IN THE POET VICTORIA DISTRICT At Mr. Rhodes's House, Purau, "and at Mr. Blatchford's House, Governor's Bay. IN THE ASHLEY DISTRICT At the Woolshed, Teviofcdale, and at Mr. Torlesse's House, Rangiora. IN THE RAKAIA DISTRICT At Mr. Ross's Station, and.at Mr. E. Chapman's; Station, Rakaia. IN THE TIMAEIT DISTRICT At Mr. Macdonald's Station, at the residence of Mr. John Hayhurst, and at the office of the Resident Magistrate, Timaru. The voting to commence at any time after nine o'clock a.m., of the said 30th day of October, and to close at four o'clock p.m. of the same day. CHARLES C. BOWEN, Principal Returning Officer. Government Offices, Christchurch, 10th August, 1857. THK Superintendent, who is shortly about to proceed to England as Emi- i gration Agent for the Province, will be glad to see any persons desirous of communicating with their friends for the purpose of assisting them to emigrate, on WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS, from eleven o'clock till one. Superintendent's Office, Christchurch, July 13th, 1857. HIS HONOR the Superintendent directs it to be notified that, with the advice of the Executive Council, he has cancelled the Immigration Regulations published in the Gazette of the 2nd of March, 1854, and has adopted the following in the place thereof, and further directs them to be published for general information. Hy his Honor's command, RICHARD PACKER, Provincial Secretary. Provincial" Secretary's Office. Christchurch, July" 13th, 1857. IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS. All persons desirous of obtaining assisted passages to the Province of Canterbury in vessels under contract with the Provincial Government, may receive assistance as follows: — 1. The Government will afford assistance : equal in amount to the sum paid in cash by the passenger. If there shall beany balance, the Government will advance the sum, taking from the passenger promissory notes for the advanced, payable to the Treasurer of the Province. Such notes will be made"payable on demand, but, unless the passenger dispute the debt, or shall attempt to leave the Province, payment will only be required in sums of five pounds I at a time, at periods of three months, until, the whole debt is discharged. The first payment to be made six" months after I landing. ■ i 2. Any persons resident in the Province desirous of assisting their friends in England, or elsewhere, to obtain assisted pas-; sages to the '- Colony may do so by drawing ■ a Bill to the order of the Provincial Treasurer, accepted by a substantial householder, also resident in the Province, to be approved of by the Superintendent as suffi- \ cient security to the same ; this Bill may • then bs transmitted to the person who is; desirous of emigrating to the Colony, and,: being by him presented to the Emigration: Agent, will he received in lieu of cash pay- \ ment, as hereinafter provided : the Bill will! be re-transmitted by the Agent to the Colony, and must be paid immediately on presentation. 3. Assisted passages will be afforded only to hondjide labouring men, mechanics, and \ female domestic servants; but persons of all classes will be able to assist their friends to emigrate to the Colony by undertaking the payment of the whole of the passage money in the manner above provided. 4. No person will be allowed any assist \ ance unless he shall have been approved of! by the Emigration Agent in England. No: single man above the age of 40 years, no person above the age of 50, unless a member: of a large family; and no person above 60----years, under any circumstances, will be^ allowed assistance. 5. When bills are tendered in payment as cash in England, the amount of assistance given by the Government will be one-half of the amount of Bills. Persons therefore wishing to give their friends in England the utmost amount of assistance must give bills for two-thirds of the whole amount of the passage money. 6. The Provincial Government are un-; able at present to state what the rate of passage money to the Colony will be fixed ; but all bills will be prepared on the supposition that it will amount to £20, should it be less, a proportional part of the bills will be remitted at the time of re-payment. 7. Applications for assisted passages will be received at the Secretary's Office, in Christchurch, and at the Resident Magistrate's Office, in Lyttelton.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 503, 29 August 1857, Page 2
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717Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 503, 29 August 1857, Page 2
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