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Naval and Military Settlers

Naval and Military Settlers.

80.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 of settling in the Province of Auckland, 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 hereinbefore provided, in respect of Settlers emigrating from the United Kingdom and elsewhere) to receive from the 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.
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81.Provided always, that any such Officer, Noncommissioned 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 Commissioner, by certificate or otherwise, that he retired or obtained his discharge for the purpose of settling in the Province of Auckland; and any Noncommissioned Officer or Private, Marine, or Seaman shall, at the same time, produce to the Commissioner a certificate from the Officer under whom he may have served, of having during his period of service been of a good character: Provided also, that any such Land Order shall be applied for within twelve calendar months next after such retirement or discharge as aforesaid, or shall have been applied for before the Ninth day of June, 1858, by those who have retired or been discharged.
82.Every such Land Order shall be granted by the Commissioner, or his Deputy in New Zealand, and shall be to the same purport, and shall have the same effect, and shall entitle the person in whose favour 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 order shall have been presented to, and had a note made thereon by, the Commissioner, or his Deputy, as hereinbefore provided.