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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IX, Issue 822, 18 June 1853, Page 2

TIMBER WANTED. Wanted immediately, A oOO FEETIin - BOARDS \ fromls UUU 4,oooreetfiD. do. /to 20ft. Terms, Cash on delivery. JAMES SMITH. Plimmer's Wharf. June 14, 1855.

Immigration of Chinese Labourers and Servants. "VT OTICE is hereby given that the Un- ^ dersigned have resolved to open, without delay, a direct communication with China for the purpores of trade"; and at' the same time they are willing on certain conditions to aid in supplying the pretent urgent demand for labour in New Zealand, by intioducing a limited number of Chinese labourers and servants. The commercial and shipp ; ng arrangements are in a state of forward prepe-ration, but with respect to the immigration the undersigned must be entirely guided by the demand from the public which may be addressed to them. In oider to ascertain such demand, it has been arranged that appUcations for labourers or servants will be received by any of the undersigned at Wellington, and by Me:srs. Cookson, Bowler & Co., at Lyttelton, (from whom printed forms of application may be obtained) until the 15th July next. Each application must state distinctly and par- ■ t'cularly .the sort of work for which the Eunif grant labourer or servant is required, and the maximum wages which the applicant will not object to, ro that the supercargo of the vessel dispatched to Shangbae, and the Commercial House there to which ha will be accredited, may be able, in the selection of emigrants, both to meet the special wants of every applicant, and to enter into proper contracts with the persons engaged. It has been calculated that the whole cost of engagement and passage for each person will be from £10 to £12. E-\ch application must be accompanied by a receipt from the Union Bank of Australia for the sum of £5, a3 beiog depositedwith tbem m ths name of the undersigned, by whom tbe deposits will be held until the arrival of the Immigrants, when a farther payrc2ut of probably £5, but not exceeding £7, must be made in 12spect of er ch appl ; cat : on. In case, through any unforeseen event, the applications should not be satisfied by the arrival oi immigrants, the deposit will be returned either in full, or (in theimJ probable ce.se of actual loss by the undersigned lin the Emigraaon branch of the undertaking, through accidents which they pledge themselves to spare no pains to avert) with a deduction cot exceeding £2. If there should be any deficiency in the arrival of the number of immigrants applied for, the distribution of the immigrants will be so arranged Ihat the deficiency shall be borne by applicants, for more than a single immigrant in proportion to the number of persons appied for by each. With respect to the rates of wages and period of service, to be stipulated To? irTthe contracts wUTTthiritrrai%rants,-mach-must necessarily be left to the discretion of the ufldersigned, their Supercargo, and their agents at Shanghae, but there are general reasons for believirg that the ordinary term of servics will be from five to seven years, and the rate of wages very moderate. Amongst the working classes in China, great numbers of whom are always eager to emigrate when they can be inspired with a confident belief of being well treated in tbe foreign country to which they are invited, there are persons entirely qualified by industrious and skilful habits to become valuable servants, as shepherds and, stockkeepers, mechanics of every description, workers in the dairy, sawyers, fishermen, gardeners, cooks, grooms, footmen, &c; but the great bulk of such immigrants in variably save nearly the whole of their wages and return to their own country, after addingirin a far greater proportion to the wealth of the employers. If the first immigrants should prosper in New Zealand, it may be confidently anticipated that an emigration to this country of Chinese labourers and servants will be .maintained spontaneously- at the cost of the enVgrants ; but, of course, the measures for begiuning such an emigration experimentally and by way of example, call for the utmost care and circumspection. The northern port of Shanghae has been selected for this first attempt, as being that of a part of China where the ciimate is colder than that of New Zealand, and where there is a vast rural population, eagerly disposed to emigrate, and as far superior in industry, habits, and general "conduct to the sweepings of Canton, which have principally supplied emigra ion from China to Australia, ps the selected rural emigrants from Britain, by whom New Zealand has been chiefly peopled* were superior to the dregs of i.he population of London or Manchester. In order to be sure of keeping the first experiment within manageable compass, it is intended to limit the number of immigrants to 250, of whom at least half will be specially engaged for settlers at Canterbury. Applications will be registered on the day of their receipt, and if there should be any excess of applications above the, fixed limit, the deposit money on the same will be immediately returned in full. W. B. RHODES Wm. BOWLER JOHN JOHNSTON N. LEVIN. Wellington, 14th June, 1853

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To the Independent Electors of the Town of Wellington. (GENTLEMEN— At the request of several Electors I am induced to offer myself as a Candidate for a seat in the General Assembly of New Zealand, and in the Provincial Council of this Province, The paramount duty imposed upon every good citizen to aid in the public service when required, is the sole motive for my coming forward ; if 1 could have found a reason equally powerful fora contrary course, I should have preferred remaining in retirement. In our small community, the conduct, opinions, and principles of most men have been pretty fully scrutinized, if mine will bear the test of nearly 1 2 years probation, and satisfy the Electors, J;hey will have the best guarantee I can offer them for the future ; I can