Prospectus of the Scots New Zealand Land CompanyMatthew, Patrick
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Prospectus of the Scots New Zealand Land Company
Matthew, Patrick
New Zealand -- Emigration and immigration; Scots New Zealand Land Company
_4th_, That, as soon as the site of the principal town, or first
settling station, shall have been chosen, that one-half or one-fourth
acre of town-land, and from five to ten acres of suburban-land, for
gardens, be divided to each share, for a commencing nucleus, and that
the country lands be afterwards divided when required,--if possible,
100 acres of good land to be apportioned to each share. The whole to
be drawn for by lot. A shareholder having several shares, to receive
the whole wherever his first lot may happen to fall. And, as matter of
conveniency in occupying and enclosing, and also as some recompense for
their pioneering labours, the first expedition shall have the first
choice of the town and suburban land, but not of the country land.
Any residue of territory to be disposed as a general meeting of the
shareholders shall determine.
_5th_, As soon as the first expedition shall have located itself, and
made purchases to a certain extent, that the speediest intimation
of this be sent home, and all of the shareholders at home, that are
in readiness, to go out with the least possible delay, in a second
expedition, if the Home Committee has not in the mean time thought it
expedient to send out the second expedition sooner: To be in readiness
for which latter arrangement, the first expedition will have notice
waiting at the Bay of Islands, where some of the intending shareholders
have already extensive possessions, of the place of its rendezvous, by
which the second expedition may be enabled to reach it.
_6th_, That after the expedition shall have located itself, a certain
per-centage on the share, or land-tax, shall be levied, or a portion
of the undisposed land be sold, to procure medical treatment to the
natives, and, if necessary, to keep up a small hospital, where the
natives may obtain food and lodging during their medical treatment.
The natives to be treated with untiring kindness, and in every way
encouraged to obtain property by provident industry.
_7th_, That the actual necessary personal expenses of the officers of
the Company be paid to them; the vouchers for which must be given in to
the Secretary at each general meeting, for the time previous, in order
that the meeting may examine and sanction the same. That the reward or
payment for the public labours of the officers be determined by the
shareholders assembled at the general meetings, it being understood
that all public officers, where any _considerable_ amount of labour
is required, have a fair and sufficient remuneration for the time of
service, but no retiring salary. That these rewards of officers for
labour performed be given in land in New Zealand, or in money, at the
option of the shareholders.
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