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and Avill repay the same to the Contractors, after one month's notice in Avriting by the Contractor to the Minister demanding payment thereof and giving details of such payment, and the production of vouchers or other proof of such payment. WORKMEN TO BE CARRIED FREE ON BLUFF AND WINTON RAILWAY. 30. The Contractors are to be entitled to free passes upon the Bluff and Winton Railway, during the whole period appointed for the construction, of the works mentioned in this Contract, as ordinary passengers upon the said Railway, for all persons in their employment for the time being actually engaged in connection with the said works, and the Manager for the time being of the said Railway shall at all times, on the application of the Contractors, or their Agent upon the works, give to such persons or person as are named in any such application Avritten free passes accordingly. GOODS TO BE CARRIED FREE ON SAME RAILWAY. 31. The Government undertake to convey upon and along the Bluff and Winton Railway, free of charge to the Contractors, and in like manner as other goods delivered for carriage upon and along the said Railway, all materials intended to be Used in the construction of the works mentioned in this Contract, or which the Contractors may, in connection Avith the said works, necessarily require to be carried along the said Railway, upon such goods respectively being delivered in the ordinary course at any station upon the said Raihvay for carriage accordingly. ARBITRATION. 32. Should any dispute arise between the Contractor and the Engineer, or between the Contractor and the Minister for Public Works or the Government, relative to the force and intent and meaning of the specifications, draAvings, or conditions, or to the mode of carrying on the works, or the nature or quality of materials used or supplied to be used, or workmanship of work done, or as to the maintenance of the works, or as to the expense of additional works, or of alterations or deviations from the specifications or plans, or as to any other matter connected with the execution of the works, or Avith the contract, specifications, draAvings, or conditions, or as to any matter which by this contract it is expressly provided is to be settled, ascertained, or determined by arbitration, such dispute shall be referred in writing to the sole determination, arbitrament, and award of the Judge of the Supreme Court assigned to that Judicial District of the Supreme Court within Avhich the works relative to Avhich the dispute shall have arisen have been or are to be executed, whose aAvard shall be final, binding, and conclusive on all parties: Provided, however, that before any such dispute as aforesaid shall be so referred, the Contractor shall give to the Minister for Public Works one calendar month's notice in writing of such dispute, and of the matter and cause thereof, and in such notice the Contractor's claim shall be explicitly stated; and if such claim be for pecuniary compensation, the amount thereof shall also be stated. John Carruthers. John Bbogden and Sons.

SPECIFICATION OF THE MANNER OF CONSTRUCTING THE INVERCARGILL AND MATAURA RAILWAY. GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 1. The line of Raihvay included under the title " Invercargill and Mataura Railway," and to Avhich this Specification applies, begins at a point in the Town of Invercargill, and terminates at a point on the eastern bank of the Mataura River, as delineated on the accompanying plans and sections ; the total length of the contract being thirty-nine miles fifty-six chains or thereby, with an addition of three miles of sidings.

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