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General Order No 6. — Extract. Head Quarters, Waikato Militia, Alexandra, Sth March, 1865. Par. 2. —The men of the AVaikato Force who have been put in possession of their land, and struck off pay and duty, are prohibited from leaving the district without a pass obtained from the officer commanding the regiment to which they belong. Commanding officers are requested to be most vigilant in carrying out this regulation. (By order) T. C. S. Speedy, Captain and District Adjutant Waikato Militia. General Order No. 7. Head Quarters, AVaikato Militia, Alexandra, 14th March, 1565. 1. Officers commanding regiments are requested to furnish the Comptroller's Department with copies of all regimental orders which may affect the pay of officers of the AVaikato Militia. 2. Officers commanding regiments will, without delay, send in estimates to the Comptroller for the money that will probably be required for the one day's pay and fuel allowance of the officers and men struck off duty. The Comptroller will be requested to have the money paid into the Bank of New Zealand at Ngaruawahia, in sufficient time to enable its being received at the head-quarters of regiments before the next muster-day, 3rd April. As pay-serjeants of companies have beeu retained on pay, they will be available to assist in preparing the pay rolls, &c, and, if necessary, one from each regiment might be sent to Ngaruawahia to procure the requisite funds. (By order) T. C. S. Speedy, Captain and District Adjutant, AVaikato Militia. Enclosure 2 in No. 4. Copy of a Letter from Captain W. St. Claib Tisdall to the Staff Adjutant. (No. 285-66.) Sic, — .Alexandra, 7th April, 18G6. In reply to your Memorandum as per margin, endorsed on extract from Defence Office Letter i, No. 1028, 9th March, 1866, calling for information respecting the mode iv which officers and men of the AVaikato Force were placed in possession of their town and farm sections, together with copy from Orders, and an extract from the Eegister Books. I have the honor to report for the information of the Lieutenant-Colonel commanding, that in the 2nd Eegiment Waikato Militia, the township plans were received iv July and August, 1864, seven or eight months before airy farm sections were received, and the mode of allotment was as follows: The Commanding Officer divided the township plans into blocks, proportioned to the numbers in tho companies to be located. The captains of companies then drew lots, to decide the position of their companies in the town; next, officers, non-commissioned officers and men selected or drew for their allotments under the tenth clause of the AVaikato Eegulations, deciding priority of choice for each rank by lot. Eeturns of the lots so drawn were immediately sent to the Orderly Eoom for official record and registration. The blocks for farm sections were first handed over for location in March, 1565. These blocks were sent to officers commanding regiments by the officer in command of the Waikato Porce, with strict orders in each case to locate the men, and to strike those located off pay and consecutive duty, which was done, and the men not called upon to perform military duty, after the date published in Orders, placing them in possession of their land. The process of location on the farm sections was similar to that above detailed for the town lots —officers commanding companies drawing lots for the various blocks, and then the officers, non-commissioned officers and men selecting and drawing lots according to rank, the lots drawn being at once officially recorded in the Orderly Eoom books and on the authorized plans. I append for example, copy of a Military Secretary's letter, handing over certain blocks for location, and giving the usual directions, copy of Eegimental Orders, distributing these blocks to companies, and of the following Eegimental Order, striking those off pay and consecutive duty, who were placed in possession. I have further the honor to append a certified extract from the Land Eegister Book of tho regiment under my command. I have, &c, William St. Claik Tisdall, Captain and Adjutant commanding 2nd Eegiment AVaikato Militia. The Staff Adjutant, Waikato Force, Hamilton. Sub-Enclosure to Enclosure in No. 4. (No. 298.) Sic, — Head Quarters, Waikato Force, Auckland, 3rd October, 1563. I am directed to forward to you two tracings on cloth, of blocks of land for the location of the officers and men of the regiment under your command, as per margin, and to request you will be good enough to acknowledge their receipt, and cause them to bo allotted without delay, and the officers and men to whom allotted to be struck off consecutive duty and pay with as little delay as possible. I have, &c, To the Officer commanding 2nd Waikato J. H. E. Haeeison, Captain, Eegiment, Alexandra. (for Military Secretary.)

Memorandum 1301,28 th March 1866 ; received 7th April, 1860.

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