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Lyttelton Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1193, 6 February 1864, Page 2

Government IKToticea. PROCLAMATION. THE ROAD DISTRICTS ORDINANCE, No. 1, 1863. THE MOUNT COOK DISTRICT. WHEREAS by the above-mentioned Ordinance it is amongst other things enacted that, for the purpose of bringing the said Ordinance into operation, every person whose name shall appear on the Electoral Roll for the time being in force for the election of members of the Provincial Council for the Electoral District or Districts in which the District for the purposes of the said Ordinance may be situated, in respect of property situate within such last-mentioned District, and every resident householder within such District should be taken and deemed to be a ratepayer for the purposes of this Ordinance, and that a meeting of such electors should be held at the hour of noon on such day for each District respectively as the Superintendent should appoint after the first day of the month of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree, for the purpose of electing five members who should constitute the first Board for the District. Now therefore I, SAMUEL BE ALE Y, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Cauterbury, in pursuance of the powers vested in me by-the said Ordinance, do hereby appoint that a meeting of the electors for the Mount Cook District shall be held at Parkerson's Woolshed, within the said District, at the hour of noon, on SATURDAY, the sixth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixtyfour, for the purpose of electing five members who shall constitute the first board for the said District. Given under my hand, at the Government Buildings, at Christcliurch, this eighth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four. S. BEALEY, Superintendent. By order of his Honor the Superintendent, Wm. Rolleston, Provincial Secretary. . 225 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 will afford assistance equal in amount to the sum paid in cash 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 at a time, at periods of three months, until the whole debt is discharged. The first payment to be made six months after landing. 2. Any person resident in the Province desirous of assisting their friends in England or elsewhere to obtain assisted passages to the colony may do so by paying half the amount of passage money to the Provincial Treasurer, or by drawing a bill to the order of the Provincial Treasurer to the extent of two-thirds of the passage money, accepted by a substantial householder also resident in the Province, to be approved of by the Superintendent as sufficient security for the same; this bill may then be transmitted to the person who is desirous of emigrating to the colony, and being by him presented to the Emigration Agent, will be received in lieu of cash payment, as hereinafter provided; the bill will be retransmitted by the Agent to the colony, and must be paid immediately on presentation. 3. Assisted passages will be afforded only to bona fide labouring men, mechanics, and female domestic servants; but persons of all classes will be able to assist their friends to emigrate to the colony by undertaking the payment of the whole of the passage money in the manner above provided. 4. No person will be allowed any assistance unless he shall have been approved of by the Emigration Agent in England. No single man above the age of 40 years; no person above the age of 50, unless a member of a large family; and no person above 60 years, under any circumstances, will be allowed assistance. 5. When bills are tendered in payment as cash in England, the amount of assistance given by the Government will be one-half of the amount of such 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. Exceptions to the above rule will be made in favour of bona fide female domestic servants, the assistance given by the Government where payment. is tendered in bills, being one-half the amount of passage money, and where cash is tendered two-thirds. 7. The rate of passage money, inclusive of incidental expenses, to the colony is fixed until further notice, at £17, and all bills will be prepared in accordance with that rate. 8. Applications for assisted passages must be made at the Office of the Immigration Officer, in Christchurch, or at the Resident Magistrate's Office, in Lyttelton, at least four days prior to the departure of the English mail. Issued by order of his Honor the Superintendent, WM. ROLLESTON, * Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christcliurch, Dec. 4, 1863. 1360 NOTICE TO PERSONS INDEBTED TO THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT FOR ACCOMMODATION AT THE CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL. MESSRS. W. and N. JOYNT have been authorised to collect the amounts due to the Provincial Government from persons who have been supplied with accommodation at the Christchurch Hospital. WM. ROLLESTON, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchurch, Dec. 4, 1863. 2974 NOTICE. HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that in future all applications for Assisted Passages from England shall, with the exception of those made at Timaru, be received and decided at Christchurch. ! WM. ROLLESTON, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchurch, Dec. 4, 1863. 1794 ~VTOTICE. —The public are informed that parties _Li desirous of availing themselves of the Government assistance conferred by the Immigration Regulations published herein, must attend at the offices named at least four days prior to the departure of the English Mail. No applications can be received during those days. WM. ROLLESTON, 1868 Provincial Secretary. NOTICE. ANY immigrants refusing a reasonable offer of service will be required at once to leave the Barracks. The fact of such refusal should be reported to the Immigration Officer without delay. By order of his Honor the Superintendent, RICHARD R, ARMSTRONG, Immigration Officer. Immigration Office, Christchurch, November 14, 1863. 5716 PERSONS desirous of employing newly-arrived immigrants, are requested to apply to the Immigration Officer at Christchurch. By order of his Honor the Superintendent, RICHARD R. ARMSTRONG, Immigration Officer. Immigration Office, June 11, 1862. 2286 NOTICE TO IMMIGRANTS.—AII immigrants indebted to the Provincial Government on notes given by them on account of passage money are required immediately to attend at the office of the Immigration Officer, at Christchurch, to pay the amounts due, or to make satisfactory arrangements for meeting their liabilities within a limited time. All persons who fail to make arrangements for paying such debts will be summarily dealt with according to law. By order of his Honor the Superintendent, RICHARD R. ARMSTRONG, 2285 Immigration Officer,