cause to be paid to the Contractors tlieir Executors and Administrators by Bills 
 at sight payable by H Majesty's Paymaster-General a sum after the rate of 
 £28,340 per annum for the performance of the whole of the services hereby 
 contracted to be performed by quarterly payments and with a proportionate 
 part of that sum should this Contract terminate on any other day than a day of 
 quarterly payment the first quarterly payment to become due on the first day of 
 April 1852 
 
 And it is hereby agreed and declared that this Contract shall commence on 
 the day of the date hereof and shall continue in force until the First Day of January 
 1862 and thenceforward until Twelve Calendar Months' Notice in writing shall be 
 given by either of the said parties to the other of them that the same shall deter- 
 mine and at the expiration of such notice which may expire at any period of the 
 year this Contract shall determine accordingly but not so as to prevent either of 
 the said parties availing themselves of this Contract for recovering any sum of 
 money or damages should there have been any breach of this Contract previously 
 to the determination of the same 
 
 Provided always nevertheless that this Contract may be determined at any 
 period of the Year and at any time even before the said First Day of January 1862 
 upon a Twelve Calendar Months' Notice in writing being given by either of the 
 said part^t to the other of them that this Contract shall determine and at the 
 expiration of any such notice this Contract shall also determine accordingly but 
 not so as to prevent either of the said parties availing themselves of this Contract 
 for recoverng any sum of money or damages should there have been any breach 
 of this Contract previously to the determination of the same and that the 
 said Commissioners shall then have the option of purchasing from the Con- 
 tractors their Executors and Administrators all or any of the Vessels employed 
 in the performance of this Contract at the time of the determination thereof at such 
 valuation as shall be put thereon by two Arbitrators one to be chosen by the said 
 Commissioners and the other by the Contractors their Executors or Administrators 
 or in case of the Arbitrators differing by an Umpire to be chosen by such two 
 Arbitrators before they proceed with the reference it being expressly understood 
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and agreed that the payment of such valuation shall iiot be made until the said 
 Commissioners shall have obtained the money by means of a Parliamentary (irant 
 or otherwise and that the joint and concurrent award of the said Arbitrators or the 
 separate award of the said Umpire if and when the said Arbitrators cannot agree 
 shall be binding and conclusive upon all parties 
 
 SabmiMioM to sneb -^"^ ^^ ^ agreed that any submission which may be made to Arbitration in 
 
 •rbitratioiu to be pursuauco of this Contract shall be made a rule of Her Majesty's Court of 
 made RuiM of Court! Exchequer pursuant to the Statute in that case made and provided and that any 
 Witnesses examined upon any reference may be examined upon Oath 
 
 »Dd thn Contnet it 
 not to be disposed of 
 by the Contractors ; 
 and if so disposed of, 
 or otherwise broken, 
 m»y be at once ter- 
 ra in&ted by the Com- 
 misiionert. 
 
 Notices to the Con- 
 tractors to be served 
 at last Itnown resi- 
 dence of any one of 
 them in England or 
 Scotland, or upon 
 their servants in 
 charge of any of the 
 Vessels. 
 
 No Member of the 
 > House of Commons to 
 [ have any share in the 
 I Contract. 
 
 lOeiieral penalty of 
 |£6000 on the Con- 
 tractors ou breach or 
 non-performance. 
 
 And it is hereby further agreed and provided that the Contractors their 
 Executors or Administrators p^all not assign underlet or otherwise dispose of 
 this Contract or any part thereof and that in case of the same or any part thereof 
 being assigned underlet or otherwise disposed of or of any breach of this Contract 
 on the part of the Contractors their Executors or Administrators it shall be 
 lawful for the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral for 
 the time being (if they think fit and notwithstanding there may or may not have 
 been any former breach of this Contract) by writing under their hands or under 
 the hand of their Secretary for the time being to determine this Contract without 
 any previous notice to the Contractors their Executors or Administrators or their 
 Agents nor shall the Contractors their Executors or Administrators be entitled 
 to any compensation in consequence of such determination but even if this Contract 
 be so determined the payment of the sum of money hereinafter agreed to be made 
 shall be enforced should the same be not duly paid by the Contractors 
 
 And it is also agreed that the notices or directions which the Commissioners 
 for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral or their Secretary Officers or other 
 persons are hereby authorized and empowered to give to the Contractors their 
 Executors or Administrators Officers Servants or Agents may at the option of the 
 same Commissioners or their Secretary Officers Agents or other persons be either 
 delivered to the Master or Commander or other Officer Agent or Servant of the 
 Contractors their Executors or Administrators in the charge or management of any 
 Vessel to be or while employed in the performance of this Contract or be left at 
 the last known place of business or abode in England or Scotland either of the 
 said Samuel Cunard or George Burns or Charles Mclver their Executors or 
 Administrators And any Notices or Directions so given or left shall be as binding 
 on the said Samuel Cunard George Burns and Charles Mclver their Executors 
 or Administrators as if duly served upon or left with them 
 
 And in pursuance of the directions contained in a certain Act of Parliament 
 made and passed in the 22d year of the reign of King George tl.e Third entituled 
 " An Act for restraining any person concerned in any Contract Commission or 
 Agreement made for the Public Service from being elected or sitting and voting 
 as a Member of the House of Commons" it is hereby expressly declared and 
 agreed and these Presents ave upon this express condition and the Contractors 
 do covenant for themselves their Heirs Executors and Administrators that no 
 Member of the House of Commons shall be admitted to any share or part of this 
 Contract or Agreement or to any benefit to arise therefrom. 
 
 And lastly for the due and faithful performance of all and singular the 
 Covenants Conditions Provisions Clauses Articles and Agreements hereinbefore 
 contained which on the part and behalf of the Contractors their Heirs Executors 
 and Administrators are or ought to be observed performed fulfilled or kept the said 
 Samuel Cunard George Burns and Charles Mclver do hereby bind themselves 
 their Heirs Executors and Administrators and each of them doth hereby bind 
 himself his Heirs Executors and Administrators unto our Sovereign Lady the 
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Queen in the sum of £6000 of lawful Biitish Money to be paid to our said Lady 
 the Queen her Heirs and Successors by way of stipulated or ascertained damages 
 agreed upon between the said Commissiuners for executing the said Office of 
 Lord High Admiral and the paid Samuel Cunard George Burns and Charles 
 Mclver (over and above any other snm or sums, if any, which may be payable) in 
 case of the failure of the said Samuel Cunard George Burns and Charles Mclver 
 their Heirs Executors or Administrators in the due execution uf this Contract or 
 any part thereof 
 
 In Witness whereof the said Parties to these Presents have hereunto set their 
 Hands and Seals the day and year first above written 
 
 ALEX«, MILNE, (L. S.) 
 W. COWPER, (L. S.) 
 S. CUNARD, (L. S.) 
 G. BURNS, (L. S.) 
 CHA^ MACIVER, (L. S.) 
 
 Signed Sealed and delivered by the said 
 Commissioners and the said Samuel Cunard 
 in the presence of 
 
 J**". JAMES. 
 
 Signed Sealed and deliveied by the said 
 George Burns in the presence of 
 
 F. W. VANDERKISTE, 
 
 COLL". OF CUSTOMS, GLASGOW. 
 
 Signed Sealed and delivered by the said 
 Charles Mclver in the presence of 
 
 THOMAS BEVIS, 
 
 COIVK.