IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XVI, Issue 912, 7 August 1861, Page 7

IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS.

All nersons desirous of obtaining assisted pasn the Province of Canterbury, in vessels !aST* contract with the Provincial Government, f-eceive assistance as follows :— &*)' \,' c government will afford assistance equal 1 ount to the sum paid in cash by the passenin aIU jj- t i iere shall be any balance, the Government £[{ Avarice the sum, taking from the passenger is<ory notes for the amount advanced, payaole of the Province. Such notes will 1 -ide payable on demand, but unless the passen"disputethe debt, or shall attempt to leave the V f vince, payment will only be required in sums of (.!° pounds at a time, at periods of three months, tl the whole debt is discharged. The first payUll \ to be made six months alter landing. Dli;" a iiV persons resident in the Proviuce desirous Nssistmg their friends in England, or elsewhere, Obtain assisted passages to the Colony may do \ d va wing a Bill to the order of the Provincial Treasurer, accepted by a substantial householder, Uo resident in the Province, to be approved of by He Superintendent as sufficient security for the , roe - this Bill may then be transmitted to the Ser«on who is desirous of emigrating to the Colony, F,,d beins by him presented to the Emigration Lent, w?U 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 bond fide 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. ' 4No 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 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, ad £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 Lvttelton.