TO FACILITATE EMIGRATION.
■'■ '■"» ■"■ In the Legislative Council yesterday Sir Maurice Q'Rorks gave nolict t« ntove :— That, in the opinion of this Council, it is deeiiablo th*t the Govern, ment should appoint two rfnigratioft ofß> cers—one in Ireland and one in scotland—to facilitate emigration from those j countries lo New Zealand, euch officer?, to be under the control of th© High. ! to be under the control of the High Commissioner } (2) that each emigrant of twenty-one yea*s of age should receive forty acres of freehold land, and half that amount of land for children over ten years of age} (5) that the salaries of these emigration officers should be at the rale of £500 per an num. ' terminable after the first year of employment by three months' notice from the High Commissioner,
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 47, 24 August 1911, Page 2
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131TO FACILITATE EMIGRATION. Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 47, 24 August 1911, Page 2
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