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4. Immigrants shall pay, for lands allotted to them, at the rate of £1 per acre, in manner following: — £20 per centum after 12 months' occupation. 20 „ „ „ 2 years' 20 ~ ~ „ o „ „ 20 ~ ~ ~ 4 „ ~ 20 „ „ „ t» ~ „ 5. When the whole of the purchase price for any allotment has been paid, a Crown grant io the holder, on payment of the usual fees. 6. Each adult male immigrant shall purchase at least one allotment. 7. The bush on the line of the road from Palmerston to Fitzherbert Town shall be fallen and cleared off at once, at the expense of the Government, so as to make Fitzherbert Town accessible for. the immigrants and their chattels. 8. Government shall cause a good metalled road, or tramway, to bo constructed along the said route, connecting Fitzherbert Town with Palmerston, immediately on arrival of the immigrants. 9. The immigrants to be introduced and settled on the above-mentioned lands shall consist of fifty married couples, more or less, with their families. 10. Such immigrants to arrive in the Colony about March or April, 1873. 11. Immigrants to be selected chiefly in Holland; 20 per cent., or 10 families, to be selected in Scotland. 12. Immigrants to be approved of by the Agent-General for New Zealand. 13. Government shall authorize 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. 14. The sum of £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 charterers or owners shall have no claim on Government in respect of any further amount than the said sum of £7 10s. The sum of £7 10s. 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 tho said immigrant passengers. Single women to be provided with passages free of all charge, at the expense of the Government. 15. Immigrants on arrivaf 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. 16. 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 £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 such obligation to employ him further shall thereon cease. 17. The General Government of New Zealand engages to provide employment on similar terms, for a period of not less than six additional months. 18. 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 50 acres of land, for which he is to receive a Crown title after ministering during ten years to the spiritual wants of the community. 19. 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, £5 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 perion of three years. I have, &c, His Honor the Superintendent of Wellington. G. H. Engels.

No. 38. Memorandum for the Agent-General. (No. 74, 1872.) Public Works Office, Wellington, 7th May, 1872. Referring to memorandum No. 30, of the 19th February, I have now to inform you that the Government have decided on indicating the confiscated lands on the West Coast, north of Wanganui, and Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, as those which they regard as suitable for settlement by small farmers and others on a system of deferred payment. The following are the conditions of settlement:— 1. At Tauranga, the blocks may vary from not less than 100 acres to not more than 500 acres, at the price of £1 per acre. On the West Coast, from 50 to 200 acres, at £2 per acre. 2. The purchase money to extend over five years, payable at the rate of £20 per cent, at the end of each year, excepting for the first year, which is to be paid to yourself in London, together with a further deposit of £20 per cent, as a proof of bond fide intention to occupy the land. 3. Towards the passage of the lessee and his family, the Government, through the Agent-General, will contribute one-third of the cost, provided such contribution does not exceed the amount received for the first year's payment under clause 2, and that tho passages are either second or third-class.