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exercised, or suffered by the Queen, or by or on behalf of the Queen, or by the Governor, then it shall be sufficient if such appointment, instrument, or notice, or other act or thing, power, or authority is made, executed, given, done, performed, exercised, or suffered by the Governor on behalf of the Queen or in his own name as the case requires, or by such person or persons as the Governor may from time to time appoint for all or any of the purposes herein mentioned; and also that when any notice or instrument may be given to or served on the Queen by or on behalf of the Company the same may be given to or served on the Governor on behalf of the Queen, or to or on any person appointed by him to receive the same. 50. Wherever in these presents any act or thing is agreed to be done or suffered by or on behalf of the Queen, or the Minister for Public Works, which, under or by virtue of " The Government Kailways Act, 1887," is now or at any time hereafter may be directed or required to be done or suffered by the New Zealand Railway Commissioners constituted 'under the said Act, then, and in any such case, the obligation to do, perform, or suffer such act or thing shall devolve upon the said Commissioners, who shall be deemed to be substituted throughout these presents for the Queen, or the Minister for Public Works, as the case may be, so far as relates to any such act or thing as aforesaid: Provided that if the hereinbefore-mentioned Act shall be repealed, or the powers and duties of the said Commissioners shall in any manner be determined or be suspended, then the Queen or the Minister for Public W Torks, as the case may he, shall be entitled to resume the right to do, perform, or suffer any such act or thing as aforesaid, subject to any provision in that behalf made by the General Assembly; and the Queen and the Company shall in any such case as lastly provided for have all such mutual rights and liabilities in respect of any act or thing as aforesaid as if the said Act had not been repealed or the powers and duties of the said Commissioners had not been determined or suspended. In witness whebeof these presents have been signed by Sir William Francis Drammond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony oi New Zealand, in the name and on behalf of the Queen, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Colony, and the Seal of the Colony and the common seal of the Company have been respectively hereunto affixed, the day and year first before written. [Approximate Coat of Paper. —Preparation, nil; printing (1,.'375 copies), £5 ss. Gd.]

or done by Queen or the Governor may he done by the Governor on behalf of the Queen.

Notices to be served on the Queen may bo served on the Governor or whom ho may appoint.

New Zealand Kailway Commissioners deemed to be substituted for Queen or Minister for Public Works in respect of matters provided for by ■" The Government Railways Act, 1887."

Proviso in case powers, of Qommissioners cease, or are rescinded.

Mutual rights of parties.

Authority: Gboeqe Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBBB.