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Lyttelton Times, Volume XVII, Issue 967, 15 February 1862, Page 7

PROVINCIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE, Christchurch, Jan. 18, 1861. HIS HONOR the Superintendent, directs it to be notified that, with the advice o l the Executive Council, he has adopted tho following Immigration Regulations, and further directs them to be published for gonoral informa- "°"' T. W. MAUDE, Provincial Secretary IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS. All persons desirous of obtaining assisted passes to the Province of Canterbury, in vessels 1 u'mler contract_ with the Provincial Government, )iia v receive assistance as follows;— 1. The Government will afford assistance equal in amount to tho sum paid in cash by the passenj;,»r. I'" 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 made 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 live 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 s o 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 beaffordedonly 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 teldered 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 Provincial Secretary's Office, February 8, 1862. HIS Honor the Superintendent directs the publication of the following" noiice. THOS. WM. MAUDE, Provincial Secretary. CHRISTCHURCH MUNICIPAL COUNCIL. We the undersigned being ten or more of the persons who signed the petition for the constitution of a Municipal Councillor the Town and District of Christchurch, do hereby convene a public meeting of the householders and others who are entitled to vote in the election of members of the Provincial Council for the said town and district, to assemble in the Town Hall, Christchurch, on Thursday Evening, the 27th February, 1862, at the hour of seven o'clock, to elect Nine Municipal Councillors for the said Municipality, in pursuance of the provisions of the Municipal Council Ordinance, Sess. XIV, No. 2. J. Ollivier William Hobbs & Sons H. E. Alport Thomas R. Fisher G. Clements Isaac Luck Richard Westenra B. W. Mountfort J. Younghusband George Gould John Wm. Shackleton William Stringer Albert T. Bradwell John Bealey John C. Angus John Anderson A. Whincop. 796 DISCOVERY OF GOLD! REWARD OF £1000, HTVHE Provincial Government are prepared -A- 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, ]2& Provincial Secretary. PUBLIC NOTICE. T^ROM 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 oi their respective leases will be forthwith served with a writ of ejectment. % order of His Honor the Superintendent. T. W. MAUDE, m? Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, February 5, 1862. rpHE Government are prepared to receive -L tenders for metalling1 on the North, Jtoad, South Road, the Springs Track, and Lincoln Koiid, in short lengths to suit contractors. For further particulars, apply at the Office of J'uUic Works. THOS. WM. MAUDE, '•'^ Provincial Secretary. PUBLIC NOTICE. KOTICE is hereby given that no payments will be made at the Provincial Treaty after 3 o'clock, p.m. By order of his Honor the Superintendent, ALEXANDER BACK, Provincial Treasurer. Provincial Treasury, Christchurch, ■- — F-^!li!il!^li- -—HQ NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that, from and . after the Ist day of March next, the ' Vil«le Lands Board will discontinue granting any "rtlier licenses to cut timber on tho waste lands of "c Crown in this province. By order of the Board, " WILLIAM GUISE BRITTAN, T Chief Commissioner, Office, Christcburch, Jan, 13,1862. 496