The Hawaiian gazette., 1872-04-17

luSAASiA " thS NciaNiNhNto IS
concluded between His Majesty's Gov
eminent and William H. Webb, which
were signed yesterday morning. We
believe that these viii be more interest
ing reading than any other we would be
able to give our readers.
WHEREAS, on the twenty-eighth day of March
in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and
Seventytwo, at Privy Council holden by His
Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands res
olution was passed in the words following, that is
to say:
Resolred: That the consent of the Privy
Council be, and the same is hereby given, TO the
expenditure, at the discretion OF His Majestys
Cabinet, of the unexpended balance of the appro-
priation Of money to be paid to line of steamers
running between the port of Honolulu and Aus
tralia and New Zealand, and making Honolulu
terminus or stopping place for receiving and de-
livering cargo; it being understood that the bal
ance, the expenditure of which is hereby con.
sented TO, shall be paid to the United States
New Zealand and Australian Mail Steamship
line, commonly known as Webbs Line" in
monthly payments of not more than One Thous-
and $1,000 dollars each to be computed from
the date Of the establishment of line of steamers
in accordance with the law authorizing the appro-
priation; but this consent is given upon condition
that such steamers shall carry the mails to and
from Honolulu and port of Australia and New
Zealand, without further charge. and shall con-
time to call at this port for and during the term
of FIVE years, if the line shall be SO long main
tained.'
And schereas, Oh the llth day of April in the
same year, al a Cabinet Council holden by com
mand of His Majesty the King, resolution was
passed in the words following, that is to say:
"Whereas, this Cabinet are reasonably satisfied
that a Steamship line, of which William H.
Webb, Esq, is The principal proprietor, and com
monty styled the United States, New Zealand
and Australian Mail Steamship Line, has been
actually established between Honolulu and Aus
tralia and New Zealand, therefore,
ReSolred: That the Minister of Finance is au-
thorized to execute contract with the United
States, New Zealand aud Australian Mail Steam
ship Company, in conformity with the resolution
of the Privy Council adopted March 2sth, 1872.
Nor, therefore, This Contract, made and cum
cluded this Sixteenth day of April in the year
aforesaid, by virtue Of the authority contained in
the Resolutions aforesaid, by and between the
Government of the Kingdom of the Hawaiian
Islands, who execute the same by J. Mott Smith,
His Majesty's Minister of Finance as Parties Of
the First Part, and William H. Webb and Benia-
min Holiday, of the the City, County and State
of New York, one of the United States of Amer.
lea, partners under the style of the United States
New Zealand and Australian Mail Steamship
Line who execute the same by the hands of Will
liam II. Webb aforesaid, as Parties Of the Second
Part, Witnessetb:
First: The Parties of the Second Part having
in view the establishment of Steamship Line
between San Francisco, in the State OF Califor-
mia, one of the United States of America and
Auckland in the British Colony Of New Zealand
and Melbourne IN the British Colony Of Victoria, |
together with other ports in Australasia. in the |
manner contemplated by the aforesaid resolutions,
hereby agree that the steamers of such line shall /
call regularly at Honolulu upon their passages 10
each direction, for and during the term of five |
years. if the line shall be so long maintained for
the purpose of receiving and delivering cargo and
will afford all reasonable facilities therefor and
that they will convey the mails to and from Ho- /
nolulu, from and to the ports of Auckland and |
aforesaid, and such other ports of Aus
tralasa as the steamers of the said line may visit
without charge to the Hawaiian Government, ex-
cept as is hereafter set forth.
Second: In consideration of the premises the
said Party Of the First Part hereby agrees to pay
to the Party of the Second Part at the rate Of
One Thousand Dollars per month. during the time
that said steamers shall continue to call at the
port Of Honolulu, in pursuance of the agreement
in the preceding article until the bal
ance of the appropriation granted by the Legs
atiye Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands in the
Act approved July 22d in the
rear One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy
shall have been exhausted. the said balance now
to Thirty-ive Thousand Three Humid