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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IX, Issue 959, 11 October 1854, Page 2

Wellington Athenaeum and Mechanics' Institute. - ORGAN PERFORMANCE.

HPHE Public are respectfully informed that the Organ lately erected in the above Institution by the undersigned will be opened on Thursday Evening next, the 12th October, (the Committee having- lent the Hall for the

occasion.) Admission to Members and the Ladies accompanying them, on production of their cards of membership as usual, and to the public by tickets only, which may be obtained on application to Mr. Lyon, Lambton-quay. Doors open at £ past 7, to commence at S o'clock precisely.

W. F. JONES.

October 6, 1854.

THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON /trt & $Ttf? insurance (Sompam).

Established 1836. — Empowered by Acts of Parliament

The Amount of Capital subscribed exce ids £1,500,000.

The Liability of the Proprietors is declared bvthe Company's Acts of Parliament to be unlimited.

T IFE INSURANCES in all its ■^ Branches, with the privilege of resid.og in any part of New Zealand or Australia, ex '.epting the Diggings, without any extra preo ium being charged. FIRE INSURANCES.— At rates vaiying-. from 10s. 6d. to £3 per cent., according to the degree of risk. No charge for Policies, however small .he amount. Prospectuses and Printed Forms may be had! of the Agents at Wellington. Messks. W. BOWLER, SON, & CO., or at Lyttelton, Messrs. COOKSON, BOWLER, & CO. Notice. — Fire Ladders are in constant readiness at the Wharf of the Undersigned, on thereclaimed land, Lambton-quay. Wm. BOWLER, SON, & CO. September 30, 1854.

To Let,

»yHE HOUSE and GARDEN on -*- Wellington Terrace, now occupied by Mr. Fox. Apply at the Office of this Paper, or to Mr. D. Wakefield, Tinakori Road. September 30, 1854.

Immigration.

Provincial Secretary's Office, Wellington, June 29, 1854.

HPHE Provincial Government having ■*- completed arrangements for a line of Emigration from Great Britain to Wellington, persons desirous of availing themselves of it on behalf of relatives, friends, or labourers, to be nominated in England, are requested to make early application at the Office of the Provincial Secretary, particularising the names, probable ages, and places of residence of the proposed Emigrants. REGULATIONS.

1. Repayment of the passage-money to be secured by Promissory Note, signed by the applicant and one other party approved by the Government, payable on demand, and of which payment will be required by two instalments at twelve and twenty- four months respectively, after the arrival of the Emigrants in Wellington, except in case of applicant or surety leaving the Colony, when immediate payment will be required, or provision must be made for the

2. As a further security, and to protect the parties on whose application the Emigrant is brought out, the Emigrant himself (or head of a family where there are women and children) will, before embarking, be required to give Promissory Notes, payable on demand, which will

be forwarded to the Local Government. 3. In case of any Emigrant not presenting himself for embarkation at the time and place appointed by the Agents in England, after having accepted the offer of a passage, and so being left behind, one half of the passage- money will be forfeited, and must be paid to the Provincial Government, on demand, by the applicants in the Colony; for which the first mentioned

Promissory Notes will be a security. 4. In order to secure punctuality and prevent disappointment, a special Clerk will be employed by the Shipping Agents in England, who, on receipt of requisitions from the Provincial Government, will communicate with the intending Emigrants, ascertain when they will be prepared to start, give notice in duplicate of the port and day of departure, and make all the arrangements necessary to facilitate embarkation. A depot, or other provision for temporary board and lodging, will be provided at the ports of embarkation at the expense of the Agent, in case of the ship not sailing to the day. 5. Emigrants, and their personal baggage, will be landed free of expense. 6. All ships under this arrangement will make Wellington their first port. 7. Rate of Passage-Money : — Adults £20 0 Operheaa., Between 7 and 14 10 0 0 „ Between 1 and 7 613 4 „ Under one year no charge.

8. Personal baggage in the following pro* portions : —

Adults \ ton. Not adults, but above one year old. .$• „

9. All ships employed in this service will beunder the provisions of the Passenger Act, and every means be used to secure the comfort and welfare of the Passengers. 10. To secure attention and good conduct on the part of the Captains and Medical Officers, a gratuity, at the rate of £50 for every 100 passengers, will be paid to each by the Provincial Government, on the satisfactory completion of the voyage, but withheld on well-established grounds of complaint. Further, in order to promote the instruction: as well as comfort of the Passengers, arrangements will be made for the establishment of a Library for their use on board each ship duringthe voyage ; and also a School, whenever the number of the Emigrants shall render it practicable; for which latter . purpose a schoolmaster will be selected, who will be entitled to a free passage in consideration of his services.

WILLIAM FITZHERBERT, " Provincial Secretary.. Snipping Agents— T. Young & Co., 74 Cornhill,, and 9 Adelphi Terrace» London.