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NOTICE.. MRS. CARD beg-s t6 Announce that, having taken the House and premises lately known as the " Lyttelton Arms," she is prepared to accomodate a limited number of gentlemen with Board' and Lodging. Norwich Quay, Lyttelton/Oct. 23,1857. TO THE PUBLIC OP CANTERBURY. HW. DERRYi begs to inform %hem • that he has just received, ex Gazelle, an assortment of Bell Fittings/and is now prepared to execute all orders in that branch-of his business. All orders from the country will receive prompt attention. London street," ~ - , Lyttelton, Oct. 22nd, 1857. FOR SALE BY PRIVATE CONTRACT. -|| Very Superior PIANO -1L 1 handsome Silver Tea Service | ; 1 doz.- each Silver Table, Dessert, and Tea I Spoons, and 1 Fish Slice ! Plated' Soup Ladle;' Gravy Spoon',-Butter i Knife, and Sugar Sifter ! 1 Shower Bath - j 1 Colt (by; Shamrock) 1 Set Tandem Harness : 1 Iron Stove OFor price and particulars apply to I GOULD and MILES. HIS HONOR rthe Superintendent directs it to be notified that, with the advice of the Executive Council, he has" cancelledthe-Immigration 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 13tn, 1857. IMMIGRATION -REGULATIONS. All personaf-desirous of obtaining<assisted, passages~to t||£P,fovirice of Canterbury in- t vessels undeiv'contract'with the Provincial' Government, .^may -receive assistance -as-s follows:— - .'i '■ •■ ■' ' 1. The Government will afford assistance equal in amount to the -sum paid in cash by the passengai;.\; i.lf, '.there shall be any balance, the-'Government will .advance the sum, taking from the' passenger promissory notes for the'am'ount advanced,-payable to the Treasurejjpfcthe Province. Such notes will be jnade.p&fllble on demand;'Tjut," unless the passenger-.dispute-the debt," or" shall attempt to leave the^ Province,-payment will only be required in suras 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 persons resident in the Province desirous xof assisting their friends-in Eng^ land, or elsewhere, to obtain assisted pas-, sages to the Colony may do so by drawing a "Bill1 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, f 3. Assisted passages will be afforded only to hondfide labouring men, mechanics, and female domestic : servants; tout 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 )nanner 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-aboye( the age of 50, £ unless* member of a large family; and.hoiperson: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 wiirbe one-half .of the amount of Bills. Persons therefore Hvishing to give their friends in England the Jutmoat amount of assistance.,must give3ills. jfor two-thirds of; the .whole.; amount of the passage money.r. •*•■•-■ i 6. The- Provincial Goyernment are. iin:able at present to state.: what "the rate of passage <money to, the <Colony \ wiU-W [fixed;-, but allbjlls Ayill 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.

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Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 535, 19 December 1857, Page 2

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Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 535, 19 December 1857, Page 2

Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 535, 19 December 1857, Page 2

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