31. At the expiration of five years from the day
    of arrival stated in such note as aforesaid, the person
    enitled to any land, selected under any such order,
    shall be entitled to a Crown Grant thereof, on
    proving to the satisfaction of the Public Lands
    Board for the District within which such land is
    situate, that the person in respect of whom such
    land order shall have been granted is then resident
    within the said Province, and has resided therein
    not less than forty-eight calendar months out of the
    said five years.

NAVAL AND MILITARY SETTLERS.

52. Every Naval and Military Officer, whether on
    full or half-pay, and every non-commissioned officer
    and private, marine and seaman, whether belonging
    to Her Majesty’s service or to the service of the
    East India Company, who may retire or obtain his
    discharge from the service to which he may belong,
    or who having retired or obtained his discharge for
    the purpose aforesaid, has not selected land under
    any former law or regulation enabling Naval and
    Military Settlers to select land free of cost, shall be
    entitled (in lieu of an allowance in respect of money
    expended in passages, as hereinafter provided, in
    respect of settlers emigrating from the United King-
    dom and elsewhere) to receive from the Chief Land
    Commissioner a land order enabling him to acquire
    land free of cost after the following rate:—

Commissioned officer, 400 acres.
Non-commissioned and warrant officer, 80 acres.
Private soldier, marine, and seaman, 60 acres.

53. Provided always, that any such officer, non-
    commissioned officer, and private, and any marine,
    and seaman, before he shall be entitled to receive
    any such land order, shall prove to the satisfaction
    of the Chief Land Commissioner, by certificate or
    otherwise, that he retired or obtained his discharge
    for the purpose of settling in the Province of Wel-
    ington; and any non-commissioned officer or pri-
    vate, marine, or seaman, shall at the same time,
    produce to the said Chief Land Commissioner, a
    certificate from the Officer under whom he may have
    served, of having, during his period of service, been
    of good character. Provided also, that any such
    land order shall be applied for within twelve calen-
    der months next after such retirement, or discharge
    as aforesaid, or within three months from the passing
    of these Regulations by those who have retired or
    have been discharged.

54. Every such land order shall be granted by
    the Chief Land Commissioner, and shall be to the
    same purport, and shall have the same effect, and
    shall entitle the person in whose favor the same is
    granted to the same rights and privileges as a land
    order granted by an agent in England, to a person
    emigrating therefrom, after such last mentioned or-
    der shall have been presented to, and had a note
    made thereon by the Chief Land Commissioner as
    hereinbefore provided.

Extract from the Minutes of Proceedings of
the Provincial Council, Friday, 21st May, 1858.

Mr. Wakefield moved the following reso-
lution:

That the recommendations of the Select Com-
mittee on Land on Deferred Payments be adopted,
and that the Speaker give the necessary orders for
printing in the Gazette and Newspapers.

Resolution agreed to.

Printed at the "Independent" Office.