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That upon the refusal of any Officer, Non-commissioned Officer, Warrant Officer, Private Soldier, Marine, or Seaman, to serve in manaer aforesaid, when lawfully required to do so, except upon the production of a satisfactory certificate of incapacity the person so refusing shall absolutely forfeit all the benefit of these present regulations, and the land then held by liim, under or bv virtue of the same, sball absolutely revert to, and become vested in, the Crown, as part of the Demesne Lands of the Crown ; and all persons then in possess,on of the same shall be deemed to be trespassers, within the provisions of Crown Land Ordinance, 7, That nTclaim to the benefit of these Regulations shall be admitted, unless the same shall be made within twelve (12) calendar months next after the arrival of the person claiming the same within the Colony, except in the case of Officers retiring within the Colony, and ot JNon Commissioned Officers, Warrant Officers, and Private Soldiers, Marines, and Seamen, now residing within the Colony, or who may retire, or be discharged respectively, whilst serving 8 That e'veryperfo 0 " obtaining the benefit of these Regulations shall immediately enter upon the bona fide occupation and cultivation of the lands to be purchased or acquired by him. 9. That no person claiming the benefit of the Regulations shall be entitled to alienate, or to assign transfer, or set over, the lands to be purchased or acquired by him, under and by virtue of the Regulations, or to part with the possession or occupation of the same, for the period of five years, to be computed from the date of the purchase of the same, and upon any breach of this condition, the lands purchased or acquired by such person as aforesaid shall be absolutely forfeited,'and revert to the Crown as Demesne Lands of the Crown, and all persons then in possession or occupation of the same shall be deemed to be trespassers within the meaning of the Crown Lands Ordinance, Session No. 10. That upon the expiration of the said term of five years, and upon full and bona fide compliance by any person claiming the benefit of these Regulations with the conditions aforesaid, he shall be entitled to a Grant from the Crown of the lands purchased or selected by him as aforesaid, in like manner as any other purchaser from the Crown. 11. Provided always, that in case of the death of any such person during the said peiiod of five years, the lands so purchased by him as aforesaid shall be deemed to have been lands vested in him in fee simple at the date ofhis death, and shall descend, or be disposed of accordingly, and the same shall be duly granted to the person or persons who, by virtue of such descent or disposition maybe entitled to the same. 1?. Eveiy Officer who shall be called out for service as aforesaid sball be entitled to pay after the rate of (155.) fifteen shillings per diem, and rations and forage, in like manner as if lie was serving in Her Majesty's Land or Sea Forces to be paid, allowed, and provided out of the Public Revenue of the Colony. 13. Every Non-Commissioned Officer, Warrant Officer, and Private Soldier, Marine, and Seaman, who shall be called out for service as aforesaid, shall be entitled to pay after the currentrate of wages per diem for labourers in the Province, and rations in like manner as if he was serving in her Majesty's land, or sea forces, to be paid, allowed, and provided, at the publie expense of the Colony; and, that in case he shall be called out for service as aforesaid, during seed time or harvest, in any year, he shall be entitled for compensation for any loss which be may sustain in consequence of being called out for service at such time. 14. Every Officer, Non-Commissioned Officer, Warrant Officer, and Private Soldier, Marine, and Seamen, shall in all things conform to all regulations which may from time to time be issued by the Governor relative to the distribution, issue, care, and otherwise, in regard to arms and accoutrements SCHEDULE A. Field Officers ------ £600 Captains and Surgeons - .... 500 Subalterns and Assistant Surgeons ... 400 Non-Commissioned Officers and Warrant Officers above the rank of Corporal, or equivalent to that rank in the Sea Service ... 80 Non-Commissioned Officers, being Corporals or under that rank, or equivalent to or under that rank in the Sea Service ... 60 Private, Soldiers, Marines, and Seamen - 4 0 4, —MR. TRAVERS—To move on consideration of Waste Lands Bill, in committee, the following additional clauses :— That in any regulations to be made or issued by the Governor, or by the Superintendent and Provincial Council, under the auihority of this Act, there shall be made specific provision for the following purposes, that is to say, That all persons of the working classes immigrating to the Colony of New Zealand, and who sball defray the cost of their own passage to the Colony, shall be entitled, upon the purchase of land within the said Colony, to a remission of purchase money in respect of such purchase, to the amount of the then currentrate of steerage passage which would be payable from Great Britain to the said Colony for the passage of such persons, subject nevertheless to the conditions hereinafter contained, that is to say, Ist. That the benefit of such remission of purchase money shall in no case be transferred to, or made available by any person or person* other than and except the person or persons actually entitled to the same. 2nd. That all claims to the benefit of such remission shall be made within twelve calendar months next after the arrival of such person or persons within the Colony. 3rd, 1 hat every person claiming the benefit of such remission, shall produce to the Super intendent of the Province within which he shall reside, satisfactory evidence that he has paid the passage money to this Colony of all persons in respect of which he shall claim the same.
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