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 be to the stockade, in one acre allotments.

9. Farms will be laid out around, or as near as conveniently may be to the 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 ... 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 of good conduct, will be entitled to one town allotment and one farm section.

11. Priority of choice 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 permitted during the first three years after his enrolment in the Militia to absent himself from his settlement for more than one calendar month in any 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 only 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, and allowances as other Militiamen.

15. On the expiration of three years from his enrolment, each Settler, having fulfilled 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 only to the same Militia services as other Colonists.

16. Any Settler will be permitted to dispose of his land to any person approved of by the Government; and such person undertaking to be 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 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 DECLARATION AND AGREEMENT.

I do hereby declare 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.

NOTE.—The pay of the Militia and Volunteers serving in the Province of Auckland is as follows:—

Captains ... 11s. 7d. per diem.
Lieutenants ... 6s. 6d. ,, 
Ensigns ... 5s. 3d. ,, 
Sergeants ... 3s. 6d. ,, 
Corporals ... 3s. ,, 
Privates ... 2s. 6d. ,, 

—With rations and other allowances.