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pHART OF' NEW; ZEALAND, .with, V-/' separate Chart* of Port Manokao, Hoirianga "River, Southern Port, Dusky Bay, Port Nicholson, Pelorus River, and Plans of Towns. One iitrg? »'aeet,'lOs. fld. ' .. A BIRD'S-EYE VIEWJ OF PORT NICHOLSON! froni Drawings in possession of the New Zealand Company. Finely lithographed. Price 7s. A VIEW OF THORNDON FLAT, AND PART OF THE TOWN OF WELLINGTON, drawn in lithography by A Horn. Price 7%. with Key. A few copies of the above arc on said at the office of this paper.

ORIGINAL ADVERTISEMENT. NEW ZEALAND COMPANY. Governor — Joseph Somxs, Esq. lf ..-.y Deputy Governor— Hon. Faancis Bauino. Dibkctors. . Viscount Ingestue, M.P. Lord Petre. HtNKY A, Agliondy, Esq., M.P. Jo UN Ellke"keii Boulcott, Esq. John William, Esq. William Tatlok Copeland, Eiq., Aid., M.P. Kusskl Ellicb, Esq. Jambs Rodurt Gowbn, Esq. John Hink, Esq. William Hutt, Esq. M.P. Stbwabt Mabjouibancs, Esq., M.P. ROSS DONNBLLY MANGLES, Esq., M.P. Sir William Molsswokth, Batt. Alexansbb NAinifit, Esq. John Pi bib, Esq., Alderman. Sir Gbobce Sinclair, Bart. John Abel. Smith, Esq., M.P. William Thompson, Esq., Aldorman, M.P. Hon. Frederick James Tollemache, M.P. Edward G. Wakefield, Esq. Arthur Willis, Esq. Gbobgb Frederick Young, Esq. 1 TERMS FOR PURCHASE OF LANDS IN THE SE- . COND SETTLEMENT. 1. The Company has determined upon the formation of a Second Settlement upon its territories in New Zealand, the site of which will be selected by an expedition, to be forthwith despatched for that purpose. It is intended that the site chosen shall be the best that may be available at the time of the selection being made; and that the position, with reference to Port Nicholson and the rest of New Zealand, shall . he such that the lands may reasonably be expected to advance' in value with the utmost rapidity. The Company, therefore, hereby offers for sale 201,000 acres of land in the proposed Second Settlement, upon the following terms : — 2. The lands are offered in 1,000 allotments of 201 acres rach. Each allotment will consist of three sections, viz., 150 acres of rural land, 50 acres of accommodation land in the immediate proximity of the town, and one town acre. The town will therefore comprise 1,000 acres, exclusive of reserves for public objects, such as streets, squares, churches, cemeteries, markets, and public gardens or parks. 3. The price of each allotment of 201 acres will be .£3OO. 4. A deposit of j£3o on each allotment must be paid to the Company's bankers, Smith, Paynk, and Smith, and the bankers' receipt .produced and filed, previous to any application being registered at the Company's house. The. residue of the purchase-money will be required on a day of which public notice will be given. In case of default in payment of such residue by the day appointed, the deposit will thereupon become forfeited to the Company, together with all claim of the applicant to the land applied for. 5. On payment of his full purchase-money, each purchaser will receive, for each so paid, three separate landorders, viz., for the ISO acres of rural land, the SO acres of accommodation laud, and the town acre respectively. These lands are to be severally selected according to priority of choice, to be determined py lot, as hereinafter mentioned. 6. Three several ballots for priority of choice of the rura sections, accommodation sections, and town sections, in manner to be arranged by the Directors, will take place at the Company's house in London, in the presence of the Directors, and of such purchasers or their agents as may attend, on days of which public notice will be given. The choice of the allotments, of which priority shall have been so determined, will take place in the settlement, as soon after the arrival of the first body of colonists as the requisite surveys and plans shall have been completed, and under such reirulations as shall be prescribed by the Company's agent, duly authorised in that behalf. Neglect or refusal to comply with such regulations in regard to any section, shall occasion a forfeiture of the purchaser's right of choice, and vest if in the Compauy's officer in behalf of such purchaser. 7. The Company engages, subject to an arrangement with her Majesty's Government, to add to the 201,000 acrei offered for sale, a quantity equal to one-tenth thereof at native reserves ; so that the quantity of land to be appro- 1 priatcd will in fnct consist of 221,100 acres, and the town of 1,100 ncrc*. The plan of the native reserves in the lint settlement will be followed, unless the regulations of her Majesty's Goternment, or any unforeseen difficulty, should prevent its adoption. 8. The Company reserves the right of purchasing a number not exceeding 100 of the 1,000 lots offered for sale, for its own benefit, at the same price, and subject to the same terms in every respect, as other purchasers. 9. The sum of to be received by the Company as the purchase-moneys of the lands now offered, will be appropriated in the following manner, viz. : — • to the exclusive purpose of emigration to this settlement. to defray the Company's expenses in selecting the site and establishing the settlement. Auy surplus of tliis fund to be applied to the purposes next mentioned. d, 50,000 to public purposes, for rendering the settlement commodious and attractive. As such purposes, it is attended to apply £ 15,000 to religious uses and endowments for colonists of all denominations, £ 15,000 to the establishment of a college in the settlement, and j6"20,000 towards the encouragement of steam navigation, for the benefit of the settlement, by way of bounty. J?50,000 to the Company, for its expenses and profi on the use of its capital. Total . The Company -undertakes to apply the purchase-moneys in the proportions stated, or as nearly so as may be practicable, to the several objects previously specified. •* 10. The whole of the emigration fund, with the exception of j?20,C00, will be expended in conveying to the new settlement labouring persons, eligible according to the regulations now in force in reference to thr first settlement. The will be reserved as a special fund, out of which, and to that extent only, allowances will be made to purchasers towards the cost of cabin passages for themselves, their families, and servants, to the settlement. The amount of the allowance will in no case exceed £16 per cent, of the pur-chase-money paid 'by the colonists; and, the fund being limited as above mentioned, preference will be given to the applicants' for the allowance in the order of their respective applications for the some. Particular regulations relative to the mode of obtaining cabin-passage allowances will be hereafter isiued*, but it i* to be distinctly understood that the Directors reserve the power of granting, withholding, or adjusting the same, according to the merits of each particular ease, and that no application for the allowance will bAentertained, under any circumstances, after the expiration Tbf the present year. 1 1 . The Directors reserve a discretionary power of suspendintr the sales to the public generally, in case they should find it necesrary to reserve any number of allotments for sale to actual colonists. IS. The register of applications will be opened on Monday the Ist of March next, until which day no applications will be noticed. Written applications for allotments will thenceforth be received aad registered by the Secretary of the Company, until a day of which public notice will be given, when the land-orders will be swarded, strictly according to priority in the register of applications and to the result of the ballots ; and all drposiu received will be returned, in ease, by reason of the above rule of priority, or from any other cause, the Directors shall be unable to award the required land-orders to the whole of the applicants. By order of the Court, New Zealand House, John Ward, See. Brotd-street-buildirifrs, Feb. 19, 1911. MODERN LITERATURE. A LARGE and Valuable Assortment of Pocket Editions of STANDARD WORKS, well printed and elegantly bound. Prayer and other Religious Books in irrest Ttriety. Modem and Standard Literature, well selected. Price Books and Pocket Directors for Carpenters, Bricklayers, Painters, and Engineers, containing a variety of information of practical utility. Sang Books aad Music in variety. The tbore is now on sal* at the Helton Bxamintr Office.

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Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 23, 13 August 1842, Page 90

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