IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS.

Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3216, 3 June 1871, Page 2

IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS.

A Gazette published yesterday contains the following regulations for the introduction of immigrants into this province on the nomination of persons resident therein : — 1. Each applicant will be required to pay the sum of £5 for each adult; afc fche time of making the application, and £2 10a for each child between the ages of one and twelve years. Infants in arms, under ono year, free. This rate being from London to Wellington only ; the cost of reaching London and proceeding up the country after Qrrival in Wellington will have to be defrayed by the emigrants themselves. 2. As a rule, no unmarried females can be provided with passages under these regulatioi s, excepting they accompany or are under the care of some specified relative or friend. Passages for unmarried females nofc so accompanied can only be granted subject fco fche Agenfc- Goneral in England being able to make suitable provision for oversight during the voyage. 3. In tho event of any emigrants applied for declining to emigrate, whatever money may bave been deposited with the Government will be returned as soon as fche AgentGeneral in England shall have apprised the Goyernment thereof; bufc in the event of any emigrants applied for accepting the offer of a passage in a particular sbip, and so, by failing fco present themselves for embarkation afc fche time and placo appointed by tho AgentGeneral in England for the sailing of such ship, be left behind, the passage money and passages will be forfeited. 4. All the ships employed in this service will be under the provisions of " The Passenger Act." 5. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Agent- General in England will have power to refuse passages where the intending emigrants are in ill health or in any way unfitted, according to his judgment, to undertake the voyage. 6. Applications for passages aro to be addrossod to the Provincial Secretary, Wellington, in the following form, viz. : — I, tho undersigned, hereby apply for the passage to Wellington, under the regulations of 30th May, 1871, of Name Age Calling Address in full «... for which I herewith pay the sum of , being equal to adults at £5 per adult, and hereby agree fco receive the Emigrants above named immediately on their arrival in Wellington. Dated this day of , 1811. (Signature and address of Applicant J