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the composition of the settlement, and the state of military organisation and readiness for selfdefence, it is proposed the settlers should for some years be kept in. As they will be settled on lands which have been long in the possession of Government, and never even disputed by the Natives, as they will have no Natives in the immediate neighbourhood, and will always be fully prepared to repel any attack, there is little fear that the Natives will think of molesting them. I enclose a Form of Bond to be signed by each male adult Emigrant, in which he engages under penalty to fulfil the terms of his engagement with the Colonial Government. I have, &c., Alfred Domett.

Enclosure to No. 10. Know all men by these Present that We .and of are held and firmly bound unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria, in the sum of pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain, to be paid unto our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs, and Successors. For which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves, and each of us jointly and severally, for and in the whole amount, and the Heirs, Executors, and Administrators of us, and each of us, firmly by these Presents. Scaled with our seals, and dated this day of one thousand eight hundred and sixtyWheeeaS the above bound has contracted with , Agent for the Government of New Zealand, to proceed to ihe Province of in New Zealand, and to settle there, subject to certain regulations, a copy of which is set forth in the Schedule hereto. Ami whereas the Government of New Zealand has paid or engaged to pay the sum of , being the passage money or bounty due for the persons named in the margin hereof which sum payable at the periods set forth in the said Regulations, the said binds and obliges himself, and his Executors, Administrators, and Assigns well and truly to pay. And wheeeas the said has bound and obliged, and hereby binds and obliges himself, to fulfil the whole of the stipulations incumbent on him, as set forth in the said Regulations. Now the condition of the above written obligation is such that if the payments and obligations undertaken by the said as above set forth, are duly discharged, then this obligation shall be void, or else it shall remain in full force and effect. Signed, sealed, and delivered by the above-named and in the presence of (Tiro Witnesses.)

REGULATIONS FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF GERMAN IMMIGRANTS INTO NEW ZEALAND. Messrs. of Hamburgh, hereinafter termed the Shippers, agree with the Colonial Government of New Zealand, through their agent Mr. Fedor Kelling, to introduce German Immigrants into New Zealand, upon the following conditions : 1. A bounty of £ will be paid in the manner hereafter provided for every adult landed in New Zealand, at a port named by the agent of the Colonial Government, previous to the vessel leaving Hamburgh. 2. In computing the number of adults, for which the said bounty is payable, two children of the ages of one year and under ten, shall be deemed equal to one adult; no bounty will be paid for children under one year. . 3. The Immigrants shall be sent from Hamburgh, and shall be of respectable character, and shall be composed of persons who have been engaged in agricultural pursuits, and chiefly of such as shall have undergone military training. The agricultural pursuits intended are such as are carried on in forest-land, —felling timber, sawing, splitting for rails and shingles, and charcoal burning. The Emigrants must be in good health, and free from all bodily and mental defects at the time of embarkation. 4. The age of married couples must not in the case of either the husband or wife exceed on embarkation forty years. 5. Bounty will Tiot be paid for husbands who embark without being accompanied by their wives, nor for wives who embark without being accompanied by their husbands, unless in the latter case the husband may happen to be already resident in the Province for which the wife may embark.

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INTRODUCTION OF GERMAN IMMIGRANTS.