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Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 602, 11 August 1858, Page 2

NOTICE. . , ■ NOTICE is hereby given that from and after the Ist day of October next, the Waste Lands Board will sit at the Land Office, at Christchurch, on MONDAY and THURSDAY in each week,.at ;; 12 o'clock, at noon, instead ©f oh Tuesdays and" Fridays "*&***: 'imwoLiMM, " -■ Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, .: Christchurch, Jan. 20fch, 1858. ; ■ AKAROA. FRENCH MAGAZINE RESERVE. THE Provincial Government are prepared to receive Tenders for thepurposee of " The French Magazine Reserve,'' situate in' Lavahd'Street,'Akaioa/ and the buildings thereon. • ■ i The area of the Reserve is Oa. lr. 12p.0r thereabouts, and the buildings are constructed of substantial-materials. .- - j All tenders must be in writing, addressed to the Provincial Secretary, and must state \ the amount.the applicant is prepared to give fbrj the property! ' If |He sum offered in any tender be deemed sufficient by the Government, the premises will be put up to auction,' pursuant".to I the Ordinance. r -...■■•■■< ; ■••■■■ ,''".."■•' | : '■'-' Two months notice of'the time arid place of sale-will begiven. ' " ■:■:■■. ■By order'of his Honor the Superintendent, ; : J ; OLLIVIER, I : _...'. Provincial' Secretary. •" Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchureh, Dec, 22nd, 1857. . HIS Honor the Superintendent directs; : the following Immigration Regulations to-be published for general information. .'By Jiis Honor's Gbmmand, • .'...• r ■/■■■'■ 'JOHN OLLIVIER, J •Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office. f '■'.', ; Christchurch, Dec. 21,1857. '/. '] IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS. All persons desirous of obtaining assisted passages to the Province of Canterbury! in vesßels under contract with the Provincial Government, may receive assistance as follows: — ' .",'' 1. The Government will afforc? assistance equal in. amount to the sum paid in cashiby the passenger. If there shall be any balance; the Government will advance the sum, taking from the passenger promissory notes for"the amount 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 tqf'leave the Province, payment' ,will only be required in sums of five pounds at a time, at periods of three months^ until J 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 r assisted passages 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 sum-! cient security, to Ihe same ; this Bill may then be transmitted to the person who ;is desirous of emigrating to the Colony, arid, j being by him presented to the Emigration Agent, will be received in lieu of cash payment, as hereinafter provided'; the Bill will i be re-transmitted by the ; Agent, to the} Colony, and'must be paid immediately ;on presentation. . : ; . ;: ' .. 3. Assisted passages will be afforded only to bondjlde labouring 'men,mechanics, atad female domestic servants;; but persons jof all classes will be able to assist their frierkls ;to emigrate to the Colony by- undertaking the payment of the whole of the passage -money in the manner above provided, j. k 4. No person will U ibwed any assistance unless he shall hay- oeen approved1 of by the. Emigration Agent in England. No < sirigle man above the age of 40 years, {no person above the age of'so, unless a member of a large family; and no person above J6O years,' under any circumstances, ;-will ibe allowed assistance. - : ;.■'•>. ' 5. -When bills are tendered in "payment I as cash in England, the amount of assistance given by the Government will be one-lialf of the amount of Bills. Persons therefore wishing to give their; friends, in England (he utmost amount of assistance must give bills for two-thirds of the whole amount of the passage money. ■ •-6. The Provincial Government are inable 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 atthe time of repayment, j 7. Applications for assisted passages will be received at the. Secretary's Office, jin Ohnstchurch, and at the Resident Magistrate s Office, in Lyttelton, :