✨ Land Grants Conditions
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The New Zealand Gazette.
Published by Authority.
WEDNESDAY, 5TH AUGUST, 1863.
VOLUNTEER MILITIA SETTLERS.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 3rd August, 1863.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to direct the publication, for
general information, of the following Condi-
tions upon which land situated in the Wai-
kato District, will be granted to Volunteer
Militiamen in the Province of Auckland.
ALFRED DOMETT.
NEW ZEALAND.
CONDITIONS upon which land in the Waikato
Country, in the Province of
Auckland, will be granted to volunteer
militiamen willing to perform the after-
mentioned military services:
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No man above the age of 40 years will
be accepted, and every applicant will be sub-
ject to an examination by an officer appointed
by the Governor, and must produce such cer-
tificates of good character, health, and general
fitness for the service, as such officer shall
require. -
Each accepted applicant will be required
to sign a declaration and agreement to the
effect that he understands and will be bound
by and fulfil these conditions. -
He will be enrolled and required to
serve in the Militia in the Province of
Auckland, and will be entitled to pay, rations,
and allowances accordingly, until he is au-
thorised by the Government to take possession
of his land, when he will be relieved from
"actual service." -
Settlements will be surveyed and marked
out at the expense of the Government. -
Each settlement will comprise not less
than 100 town allotments and 100 farm sec-
tions. -
A stockade on the most eligible site
in each settlement will be erected at the ex-
pense of the Government. -
A town will be laid out around or as
near as conveniently may be to the stockade,
in one acre allotments. -
Farms will be laid out around, or as
near as conveniently may be to the town.
The size of the farm sections allotted to each
will be according to his rank in the Mili-
tia:
For a Field Officer... 400 acres.
" Captain... 300 "
" Surgeon ... 250 "
" Subaltern ... 200 "
" Sergeant ... 80 "
" Corporal ... 60 "
" Private ... 50 " -
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. -
Priority of choice for each rank will
be determined by lot. -
After taking possession he will be en-
titled 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, aud he will be supplied
with ammunition for use according to militia
regulations.
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NZ Gazette 1863, No 35
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🗺️ Conditions for Land Grants to Volunteer Militiamen Settlers in Waikato District
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey3 August 1863
Volunteer Militiamen, Land grants, Waikato District, Settlement conditions, Land allotment sizes, Militia service, Auckland Province
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