Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1851.

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-IN-CHIEF has been pleased to appoint

John. C. Boys, Esquire,
to be Surveyor of Crown Lands, and Clerk to the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Middle District of the Middle Island vice Charles Obin Torlesse, Esquire, resigned. The appointment to bear date from the day of Mr. Boys entering upon his duties.

By His Excellency’s command,
Alfred Domett,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1851.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Pound has been erected in the Town of Petre, and that in conformity with the “Impounding Ordinance,” 11th Vic. Sess. 8, No. 6, His Excellency has been pleased to appoint the same to be a Public Pound for the purposes of the said Ordinance.

Notice is further given, that Mr. Samuel Styles, has been appointed to the charge thereof.

By His Excellency’s command,
Alfred Domett,
Colonial Secretary.

Civil Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, December 23rd, 1851.

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-IN-CHIEF directs the publication of the following Despatch and its enclosure for general information.

By His Excellency’s command,
Alfred Domett,
Civil Secretary.

Circular—Military.
Downing Street,
20th of May, 1851

Sir,—It has appeared to me that the clause, numbered 4, of the paper entitled “Information for the use of Military and Naval Officers proposing to settle in the British colonies,” is liable to lead to the erroneous impression that Officers who have become permanent residents in any colony without having obtained permission to retire from the Army or Navy for that purpose previously to their leaving this country, are entitled to share in the advantages held out in that Paper. I have accordingly thought it proper that the clause in question should be omitted: and I transmit to you herewith a copy of the Paper so amended.

I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most obedient humble Servant,
(Signed) Grey,
Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.B., &c., &c., &c.

INFORMATION FOR THE USE OF MILITARY AND NAVAL OFFICERS PROPOSING TO SETTLE IN CERTAIN OF THE BRITISH COLONIES.

1. The colonies in which Military and Naval Officers are allowed privileges in the acquisition of public lands, are the following:

First, the Australian Settlements, consisting of New South Wales, Van Diemen’s Land, South Australia, Western Australia, and the Northern Province of New Zealand;

Secondly, Ceylon; and Thirdly, the Cape of Good Hope.

2. In the different Australian settlements, in Ceylon, and at the Cape of Good Hope, land is disposed of by sale only; but Officers purchasing land, are allowed a remission of the purchase money, according to the undermentioned scale:

Field Officers of 25 years’ service and upwards, in the whole ... £600
Field Officers of 20 years’ service and upwards, in the whole ... £500
Field Officers of 15 or less years’ service, in the whole ... £400
Captains, of 30 years’ service and upwards, in the whole ... £400
Captains, of 15 years’ service or less, in the whole ... £300
Subalterns of 20 years’ service and upwards, in the whole ... £300
Subalterns, of 7 years’ service and upwards, in the whole ... £200
Subalterns, under 7 years’ standing, are not entitled to any remission in the purchase of Land.

Regimental Staff Officers, and Medical Officers of the Army and Navy, are allowed the benefit of this rule.

3. Officers of the Army or Navy, proposing to proceed to the colonies, in order to take advantage of this indulgence, should provide themselves with certificates from the office of the Commander-in-Chief, or of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, or of the Master General of the Ordnance, showing that their emigration has been sanctioned, and stating exactly their rank and length of service. No document from the office of the Secretary of State is necessary.

4. Military Chaplains, Commissariat Officers, and Officers of any of the Civil Departments of the Army, Pursers, Chaplains, Midshipmen, Warrant Officers of every description, and Officers of any of the Civil Departments of the Navy, are not allowed any privileges in respect of land. Although members of these classes may have been admitted, and, under different circumstances, they are now excluded. Mates in the Royal Navy rank with Ensigns in the Army, and Mates of three years’ standing, with Lieutenants in the Army, and are entitled respectively to corresponding privileges in the acquisition of lands.

5. Gentlemen who have ceased to belong to Her Majesty’s Service are not allowed the advantages to which they were entitled while in the Army or Navy. This rule, however,