What discrimination, then, is exercised by the Bill? how are the sheep and the goats divided? and what are the qualifications of the "deserving colonists" for whose benefit it is devised? the answer to these questions is to be found in clauses 7 and 8, which may be summarised as follows:—

Every person in the colony of the age of sixty five years or upwards is to be entitled to a pension of £18 a year for the rest of his life, provided—

1.	That be resides in the colony, and has so resided for twenty years.
2.	That during the ten years preceding his application he has not been imprisoned for four months or on four occasions for any offence punishable by imprisonment for twelve months and dishonoring him in public estimation.
3.	That during the five years preceding his application he has not for twelve months or more deserted his wife or without just cause failed to maintain her or his children under fourteen years. (Analogous provisions are made where the claimant is a woman.)
4.	That he is of good moral character, and is leading a sober and reputable life.
5.	That his income does not amount to £1 a week, nor the net capital value of his property to £540.
6.	That he has not deprived himself of property or income in order to qualify.