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Lyttelton Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1056, 24 December 1862, Page 7

HIS Honor tlie Superintendent directs it to b notified thafy with the advice of the Execntiv Council, lie has adopted the following Immigratio Regulations, and further directs them to be publishe for general information. ■ T. W. MAUDE, Provincial Secretary, j Provincial Secretary's Office, ! Christchurch, April 17,1862. 1 IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS. ■ , All persons .desirous pi obtaining assisted passage i to the Province of Canterbury, in vessels under con tract with the Provincial Government, may receiv > assistance as follows: ! . 1. The Government will afford assistance equal ii • amount to the sum. paid in cash by the passenger i If there shall be any balance, the Government Wil ■ advance the sumi, taking from the passenger promis !sory notes for the amount advanced, .payable; to th< Treasurer of the Province. Such notes will be madi ; payable on demand, but liiiless the paßsengferdispiitj , the debt, or shall attempt to leave 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 mad( ; ! six months after landing. 1 ' 2. Any person resident in the Province desirous » ' of assisting their friends in England or .elsewhere tc ■ obtain assisted, passages to the, colony may do so bj ■ paying lialf the amonnt of passage money to the ■ Provincial Treasurer, or .by drawing a bill to tlit : order of the Provincial Treasurer to the extent oi .two-thirds of the passage money, accepted by a sub- ! stantial householder also resident in the Province, tc be approved of by the Superintendent as sufficieirt security for the same; this bill may then be transmitted to the person who is 1 desirous of emigrating to ; the colony, and being by Mm presented to the Emi--1 gration Agent, will be received in lieu of cash payment, as hereinafter, provided; the bill'will be retransmitted by the Agent to the colony, and must be paid immediately on presentation. 3. Assisted passages will be afforded only to dona 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 he allowed any assistance unless he shall have been approved of hy 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. Y : 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 whPle amount of the passagenioney. 6. The rate ; of passage money, inclusive, of incidental expenses, to the colony is fixed until further nptice,at .£l7, and ( al] bills >rill be prepared in accordance with'that rate, • ' . 7. Applications , for assipfed passagies wfll ,b.e received at the Secretary's Qffice, in Christchurch, and at the Resident Magistrate's Office, in Lyttelton. , ■■ , ~ -'i63i TVT OTICB.—The' Provincial Government ave preoil- pared to make exceptions in the Ifrirtligration Regulations in the amount) required for the assisted passages of single women, and persons desirous of sending for their female relatives who are likely to make good . domestic servants, may avail themselves of the advantage opened by this exception, and will only be required to find one-third of,the passage if cash be tenlered, and one-half when bills are drawn: instead of one-half in cash and tworthirds in bills. T. W. MAUDE, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, May 14, 1862. 1970 NOTICE.— The public are informed: that parties desirous of availing themselves of the Government assistance conferred by the Immigration Regulations published herein, must attend at„the offices named at least four days prior to the departure of the English Mail. No applications can be 'received during those days. T. W. MAUDE, .. V 186? Provincial Secretary. PUBLIC NOTICE.—The public are informed that for the future the address of the Emigration Agent in England is ... JOHN MARSHMAtf, 16, Charing Cross, 160 London. TO IMMIiGRiANTS.—AII inunigrants .. indiebted to the Provincial Goveynmentbh.n6t.es given : by them on account of passage are quired immediately to attend at the office of the to pay the amounts due,. pr to hiake satisfactory arrangements £or meeting their, liabijities within, a limited All persons who fail : tp .make arrangements for paying such debts will be summarily dealt .with according to law. ,By order of his Honor the Superintendent, ALEXANDER: BACK, - 2285 Immigration Officer. PERSONS desirous of employing newly-arrived immigrants, are requested to apply, to the Immigration Officer at Christchurch. By order of his ; ■Honor the Superintendent, ALEXANDER BACK, Immigration Officer. Immigration Office, June 11, 1862. 2286 ALL persons .who have given ,Bills"of Exchange ! for the passage of Immigrants, and wno have ! failed to meet them when due, will be proceeded j against according to law in one month from this j jdate without further notice. i.By order of his Honor j ,the Superintendent, ! ALEXANDER BACK, ■ Immigration Officer. Immigration Office, June, 11, 1862. . , 2284 ; PUBLIC NOTICE. . ; : SIGNALS AT THE RAKAIA FERRY. THE public are informed that Signal fixed, at the Rakaia Ferry on the line of the South Road. , The-Signals to be used are as follows:—When the ; River is PASSABLE, the.Ball on the North Bank will be kept MAST, HIGH; when it is DANGEROUS TO CROSS, the Ball will be i kept HALF-MAST HIGH. j Travellers arriving from the' South, and requiring ! the Ferry Boat,! will raise the Ball on the South! Bank* and the Signal will be answered by lowerhig' and again raising the Ball on the North Bank. T. W. MAUDE, : Provincial Secretary. Provincial, Secretary's Office, , Christchurch, Nov. 5, 1862. 4354 DIVERSION OF ROADS. NOTICE is hereby given ' that a qppy of the' Government Gazetfie. containing a bill for the , Diversion of roads, which it is proposed to submit to j the Provincial Council, in accordance with the third, clause of the Diversion of Roads Ordinance, Sess. 11, No. 3, has been left at the office of the Provincial • Secretary, Christchurch, and will be given to the 1 undermentioned persons, or to or attorney j lawfully acting on behalf, ; upon application for i the same; the said persons absent from the' province, and no,t to, be, found upon diligent eriquiry. The following persons aire those affected by this ! notice, viz:— C. B. Adderley, iii Rural Section, No. 413 ! ! Llbyd „ 1967 Knowles „ 2013 ; Lucas „ 1953 Maunsell „ (17 i ' Rev. J. James „ 151 ~ T. W. MAI/DE, ' ' ■ Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Oct. 6, 1862. 3895