"3. Mr. Wood To Receive The Cordial Aid And Cooperation Of The Staff Of
The Hudson's Bay Company In Carrying Out This Work, Under The Orders,
Instructions, And Control Of Governor Dallas.
"4. Mr. Wood's travelling and other necessary expenses, and the
salaries and other necessary expenses of his assistants, to
Be paid,
and, in consideration of his services, he is to receive the sum of ten
thousand (10,000) dollars, as a fixed payment; one-third to be paid on
the storage of the materials as above at Fort Garry, one-third upon the
completion of two hundred (200) miles of the telegraph, and one-third
on the completion and operation of the whole line between Fort Garry
and Jasper House; and further, should the whole be completed prior to
the 15th October, 1864, Mr. Wood is to receive a bonus of two thousand
(2,000) dollars, so soon as the line has been one month in operation;
and should the whole cost of the work not exceed thirty thousand
(30,000) pounds sterling, Mr. Wood to receive a further bonus of
fifteen per cent. on all savings upon that sum, payable when the line
has been in operation twelve (12) months.
"5. Should the telegraph lines between Fort Langley and Jasper House,
and Fort Garry and the United States boundary near Pembina be ordered
to be constructed, and the Hudson's Bay Company desire it, Mr. Wood to
undertake the construction, on proportionate terms.
"(Signed) EDWD. W. WATKIN.
"(Signed) O. S. WOOD.
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