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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 5, 31 January 1912, Page 52

ItICII WAIKATO I.AND. TTHtANTRO Twelve Men for the Company forming under Lieutenant Spencer ’ ’ Fifty Acres ot Land and a Town Allotment for al! men who join this Company. ' Apply at the ‘ Daily Southern Cross'’ Office. WAIKATO ! WAIKATO ! EPSOM COMPANY. VxrANTED. a few young men of good character to complete Captain nilt’s ’ ’ Company. Apply at Exchange Hotel to Sergeant George Panter. The conditions upon which the Military Settlers agreed to serve in the Waikato were published in the “New Zealand Gazette,” as follows:— MILITARY SETTLERS. Conditions upon which land in the North Island will be granted to settlers willing to perform the after-mentioned military services:— (1) No man above the age of 40 years will be accepted, and every 'applicant Will be subject to an examination by an officer appointed by the Governor, and must produce such certificates of good character, health, and general fitness for the service. (2) Each accepted applicant, it not already in the Northern Island, will be provided with a free passage to a port to be designated by an agent of the Governor. Before embarkation he 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) On arrival the men will be enrolled in the Militia for service in the Northern Island of the colony and formed into companies, constituted as nearly as may be as follows:—! captain, 1 subaltern, 5 sergeants, 5 corporals, and 100 privates. (4) Each man, according to his rank, will be entitled to pay, rations, and allowances until lie is authorised by the Government to take possession of his land, when he will be relieved from actual service. (5) Settlements will be surveyed and marked out at the expense of the Government in such localities in the Northern Island - as the Government may select for that purpose. (6> Each settlement will comprise not less than 100 town allotments and too farm sections. (7) A stockade on the most eligible site in each settlement will be erected at the expense of the Government. (8j A town will be laid out around or as near as conveniently may be to the stockade in one-acre allotments. ('J) Farms will be laid out around as as near as conveniently may be to the town. The size of the farm section allotted to each will be according to his rank iu the Militia:— For a Field Officer 400 acres „ Captain 300 „ ~ 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 rd good conduct, will be entitled to one town allotment and one farm section. (n) Priority of choice fur each rank will be deter mined by lo*.