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Lyttelton Times, Volume XVI, Issue 908, 24 July 1861, Page 7

PROVINCIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE, •Christchurch, Jan. 18,1861. HIS HONOR the Superintendent directs it to be notified that, with the advice o f the Executive Council, he has adopted the following Immigration Regulations, and further directs them to be published for general intbrmatloU' T. W. MAUDE, Provincial Secretary IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS. All persons desirous of obtaining assisted passes 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 passenIf there shall be auy 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 suras of fve pounds at a time, at periods of three months, /.ntil the whole debt is discharged. The first payment to be made six months after landing. 2. Any persons resident in the Province desirous o f assisting their friends in England, or elsewhere, to obtain assisted passages to the Colony may do g0 by drawing a Bill to the order of the Provincial Treasurer, accepted by a substantial householder, a ]so 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 re-transmitted ly the Agent, to the Colony, and must be paid immediately on presentation. . 3. Assisted passages will be afforded only to bond Jide 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 pasgage money in the manner above provided. 4. No person wili 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. 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. . 7. Applications for assisted passages will be received at the Secretary's Office, in Christchurch and at the Resident Magistrate's Office, in Lyttelton. ■ . WHITE'S KAIAPOI BRIDGE. THE following notice is directed to be published for general information :— On and after MONDAY, the Ist day of April next, all bona fide foot passengers residing in "the town of Kaiapoi will be entitled to cross this bridge free of charge, on registering their names and address at the toll house. N.B.—Those in charge of horses, cattle, &c, or with or on vehicles, will be obliged to pay as heretofore. - THOS. WM. MAUDE, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, March 12,1861. PUBLIC NOTICE. rpHE Public are hereby informed that no X more Gravel can be allowed to be taken from the Provincial Government Graver Pits for private uses. ' THOMAS WM. MAUDE May 12th, 1861. P'°™cial Secretary. PUBLIC NOTICE. WINDMILL ROAD. THE Public are hereby informed that the road from Wood's Mill Gateway, as far as the Town Belt, is stopped for dray traffic, and will be re-opened as soon as sufficient metal has been laid to render it passable. THOS. WM. MAUDE, ■n . ~ „ Provincial Secretaryprovincial Secretary's Office, • June 19,1861. STEAM SERVICE TO AKAROA AND mm* -n TIMARU. fluiJi Provincial Government are prepared 7" o^ receive offers for tb-e establishment of a STEAM SERVICE between the Ports of and Akaroa, and between Lyttelton and iimaru, in the following manner :— A *? i,stlnct service between Lyttelton and Akaroa to be carried out fortnightly. The vessel will be bound to carry a mail when required, and to wait a reasonable and convenient time in each port. The subsidy lor this service to be.at a set sum per month. ' A stinct service between Lyttelton and limaru. The vessel will also be bound to carry a mail, and will be subsidized at a set sum per trip, such trips to be made on an average of once a fortnight, and to \ be duly advertised. Separate sealed Tenders for each service to be Anl "f °n °! be/° Ve TUES^AY, the 20th day of cfc f vl' addresse<* to the Provincial Secretary, for si? « ' 9 antei-bury, and endorsed " Tender lor steam Service." acemt ?'°yincial Government will not be bound to ac cept the lowest or any tender. THOS. WM. MAUDE, P rm7 : n •, c Provincial Secretary. ™n c ,al Secretary's Office, ■ -___J™tchm^Jun c 25,1861. N PUBLIC NOTICE. OTIGE is hereby given that no payments suryVlq H ? ade at Provincial Treaj jiuer 6 o clock, p.m. % order of his Honor the Superintendent, R. J. S. HARMAN, Provin^l t. «, Provincial Treasurer. rovmcial Treasury, Christchurch, -____J^™ary 13, 1861. I NOTICE. Hereby gi ye Notice to persons about to OUw n 0(h c Shee P into tbe Pro™ce from s°uth \i if l!1!,1111^ 0118 will be made on the AccornmoL?- th®Wailangi, opposite to Wilson's of thXp n n/° Use 't0 allow of the 21»t clause a'leep Ordinance being carried out. P. B. BOULTON, Cbmtehureh, March 5, 1861.^^ °f She6P' 11^?116^ 0^1118"06^11 be procured Resident Matfstrate'a Office, Timaru.