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thinks fit, cut down such trees or stumps, and charge the Con- 

 tractor with the cost. 



llth. The Contractor shall have the full benefit of all pro- 

 visions growing on the said land until the termination or cancella- 

 tion of the Contract. 



12th. The Owner or any person authorised by him shall have 

 power at an y time to inspect the said Contract. 



13th. The Owner or any person authorised by him shall 

 have power to order out of the land and out of the Contractor's 

 house any objectionable person not being the Contractor's married 

 wife. 



14th. The Owner shall dig all main drains at his own cost. 

 The Contractor shall spread the earth dug therefrom and keep 

 the said drains clean. 



15th. The Owner shall at the termination of this contract 

 pay to the Contractor for each bearing Cocoa tree the sum of 

 (twenty-four cents), for each young tree in flower which shall not 

 be less than three years old the sum of (twelve cents), for supplies 

 or trees not less than two years old the sum of (six cents). 



16th. The Contractor shall pay the Owner the sum of 



(twenty-four cents) for each missing Cocoa tree, and the sum of 



for each missing Immortelle tree. It shall be lawful 



for the Owner to deduct from the monies coming to the Contractor, 



all monies (if any) due or owing by him to the Owner. 



17th. Should the Contractor be convicted of any kind of 

 larceny ; or for conveying or being in possession of cocoa sus- 

 pected to have been stolen, such conviction shall operate as a 

 termination of the Contract, but the Owner shall within one month 

 of such conviction have the Contract valued and pay to the Con- 

 tractor the amount found due on or before the next regular pay 

 day after the Contractor shall have claimed the same. 



18th. At the expiration of the Contract the Contractor shall 

 deliver up all drains of proper depth and width, all Cocoa and 

 Immortelle trees trimmed, and the contract clean and free from 

 grass or weed. 



19th. This contract shall continue for the term of (five) years 

 from the date that the Contractor was let into possession, provided 

 that it shall be lawful for the Owner to defer the taking over of 

 the contract until the whole of the contract shall be bearing. 



20th. It is hereby lastly agreed that it shall be lawful for 

 the Owner at any time, and from time to time after the expira- 

 tion of (five) years from the date on which the Contractor was 

 let into possession of the said contract, to take over the whole 

 or part or parts of the contract as to such Owner shall seem fit. 

 On the taking over of the said contract or such part or parts as 



