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of tar. The posts to be in oak-wood of the country, squared to a sharp 
edge, and of good quality. 
' At the other angles pegs in oak, 5 feet in length and 3 to 4 inches square, 
to be imbedded nearly 3 feet in the ground, and to be marked with a hot iron 
in consecutive numbers. 
29. The payments to be made to the contractor to be regulated according to 
the following terms : — 
1st. Before the first shooting of the seeds he is not to receive anything except 
the value of the brushwood-faggots employed for the covering. 
2ndly. In the following month of June an examination shall be made. If 
it is favourable, he will be entitled to receive SO per cent, of the entire 
expense incurred ; the remaining 10 per cent to be retained as a guarantee. 
3rdly. At the second shoot, or in the month of June following the second 
year of the sowing, a fresh inspection will be made. If it is favourable, the 
sum retained for guarantee to reduced to J^th of the total amount. 
4thly. At the third growth, if there are groimds for the provisional accept- 
ance of the work, the guarantee to be reduced to 5 per cent., and to remain 
so until the end of the operation. 
30. The approval or provisional acceptance in each year to be declared 
favourable to the contractor when the plants shall show : — 
' The first year, I5 ft. of pine, and as much broom per square foot. 
I 'llie second year, 1 foot of each kind. 
' The third year, f ths foot of each kind. 
31. A certificate of provisional acceptance to be then delivered, and the 
amount retained for guarantee reduced, as shown above in Article 29. 
32. The maintenance of the sowings to remain in the care and at the cost of 
the contractor until the final approval, in conformity with Article No. 24, 
and to include replacing the pegs, repairs to the covering, and other works of 
defence, and the re-sowing found to be necessary after the third provisional 
acceptance. 
33. After the entire completion of the work and the expiration of the periods 
of the guarantee fixed by Article 24, the deed of final acceptance to be drawn 
up and the contractor discharged from all responsibility. 
34. The Contractor to be always provided with a measuring chain of 33 feet, 
with twenty stakes of 65 feet in length, furnished with their sights ; also to 
keep in the workshed an instrument for ascertaining the level of the surface 
of the sowings executed. 
35. He is not to be entitled to any remtmeration for pegs, stakes, labourers' 
wages, or any other extra expenses incurred in marking out the works or 
in measuring the surfaces of the sowings made. 
36. These surfaces to be measured horizontally, without regard to irregularity 
of the ground or the inclination of the slopes. 
37. For the cutting of the brushwood, the felling of trees, and the opening 
of means of passage for carts, he is to follow the directions which will be given 
to him by the Agents of the Department of Roads and Bridges. He is also 
bound to clear out all the stumps of the pines in the sowings whence he shall 
have taken the brushwood. 
38. He is to vbe responsible for all damage occasioned in the sowings or 
woods by the labourers employed in the cutting and carriage of the faggots, 
and liable to the penalties imposed for such acts by the code of forest laws. 
39. If the administration desires to make any trials or experiments, the con- 
tractor is bound to procure all the plants and all the necessary materials, 
but not to be responsible for their success. 
40. The contractor to fix his residence in the place nearest to the works, or 
to appoint some one furnished with powers to represent liim there. 
41. Xo work to be carried on in the sheds on Sundays and holidays. In 
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