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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 5, Issue 225, 22 October 1861, Page 1

"HAWKE'S BAY NATAL AND MILITARY SETTLERS' ACT, 1861." NOTICE. A47HEREAS the above-named Act was passed in the last session of the General Assembly, and whereas the said Act is now in force in the Province of Hawke's Bay. Notice is hereby given that appli-cations-will be received. ajj this, office, under the provisions of the said Act, and the Auckland "Waste Lands Act, 1858, (extracts from which are appended hereto), until, the expiration of six months from the date of the Act coming into operation, as set forth in Section 111. Extract. Section II. — The said hereinbefore recited provisions of the "Waste Lands Act, 1858," relating to naval and military settlers, shall relate to and include, and shall be deemed to have related to t and to have included the said Province of Hawke's Bay: Section HI. — No person shall be disqualified from obtaining a land order under the said Act by reason of his not having applied for the same before the 9th day of June, 1858 : Provided thafc such person shall have made such application at any time before the passing of this Act, or shall make such application at any time within six months after the same shall have come into oper» ation. Section IV.— All grants of waste lands of the Crown heretofore made by or on behalf of Her Majesty to naval and military settlers within the Province of Hawke's Bay, under regulations in force or deemed to be in force within the said Province, shall be valid and effectual in the law — any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Extract from the Auckland " Waste Lands Act, 1858." Every naval and military officer, whether on full or half pay, and every non-commissioned officer and private, marine or se&man, whether belonging tdJEler- Majesfcy^s^seYvice^or-to-tfie-BerviGe of the East India Company, who may retire or i obtain his discharge from the service to which he may belong, or who, having retired or obtained his discharge for the purpose aforesaid, has not selected land under any former law or regulation enabling naval and military settlers to select land free of cost, shall be entitled (in lieu of an allowance in respect of money expended in passages as hereinbefore provided in respect of settlers emigrating from the United Kingdom and elsewhere) to receive from the Commissioner a land order enabling him to acquire land free of cost after the following rate : — Commissioned officers 400 acres. Non-commissioned and warrant officers 80 acres. . Private soldier, marine and seaman ... 60 acres. Provided always that any such non-commissioned officer and private, and any marine and seaman, before he shall be entitled to receive any such land order, Bhall prove to the satisfaction of the Commissioner by certificate or otherwise that he retired or obtained bas'discharge for the purpose of sefctlingin the Province of Auckland; and any noncommissioned officer or private, marine or seaman shall, at the same time produce to the Commissioner a certificate from the officer under whom he may have served of having during his period of service been of good character. CHARLES LAMBERT, Acting Commissioner of Crown Lands. Crown Land Office, Napier, Oct. 11, 1861WAIPAWA. HOTEL. THHE UNDERSIO-NEp -begs to inform the JL settlers of this district and the public generally that the above Establishment is now open < and that he is now prepared to supply WESTES, BEEB, AND SPIBITS , of the very best qualities. THOS. A. SHIRLEY, Junior. Waipawa, Sept. 18,1861. THE MISSES MORRISON beg to inform €tie Ladies of Napier, that they, have removed from Emerson-street to Hastings-street,' and hope by attention to business to merit a continuance of the patronage they have hitherto leeeived. Napier, Oct. 14, 1861. EDUCATION. lUTB>. ANB^MRS. GASON having undertaken JltjL the charge of the. School at the Wairoa, beg' to inform the inhabitants of Hawke's Bay that after the Ist October they will have accommodation for a few BOARDERS. OUNDAY SERVICES FOB CLIVE (Weather O permitting,) - . OoTOBEBi :\' : '■ SUNDAY 13— Rev. H.:WIrSt.HM. . « 20— Rev* J.T. Shaw. ; - « 27— Bef. H. W; St. HilL '