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DESPATCHES FROM THE GOVERNOR OF

Extkact.—Soldier's Account Book, 1858, page 7. * * * * * To the discharged soldier, who has been settled three months, and is actually residing on his grant, and industriously employed in clearing it, the Governor, under authority from the Secretary-at-War, may order the issue of a quarter's pension at 6d. a day, and may from time to time renew such issue, but not to an extent exceeding one year in the whole.

No. 3. WE the under-named, who have obtained free discharges to settle in the Colony of New Zealand, request to be allowed the gratuity stated opposite our names, in accordance with page 6, paragraph 1, and page 7, paragraph 2 (see extracts), of the small boots issued to soldiers enlisted under the Unlimited Service Act.

Extract. —Soldier's Account Book, 1838, page 6. When it is the intention of a soldier, who has obtained a free discharge at his own request, to settle in any of Her Majesty's colonies, he may be allowed, in furtherance of such object, a gratuity, to be paid to him only in the Colony in which he proposes to settle, according to the following scale : —

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