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of a sanatarium or head-quarters station, but noivhere else. 

 Whatever it would have cost the State to transfer the soldier 

 and his family to England should, in Mr. Gust's opinion, be 

 spent in this way ; and agreement should be taken from him to 

 act as special constable under the magistrate, if called on so 

 to do, and if he parted with his land to anybody but a Euro- 

 pean similarly situated as himself Government must have the 

 pre-emption. This tenure must be a service tenure, though the 

 services would not be onerous. 



For reasons already given, it will be seen that the chances 

 of success are very much against the European soldier. The 

 financial commissioner would, therefore, always give him the 

 option of making over his land to Government, if tired of it, 

 and being shipped off to England with a free passage. 



Sir Robert Montgomery, having taken into consideration the 

 arguments above adduced, has expressed his willingness to 

 render all the aid practicable to parties desirous of obtaining 

 land for purposes of settlement, though he has, at the same 

 time, stated that, unless such applicants are possessed of capital, 

 and have sufficient acquaintance with the language and people, 

 they are not likely to meet with success. 



His Honour considers that Mr. Gust's suggestion, to the 

 effect that the Government agree to give to European soldiers 

 desirous of settling in India, as much money as would be 

 required to send them to England after discharge, is a good one, 

 and might be carried out, provided that commanding officers 

 certified that the soldier was a man of steady, sober habits, and 

 that his past character justified a belief that he would probably 

 succeed as a settler. 



