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Lyttelton Times, Volume XVII, Issue 966, 12 February 1862, Page 7

I>ROVINCIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE, Christchurch, Jan. 18,1861. HIS HONOR the Superintendent directs it to be notified that, with the advice of the Executive Council, he has adopted the following Immigration Regulations, and furthor directs them to be published for general information. T. W. MAUDE, Provincial Secretary 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:— 1. The Government will afford assistance equal in amount to the sum paid in cash by the passenger. If there shall be any 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 wade payable on demand, but unless 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 alter 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 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 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. 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 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. 153 DISCOVERY OF GOLD! REWARD OF £1000. fTYHE Provincial Government are prepared JL to offer a reward of £1000 lor the discovery of a Gold Field within the Province of Canterbury, subject to the following conditions : — 1. That the locality where gold may be discovered shall be reasonably accessible from Christchurch. 2. That the payment of the said sum of £1000 shall be subject to the approval of the Provincial Council, and the decision of Mr. Haast, the Provincial Geologist, as to the paying capabilities and the extent of the field. • THOS. W. MAUDE, 154 Provincial Secretary. LINCOLN ROAD. ON and after MONDAY the 25th inst., the DRAY TRAFFIC on this Road will be STOPPED during the Rebuilding of the Bridge over the Heathcote. THOS. W. MAUDE, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchurch, Nov. 21, 1861. 156 PUBLIC NOTICE. FROM and after the Ist day of December, 1861, all parties holding Leases of the Canterbury Associations Reserves being in arrear of rent'for the same or who have not complied with the conditions of their respective leases will be forthwith served with a writ of ejectment. By order of His Honor the Superintendent. T. W.* MAUDE, 157 Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, January 31,1862. rpilE Waste Lands Board will not sit on X Thursday, the 13th February, 1802. By order of his Honor the Superintendent, T. W. MAUDE, C 94 Provincial Secretary. Provincial Treasury, January 31, 1862. "PAYMENTS will be made at the Treasury on -L THURSDAY, the 13th February, during the Race Week, instead of the usual days. By order of His Honor the Superintendent, ALEXANDER BACK, 095 . Provincial Treasurer. " PUBLIC NOTICE. THE public are informed that for the future the address of the Emigration Agent in England is JOHN MARSHMAN, 16, Charing Cross, 160 London. t~ PUBLIC NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that no payments will be made at the Provincial Treasury after 3 o'clock, p.m. By order of his Honor the Superintendent, ALEXANDER BACK, Provincial Treasurer. Provincial Treasury, Christchurch, __ February 13,1861. 161 — —- NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that, from and after the Ist day of March next, the Waste Lands Board will discontinue granting any further licenses to cut timber on the waste lands of the Crown in this province. By order of the Board, WILLIAM GUISE BRITTAN, Chief CommiKßioner. land Office, Christchurch, Jan. 13, 1862. 496 ~~ NOTICE". I Hereby give Notice to persons about to introduce Sheep into the. province from Otago, that the inspections will be made on the south side of the Wailangi, opposite to Wilson's Accommodation House, to allow of the 21st clause °f the Sheep Ordinance being carried out. P. B. BOCJLTON, Inspector of Sheep. Christchurch, March 5,1861. Copies of the Sheep Ordinance can be procured at the Resident Magistrate's Office, Timaru. 162