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£7,404 7 6 Estimated expense of office, salaries, advertising, and advances made to emigrants, &c, &c, up to 31st December, say . . . . . 2,000 0 0 £9,404 7 6 To which has to be added our liability for moiety of passage money due on return of certificate that the contract has been satisfactorily performed, viz.: — " Matoaka" . . . . . . . £2,478 8 9 "Ganges" ....... 2,G57 3 9 " Bombay," say ...... 2,248 2 8 • 7,383 15 2 £16,788 2 8 There is also our prospective liability for the Irish ship next month, say £5,000 0 0 And January English ship, say ..... 5,000 0 0 With additional office expenses up to 31st March . . . 1,000 0 0 11,000 0 0 £27,788 2 8 Total about £28,000. And if the service is to be carried on another ship should be despatched from Ireland in February, another from England early in March, and a sum of £10,000 should be provided for these. We have therefore earnestly to request you will give this matter early consideration, and make the necessary provision for the requirements of this service. The £20,000 which was to have been placed to our credit by the Bank of New Zealand has not been received, and there is no immediate prospect of receiving it. Mr. Clark, of Glasgow, will also be addressing you on this subject, and will acquaint you with hitrequirements. We have, &c, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, ¥i. S. Geahame, Auckland, New Zealand. John Moeeison. No. 10. The New Zealand Emigeation Board to the Colonial Secketaey, Auckland. Office of the New Zealand Government Emigration Board, Sie, — 3, Adelaide Place, E. C, London, 26th November, 1864. Referring to our letter of 19th instant by this mail, advising the departure of the emigration ship " Ganges," from Cork, on the 4th instant, we have the honor to enclose an article cut out of the Cork Herald newspaper of 3rd instant, referring to the departure of said vessel, and remarking upon the appearance of the emigrants as contrasting favourably with those of the same class from the southern counties; this is so far satisfactory, as it justifies the selection we have made from the northern counties. The emigrants per " Ganges" were principally composed of agriculturalists, viz.: 100 farmers or farm laborers, of whom 56 were married, 44 were single men; 41 ordinary laborers accustomed to our outdoor work, of whom 27 were married, and 17 were single men; the remainder consist of 5 carpenters ; 5 blacksmiths ; 3 gardeners ; 3 miners ; 1 railway overseer ; 1 sawyer ; 1 butcher ; and 02 single women —domestic and farm servants. The number of children under 10 years of age was 125, of these 48 were males, and 77 females. Copy classified list of emigrants per " Ganges" is forwarded per this mail's book post, via Marseilles. We have, &c, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wm. S. Geahame, Auckland, New Zealand. John Moeeison. Enclosure to No. 10. Emigbation to New Zealand. The embarkation of passengers for Auckland, New Zealand, by the ship " Ganges," at Queenstown, commenced yesterday. The aspect of emigration in this instance differs much from that under which we are mostly accustomed to regard it. The Colony of New Zealand possesses advantages as a field for the industry and enterprise of the immigrant in most respects not to be surpassed, and in a few not to be equalled by any other country. Its singularly beautiful climate and its fertile soil are, of course, its peculiar characteristics, and should, in themselves, be powerful inducements to the immigrant to make it his home ; but in addition to these, it also affords vast resources undeveloped, which would yield him an abundant return. Contrasted with America, which has long been and is still the great absorbent of our surplus population, its position is strikingly superior, and it is probable that when the present facilities of reaching it are better known, and its advantages more carefully considered, much of the present and future stream of emigration will be diverted towards it. The passengers now embarking are provided with assisted passages by the Colonial Government, free grants of land being allowed to each, and three years given them after arrival in the Colony to refund the portion of the fare which they do not pay at present. The opportunity has been largely and eagerly availed of in the northern counties of this country, from which almost exclusively the passengers for the "Ganges" have come. As an eminently practical and intelligent people they are peculiarly fitted for what may be called a new country ; and even in external appearance they present a marked contrast to the equally intelligent though less energetic and persevering people of the South, whom we are accustomed to see passing in weekly hundreds from our shores to the American Continent; They almost exclusively D

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