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4th. Immigrants shall pay for lands allotted to them at the rate of one pound sterling (£1) per acre, in manner following:—

20 per centum after twelve months occupation
20    „    „    2 years    „
20    „    „    3    „    „
20    „    „    4    „    „
20    „    „    5    „    „

5th. When the whole of the purchase for any allotment has been paid, a Crown Grant shall be issued to the holder on payment of the usual fees.

6th. Each adult male Immigrant shall purchase at least one allotment.

7th. The bush on the line of the road from Palmerston to Fitzherbert shall be fallen and cleared off at once, at the expense of the Government, so as to make Fitzherbert accessible for the immigrants and their chattels on arrival.

8th. Government shall cause a good metalled road or tramway to be constructed along the said route, connecting Fitzherbert with Palmerston, immediately on arrival of Immigrants.

9th. The Immigrants to be introduced and settled on the above mentioned lands, shall consist of fifty married couples, more or less, with their families.

10th. Such Immigrants to arrive in the Colony about March or April, 1873.

11th. Immigrants to be selected chiefly in Holland, 20 per cent. or ten families, to be selected in Scotland.

12th. Immigrants to be approved of by the Agent-General for New Zealand.

13th. Government shall authorise me, as their agent, to provide passages in suitable vessels from some port of shipment in Holland or Great Britain to New Zealand, for each Immigrant and his personal effects.

14th. The sum of Seven pounds ten shillings (£7 10s.) will be paid in Wellington to the charterers or owners of the ship on which the Immigrants may arrive, in respect of each adult Immigrant, in aid of his passage money. The balance must be paid by the Immigrant or his friends before embarkation: and the charterer or owner shall have no claim on Government in respect of any further amount than the said sum of seven pounds ten shillings (£7 10s.). The sum of seven pounds ten shillings shall be paid only on such Immigrants as may be landed, and it is understood that the Government reserves to itself the right to refuse payment in case the Immigrant passengers have not been provided for in terms of the Passengers’ Act, the provisions of which Act must be made to form part of the conditions under which the charterers or owners agree to bring out the said Immigrant passengers. Single women to be provided with passages free of all charge, at the expense of the Government.

15th. Immigrants on arrival in the colony shall be provided with Barrack accommodation and provisions during their stay in Wellington, not exceeding two days, and their progress towards their destination to be facilitated.

16th. The Provincial Government shall employ each able bodied male Immigrant upon some public works within six miles of the settlement, for a period of six months at such rates as to enable each Immigrant to earn at least one pound sterling (£1) by four days’ labour per week. Provided that if any Immigrant so employed shall fail to give satisfaction to the person employed by the Government, the Government shall have power to discharge such person, and all obligation to employ him further shall thereon cease.

17th. The General Government of New Zealand engages to provide employment on similar terms, for a period of not less than six additional months.

18th. Should a clergyman or teacher of religion be induced to accompany the expedition, such person shall have provided for him a cabin passage free of expense and shall receive on arrival fifty acres of land, for which he is to receive a Crown title after ministering during ten years to the spiritual wants of the community.

19th. Government shall furnish me with the necessary authority to act as its agent, and on its behalf in carrying out these proposals and allow me as payment for such agency five pounds per centum on the purchase price of the land herein mentioned or any other lands that may be sold by me for and on account of the Government of the Province of Wellington, within a period of three years.

I have, &c.,

G. H. ENGELS.

His Honor the Superintendent,
Wellington.