FOREIGN IMMIGRATION.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5521, 6 December 1878, Page 4

FOREIGN IMMIGRATION.

The following circular has been issued to the immigation officers at the various ports of tho colony :

Immigration Office, November 30, 1878.

Sir, —I have the honor to inform you that the Government, having reconsidered the question of accepting nominations of foreigners by their friends in the colony, it has been decided to allow passages to foreigners on the following conditions : (1.) They must be nominated by their friends in the colony and present themselves to the Agent-General, at No. 7, Westminster Chambers, London, who will grant them passages by an emigrant ship from Plymouth, provided they pass the required medical examination, and find their own way on board the vessel, through an agent who ia acquainted with the English language as well as the language of the nationality to which they belong. They must also sign an undertaking that they will conform to, aid, and abide by ■all regulations in force on board the ship during the voyage. (2.) Foreigners who are nominated and find their own way to the colony as ordinary passengers, without coming through the AgentGeneral’s department at all, may receive a refund of their passage money according to tho contract rate for the conveyance of immigrants, viz., £l4 7s. 6d. per adult, and £8 7s. fid. for each child between 12 months and 12 years of age. Due notice must, however, bo given to the local immigration officer at the port at which they arrive ; and they will be required to pass the medical officer appointed to inspect all immigrants in the colony. You are requested to be particularly careful in satisfying yourself of the eligibility of the immigrants before certifying to any voucher for refund of passage money, as provided in the second condition. —I have, &c., H. J. H. Elliott, Under-Secretary.