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13. During such three years he will be
    liable to be exercised as a Militiaman; be ac-
    cepted, and whenever a portion only of the Militia
    shall be called out for actual service, by the
    each settler shall be deemed to be a Volun-
    teer Militiaman, and will be required to serve
    as such in the Province. During such ser-
    vice he will be entitled to the same pay,
    rations and allowances as other Militiamen.
14. On the expiration of three years
    from his enrolment, each settler, having
    fulfilled the conditions, but not other-
    wise, will be entitled to a Crown Grant
    of the Town allotment and farm section
    allotted to him, and will thenceforth be sub-
    ject only to the same Militia services as other
    colonists.
15. In the case of any officer or man who
    shall have served in the present war, the
    three years will be allowed to be reckoned
    from the day on which such service com-
    menced.
16. Any settler will be permitted to dis-
    pose of his land to any person approved of by
    the Government; and such person undertak-
    ing to be subject to the same liabilities will
    be entitled to the same privileges as the
    settler whose place he takes.
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, may be taken for the
    location of another settler under these con-
    ditions 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 chil-
    dren, 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.

SETTLERS GENERALLY.

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 Con-
ditions upon which land situated in the
Waikato country, in the Province of Auck-
land, will be granted to settlers willing to
perform the after mentioned Military ser-
vices.

ALFRED DOMETT.

NEW ZEALAND.

CONDITIONS upon which land in the
Waikato country, in the Province of
Auckland, will be granted to settlers willing
to perform the after mentioned Military ser-

1. 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 re-
   quire.
2. Each accepted applicant will be pro-
   vided, at the expense of the Government,
   with a passage to Auckland. Before em-
   barkation, he will be required to sign a de-
   claration and agreement to the effect that he
   understands and will be bound by and fulfil
   these conditions.
3. On arrival at Auckland, the men will
   be enrolled in the Militia for service in the
   Province, and formed into companies; con-
   stituted as nearly as may be as follows :-
   1 Captain,
   1 Subaltern,
   5 Sergeants,
   5 Corporals,
   100 Privates.
4. Each man according to his rank will
   be entitled to pay, rations, and allowances,
   until he is authorised by the Government
   to take possession of his land, when he will
   be relieved from "Actual service."
5. Settlements will be surveyed and marked
   out at the expense of the Government.
6. Each settlement will comprise not less
   than 100 town allotments, and 100 farm sec-
   tions.
7. A stockade on the most eligible site in
   each settlement will be erected at the expense
   of the Government.
8. A town will be laid out around, or as
   near as conveniently may be to the stockade
   in one acre allotments.
9. Farms will be laid out around, or as near
   as conveniently may be to the town. The
   size of the farm section allotted to each will
   be according to his rank in the Militia.
   For a Field Officer ... 400 acres.
   “ Captain ... 300 “
   “ Surgeon ... 250 “
   “ Subaltern ... 200 “
   “ Sergeant ... 80 “
   “ Corporal ... 60 “
   “ Private ... 50 “
10. 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.
11. Priority of choice for each rank will be
    determined by lot.
12. After taking possession he will be en-
    titled to receive rations, free of cost for
    twelve months, upon the same scale as sup-
    plied to Her Majesty's troops; he will be
    allowed to retain possession, as a militiaman,
    of his arms and accoutrements, and he will be
    supplied with ammunition for use according
    to militia regulations.
13. No settler after taking possession will
    be permitted during the first three years after
    his enrolment in the Militia to absent himself
    from his settlement for more than one calen-