NEW ZEALAND.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 83, 21 August 1863, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

Conditions upon which lands in the Waikato country, in' the Province of Auckland, will be granted to volunteer militiamen willing- to perform the undermentioned military services. 1 No man above the age of 40 years will be accepted, and every applicant will be subject lo an examination by an officer appointed by the Governor, and must produce such certificates of pood character, health, and general fitness for the service, as such officer shall require. 2 Each accepted applicant will be required to sign a declaration and agreement to the effect that he understands and will be bound by and fulfil these conditions. 3 He will be enrolled and required to serve in the Militia in the Province of Auckland, and will be entitled to pay, rations, and allowances accordingly, unul he is authorised by the Government to take possession of his land, when he will be relieved from "actual service." 4 Settlements will be surveyed and marked out at the expense of the Government. 5 Each settlement will comprise not less than 100 town allotments and "100 farm sections. G A stockade on the most eligible site in each settlement will be erected at the expense of the Government. 7 A town will be laid out around, or as near as conveniently may be to the stockade, in one acre allotments. 8 Farms will be laid out around, or as near as conveniently may be to the town. The size of the farm sections allotted to each will be according' to his rank in the militia : — For a Field Officer 400 acres. „ Captain 300 „ „ Sm-geon 200 „ „ Subaltern 200 „ „ Sergeant SO „ „ Corporal (iO „ „ Private 50 „ 0 Every settler under these condhions, who upon being relieved from actual service, receives a certified© of good conduct, will be entitled to one town allotment and one farm section. 10 Priority of choice for each rank will be determined by lot. 11 After taking possession he will be entitled to receive rations, free of cost for twelve months, upon the same scale as supplied lo her Majesty's troops ; he will be allowed to retain possession, as a militia man, of liis arms and accoutrements, and he will be supplied with ammunition for use according to militia regulations. 12 No settler after taking- possession vrill be permitted during- the /irst (hree years after his enrolment under these conditions to absent himself from his settlement for more than one calendar month in any one year, without the leave of the Governor first obtained. 13 During such three years he will be liable to be trained and exercised as other militiamen ; and whenever a portion of the militia 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 same pay, rations end allowances as other miiitiamen. 14 On the expiration of three years from his enrolment each settler, having fullfiled the conditions, but not otherwise, will be entitled to a Crown Grant of the town allotment and farm section allotted to him; and will thenceforth be subject to the same Militia services as other colonists. 15 Any setiler will be permitted to dispose of his land to any person approved of by the Government ; and snch person undertaking to be subject to the same liabilities will be entitled to the same privileges as the settler whose place he takes. 19 In case of the death of any settler before he shall have become entitled to his Crown Grant, the land to which he is I entitled will be granted to his \yife or j children, or to such other person as he shall by writing appoint, or it may be taken by the Government for the location of another 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. FORM OF DECTARATION AND AGREEMENT. I do hereby deelere that I fully understand the Conditions" hereunto annexed, and I do engage and agree to be bound thereby, and punctually on my part to fulfil all the terms thereof.