PASSAGE CONTRACT (continued from front of check) 
Purser or Master, reberthing is deemed advisable on account of difference in race, color 
or sex, or of disagreeable or incompatible habits or tastes, or for any other reason. 
5. _ Charges. Passenger will pay port, quarantine or other charges, and if quarantined 
on ship, pay daily to Carrier during the quarantine, maintenance charges specified in 
Carrier's Tariff. 
6. Change of Vessel, Time or Voyage. This ticket is good only for vessel or vessels 
named hereon, unless reservations are changed in accordance with Tariff rules, or unless 
Carrier shall arrange, as it is hereby authorized to do, in its discretion, to substitute 
another vessel whether owned or operated by it or not, and to reberth passengers thereon. 
Advertised sailing and arrival times are subiect to change and may be advanced or 
delayed if Carrier shalj deem it convenient or prudent to do so. Vessel may leave or enter 
port with or without i^ilot, tow and assist vessels and be towed, put into any port for any 
reason at Master's discretion and deviate the voyage on account of actual or appre- 
hended quarantine, obstructions, riots or war, or to save life or property or for any 
other purpose, the Master's discretion in any case being absolute. 
The Carrier, Master and ship shall have the liberty to comply with any orders, direc- 
tions or requests as to departure, arrival, routes, ports of call, stoppages, destination, 
delivery or otherwise, howsoever given by the Government of the Nation under whose 
flag the vessel sails or any department or agency thereof, or any person acting or pur- 
porting to act with the authority of such Government or of any department or agency 
thereof, and if by reason of and in compliance with any such orders or directions any- 
thing is done or is not done, the same shall not be deemed a deviation, and the 
carrier, master and ship shall not be liable for any claim whatsoever, whensoever, or 
howsoever occurring, arising from compliance with any such orders or directions. 
7. Discontinuance of Service or Break-up of Voyage. If Carrier shall discontinue serv- 
ice between any of the ports named hereon prior to the commencement of the voyage. 
Carrier's liability hereunder shall not exceed the price paid for the ticket, and if Carrier 
shall discontinue such service at any time after commencement of the voyage and prior 
to the arrival of the passenger at final destination, or if the vessel shall be prevented 
from proceeding upon the voyage In ordinary course. Carrier shall return to the pas- 
senger an amount deerned by Carrier to be a fair proportion of the fare paid for the 
unused portion of the ticket. Should the voyage be terminated by disaster or misfortune 
prior to arrival of the passenger at final destination. Carrier shall not be obligated to 
forward passenger or baggage to point of departure or destination or to refund any 
of the^ passage^ money, but in the event that Carrier does so forward passenger, the 
conditions of this contract shall apply to such transportation also. 
8. Maintenance and Medical Care. Carrier does not undertake to provide care or 
maintenance for passenger at point of transfer to other connecting carrier or vessel; nor 
to furnish professional medical or surgical care, but if and when ship's doctor is 
carried, his services shall be deemed for account and at risk of passenger. 
9. Excepted Perils. Carrier shall not be liable to passenger for any loss, damage 
or delay to the passenger or to the passenger's baggage or property, whether carried 
or worn by passenger or intended for stateroom or checked, arising from, or caused by: 
(a) any Act of God or of public enemies; or by arrests, restraints of Princes, govern- 
ment, rulers or people; war, war-like operations, hostilities, acts of war, blockade, 
interdict, acts or events arising from any war or state of war, declared or undeclared, 
whether the United States is a party thereto or not; fire; explosion; collision; stranding; 
perils of the sea, rivers, or of navigation of any kind; lack of water or passage way in 
canals; strikes, lockouts, stoppage or shortage or restraint of labor, labor rules or labor 
troubles, whether of Carrier's employees or of others and whether partial pr general; 
barratry; desertion or revolt of the crew; seizure of vessel by legal process; theft; acci- 
dents to or from machinery, boilers, steam or latent defects, even though existing at the 
commencement of the voyage; (b) or from causes of any kind beyond the Carrier's 
control whether or not of like or similar character to the foregoing; (c) or any cause 
arising without the actuaj fault or privity of the Carrier and without tne negligence of 
the servants of the Carrier acting in the course and scope of their employment, the 
burden of proving negligence to be on the party asserting it; (d) or by the default or 
error in judgment of Carrier's servants; wheresoever occurring. 
, , ,10* Carrier's Discretion in Event of Apprehension of Peril. If, because of war, hos- 
tilities, insurrection, civil commotion, blockade, interdict, or any other action or regu- 
lation of any government or people, condition of the sea or weather, obstruction of 
navigation, epidennic, disease, quarantine, strikes, lockouts, labor rules, stoppages or 
shortages or restraint of labor or labor troubles of Carrier's employees or others, whether 
partial or general, or any other cause referred to in Clause 9, or any other conditions 
whether or not like in nature to the foregoing and whether actual or reported, existing or 
anticipated, at or near or on the way to port of embarkation or port of destination. 
Carrier or Master shall deerri it impossible, imprudent or inadvisable to proceed to 
such port or to take on or disennbark the passenger there or shall be of the opinion 
or apprehension that entry therein or communication therewith or attempt to take on 
or disembark the passenger there may render the vessel subject to quarantine or to 
strike or labor trouble or to subject it to danger from war, war-like operations, 
acts of war, blockade, interdict, acts or events arising from any war or state of 
war, declared or undeclared, whether the United States is a party thereto or not, 
then and in any such events the vessel may proceed by any route which the Master or 
Carrier may deem in the interest of safety or caution, and at the option of the Carrier 
or Master; 
(1) Vessel may omit to call or take on passenger at the port of embarkation, or 
having taken on the passenger, may disembark him there and rescind this contract of 
passage. 
(2) Vessel^ may omit to call or disembark the passenger at the port of destination 
and the Carrier may (a) retain the passenger on board, return him to the port of em- 
barkation and there disembark him, or, (b) disembark the passenger at the port near- 
est thereto at which the vessel calls, or at such other port or place as the Master or 
Carrier may deem safe or advisable. 
II. Contraband, etc. The Carrier reserves the right to carry any goods declared to 
be contraband by any foreign country; to carry as passengers citizens of any foreign 
country, whether belligerent or not, and whether or not such persons belong to, or 
intend to join the armed forces or governmental service of any such country; and to 
sail armed or unarmed and with or without convoy. The person to whom this ticket Is 
issued hereby assumes any and all risk which may accrue to himself, his baggage and 
effects by reason of any of the foregoing. 
12. Stopover Privileges. Subject to the Carrier's regulations from time to time in 
effect, the passenger may obtain a stopover endorsement from the Purser and ‘Interrupt 
his/her voyage at any and all intermediate ports (other than San Francisco, Los Angeles 
and Melbourne); and within ticket limit may resume passage hereunder by subsequent 
vessel provided accommodations are available. Stopover privileges do not apply on 
cargo vessels. 
13. Amount and Value of Baggage. The regular fare payable for transportation 
under this ticket is based partly on the amount, value and nature of passenger's bag- 
gage and effects. Fulj fares include^ transportation of 350 pounds In weight or 40 cubic 
feet, at Carrier's option, and $100 in value of baggage, fractional fares in proportion. 
Charge will be made for any excess in weight or value at rates prescribed by Tariff, 
and liability of Carrier for loss of or damage to any baggage (including both checked 
baggage and all baggage^ and personal effects retained in passenger's custody) shall 
not exceed the above value allowance unless passenger shall declare a greater value in 
writing on blank which will^be supplied on request, shall hand the same to a ticket agent 
or baggage master of Carrier before embarkation and shall pay the excess value charges 
assessed ^under Tariff provisions. This clause shall not apply to carriage of passenger's 
automobile in bagaage service, which shall be governed by all other provisions of this 
contract, by special provisions of Carrier's Tariff, and by the conditions of the automobile 
check. 
14. Prohibited Articles and Valuables. Carrier shall not be liable for any delay, loss, 
theft, destruction, or damage resulting from any cause including its own negligence to 
property which^ is not^proper baggage or to prohibited articles. Prohibited articles in- 
clude amrnunltion, animals, articles the importation of which is prohibited at port of 
landing, birds, dangerous articles, explosives, firearms, fragile articles, furniture, house- 
hold goods, letters, liquids, and perishables. Carrier shall not be liable for any delay, 
loss, theft, destruction or damage resulting from any cause including its own negligence 
to any money, jewelry, or other articles of high value (Including securities, precious 
stones, precious metals, in manufactured or unmanufactured state, timepieces,^' trinkets, 
maps, writings, title deeds, plated articles, ^lass, china, silks manufactured or unmanu- 
factured, furs and lace) in the following circumstances: (a) in any circumstance if a 
prohibited article is not proper baggage, (b) if carried in any container checked as 
baggage unless the passenger at the time of lading shall give the Carrier, Master or 
Agent of the vessel a written notice of the contents of the container and their true char- 
acter and value thereof, (c) where not checked as baggage, if not deposited either in a 
safe deposit box (to be had on application to the purser at a charge computed in 
accordance with the Carrier's regulations) or with the purser for safekeeping and a 
receipt obtained therefor, during any time while such money or other valuables are not 
needed for an actually in passenger's personal use on board. 
15. Delivery of Baggage. Landing of baggage on dock at place where passenger 
leaves vessel shall constitute redelivery thereof to passenger, and Carrier thereafter 
shall not be responsible as carrier or in any other capacity for damage to or loss of 
baggage, whether or not caused by any act of negligence. Further, baggage not re- 
moved by passenger may be stored at passenger’s risk and expense in any warehouse. 
16. Statutory Provisions Affecting Carrier's Liability. In addition to the restrictions 
upon its liability provided by this contract. Carrier shall have the benefit of Sections 
181 to 189, inclusive, of Title 46, Code of Laws of the United States, and of all other 
statutes of the United States and of the place where this contract is entered into, which 
grant exemption from or limitation of vessel-owner's liability. 
17. Claims and^ Suits. Carrier shall not be^ liable in any suit or proceeding, for any 
loss of life, or bodily injury unless written notice of claim therefor shall have been pre- 
sented to Carrier against whom (or against whose vessel, or master or officer thereof) 
such^ claim is made, at its home office or at the office^ of its agent at place of landing, 
within six (6) months, and unless such suit or proceeding thereon be commenced within 
one (I) year from the day when the death or injury occurred; and Carrier shall not be 
liable in any suit or proceeding for any other loss, damage, or delay in connection with 
this transportation unless written notice of claim therefor shall have been presented to 
Carrier against whom (or against whose vessel, or master or officer thereof) such claim 
is made, at its home office or at the office of its agent at place of landing, within 
ninety (90) days, and^ unless such suit or proceeding thereon be commenced and sumi- 
mons served within six (6) months after (in each case) passenger is next landed. A 
passenger shall be deemed landed within the meaning of the foregoing provisions when 
refusecT passage, when landed to stop over or on account of misfortune to vessel or 
abandonment of voyage, and on arrival of vessel at passenger's destination. 
^ 18. Non-Waiver. No agent or servant of Carrier shall have authority to modify or 
waive any of the terms or conditions of this Passage Contract; and it is expressly agreed 
that no waiver shall be effective which is not in writing and signed by an officer of the 
Carrier. 
19. Paragraph Headings. Boldface paragraph headings are not a part of this contract. 
MATSON NAVIGATION COMPANY 
THE OCEANIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY 
BY 
END OF PASSAGE CONTRACT 
