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Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 514, 7 October 1857, Page 2

JUST RECEIVED. HW. DERRY begs to inform the • Public that he has a large.assortment of useful goods on band, namely :— Hoyle's prints, coburgs, alpacas French merinos, bareges, bayadere robes Calico and flannels, in variety Towelling, Scotch linen sheeting, counterpanes Hearth rugs, and Brussels carpeting Also, , A large assortment of ladies* and children s boots of the best quality, and a variety of -goods-too-numerous too specify. '. GARDEN SEEDS. Peas, beans, carrots, parsnips, turnips, onions, leeks, early and late .callages, cauliflower, scarlet runner beans, brocoli, {Brussels sprouts, curled greens, savoys, celery, \ parslej', beet, spinach, raddish, lettuce, cress, I mustard, pumpkins, vegetable marrows, melons, ; cucumbers, earraway, nasturtiums, sage, mary- \ golds, tomatoes, .thyme, mignionette, sweet i peas, lavender, and thirty varieties of flower | seeds Also, Gorse, broom, rape, hemp, and canary seeds, i early seed potatoes, and rhubarb roots. W.WILSON, Nursery and Seedsman. HIS HONOR the Superintendent directs it to be notified that, with the advice of the Executive Council, he has cancelled the.lmmigration Regulations published in the Gazette of the 2nd of March, 1854, and has adopted the following in the place thereof, and -further directs them to be published for: general information. By his Honor's command, RICHARD PACKER, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office. Christchurch, Jnly 13th, 1857. 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: —

I. The Government will afford assistance equal in amount to the sum paid in cash by the passenger. If there shall be any J 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.linless' 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 i landing.

2. Any persons resident in the Province desirous of assisting their friends in England, or elsewhere, to obtain assisted passages to the Colony may do so by drawing a Bill to the order of the Provincial Treasurer, accepted by a substantial householder, also resident in the Province, to be approved of by the Superintendent as sufficient security to 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 re-transmitted by the Agent to the Colony, and must be paid immediately on presentation.

3. Assisted passages will be afforded only to bonafide 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 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 money. • o. The Provincial Government are unable at present to state what the rate of passage money to the Colony will be fixed; but all bills will be prepared on the supposition that it will amount to £20, should it be less, a proportional part of^ the bills will be remitted at the time of re-payment. 7. Applications for assisted passages will be received at the Secretary's Office, in Christchurch, and at the Resident Magistrate's Office, in Lyttelton.