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Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 532, 9 December 1857, Page 2

NjCTTICE. MKS. CARD :beg-#o announce that, having- triken tlie? House and premises lately known as the "Lyttelton Arms," she is prepared to jaccomoiiite a limited .number of gentlemen with Board'and Lodging.1 Norwich Quay, Lyttelton, Oct. 23,1857.1 TO THE PUBLIC OF CANTERBURY. H- W.im&BX beg-s to inform them • that he*||s •"• just received, ex Gazelle, an assortment of Bell Fittings, and is now prepared to execute all orders in that branch of his business. All orders from the country will receive prompt attentioiiU London street, "Lyttelton, Oct;22nd, 1857. FOR SALE BY PRIVATE CONTRACT. IVery Superior PIANO 1 handsome Silver Tea Service -* 1 doz. each Silver Table, Dessert, and Tea Spoons, and 1 Fish Slice ; Plated Soup Ladle, Gravy Spoon, Butter Knife, arid Sugar Sifter 1 Shower Bath . - 51 . '■ 1 Colt (by Shamrock) * 1 Set Tandem Harness ! 1 Iron Stove m For price and particulars apply to GOULD and MILES. HIS 'HONOR the Superintendent directs it to be notified that;, with .the advice of the Executive Council, hefhas cancelled the Immigration Regulations pub- ; lished 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 foe general information.; JBy his :Hon|ir's command, RICHARD PACKER, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office. ■..^'.Christchui-chj-fnly 13th,;1857. . . IMMIGRATI§|* REGULATIONS. All persons desirous of obtaining assisted passages to thajProvince of Canterbury in vessels under contract with the Provincial Government, may receive assistance fas follows: —' • v * 1. The Government will afford assistance equal in amount to the sum paid in cajsh by the passenger. If ...there shall be, any balance, the Government will advance the sum, taking from1 the passenger promissory notes' for the amount advanced, payable to the Treasurer of the-Province. Suchiiotes will be made payable oh demand; but; unless the passenger dispute the debt, ot shall attempt to leave the Province,, payment will only be required in sums of five-pounds at a time, at periods of three months*:until the- whole debt is discharged. The first payment to be made six months after landing. 2. Any persons resident in the Province desirous of assisting their friends in England; or elsewhere, to obtain assisted passages to the Colony may do so by drawing a Bill to the order of the Provincial Treasurer, accepted bya substantial- householder, also resident in the Province, to be approvedof by the: Superintendent as sufficient security to the same ;;„,' this Bill may then be transmitted to the person who is desirous of emigrating to the Colony, and, being by him presented to the Emigration Agent, will be'received inlieu ofcash pay- , mentr, 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 hondfde 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 assistance 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 unable 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 Christchureh, and at the Resident Magistrate's Office, in Lyttelton.