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Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 611, 15 September 1858, Page 2

NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby" given that from and after the Ist day of October next, the Waste Lands Board will ait atithe land; Office,: at Christchurch, on MONDAY and THURSDAY in each week/at 12 o'clock, at noon, instead of on Tuesdays and Fridays as heretofore. JOHN OLLIVIER, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchurch, Jan. 20th, 1858. AKAROA. FRENCH MAGAZINE RESERVE. PTIHE Provincial Government are preiJL pared to receive Tenders for thepurposee of "The French Magazine Reserve," situate in Lavand Street, Akaroa, and the huildihgs 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 writing, addressed,to the Provincial Secretary, and must state the amount the applicant is prepared to give for the property. If the sum" offered in any tender be deemed sufficient by the Government, the premises will be put up to auction, pursuant to the Ordinance. ■ ■.'..'..'.". Two months notice of the time and place of sale will be given, i By order of his Honor the Superintendent, J. OLLIVIER, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchurch, Dee. 22hd, 1857. |_| IS Honor the Superintendent directs ; l~i. the following* ImmigTatibn Regulations to be published for general information. By his Honor's command, JOHN OLLIVIER, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office. Christchurch, Dec. 21,1857. 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/willafford assistance .equal in amount to the sum paid~m cask by ~ 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 to leave the Province, payment 'will, only be required in sums of five pounds iata 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 elsewhei'e, to obtainassisted 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 i approved of by the Superintendent as sufficient security to the.same ; this Bill may then be transmitted to the person who is dc sirous of emigrating to the Colony, and, being by him presented to the Emigration Agent, will be 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 j; to bond fide labouring men, mechanics, and I female domestic servants; but persons off all classes will be able to assist their friends ! to emigrate to the Colony by undertaking j the payment of the whole of the passage money in the manner abo-ye provided, . i 4. No person will be allowed an}' assist- ! ance unless he shall have been approved of I by. the Emigration Agent in P:ngland. No \ single man above the age of, 40 years, no \ person above the age of 50, unless a member I of a large family; and no person above 60 years,' under any circumstances, will be j 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-half 1 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 bo 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.