Moxrsennar. 10 British Cardbbean Shipping No. 8 of 19565. (Agreement). deliver all such mails at their destination to an accredited Officer. or Agent of any such Department. The Company shall make reason- able provision to the satisfaction of the Govern- ments for the safety and protection of any mails whilst. in the Company’s custody. The Govern. ments shall remunerate the Company for the conveyance of mails as aforesaid at such rates as prevail from time to time for the carriage of mails by sea in the Caribbean area. 10. The ship or ships providing the said services and any fecder services mentioned in Clause 8 (1) (iii) shall be manned so far as is practicable by West Indian crews with the exception of deck and engineer officers who are members of the permanent staff of the owners of the said ships. 11. (1) The Company shall procure the payment of rates of wages and observance of hours and conditions of labour not less favourable than those commonly recognised in respect. of persons employed in a similar capacity and tn similar circumstances in the area where em- ployment takes place. (2) Where practicable the rates of wages and the general conditions of employment shall be fixed by collective agreement between the employers’ and workers’ organisations representative of the workers concerned. 12. The Governments may request: the Company to suspend the said services and to employ the said ships or any of them for some other purpose and the Company shall forthwith comply with such request «unless compliance involves a contravention of the provisions of the charter under which the ship in question has been chartered in which event the Company shall have ab-olute discretion to comply with or refuse to comply with such request: Provided that if the Company shall comply with such request and whether or not compliance involves such a contravention as aforesaid the Govern-