✨ Apprenticeship Indenture Form
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FORM OF INDENTURE.
THIS INDENTURE made the day of , 1842, between A B. of
Infant [the apprentice], of the Ist part, C. D. of , the guardian of the said infant, of
the 2nd part, and E. F. of , [the master]
of the 3rd part. Witnesseth, that the said A. B.
under the authority and with the approbation of
His Excellency the Officer administering the
Government of Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand, testified by his executing these pre-
sents, doth hereby place and bind himself
apprentice to the said E. F., to serve him in all
lawful business for the term of years from
the date hereof; and in consideration of the
acceptance by the said E. F. of the said A. B.
into his service, and of the covenants on the
part of the said E. F. hereinafter contained, the
said A. B. doth promise and engage that he will
at all times during the said term of years,
faithfully and diligently serve the said E. F. in
his business of , and will not absent
himself from such service, but will conduct him-
self with honesty, sobriety, and temperance
therein. And in consideration of the premises
he the said E. F. doth hereby for himself, his
heirs, executors, and administrators, covenant
with the said A. B., and also as a separate
covenant with the said C. D., that he the said
E. F., will, at all times during the said term,
instruct or cause to be instructed the said A. B.
in the business of a , and
will pay unto the said C. D., in trust for and as
a recompense for the services of the said A. B.
£ in the first year, £ in the second year,
&c., &c., by equal (half yearly) payments, on
the day of , and the day of in
each year; and shall and will during the said
term of years, provide and allow unto the
said A. B., food and clothing according to the
scale in the Schedule hereunto annexed, together
with lodging, washing. medicine, or medical at-
tendance, and in case of the death of the said A.B.
with Christian burial. And that the said E. F.
during the said term of years, will attend to the
moral and religious welfare of the said A. B.,
exempting him from labor on the Sabbath day,
and providing as far as may be for his attendance
at some public place of Divine Worship thereon.
In Witness whereof the said A. B., C. D.,
and E. F., have hereunto subscribed their names.
W. X.
Y. Z.
A. B.
C. D.
E. F.
Authorized and approved by me,
W. S.,
Governor, or Officer, &c.
Table of Clothing and Diet referred to in the
foregoing Indenture:
Two complete suits of clothing per annum, of
good and substantial quality, suitable for the
summer and winter seasons respectively.
1 lb. of biscuit, or 14 lb of soft bread....
I Ib. of meat-fresh incat to be supplied on
not less than four days in each week..
oz. of tea...
14 oz. of sugar ..
lb. potatoes, or lb. rice
..........
per diem.
By His Excellency's Command,
(For the Colonial Secretary),
WILLIAM CONNELL.
Auckland-Re-printed and Published at the Office of the
Government Press, January 27th, 1843.
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- W. S., Governor, or Officer, &c.
- WILLIAM CONNELL, For the Colonial Secretary