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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 31, 17 December 1880, Page 4

The lease of tho Foxton Ferry ftnd Pound shall contain the following additional covenants and provisoes, namely : — 5 That the le3sea shall keep in thorough repair to the satisfaction of the lessors or their engineer the whole of the fences around the cattlo paddock and all other fences around the ferry property which lead to the punt and the yard near the punt. 6. That the lessee shall in keeping and conducting the Foxton pound conform to all the provisions of the 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 line from the present ferry, and the lessee shall have no claim against the lessors for auy compensation or loss arising out 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 ofthe land on the roadway between Foxton and the beach shall close 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 River, 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 the lease the said roadway shall be dedicated to the public, or otherwise be legally proclaimed a public road, then from and after the date < f any such dedication or proclamation the right of the lessee to determine the lease on account of any obstruction 9hall cease, except as to any right or claim of either party then pending or existing relative thereto.

The following additional covenant shall be contained in the lease of the Lowor Gorge 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 aires (moro 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 aeies. A belt of 3 chains in width of the bush shall be left standing along tho 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 the ferry reservo is divided by the main road that is to say the whole of the aaid 100 acres, (more or less) with a strong substantial legal fence of totara posts and either 4 rails or 7 wires, of approved guage, 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 other sooner deteimination of the lease pay to the lessee the snm of £2 per acre, for all such work to be done as aforesaid, and 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 OP TOLLS. 8. (1. For every passenger carried over ... 0 6 „ horse and man in charge 1 6 „ additional horse or head of great oattle up to 20 ... 1 0 „ do do over 20 and up to 100 0 9 „ do do over 100 . . ..0 6 „ sheep, goat, or other small oattle .. ..0 2 „ pifiT 0 6 v vehicle on 2 wheolu, with springs, drawn by one horse (driver included) 2 fi „ do do without springs, do 3 0 Fox every additional horse or head of grsat cattle drawing same .10 Mail coach to be charged same Bcnle as above For every vehicle with more than 2 wheels, with springs, drawn by one horso (driver included)... .. 3 6 „ do do without springs do do 4 0 For every additional horse or head of great cattle drawing same .. ...10 Ferrying goods when the conveyanoe in which they have been brought to the ferry does not cross, per cwt 0 3 Ferrying timber when the conveyanoe in whioh it has been brought to the ferry does not croßs,per 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 aooompanied by an initialed cheque or cash for the sum of £20 which, if the tender be accepted, shall remain in the hands of the County Treasurer as a deposit until the expiration of the lease, and if the County Counoil shall cancel or determine the lease for any breach of the conditions thereof before the fnll term