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Now therefore, I, the Governor-in-Chief, in
pursuance of the power and authority in me
vested by the said in part recited Ordinance, do
hereby proclaim and declare that the person
whose name is underwritten shall be deemed
and taken to be a natural born subject of Her
Majesty from the date set opposite his name,
until the next Session of the General Legisla-
ture of the Islands aforesaid, this twenty-ninth
day of January, in the year of our
Lord One Thousand eight hundred
and fifty-two.
G. GREY,
Governor-in Chief.

By His Excellency's Command,
ALFRED DOMETT,
Civil Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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 inform-
ation.

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 pro-
posing to settle in the British Colonies," is lia-
ble to lead to the erroneous impression that Of-
ficers 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, &c.,
GREY.
Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.B.,
&c., &c., &c.

INFORMATION FOR THE USE OF MI-
LITARY 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:
   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 pur-
   chasing land are allowed a remission of the
   purchase money, according to the under-
   mentioned 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 years' service, in the
   whole 400
   Captains, of 20 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, on
   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 Of-
   ficers, and Officers of any of the Civil De-
   partments of the Army. Pursers, Chaplains,
   Midshipmen, Warrant Officers of every des-
   cription, and Officers of any of the Civil De-
   partments of the Navy, are not allowed any
   privileges in respect of land. Although mem-
   bers of these classes may have been admitted
   formerly, and under different circumstances,
   they are now excluded. Mates in the Royal
   Navy with Ensigns in the Army, and
   Mates of three years' standing, with Lieute-
   nants in the Army, and 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 ad-
   vantages to which they were entitled while in
   the Army or Navy. This rule, however, is not
   to affect Officers who desire to quit the Service,
   for the express purpose of settling in the Colo-
   nies; it is only required, that, when they re-
   sign their Commissions, they should apply for
   a certificate from the Commander-in-Chief, or
   from the Lords Commissioners of the Admi-
   ralty, or from the Master-General of the Ord-
   nance, that they do so with the view of emi-
   grating, and such certificate, if produced to the
   Governor of any of the Colonies before men-