IMMIGRATION TO WESTLAND.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1465, 15 April 1873, Page 2

IMMIGRATION TO WESTLAND.

--.Mffl/ioUowing corre)T^o)ided4q byjjiele-ttX'-hsiß passed "be^een ii|e : ;d%nty chairman and the Hon. Mr O'Rorke, a member of the Ministry 1 : — To" the Chairman of the County Council, /(I (!^)({^Hpkiatai) \_. With a view to increasing the facilities ifljaabiaii^grappUeatioa«i^>ine«^»te«t« passages, the XJp/v-eriiment prppose to employ the locaf pdiice to canvaaa for applicationa, allowing them Temuneratioln at ihei-a'te of/five Mailings pe^ ea6h n \s|alute male, and ten shillings per each statute female, whoaei nomination^ they.^ receive,. The fee to be payable on arrival. Pleasp, inform me by-fe'fegiFapli whether you will , allp t w,the poliqe in Weajjland tp act in th^s. matter. ' ' ' '*~ •■-'-"' i „ O'Rorke. j „. „ Holritika, 4th A,prfl,4§73. \ * 1 The' duties of the* local policje^aite ,numerofiß -and: serious, 1 : owing ''to Veduc-.,] . tions.iu staff. It appears.likely. that canvassing for nominated passages 'being paid., for by the results might tend to neglect of ' other duties. Willing to co-operate with Government; and suggest that no difficulty , : would.be experienced in inducing eligibly persons to. canvass upon; 'terms proposed. v Our great want is female immigration. I i'_b,eg' to propose fixed ra v tes;off two, femal^Si; to one male. It appears likely that s<fme , ■difficulty .will ; be|experaencjedrin ; re|;aining, 'oiir mining population, owing, to a great extent,. to injudicipua treatment^y the General Government. j H. L; Robinson. ■ i : Weilingtoii^ Bth, 187 b. \ - Be my telegram of the 3rd instant. v lia considbration of this diffifelilty'suggeat^d)by the several Provincial Governmentsr^he Government^ had abandoned' the" idea if employing the police in r canvassing for nominated paasageai ' ■ O'Rorke. S