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1882. NEW ZEALAND.

TAURANGA, EAST COAST, AND HOT LAKES DISTRICT RAILWAY. CONTRACT ENTERED INTO BETWEEN HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN AND THE TAURANGA, EAST COAST, AND HOT LAKES DISTRICT RAILWAY COMPANY (LIMITED).

Laid before Parliament in compliance with the 1 3th Section of " The Railways Construction and Land Act, 1881."

CONTRACT. 2Tf)tg Jiteß made the twenty-first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, hettofCn Her Majesty the Queen with her heirs and successors, is and are hereinafter included in the expression " the Queen "), of the one part, and the Tauranga East Coast and Hot Lakes District Railway Company, Limited (which, with its successors and assigns, except where the context otherwise requires, is and are hereinafter included in the expression " the Company"), of the other part. 3&!f)CVf 33 the Company has been established for the purposes (amongst other things) of constructing and maintaining a line of railway from the Town of Tauranga to such point or points, place or places, on the southern side of Rotorua Lake as the Directors shall determine, with all necessary buildings, railway works, and other appliances requisite for the same, and of working the said Railway, and especially of carrying thereon passengers, animals, and goods for hire, and generally in other respects of carrying on the business of a railway company in all its branches : "Enti QfflLl)eVttlB the said railway is intended to be constructed as nearly as may be along the line shewn in red upon the map marked A hereunto annexed, and is estimated to be of the length of forty-seven miles or thereabouts, and is intended to connect near the Town of Rotorua with the Thames Valley and Rotorua Railway 3lnD Estl)C£Caß it is expedient that power should be given to the Company to reclaim from the sea the land now covered with water within the Harbor of Tauranga, the limits of which are approximately shewn on the map marked B hereunto annexed. Slntl SSitfyetCflS the Governor of New Zealand acting therein with the advice of the Executive Council of the Colony, and in pursuance of the provisions of " The Railways Construction and Land Act, 1881," (hereinafter in these presents termed " the said Act ") has agreed with the Company for the construction and working of the said proposed line of railway : Nofo) tf)tS -EDetfO UHtHCSSeti) that in consideration of the covenants hereinafter contained on the part of the Queen, 2Tijc ©OUtpattj? doth hereby covenant with the Queen in manner following, that is to say :— 1. 2Tf)C Company shall and will with all convenient sjseed and within the term of five years computed from the date of these pi-esents, at its own expense, in all things, construct and thereafter maintain and ■work a line of railway between the Town of Tauranga aforesaid and some point on the Southern side of the Rotorua Lake to be approved of by an Engineer appointed for the purpose by the Governor (hereinafter throughout these presents referred to as " the Engineer) where the said line of Railway will connect with the Thames Valley and Rotorua Railway, and will construct such line of railway along the line shewn in red upon tke map marked A hereunto annexed, or as near thereto as may be found to be practicable after survey ; such railway to be constructed, and when completed to be worked in all respects under and subject to the provisions of the said Act. 2. 2Tf)O railway to be constructed, maintained, and worked, under the provisions of this Contract and all other works in connection with the said railway which are provided for in this Contract shall be well and faithfully constructed of sound materials and of sufficient strength and durability, having regard to the nature of such works upon plans both general and detail, to be from time to time approved of by the Engineer, and so that the details shall as nearly as may be conform to the approved standard drawings in use on the New Zealand Government Railways and that the specifications for the said railway, and D. 10—1.