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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 29, 10 December 1880, Page 4

The lease of the Foxton Parry i»nd I Pound shall contain tho folio w : r»g additional covenants and provisoes, ! namely: — I 5 That tho lessee shall keep in thorough roparr to the satisfaction of the lessors or their engineer tire whole j of the fences around tho cattlo pa 1- j dock ami all other fences around tho ferry property which load to tha punt and the yard near the punt. G. That the lessee shall in. keeping and conducting the Foxton pound conform to all the provisions of tho Impounding Act now in force and of any other laws relating to public pounds which are now or may be in force during the continuance of the lease and shall keep in good repair and renew if necessary the fencing of the said pound and the paddock thereto belonging. 7. That the lessors shall be at liberty to remove the ferry to any part of the river to a distance not exceeding 5 miles in a straight lino from the present ferry, and the lessee shall have no claim agains. tho lessors for any compensation or loss arising cut of such removal, but shall in such case be at liberty to determine the lease so far as it re* lates to the Foxton pound on giving to the lessors 14' days' notice of his intention so to do. 8. That if the natives or any other owners or occupiers of the land on the roadway between Foxtou and the beach shall closo the same,or offer any serious obstruction to traffic across the land lying between the ferry and the beach on the south side of the Manawatu Eiver, the lessors shall not be liable for any loss to the lessee occasioned thereby, but the lessee shall in that case be at liberty to determine the lease on giving to the lessors 14 days' previous notice of his intention so to do; but if at any time during the continuance of tho lease the said roadway shall be dedicated to the public, or otherwise be legally proclaimed a public road, then from and after tbo date if any such dedication or proclamation the right of the lessee to determine the lease on nccount of any obstruction shall ceasp. except as to any right or claim of either party then pending or existing relative thereto.

Tho following additional covenant shall be contained in the lease of the Lower Gorgo ferry, namely : — 9. That the lessee shall fell the bush, bum off and sow down in good approved English grasses the ferry reserve of 100 acres (more or less) as follows, that is to say— during the first year of the lease 25 acres, and during each succeeding year' of the lease 10 actos. A belt of 3 chains in width of the bush shall be left standing along the river bank, and the whole length of the reserve; and that the lessees shall also enclose by a ring fence each of the two portions into which tho ferry reserve is divided by the main road that is to say tho whole of the said 100 aero?, | (more or less) with a strong substantial legal fence of totara posts and either 4 rails or 7 wires, of approved gunge, the posts and rails to be of [ approved sizes, and the work to be done to the approval of the lessors or their engineer. And that the lessors shall at the expiration or o'her sooner determination of the lease pay to the losseo the snm of £2 per acre, for all such work to be done as oforesaid, aud which shall be left (with the fences), in good order and condition. And further, that except as aforesaid, no bush shall be felled, burnt, or injured by the lessee. Each lease shall contain the following proviso as to ferry tolls —that is to say — 10. That the lessee shall subject to the exemptions contaiued in section 104 of " The Public Works Act " 1876 be at liberty to demand and receive from the public the tolls to be specified in a schedule to the lease, of which the follswing is a copy : — TABLE OF TOLLS. s. d. For every passenger carried over ... 0 C „ horse and man in charge 1 C „ additional horse or head of great cattle up to 20 ... 1 0 „ do do over 20 and up to 100 0 9 „ do do over 100 .. . . 0 G „ sheep, goat, or other small cattle .. ..0 2 „ pig 0 6 „ vehiclo on 2 wheels, with springs, drawn by one horse (driver included) 2 6' „ do do without springs, do 3 0 For every additional horse or head of gi-3.it cattle drawing same 10 Mail coach to bo charged same scale as above For every vehicle with more than 2 wheels, wilh springs, drown by one horse (driI ver included)... .. 3 6 „ dodo without springs do do 4 0 For every additional horse or head of great cattle drawing s-ime .. ... I 0 Ferrying goods when the conveyance in which they have been brought to the ferry does not cross, per cwt 0 3 Ferrying timber when the conveyance in which it has been brought to the ferry does not cross,prr lOOfc 0 6 N.B. — From 10 p.m. to 4 i.m. double the above tolls may be charged. All persons tendering shall state the amount of rent per annum they are willing to pay for a sevens year's lease on the terms and conditions above expressed ; and every tender shall be accompanied by an initialed chcqne or cash for the sum of £20 which, if the tender bo accepted, shall remain in the hands of the County Treasurer as a deposit until the expiration of the lease, and if the County Council shall cancel or determine the lease for any breach of the conditions thereof before the full fern)