PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON. Notice to Immigrants. fPHE Provincial Government of Welling- -■- ton will, in pursuance of the Resolution of the Provincial Council, be prepared to convey to each Immigrant, (introduced under their Regulations) as soon as he shall have redeemed his Promissory Note or Notes, a quantity of land equal in value (at the rate of 10s. an acre) to one fourth of the amount of his Passage Money. For example : every Immigrant on redemption of his Promissory Note or Notes, will be entitled to receive ten acres of land for every Twenty Pounds he shall have paid on account of the Passage of himself and family. These grants of land will either be made out of blocks specially reserved for Immigration purposes in Small Farm and Agricultural Settlements, or in the immediate vicinity of roads in process of construction ; or the Immigrant may select the quantity to which he shall be declared entitled out of any land open to purchase as Rural. In order to facilitate the location of Immigrants desirous of immediately settling upon land and of being employed on the Public "Works, Reserves will be made wherever practicable, along or near each line of road, and will be laid off in Ten-acre Sections, which the Immigrants will be permitted at once to occupy, receiving a conveyance of the same as soon as they shall have paid the whole of their Passage Money. Parties desirous of availing themselves of this privilege in the block at present being surveyed in the Grey Town Settlement, are requested to make immediate application to the undersigned, who will give any further information that may be required. J. G. HOLDSWORTH, Registrar of Immigration. ! August 10th, 1857. Provincial Secretary's Office, Wellington, Sept. 8, 1857. NOTICE is hereby given that the Superintendent has appointed the following additional Polling Places for the purpose of the elections for members of the House of Representatives, for members of the Provincial Council, and also for the Superintendent of the Province, viz. : — For the Hawhe's Bay District. At Clive— the store of T. H. FitzGerald, Esq. At Petane — the residence of John Macarthy, Esq. At Te Kopanga — the residence of E. S. Curling, Esq., J.P. At Rua Taniwha — the residence of G. Worgan, Esq. For the Wanganui and Rangitihei District. At Rangitikei — the residence of A. Keir, Esq. By His Honor's command, William Fitzherbert, Provincial Secretary. HOTEL FOR SALE. MR. ALLEN Has received instructions to sell by Public Auction, on the 19th of November next, THE HOUSE AND BUILDING, situated at Clive town, Napier, and known as The Settlers' Hotel. The same is at present in the occupation of a respectable tenant, at the moderate rent of £70 per Annum. The land on which the building stands has not yet been offered for sale by the Provincial Government ; but the valuation of the premises will be taken and added to the upset price when the land shall be put up for sale. Its present value is estimated by the Government at £400. The above is a most eligible property, being situate convenient to the ferry, and on the high road to the interior. Wellington, Sept. 12, 1857. ALFRED BUCKLAND, AUCTIONEER AND GENERAL AGENT, AUCKLAND. More especially for the sale or purchase of Land, Horses, Cattle, and Sheep. Stock kept at fixed charges in bis paddocks at Newmarket.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume I, Issue 2, 3 October 1857, Page 4
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