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Otago Daily Times, Issue 523, 24 August 1863, Page 2

dovennaent Notices. NEW ZEALAND MAIL SERVICE. A BONUS of £350 will be paid by the Subxl_ Treasurer of the New Zealand Government at Dunedin, to the master of any steamboat which shall leave Melbourne with the Mew Zealand European Mails, within twenty-four hours after the arrival of the P, and 0. Company's boat whenever the Aldinga has left without them, and deliver t!;e same to the Postmaster at Dunedin, Otago, (landing the Souihkind portion at the Bluff, weather "permitting-,) within nine days of leaving Melbourne. This Bonus will bo paid for each of the mo.nihs of August, September, October, November, and December of this year, immediately after the Mail Anent. (for whom a free chief cabin passage must be pi-o\i--'iei"!) shall have certified that the service has been duly performed. The Postmaster-General of Melbourne, or some person appointed by him, must he satisfied that any boat offering has sufficient steam-power to perform tho service required; and in case of there beir.e: a choice of bouts, the selection to rest with that officer. (Signed) READER GILSON WOOD. General Post Office, New Zealand, July 16th, 1863. WANTED! KAA ACTIVE YOUNG MEN, O\J\J TO PROCEED TO AUCKLAND. TEE WAIKATO THROWN OPEN FOR MILITIA SETTLERS. •MILITARY AND NAVAL SETTLERS AND SETTLERS GENERALLY. EVERY INFORMATION regarding the duties to be done, and the nature of the LAND to be GIVEN, can be had on application at the AUCKLAND VOLUNTEER OFFICE, (Provincial Hotel Buildings), where Printed Regulations can be seen, W. MASON, M.H.R., Agent for the General Government; The Following abb the Regulations ukder which Volunteers will be Enrolled : — Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, 3rd August, 1863. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct the publication, for general information, of the following conditions upon which Land situated in the Waikato country, in the Province of Auckl ;iid, will be granted to Settlers willing to perform the after-mentioned Military services. Alfred Domett. NEW ZEALAND. /CONDITIONS upon which Land in the Waikato XJ country,.in the Province of Auckland, will be granted to Settlers willing to perform the after-men-tioned Military services:— , 1. No man above the age of 40 years will be ac-. cepted, and every applicant will be subject to an examination by aii officer appointed by the Governor, and must produce such certificates of good character, health, and general fitness for the service, as fcuch officer shall require. ' 2. Each accepted applicant will be provided, at the expense of the Government, with a passage to Auckland. Before embarkation, he will be required to sign a declaration and agreement to tho effect that he understands and will be bound by and fulfil these conditions. 3. On arrival at Auckland, the men will be enrolled in the Mililia for service in the Piovince, :md formed into companies; constituted as nearly as may be as follows:— 1 Captain 1 Subaltern 5 Sergeants 5 Corporals 100 Privates. 4. Each man according to his rank will be er.tMed to pay, rations, and allowances, until he is authorised by the Government to take possession of his land, when lie will be relieved from " actual service," 5. Settlements will be surveyed and marked out at the expense of the Government. 6. Inch settlement will comprise not less than 100 towu allotments, and 100 farm sections. 7. A stocknde on the most eligible site in each settlement will be erected at the expense of the Government. ; 8. A' town will be laid out around, or as near as conveniently may he to the stockade, in one acre allotments. 9. Farms will be laid out around, or as near as may be conveniently to town. The size of the farm section allotted to each will be according to his rank in the Militia. • For a Field Officer ... .. -400 acres. „ Captain 3QO „ „ Surgeon 250 ~ „ Subaltern 200 „ ~ Sergeant 80 „ „ Corporal .. ... 60 „ „ Private ... ... 50 „ 10. Every settler under these conditions, who upon being relieved from actual service, receives a certificate of good conduct, will be entitled to one town allotment and one farm section. 11. Priority of choies for each rank will be determined by lot. » 12. After taking possession he will be entitled to receive rations, free of cost for twelve months, upon the same scale as supplied to Her Majesty's troops; he will be allowed to retain possession, as a militiaman, of his arms and accoutrements, and he will be supplied with ammunition for use according to militia regulations. 13. No settler after taking possession will be per- | mitted during the first three years after his enrolment ■in ..the Militia to absent himself from his settlement for more than one calendar month in one year without the leave of the Governor first obtained. 14. During such three years he will be liable to be trained and exercised as other militiamen; and whenever a portion osly of the Mililia shall be called out for actual service, each settler will be deemed to be a Volunteer Militiaman, and will be required to serve as such within the Province. During- such service he will be entitled to the sains pay, rations and allowances as other Militiamen. 15. On the expiration of three years from his enrolment, each settler, having fulfilled the conditions, lut not otherwise, will l:e entitled to a Crown Giant of the town allotment and farm section allotted to him ; and will thenceforth be subject only to the same Militia servics as other colonists. 10. Any settler will be permitted to dispose of his land to any person approved of by the Government; and such person undertaking to he subject to the same liabilities will be entitled to the same privileges as the settler whose place he takes. 17. In case of the death of any settler, before he shall have become entitled to his Crown Grant, the land to which he is entitled will be granted to his wife or children, or to such other person as he shall by writing appoint; or it may be taken for the location of .-.nother settler under these conditions, or for any other purpose, but the value thereof in such latter case will be determined by valuation, and the amount" paid by the Government to the settler's widow or children, or other person appointed as aforesaid. Foiui op Declaration and Agreement. I do hereby declare that I fully understand the " Conditions hereunto annexed, and I do engage and agree to he bound thereby, and punctually on my part to fulfil all the terms thereof. Note.-The pay of the Militia and Volunteers serving in the Province of Auckland, is as follows :— Captains .. ... 11s 7d per diem Lieutenants 6s Gd „ En^kns .. ... 5 3 31 Sergeants 3s 6d „ Coiporals 3s Privates 2s 6d „ With Rations and. other Allowances, ;