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25. The rates for small lots of goods shall be arrived at on the basis of the through goods-rates charged on the Government railway added to those charged on the company's railway Division of these charges between the Commissioners and the company will be made as provided in clause 24. 26. For carts, drays, small lots of cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs, the rates and charges will be charged according to the rates gazetted from time to time. The division of charges will be made pro raid according to mileage. 27 The company shall be responsible for payment for all damages or losses to persons or property occurring on the company's railway, unless such damage or loss is clearly traceable to the negligence or error of any of the Commissioners' servants, or to the defect of any of the Commissioners' stock or appliances. 28. The Commissioners similarly shall be responsible for payment for all damages or losses to person or property occurring on the Government railway, unless such damage or loss is clearly traceable to the negligence or error of any of the company's servants, or to the defect of any of the company's stock or appliances. 29. The company's rolling-stock shall be correctly tared, numbered, and lettered, to distinguish it from the Commissioners' stock. 30. The company shall pay the Commissioners for all tickets and stationery issued to the company's stations. 31. The Commissioners or the company respectively at any time may cause rolling-stock the property of the other to be put off the company's or Commissioners' trains respectively if defective or dangerous, and may forbid such stock from running on the Government railway and the company's railway respectively until such defect or dangerous conditions be amended by the company or Commissioners respectively In such cases, due notice being given, demurrage will not accrue. 32. The company shall nominate an officer in charge of its railway with whom the District Manager of the Government railway at Greymouth may communicate for the purpose of carrying on the traffic in terms of this agreement. 33. The Commissioners will not supply any coal-hopper trucks for interchange of traffic. 34. The Commissioners will not pay any demurrage on the company's trucks detained at Greymouth, either for loading or unloading, when the delays are occasioned by the failure of ships to receive or deliver goods of any kind, or through failure of works or appliances on the Government railways, nor will they be responsible for any losses to the company arising from such delays or accidents. The Commissioners reserve the right to return to the company by the company's trains trucks and goods of any kind if the consignees fail to take delivery when called upon. The company in like manner shall not be held responsible for similar delays and accidents upon the company's railway, and may return goods if delivery is not taken by the consignees. 35. Nothing in this agreement will be held to apply to coal carried by rail for export by sea. This agreement shall come into force on the 25th day of July 1892. I The New Zealand Midland Railway Company (Limited), . , j By its Attorney, Eobeet Wilson The common seal of the New Zealand Eailway Commissioners was hereunto affixed this 14th day of July, in the (1.5.) presence of James McKebkow, j The New Zealand J P Maxwell, . Eailway WM. Hannay, j Commissioners. E G. Pilchee, Secretary, Wellington.

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