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Lyttelton Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1087, 11 April 1863, Page 2

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT NOTICES, &c. 1/ U j REWARD.—The above reward will be at> JUU paid by the Provincial Government to any person who will give such information as will lead to the conviction of any person or persons guilty of removing trigonometrical posts and other land marks; and the public are informed that persons charged therewith will be dealt with according to law. THOS. WM. MAUDE, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchurch, Jan. 28, 1863. 492 £100 REWARD.—NOTICE. WHEREAS very great and serious damage is ■ being done to property, of all descriptions within the province of Canterbury, through the careless and negligent firing of brush, scrub, grass, &c., Notice is hereby given, that the Provincial Government will give a reward of ONE HUNDRED POUNDS for such information as will lead to the conviction of any person who, by negligence or otherwise, shall set on fire or cause to be set on fire any bush, scrub, grass, fern, flax, or other vegetation on land not in his own occupation. By order of his l'lonor the Superintendent, THOS. WM. MAUDE, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchurch, Feb. 6th, 1863. 662 PUBLIC NOTICE. SIGNALS AT THE RAKAIA FERRY. THE public are informed that Signal Poles are ! fixed at the Rakaia Ferry on the line of the j South Road. j 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 kept HALF-MAST HIGH. 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 lowering and again raising the Ball on the North Bank. T. W. MAUDE, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchurch, Nov. 5, 1862. 4354 POLES FOR ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. THE Provincial Government of Canterbury is prepared to receive TENDERS for supplying Telegraph Poles, as under :— The poles are to be of some approved hardwood, such as manuka, iron bark, totara, Kowai or black pine, squared, free from sap, to be 25 feet long, not less than 8 inches diameter at the butts, and not less than 6 inches diameter at the top, sound, clean, straight, and free from shakes, and charred for a length of 6 feet from the butt end. Contractors may tender for the delivery at fixed places, convenient to the line of the Railway reserve, or delivery at one mile intervals along the above reserve, in lots of 10 poles. Tenders will be received either for the whole number of poles, or for one or more of the sections divided as follows: — Section 1. —Christchurch to the Rakaia; 370 poles. Section 2.—Rakaia to the Ashburton; 200 poles. Section 3. —Ashburton to theßangitata; 200 poles. Section 4. —Rangitata to the Pareora; 360 poles. Section 5. —Pareora to the Waitaki; 370 poles. Total, 1500. Tenders must state the time required for the completion of»delivery, and must be sent under seal, addressed to the Provincial Secretary, and marked "Tender for Telegraph than Jl. or. -TUESDAY, the 21st of April, 1863. Further information, if required, may be obtained from Mr. Alfred Sheath, the Telegraph Engineer. The Provincial Government will not necessarily accept any tender. The usual sureties for performance of contract will be required. THOS. WM. MAUDE, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchurch, Canterbury, N.Z., Feb. 3,1863. 590 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 ffcom 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 five pounds at a time, at periods of three months, until the whole debt is discharged. The first payment to be made six months after landing. 2. Any person resident in the Province desirous of assisting their friends in England or elsewhere to obtain assisted passages to the colony may do so by paying half the amount of passage money to the Provincial Treasurer, or by drawing a bill to the order of the Provincial Treasurer to the extent of two-thirds of the passage money, 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 retransmitted by the Agent to the colony, and must be paid immediately on presentation. 3. Assisted passages will be afforded only to bona 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. Exceptions to the above rule will be made in favour of bona fide female domestic servants, the assistance given by the Government where payment is tendered in bills, being one-half the amount of passage money, and where cash is tendered one-third only. 7. 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. 8. Applications for assisted passages must be made at the Office of the Immigration Officer, in Christchurch, or at the Resident Magistrate's Office, in Lyttelton, at least four days prior to the departure of the English mail. Issued by order of his Honor the Superintendent, THOMAS WM. MAUDE, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchurch, March 18, 1863. 1360 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 11,1863. 2286