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other works shall accord as nearly as may be bo the standard specifications of the Government of NewZealand for the time being used in respect of the construction of railways having single lines of permanent way, or as may be necessary for any particular work included in this Contract and such construction shall in all things be to the satisfaction of the Engineer, it being the intent and meaning of this provision that all such plans and specifications when approved by the Engineer, or as the same may be altered or modified subject to his approval, shall form part of this Contract as effectually as if the same had respectively been attached hereto at the date of the execution hereof. 3. fill rolling stock and plant to be from time to time used or employed upon the said railway, or in connection therewith shall be of the like character and strength in all respects to the rolling-stock and plant in use upon railways constructed by the Government of New Zealand. 4. 2Ti)£ Company will within twenty four months from the date of this Contract expend a sum of not less than £25,000 in the construction and execution of permanent works under its provisions upon and in connection with the line of railway, such works to be of a character, in the opinion cf the as Engineer, that will enable some complete section or sections of the said railway to be fit for traffic as early as possible. 5. 2Ff)C power conferred by the 48th section of the said Act shall be deemed to extend to and include all works of every kind executed by or on behalf of the Company under this Contract, and all plant, roll-ing-stock, materials and things which are or may be used, or are intended to be used in or upon the said works. And if at any time the Governor shall be advised that some addition, alteration, or repair is necessary or requisite to or upon the said railway, or all or any of the works aforesaid, or to the rolling gtock, plant, and materials used or intended to be used thereon, then for the purpose of more effectually carrying out this contract, he may on behalf of the Queen direct the Engineer to take such steps as may be necessary to have such addition or alteration made or repair effected, and upon delivery o the Company at its registered office in Tauranga of a notice in writing from the Engineer specifying the nature, and extent of the addition, alteration, or repair required, or the class and character of the rolling stock, plant or material to be supplied, the Company shall cause the same to be made, executed or supplied •within the period specified in such notice as the case may require. 6. 2Fi)C Company shall not assign charge or dispose of this Contract or any benefit or advantage thereof or thereunder either at law or in equity without the written consent of the Governor on behalf of the Queen, but this clause shall not be deemed to interfere with, or in anywise abridge the power or borrowing given by the said Act, but no moneys shall be raised by way of mortgage without the prior approval of the Minister for Public Works for the time being. SHilO tijtSS 06E2J fUftijCt' iDttllfSSCti) that, subject to the provisions of the said Act, and in consideration of the premises, the Queen doth hereby covenant with the Company in manner following, that is to say,— 7. 2Tf)£ Queen will with all convenient speed after the date of these presents, and free of all expense to the Company, put the Company in possession of all Crown Lands then in the possession and at the disposal for the purposes of the said railway of the Governor of the Colony, of the width and extent necessary for the construction of the said railway, and of any Crown land adjacent thereto which may be available, and required for side cuttings, ballasting, spoil banks, road approaches and road diversions. 8. 2Ti)t Queen will grant to the Company the sections numbered respectively 234 and 235 on the plan of the Town of Tauranga, Section 1., subject, nevertheless, to any right now possessed by the occupier of any part or parts of the same, and in exchange therefor shall be entitled to select as a site for a custom House an equal quantity of land as soon as the same is reclaimed by the Company as hereinafter mentioned. 9. 2TI)C Queen will grant unto the Company the right to use a portion of the Railway Reserve at Ohinemutu for the purposes of a station and station accommodation in connection with the said Railway, but the right so to bs granted as aforesaid shall be deemed to be revocable at the will of Her Majesty, and shall be subject to the right of the Government without such revocation to use any part of the said Reserve for the purposes for which the same has been made, when and as the occasion for the same shall arise, and in case such last-mentioned user shall necessarily interfere with the right granted to the Company, then the right of the Government shall be paramount, and the Company shall not be entitled to any compensation for any loss which the Company may sustain thereby. 10. 2T|)C Queen will grant unto the Company so far as she can lawfully do so, the right to reclaim from the sea the land now covered with water within the Harbour of Tauranga ; the outer lines of which are approximately shown in the map marked B, hereunto annexed, so as to reclaim and raise the level of the said land to a level to be fixed by the Engineer, and the Company is to take all such steps as are by law required in that behalf", in order to obtain legislative and other authority to reclaim and raise the level of the said land acrordingly, and after obtaining such authority the Company is to carry out the said reclamation within the period of five years computed from the date of these presents ; and in carrying out the said reclamation the Company is to erect and maintain a sufficient retaining-wall or breastwork to the satisfaction in all respects of the Engineer. 11. 2Tf)C Queen will, upon the completion of the said line of railway and of the works connected therewith, at the request of the Company grant to the Company that part of the land shown upon the