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Enclosure 2 in No. 16. The Hon. the Minister for Immigration to Mr. Arthur Clayden. Sir, — Immigration Office, Wellington, 13th May, 1886. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 23rd March, in which you request permission to complete your work as an emigration agent in Great Britain within the period of nine months, instead of a year as arranged, as you propose to accompany a party of settlers from England, who propose to establish a Temperance Settlement on Crown Land in the Raglan County. In reply, I have to inform you that I do not see any objection to your proposal, and the AgentGeneral has been communicated with accordingly. I have, &c, Arthur Clayden, Esq., 8, Aberdeen Terrace, J. Ballance, Clifton, Bristol, England. Minister for Immigration.

No. 17. The Hon. the Minister for Immigration to the Agent-General. (Memorandum.) Immigration Department, Wellington, 19th June, 1886. Referring to your Memorandum of the 20th April, reporting that you had granted an assisted passage to Mr. J C and family, under the regulations for the introduction of agriculturalists and farmers possessed of small capital. I have to inform you that the party arrived by the s.s. Doric. Mr. C has gone to Mainia (Waimate Plains) to some friends ; and the Immigration Officer at New Plymouth has been instructed to pay him the sum deposited with you prior to his embarkation. I attach copy of a report by the Immigration Officer at this port, from which you will learn that Mr. C and family will, in the opinion of that officer, make desirable colonists. I shall be glad to hear that the regulations are likely to be generally taken advantage of, and that you will be able to assist a number of persons of the class which Mr. C represents to come out to the Colony. J. Ballance, To the Agent-General, London. Minister for Immigration.

Enclosure in No. 17. The Under-Secretary of Immigration. Wellington, 16th June, 1886. I have the honor to report that I saw Mr. J 0 and family on board the " Doric," they have the appearance of strong, healthy farming people, and I was pleased with what I heard from them ; they are undoubtedly the class of people required in the Colony. Mr. C in reply to my questions said that he had over £500, that his brother, with similar means, was on his way out to Auckland, and that he knew of several other farmers who would only be too glad to come out if he (Mr. C )is able to report favourably. From the depreciation of farming interests at Home he reckoned he lost quite j£4oo in clearing out, that is between the value when he took up the farm and when he cleared out. Mr. C is going to stop with friends at Manaia, he will then be able to look round and see what is best for him to do and where to settle down, he was anxious to go on to Manaia to avoid hotel expenses in Wellington, and as there would be no steamer for New Plymouth until Thursday, I advised him to proceed via Wanganui and thence by rail to Hawera. I need hardly say that Mr. and Mrs. C expressed thanks for what I was enabled to do for them, and had they not been able to go by Wanganui, they would have been glad to have gone to the Depot to save expense. I would submit that in future it may be thought desirable to grant, at any rate, lodgings in the immigration depot for the families while the men were looking round to decide where to settle. James B. Redward, Immigration Officer.

No. 18. Abstract of Nominations sent to the Agent-General. From Ist April, 1885. to 4th May, 1886. Auckland ... ... ... 192 Canterbury ... ... ... 102 Hawkesßay ... ... ... 55 Westland ... ... ... 7 Taranaki ... .. ... 19 Otago ... ... ... 108 Wellington ... ... ... 212 Southland ... ... ... 23 Nelson ... ... ... 23 Maryborough ... ... ... 10 Total ... 751 Nationalities. English ... ... ... 366 Foreigners ... ... ... 42 Irish ... ... ... 177 Scotch ... ... ... 166 Total ... 751

Authority : George Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBB6.