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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 will
ing to perform the after-mentioned military
services:—

1. No man above the age of 40 years
   will be accepted, and every applicant will
   be subject to an examination by an officer
   appointed by the Governor, and must pro
   duce such certificates of good character,
   health, and general fitness for the service,
   as such officer shall require.

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
   declaration 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 compa
   nies, constituted 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 authorized 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 Govern
   ment.

6. Each settlement will comprise not
   less than 100 town allotments, and 100
   farm sections.

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 stock
   ade, 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 Mi
   litia.

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 ser
    vice, 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
    entitled 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 Mili
    tiaman, 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 calendar month in any one year
    without the leave of the Governor first ob
    tained.

14. During such three years he will be
    liable to be trained and exercised as other
    militiamen; and whenever a portion only
    of the Militia shall be called out for actual
    service, each settler will be deemed to be a
    Volunteer Militiaman, and will be required
    to serve as such within the Province. Dur
    ing such service he will be entitled to the
    same pay, rations, and allowances as other
    Militiamen.

15. On the expiration of three years
    from his enrolment, each settler having
    fulfilled the conditions, but not otherwise,
    will be entitled to a Crown Grant of the
    town allotment and farm section allotted
    to him; and will thenceforth be subject
    only to the same Militia services as other
    colonists.

16. Any settler will be permitted to dis
    pose of his land to any person approved of
    by the Government; and such person un
    dertaking to be subject to the same liabi
    lities 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 en
    titled will be granted to his wife or child
    ren, or to such other person as he shall by
    writing appoint; or it may be taken for
    the location of another settler under these
    conditions, 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 children, or other person ap
    pointed as aforesaid.

FORM OF DECLARATION AND AGREE
MENT.

I do hereby declare that I fully under
stand the “Conditions” hereunto annexed,
and I do engage and agree to be bound