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.

SAILING DIRECTIONS—ENTERING THE PORT OF INVERCARGILL.

VESSELS bound for New River should steer for the north end of Point Island, around which, to within a cable’s length, there is not less than five fathoms water. A small patch is said to exist about a quarter of a mile off in a westerly direction, but the pilots have not been able to find less than five fathoms on it, hard sand bottom. Outside the Bar, in six fathoms, is moored a spiral-shaped black buoy, bearing from the north end of the Island north half a mile. Steer for this buoy, and as you approach it, the leading beacons, painted white, will come on with each other bearing from you E. ½ S. Keep the beacons in one, leaving the black buoy on your port hand, which will lead you over the bar in fifteen feet at low water, spring tides. The breadth of the bar is about a good cable’s length, and inside of it, in four fathoms, is a spiral shaped white buoy, marking the south side of the channel. The course from this buoy, to about two cable’s length above the Pilot Station, is E. ¼ N., and from thence, to about four cables’ length farther up, E. by N. The channel then gradually bends to the northward until past the Bombay Rock.

The Pilot Station is situated between the leading beacons, and, except in heavy gales, a pilot will board the vessel abreast of the station; but should the wind and sea be too strong for him to put off, the shipmaster, by attending to the following directions, may be able himself to conduct his vessel to a place of safety :

The Channel is marked by white buoys on the starboard or south side, and by black buoys on the port or north side. Keep midway between the black and white buoys. About three cables’ length below the Bombay Rock lies a small rock called the "Guiding Star Rock," with only four feet water over it. A white buoy has been placed on the west side of this rock, in twelve feet water. The Sand Spit, on the opposite side of the Channel, has been advancing into it during the last six months, and at present the breadth of the passage between the Spit and the rock is so narrow, that it would not be prudent for a stranger to run through.

It would be safer to anchor abreast of the second black buoy, above the Pilot Station, where a vessel with good ground tackle could ride in comparative safety. The leading mark to pass midway between the rock and the Spit is :—Keep the high hummock on the extreme end of Sandy Point a sail’s breadth open to the eastward of the iron white beacon on Bombay Rock, bearing N. E. ½ N. When abreast of the white buoy, keep off a little, so as not to shave the point of the spit too close; a N. by E. half E. course will then lead you through between the Bombay Rock and the black buoy on the opposite side of the channel.

On the west side of the Bombay Rock is placed an iron beacon, surmounted by a barrel painted white. The top of the beacon is fifteen feet above low-water mark, and the rock projects from the beacon twenty feet W. N. W. into the channel; immediately beyond there is eighteen feet water. The course from abreast of this beacon to the second white buoy, as you proceed upwards, is N. E. by N., and from thence to the third white buoy N. E., but allowance must be made for the set of the tide, which runs through the blind channel and strikes across the ship channel, between the Bombay Rock and the first white buoy above it. The flood setting east, the ebb west.

The best anchorage for a stranger to take, is abreast of the third white buoy from the Bombay Rock, letting go the anchors nearest to the S W. side, as it is pretty steep, too. The depth of water near the shore is three, and, in mid-channel, five fathoms—good holding ground.