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Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 606, 28 August 1858, Page 2

NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that from and .after the Ist day of October next> the "WTaste Lands Board will sit at the Land Officej at Christclmrch, on MONDAY and THURSDAY in each week,iat 12 o'clock, at noon, instead of on Tuesdays and Fridays • as heretofore. JOHN OLLiyiER, ■ I > ; * I^vinciat Secj-etary.^ !; Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchurch, Jan. 20th, 1858. ._; —: a ■ ■ . — AKAROA. FRENCH MAGAZINE RESERVE. THE Provincial Government are v prepared to receive Tenders for tne purposee of "The French, J, Magazine Reserve," situate in Lavand Street,'Akaroa, and the buildings thereon. . The area of the Reserve is oa.lr. 12p. or thereabouts, and the buildings "are constructed of substantial materials. '. ■ .■•'• All tenders "must be in writings addressed to ; the Provincial; Secretary^ and) must state the amount the applicant is prepared toggi v e for the! property. If the sum offered in any,tender be j deemed sufficient by the Government, the ; prem-) [ ises will be put up to auction, pursuant to thej ■Ordinance.-''' v! '' ' ' .".'.■; :;l - ' \

Two; months notice of the time and place of \ sale will be given.-;! ..;':•■,■.'..■,?. ,;-,.-- r ': .-J .•;, ; ....-.;.■. ■; By order of hia-Honor the Superintendent^. ■ '■m OLLIVIER, "•, ;..■■* :;■] Secretary. . : j Provincial. Secretaiy's^ "P&ce,. .'.•' ' Ch^s^hurch^Dec'. 22nd; 1857. i HlSHpnqr the Superintendent^directs' the foiibwing' Immigration Regu-i lationstd be published for general dnforihation^ : .; • By; hi3:Honbr's commahdi;-; | J JOHK.QLLIVIERy . ■ Provincial Secretary.. ; Provincial Secretary's Office. Chnstchurch, Dec. 21,1857. - !

IMMIGRATION^ REGULATIONS, j All persons desirous 6f obtaining iassisted .passages* to the-Province .of : Canterbury in vessels;? under contract with the Provincial Government,- may receive assistance as follows; — ; .:,,"■:,];-;■ i; ; . .';.'.-; V;:-'.-■'.,';■.•;"-.- ; 1. The: Government will afford assistance equal in amount to the sum paid in cash- by the passenger: . If there shall be any balance, the Government will advahce the sum, taking, from the passenger promissory notesifqr the amount advanced, payable to the/Treasurerof. the Province. .Suchnotes willlbe 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 fiye.pqunds at a time, at periods .of. three months, until the whole debt is .!discha,rge& 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 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 suffir cient security to the same ; this Bill may then be transmitted to the person who is d« sirous of emigrating to the Colony, and, being by him presented to the Emigration Agent, will be received in lieu of cash payiment, as hereinafter provided; the Bill will I be re-transmitted by the Agent to the j Colony, and must be paid immediately oh presentation. ; 3. Assisted passages will be afforded only to bonafide 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 hi the manner above provided, : 4. No person will'». Hawed any assistance unless he shall hay oeen approved of by the Emigration Agent in England. Iv(o single man above the age of 40 years, no', person above the age of 50, unless a member of a large family; arid no person above 60 years, under, any circumstances, will be allowed assistance. . , ; J 5. When bills are tendered in payment j as cash in England, the amount of assistance j given by the Government will be one-half j of the amount of Bills. Persons therefore wishing to give their friends in England ttie utmost amount of assistance must give bills for two-thirds of the whole amount of; the j 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 biUs will be prepared on the supposition that it will amount to £20, should »t 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.